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Rochor Beancurd – Bean There, Done That?
30 year-old Singaporean Jason Koh did something totally unthinkable to many in his generation - he eschewed his very respectable IT degree from Queensland University of Technology and a systems engineer job to sell beancurd.
A Live Chat With Royston Tay Of Zopim
Contributing writer Caroline Yeung sat down with Royston Tay, CEO and co-founder of Singapore-based startup Zopim, which created a live chat application for online businesses to talk to customers, to get to know more about the company.
10 Companies Want To Show You The Money
Is your holiday gift-giving list becoming longer and pricier than your current wallet can handle? Pabla Ayala, cofounder of pFunk Media shares 10 online platforms that help you make extra cash and help with those expensive holiday costs.
Play By Ear Music School Plays A Beautiful Tune
Play By Ear (PBE) Music School is currently the largest pop and jazz keyboard music school in Singapore. Founded in 2003 by Mr Andrew Yau when he was 23, the school has come a long way since in an incredibly short period of time.
Craftsvilla – An Online Marketplace For Indian Crafts
Craftsvilla (www.craftsvilla.com) sells handmade and handcrafted items from across rural India.
Why Niche Start-Ups Are Making Waves In 2020
Success in business is all about finding your niche and finding ways to serve it in the best way possible. We look at a few of the innovative start-ups making waves in 2020.
Private, Invite-Only Online Shopping With Brandsfever
The recent hype over online group-buying Groupon has brought an avalanche of similar clones into the fore, but an upcoming online shopping site in Singapore is taking quite a different tack. We look at Brandsfever, a members-only, exclusive online shopping club.
MoneyLine.Sg – One-Stop Financial Information Site For Singapore
MoneyLine.sg is a new comprehensive online personal banking and finance comparison portal in Singapore offering free access to information covering a range of financial, personal banking and insurance products.
Singapore Startup AFTERSHOCK PC Guns For Gaming Laptop Market
A new Singapore hardware startup, AFTERSHOCK PC, believes it can compete in the laptop market with its range of custom laptops wholly dedicated for gaming.
Penn Olson on Social Media and Marketing
We talk to university undergraduates Willis Wee and Sarah Chong, the brains behind highly-influential Singapore-based social media and marketing blog Penn Olson, read by marketing practitioners from all around the region.
[Singapore] Crowdsourcing Week – Crowdsourcing Soon To Come Of Age In Asia
Crowdsourcing Week was an inaugural event in Singapore which aimed to bring together a diverse audience from various industries - creative, government, startup and technology - and bring about discussion on the issues surrounding crowdsourcing and how that can apply in their individual environments.
JHAudio – Making An Audiophile’s Dream In-Ear Monitors
JHAudio is a designer and manufacturer of premium, custom in-ear audio monitors for professional musicians, audiophiles and music lovers, as well as avionics equipment for pilots.
Gothere.sg – Helping Singapore Find Its Way
Dominic Ee, Toh Kian Khai, Kuan Chih Yuan and Ang Jun Han is the team behind one of Singapore's most promising startups gothere.sg, a location-based service provider whose map and directional search engine that is steadily becoming the quintessential service for finding your way around Singapore.
ELOHIM: God-Inspired Fashion
Early this year during the Audi Fashion Festival, featured alongside fashion heavyweights Gareth Pugh, Vivienne Westwood, Christian Lacroix and Marc Jacobs was a little known local label called ELOHIM.
2 Real Time-Saving Hacks That Every Entrepreneur Should Know
If you are in business, these 2 time-saving hacks could transform your working day, reduce stress and increase your personal productivity dramatically.
[Sponsored] MyTransport.SG – A One-Stop Source For Commuting Info In Singapore
LTA's MyTransport.SG combines many transport-related features into a single mobile app, aimed at enabling commuters, motorists and even cyclists in the country to check relevant, real-time traffic information to plan their journeys.
[Singapore] MyRepublic Continues To Disrupt Telco Industry With Teleport
MyRepublic celebrates its one year anniversary by introducing Teleport, a new VPN-like service that lets its users stream content from online services from around the world like Hulu, Pandora, Netflix and BBC iPlayer without the need for cumbersome traditional VPN methods.
Creately.com Reshapes Project Management
Creately.com is a project management tool with built-in features for built-in reviewing, easy collaboration, and comprehensive diagramming functions that helps teams manage and deliver their projects.
KneeBouncers.com – Simple Games For The Little Ones
Kneebouncers.com was launched by entrepreneurs Jim Robinson and Kurt Dommermuth in 2009 as a way for very young children to experience the fun of computer gaming even before they are able to really understand computer functions.
[Singapore] Designs On A New Furniture Future
Singapore's furniture sector may be experiencing a new revolution, with a flood of designers taking up or venturing into creating products for a traditional industry.
The Garden Slug – Slugging It Out In The Food Business
Located in an idyllic part of eastern Singapore, The Garden Slug is a quirky and bohemian diner that offers Western-style homemade comfort food. The owners share their story.
Top 9 Cryptocurrency Exchanges In Australia
There has been a rapid increase in the number of cryptocurrency exchanges operating in Australia over the past five years.
[Interview] Kevin Hobbs Of Vancouver’s Vanbex Group
As CEO of Vanbex Group, Kevin Hobb aims to further the education and adoption of blockchain, DLT, and Smart Contract technology into everyday real world applications.
What Do You Want To Buy At 12Buy.sg?
Local IT retailer Challenger Technologies is now extending its reach online, and is hoping that Singaporeans will take to buying from its newly-launched, and the country's first mass category lifestyle shopping portal, 12Buy.sg.
VoucherWOW Rewards Collective Buying
VoucherWOW is a new Singapore-based startup that is looking to position itself as the website where visitors tap on the power of group-buying for the best deals in Singapore.
Christian Arno & Lingo24 – Translating The Language For Success
In just eight years, Christian Arno grew his translation company Lingo24 from a home-based business to a company of 112 full-time employees working across four continents, with clients in over sixty countries and an annual turnover of over US$6m.
VoIP – Why Is It So Lucrative For Small And Medium Businesses?
There seems to be a lot of hype surrounding VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and unified communications. Here's a look at some of the numbers surrounding the space when it comes to small and medium businesses wanting to use it.
A Love for Books Actually
Kenny and Karen have a common, and almost obsessive, passion for books. The couple's first date was spent at the National Library, later followed...
Charting A New Real-Time, Collaborative Experience With LucidChart
LucidChart (www.lucidchart.com) is a collaborative web-based diagramming and flowchart application that allows users to communicate more effectively visually with the use of flowcharts, wireframes, website prototypes, process diagrams, Unified Modeling Language (UML) artifacts and models, and more.