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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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8 September 2009

Of Lee Kai-Fu’s new US$115m Investment Fund and NRF’s TIS

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Techcrunch was first to break it to the Western English-speaking world on 4 September, but had trouble deciphering the output from Google Translate *cackle*.  动力博客 Mobinode was next with their rumors (later verified) of Lee Kai-Fu’s new gig, an incubator for young Chinese entrepreneurs in the form of Innovation Works.  On 7 September, Lee Kai-Fu [...]

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8 July 2009

OSF 1: Lessons on Scalability and Distribution

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Ming Yong and I got to know each other back in 2008 while he was fund-raising for Voiceroute.  He’s a smart, sharp guy who’s open to ideas and is quick to adapt to changes. I was really glad to see a fellow savvy Singaporean come home to build his start-up, so I try to help [...]

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15 May 2009

Singapore’s Uncoordinated Initiatives for Entrepreneurs

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Earlier this afternoon, I came across SGentrepreneur.com’s post on Wong Meng Weng’s map of Venture Capital in Singapore (good job Meng Weng!) and couldn’t help but notice Bernard’s comment on how it’s highly unlikely for entrepreneurs to find funding via the traditional venture capital route amidst the turbulent and challenging climate.
(off-topic) Bernard, I really have [...]

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