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15 December 2009

Post-NSC1 thoughts

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I finally got a chance to catch up on some much needed sleep last night. The past weekend has been nothing short of awesome.  Our inaugural Neoteny Singapore Camp 1 (NSC1) event went without major fails, and the speaker and crowd quality, level of discussion and energy levels were superb and electrifying.  Even though Sean [...]

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7 December 2009

How to have a jolly good meeting with me

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I had a less-than-ideal experience earlier today, at a tea-cum-pitching session with an entrepreneur that was introduced by a mutual friend.  I made the mistake of not asking for materials beforehand, and was still clueless as to what product the entrepreneur and his team was trying to build after listening for three-quarters of the hour [...]

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3 December 2009

Update on Neoteny Singapore Camp 1

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NSC1 is the first event (and a rather large one) that I have ever organized, so I’m really hoping that everything will run smoothly when December 12 and 13 finally arrives.  There has been a huge pile of logistics and coordination we’ve had to see to, and I’m glad to say I’ve had superb help [...]

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30 November 2009

Neoteny Labs

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November 30th, 2009 marks my first official day as Investment Manager at Neoteny Labs. I’ve had many friends ask me what I’d be up to, now that I’ve left government service. I thought I’d talk about it here so that I can point future queries to this blog post instead.

Joi and I are in [...]

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9 October 2009

Neoteny Singapore Camp 1

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If you’re in the entrepreneurship and venture capital space, you wouldn’t want to miss out on the biggest and baddest unconference of the year come this December 12 and 13.  Those days will see a bunch of cool people from Singapore and abroad congregate at Neoteny Labs‘ inaugural event, “Neoteny Singapore Camp 1 (NSC1) – [...]

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6 October 2009

Post-TC50 chat with Ming Yong of Socialwok

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I was hoping to do this with Ming after he gets back from the US, but it seems his trip kept getting extended, thanks to the many ‘good stuff that’s going on’.  Still, it’s a good problem to have for (arguably) the hottest start-up in town right now, as the team rides the TC-50 inspired [...]

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30 September 2009

Innovation & Start-ups in Open Networks

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Thanks to Daryl Tan and Tan Yinglan, I was able to get my hands on their recording of Joi’s recent talk and panel discussion when he was in town earlier this month, on the 14 and 15 September.  I sent the 1+Gb file through iMovie, and broke it up into 3 parts: (1) Joi’s 20-odd [...]

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29 September 2009

Startup Visa, Singapore-style

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Some days back, I was forwarded an email exchange from a foreign entrepreneur reflecting the “difficulties (that would be) faced (by foreign entrepreneurs) in relocating to Singapore to startup a company” in light of changes to the Entrepass framework by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) that took effect on 28 September 2009.  Indeed, the new [...]

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20 September 2009

Games Convention Asia ‘09 a letdown

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Did you go to the Games Convention Asia 2009 that took place at Suntec Convention Hall earlier this week? No? Well, you really didn’t miss much.  I last attended GCA in ‘07, and decided to give the ‘08 event a miss due to scheduling conflicts.  This year, I went past its Level 3 conference venue [...]

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16 September 2009

Socialwok wins TC50 Demopit, brings much needed sunshine to S’pore start-ups

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I just caught this over at Techcrunch – Socialwok wins one of the two highly coveted slots on the second day of Techcrunch 50’s demopit, where a grand total of 100 start-ups duke it out each year to catch the attention of the judges.  I’ve been tracking Socialwok since they first started, and have been [...]

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