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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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28 August 2009

10 Tips to Enhance your Pitch

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Over the years, I’ve spent a fair bit of time sitting in on pitches by entrepreneurs – more mediocre than good – so much so that bad pitches have firmly entrenched itself as the leading health risk in the course of my work.  It’s okay if the contents of the pitch were less than ideal, [...]

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13 August 2009

Review of Seed Forum Singapore ‘09

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I attended Seed Forum Singapore this morning at Pan Pacific Ballroom 1 and listened in first to the 13-sec elevator pitches by 6 start-ups, and then their respective 10-minute presentations.  Roughly 100 people showed up for the inaugural event by Seed Forum International Foundation in Singapore.  The event’s sponsors included DnB NOR (main), Innovation Norway, [...]

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15 June 2009

“Innovation in Open Networks” by Joi Ito

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I wanted to say a big thank you to everyone – the folks who showed up and filled the room with your never-ending stream of thoughtful questions; the Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship of SMU for sponsoring the venue; my buddies over at e27 for filling our tummies with their food and drinks; and most [...]

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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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