This presentation is delivered for Barcamp Singapore 7 which is held on 10 Sep 2011 in Block 71, Mediapolis Singapore. It’s a presentation meant for me to share. In this talk, I present the economics, myths and science in searching for an engagement diamond ring for my fiancee. For example, I will also cover the...
Opensourcing my entrepreneurship course notes, the fourth lecture of my course focus on business strategies and rapid growth strategies. In addition, we explained the distinction of business strategy and business model, the kind of performance indicators which will define a successful strategy, and various models in understanding technology markets, for example, Gartner’s Hype Cycle, Moore’s...
Opensourcing my entrepreneurship course notes, the third lecture of my course focus on introducing to the student: (a) the concept of marketing, (b) the 4 “P”s: Product, Price, Place and Promotion, (c) various marketing distributions and channels and (d) the use of social media for start-ups for public relations or engagement, crisis management or feedback...
Opensourcing my entrepreneurship course notes, the second lecture of my course focus on introducing to the student: (a) the executive summary, (b) the business plan and (c) the elements that construct both documents: technology/service/product description, management team, marketing plan, market segmentation, business strategy (business model), operations plan, financials and exit strategy. This is a series...
The first of my course touches on the definition on entrepreneurship, the different forms of entrepreneurship, how countries measure growth of entrepreneurship activity, and the first toolkit: how to identify ideas and business opportunities. We also provide some interesting case studies for example, Aravind Eye Centre for social entrepreneurship. This is a series based on...
An interesting post from Willis Wee in Penn-Olson today prompted me to provide some perspective on the issue of expansion. The question that most people ask: if I build a start-up from a country with a very small market size (say, Singapore but it can apply from Slovenia to Monaco), where should I expand the...
Today, I was invited by LinkedIn APAC to present my experiences as a power user in the social network. The reason why the event happened is because LinkedIn is opening their Asia Pacific regional headquarters in Singapore. As one of the early adopters to the professional social network, I have spoken on many occasions that...
After the past 10 days of intensive campaigning, cooling off and subsequently polling day for the Singapore General Elections 2011 (GE 2011), an interesting question comes to mind, “Why has social media worked for the opposition parties and failed badly for the ruling party particularly the case of George Yeo?” I examine certain aspects of...
Recently, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew mentioned that the property prices of Aljunied GRC will go down if the voters of that constituency vote for the opposition. In his words, “If you have the wrong government, your property prices go right down. Ask why in Hougang the property is not as high as their neighbours.”...
