Events
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Feb
15
- Date
- 15 Feb 2012
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- Venue
Do you know anyone who has been successful in licensing or commercialising an innovation in recent years? Or are you part of a promising innovative start-up company that has utilised NUS technologies, been incubated by NUS Enterprise or founded by NUS staff/ex-staff, student, alumnus? Nominations and applications for the 2012 Innovation &Enterprise Awards (I&E Awards) are now open!
Attractive cash prizes from S$10,000 for the Individual category to up to S$100,000 for the Company category.
2012 Innovation & Enterprise Award - Closing Date for Submission: 15 February 2012
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Feb
15
- Date
- 15 Feb 2012
- Time
- Venue
- Tags
- 2012 I&E Award
Do you know anyone who has been successful in licensing or commercialising an innovation in recent years? Or are you part of a promising innovative start-up company that has utilised NUS technologies, been incubated by NUS Enterprise or founded by NUS staff/ex-staff, student, alumnus? Nominations and applications for the 2012 Innovation &Enterprise Awards (I&E Awards) are now open!
Attractive cash prizes from S$10,000 for the Individual category to up to S$100,000 for the Company category.
2012 Innovation & Enterprise Award - Closing Date for Submission: 15 February 2012
Feb
23
- Date
- 23 Feb 2012
- Time
- 5.15pm to 6.30pm
- Venue
- Law Auditorium, NUS Bukit Timah Campus
- Tags
- social business forum
Addressing civil society and governmental bodies, Professor Yunus will illustrate how social business can play a partnering role in addressing the social needs of a country, and also suggest policy frameworks that will be conducive for the growth of such businesses.
Feb
23
- Date
- 23 Feb 2012
- Time
- 10:00am to 12:00pm
- Venue
- Auditorium, Raffles Institution
- Tags
- social business students
Believing in the enormous capabilities of youth, Professor Yunus will introduce the concept to social business to them, and also identify areas of social business where they can participate in to make a difference.
Feb
22
- Date
- 22 Feb 2012
- Time
- 09:30am to 12.30pm
- Venue
- Hon Sui Sen Auditorium, NUS Business School
- Tags
- forum social business corporate
This forum will bring Professor Yunus together with leaders of a number of far-sighted global corporations who have initiated collaborations with entrepreneurial social businesses to successfully enter Bottom of the Pyramid markets, an area of tremendous business growth opportunity. There will also be a pitching session to potential corporate partners and social venture investors by selected innovative social businesses incubated by GCL@NUS.
Feb
20
- Date
- 20 Feb 2012 - 21 Feb 2012
- Time
- Day1: 0900 - 1700hrs, Day2: 0900 - 2000hrs
- Venue
- To Be Advised
- Tags
- boot camp social business
The 2-day intensive Social Business Boot Camp is designed to provide participants with highly-interactive, hands on training to develop sustainable, scalable social business plans.
Nov
08
- Date
- 08 Nov 2011 - 08 Nov 2011
- Time
- 6:30pm -8:30pm
- Venue
- Hon Sui Sen Auditiorium, NUS Business School
- Tags
- No tags where found.
In conjunction with Global Entrepreneurship Week, join us in the newest edition of Entrepreneurs Unplugged is a panel discussion organized by Start-Up@Singapore, Singapore’s largest and most prestigious business plan competition. The topic for this year’s Entrepreneurs Unplugged is ‘Dream Big, Act Now: Converting Ideas into Businesses’. For the panel discussion, we have speakers from Udders, Home-Fix DIY, Hauslab, REVERSE Co-operative and Asia Centre of Social Entrepreneurship & Philanthropy to share their take on entrepreneurship and how to feasibly turn business ideas into business reality. ENTREPRENEURS UNPLUGGED to know more about shaping ideas, overcoming difficulties and achieving dreams!
Oct
18
- Date
- 18 Oct 2011 - 18 Oct 2011
- Time
- 1750-2200
- Venue
- School of Thought Auditorium
- Tags
- No tags where found.
Social Business Forum for Youths
What is it?
An opportunity especially for youths to discover and discuss the future of social entrepreneurship. Begins with a screening of "Bonsai People", a documentary film that explores the work of Muhammad Yunus and his vision from microcredit to social business; Followed by panel discussions with eminent local Social Entrepreneurs.
Oct
06
- Date
- 06 Oct 2011
- Time
- 6.00 - 8.30pm
- Venue
- Hon Sui Sen Auditorium, National University of Singapore Business School
- Tags
- No tags where found.
Singapore's Biggest and most Exciting Business Plan Competition is back! Having seen more than 2200 teams and 7000 participants from Singapore and all over the world, Start-up@Singapore is set to foster yet another generation of budding entrepreneurs.
You are cordially invited, on the 6th of October, to the launch of the 13th Start-Up@Singapore with Guest-of- Honour, Mr Teo Ser Luck, Minister of State for Ministry of Trade and Industry. Gain invaluable insights into the local entrepreneurship scene as the founders of Timbré, Soyato and Groupon Singapore discuss their personal experiences as entrepreneurs. Further treat yourself to an eye-opening exhibition of ideas by the past finalists and winners of S@S and network with high profile individuals from various industries.
The Official Launch kick-starts a year packed with S@S events and competitions, all designed to bring out the entrepreneur in you. Join us in welcoming a new generation of exciting business ideas and opportunities by registering at http://www.flickevents.com/13th-start-upsingapore-official-launch now!
Visit http://startup.org.sg/ for more information or follow our updates on Facebook at facebook.com/startupsg.
Sep
30
- Date
- 30 Sep 2011
- Time
- 6-8pm
- Venue
- NUS University Hall Auditorium, Lee Kong Chian Wing level 2, 21 Lower Kent Ridge Rd
- Tags
- No tags where found.
The world population has 4 billion poor people who are excluded from our formal marketplace. Given the current global economic shrinkage, these 4 billion poor are now seen as new customers. But most companies and social entrepreneurs lack knowledge of how to develop this marketplace. Jack Sim will speak on the potential of this Base of Pyramid Marketplace and how the audience can seize this opportunity to create impact regardless of your current resources.
Sep
15
- Date
- 15 Sep 2011 - 16 Sep 2011
- Time
- 9:00am - 5:00pm
- Venue
- National University of Singapore, Blk 15 Prince George’s Park Residence, Basement 1, Venture Lab, Singapore 118430
- Tags
- No tags where found.
This 2 days course in marketing and PR is for startups and entrepreneurs to jump start their public relations and social media activities and engage the public with web 2.0 tools and strategies. This workshop is suitable for those who have no prior knowledge of public relations, social media or experience in copywriting to attend and walk away having the confidence to start a social media campaign and engage with media.
Jun
16
- Date
- 16 Jun 2011 - 17 Jun 2011
- Time
- 9am - 6pm
- Venue
- University Cultural Centre, National University of Singapore
- Tags
- No tags where found.
Participate in Echelon 2011, the biggest ever edition of Asia's best startup launchpad event.
Come listen to speakers like Eduardo Saverin, Michael Levinson, Derek Sivers and see the Startup Exhibition of the region's most interesting new web and mobile companies.
May
27
- Date
- 27 May 2011
- Time
- 6 - 8pm
- Venue
- 8 Prince George’s Park
- Tags
- No tags where found.
Come and join us at "The Garag3 Innovation Friday" Networking event
May
21
- Date
- 21 May 2011
- Time
- 12:15pm to 5:00pm
- Venue
- Guild Hall, Kent Ridge Guild House
- Tags
- No tags where found.
The Awards Ceremony of the 12th Start-Up@Singapore (S@S); Singapore’s biggest business plan competition will be held on the 21st of May 2011, Saturday, from 12.15 pm to 5.00 pm. It is the final and biggest event of 12th S@S and a platform for the culmination of the finals of the business plan competition. The event will showcase the best business ideas that came out of the competition this year as well as prominent entrepreneurs as speakers.
Apr
21
- Date
- 21 Apr 2011
- Time
- 10:00am -11:30am (Registration starts at 9:30am)
- Venue
- Seminar room 1, Level 1, I3 Building, 21 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, National University of Singapore
- Tags
- No tags where found.
There is considerable interest among policy-makers in measuring the entrepreneurial character of nations. A number of approaches and indices have been proposed for the study of the question. But what is an ‘entrepreneurial economy’? In this talk, Professor Erkko Autio reviews different approaches to measuring the entrepreneurial character of nations and discusses their merits and weaknesses. He will conclude by proposing a policy-oriented conceptual definition for the concept of an ‘entrepreneurial nation’.
Apr
19
- Date
- 19 Apr 2011
- Time
- 8:30am to 9:30pm
- Venue
- Kent Ridge Guild House, National University of Singapore
- Tags
- No tags where found.
InnovFest is a festival of innovation-related activities that aims to boost investments and technology transfer in Asia. It also offers networking opportunities within the finance, business and technology communities. InnovFest comprises of the Technology Commercialisation Forum, which is open to the public, and The Enterprise Connection, a by-invitation-only event.
Apr
04
- Date
- 04 Apr 2011 - 05 Apr 2011
- Time
- 8:30am
- Venue
- Blk 71, Ayer Rajah Crescent
- Tags
- No tags where found.
Media Development Authority (MDA), SingTel Innov8 and NUS Enterprise are joining forces to establish a strategic incubation programme, a move set to boost the Interactive Digital Media (IDM) space in Singapore. This programme, known as Blk71 is designed to allow start-ups to gain one-stop access to the resources they need to effectively develop and market their solutions to customers.
Mar
16
- Date
- 16 Mar 2011 - 17 Mar 2011
- Time
- Wed, Mar 16, 2011 - 1:00 pm to Thu, Mar 17, 2011 - 5:00 pm
- Venue
- Kent Ridge Guild House, Dalvey Room, Level 2, 9 Kent Ridge Drive, Singapore, 119241
- Tags
- No tags where found.
GCL and NEC will jointly conduct the one and a half-day Social Business Lab from the afternoon of 16 March to 17 March 2011. The aim of the Social Business Lab is to help budding social entrepreneurs learn how to develop innovative, sustainable social business solutions to solve social problems.
Through a series of intensive, hands-on team-learning activities, including case studies, experience sharing and brainstorming sessions, participants gain insights into social businesses. Furthermore, participants will receive mentoring and feedback from a panel of experienced resource persons assembled by GCL and NEC.
Participants will be charged a small fee to cover part of the expenses. Participating teams with the most promising social business ideas will be invited to further develop their innovations at NEC’s social business incubator.
Mar
16
- Date
- 16 Mar 2011
- Time
- 9:15 AM to 2:00 PM
- Venue
- Hon Sui Sen Auditorium, National University of Singapore
- Tags
- No tags where found.
Counterculture in the Economic World is a public lecture on social business on the morning of 16 March 2011 is open to the public. It will be delivered by Hans Reitz, the founder of GCL and creative advisor of Nobel Prize Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus. GCL has advised and worked with many global business enterprises on using the social business model to address social problems. There will be a networking lunch after the public lecture.