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27 October 2009

Thin-slicing in Venture Capital: Tapping the power of the Adaptive Unconscious

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Every entrepreneur knows the importance of placing their best foot forward so as to leave a good impression with investors at the first meeting.  Yet more often than not, the entrepreneur finds the session rapidly going south.  The less patient angel or VC’s body language would subtly change, as they shift about in their seats [...]

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15 September 2009

VCs/Angels/Entrepreneurs Summit with Joi Ito

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I just wanted to squirt this post out before I crashed for the night.  Joi and his entourage of 12 other friends are in town these 2 days, and everyone was incredibly fortunate to have the opportunity to hear him speak about start-ups and innovation.  I’ve put up his Prezi slides below, but they’re largely [...]

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22 May 2009

“Consumer Web in Focus” with Joi Ito

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I bring good tidings. Experienced entrepreneur-turned-angel-investor and CEO of Creative Commons, Joi Ito will be stopping over in Singapore for a day, and upon my request, has graciously agreed to spend the morning of 15 June to share his insights on Consumer Web with us.  In addition, 15 6 lucky consumer web start-ups will get [...]

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15 May 2009

A Wish for Smarter Money in Singapore

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Bernard pointed out the following in his comment to my previous post.
The funding gap from S$0.5 to S$4M is very real, and requires smart money to elevate a lot of start-ups to the next level.
I had also commented in the same post that many of our local entrepreneurs still have some ways to go before [...]

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18 August 2008

The Secret Formula for Highly Successful Angel Investment

So you thought you might try your hand at angel investing now that you’ve made your millions, as part of ‘Alternative Investments’ in your quest for portfolio diversification? Now that you’ve formed your own ‘Band of Angels’, wouldn’t it be nice to know how those successful angels do it and increase their odds at [...]

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