Startups & Entrepreneurship

WSJ Story on Creativity in Singapore – “Was Woz Right?”

December 22, 2011 News
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Sam Holmes and Shibani Mahtani of Wall Street Journal put together a balanced piece titled “Was Woz Right?” with contributions from a bunch of folks in Singapore, in response to Woz’s initial comment. I’m honored to be quoted alongside people such as Min Liang and Adrian Pang who have accomplished much more in life than Continue reading →

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Press ballyhoos Steve Wozniak’s soundbite, misses the mark

December 16, 2011 News
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The power of the press never ceases to amaze and in this instance, tickle me. What began as an innocuous interview by BBC titled Steve Wozniak: ‘Think for Yourself’ became WSJ’s Wozniak: Apple couldn’t emerge in Singapore and Penn-Olsen’s Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak questions Singapore’s Creativity. This morning, as all of Singapore reads the news, almost all locals Continue reading →

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NRF reopens TIS, opens floodgate on early-stage tech investments in Singapore

December 8, 2011 Startups & Entrepreneurship

It’s almost 2 years since the National Research Foundation (NRF) picked Neoteny Labs as one of the 7 technology incubators with access to the S$50 million it had set aside under the Technology Incubation Scheme (TIS). NRF would co-invest up to the lower of S$500,000 or 85% of the incubator’s investment in a qualifying company, and Continue reading →

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Game Ventures releases Homerun Heroes

December 4, 2011 Startups & Entrepreneurship
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My first gaming experience was on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It was a gift from my dad after I’d done well in my end-of-year exams in primary school. The first game cartridge I got was a 20-in-1. I spent hours on Battle City in 2P mode with my dad, but when he was at Continue reading →

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If Google Docs & Dropbox had a Love Child, it would be Insync

December 3, 2011 Startups & Entrepreneurship
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Earlier this year, I blogged that the future of personal storage is in the cloud. It certainly wasn’t a revolutionary statement, especially when the writing was already on the wall in the form of Amazon S3, Google Documents, Dropbox and Box.net. Still, not everything is as straightforward as the average internet-going Joe is used to. Amazon Continue reading →

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TiE Singapore – The Dynamics of Financing Tech Startups

October 28, 2011 Events
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We’re organizing our second event for the TiE Singapore “Technology” Special Interests Group (SIG) next Wednesday evening (2 Nov) from 6:30PM – 8:00PM at the Mochtar Riady Auditorium on Level 5 of the SMU Administration Building, and I’d like to invite you to join us for a panel discussion on the topic of Dynamics of Financing Continue reading →

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ViKi raises US$20M, gives Singapore tech scene something to shout about

October 21, 2011 Startups & Entrepreneurship
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By now, the good news is all over the Internet. AllThingsD and TechCrunch broke the news earlier today. Yahoo published the press release. Local tech blogs soon picked it up, with coverage by SG Entrepreneurs. I expect e27 and Penn Olsen to be publishing their coverage soon enough, followed by coverage by mainstream press next week. I helped Razmig hire his Continue reading →

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Singapore as a Tech Startup Hub, not by being Low Cost, but by being Capital Efficient

October 21, 2011 Musings
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I was involved in a 7-way conversation 2 afternoons ago at the JFDI office at Block 71. Meng and I had scheduled for 3 different meetings at the same time, and used the opportunity to introduce a whole bunch of people to each other while getting stuff done all at once. Apart from Neoteny Labs, Continue reading →

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