Our growing list of participants for Startup Asia Singapore has us very excited. I’m not too sure how our small team has managed to put this together, but we certainly have worked damn hard to create this event. We want the best experience for all who are involved: founders, investors, developers, and sponsors. The work is far from complete though, as we continue to prepare for the event which is just around the corner on February 2nd ...

32 days ago, we announced our conference, Startup Asia Singapore. It was supposed to be held at Singapore Expo. Unfortunately, we have to pull away from that place because it’s just too effing expensive, an error in planning on our part. So we wanted to pick another venue that we thought would provide an even better conference experience and wouldn’t hit us too hard in the pocket.I think we’ve found it.It will be the Singapore ...

Singapore is an interesting place to start up a business. We have a lot of access to capital, both from the private and public sectors. Some folks say that we’re uncreative, arrogant, and over-reliant on government funding.Others say that Singapore is an ideal place to start up in Asia. I recently had a meeting with Dr. Lim Kuo-yi (check out his profile here) to discuss what are the topics that we’ll be discussing live on ...

We're still not getting a ton of sleep these days, but what keeps me going is that I know that we’re building something that provides real value to the community — both our blog and our Startup Asia event planned for February are receiving good feedback according to many people who I have met up with recently.I said it before but I will say it again: This event is built by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. And ...

I’m a competitive person. Some might hate competition (because it takes market share away and makes you work harder). Others, like me, embrace it and see it as a way to sharpen my skills. The tougher the competition, the more fun it becomes. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, and competition is the perfect medicine to turn the weak into the strong. I’m loving every day of it.In my mind, I see myself being ...

Arvind Rajan, LinkedIn’s Managing Director for the Asia Pacific region is an experienced entrepreneur, corporate leader, and also an advisor. And we’re of course glad to have him at Startup Asia Singapore held on 3 February 2012 for a coffee chat, not at Starbucks but live on stage.I met Arvind a couple of times just to chat and to get to know him better as a friend. He is a nice chatty guy and also ...

Steven Goh, co-founder and CEO of mig33, is one of the most talked-about names among entrepreneurs and mobile folks in Southeast Asia. Having experience building his mobile social network empire in both the western and eastern markets, Steven is in a good position to comment on Asia vs Silicon Valley, or specifically on Singapore’s startup environment wearing both his hats. Initially, I wanted him to talk about mig33’s journey at Startup Asia Singapore. But Steven ...

I’m a keen admirer of James Tan. Many of you guys in Singapore might not know him because he is making his fortune in the big pond, China.He co-founded, 55Tuan.com, one of the largest group-buy sites in China. (Yeah… I know, some of you are about to exit this page to update your Facebook status because it’s about group buying.) But read on…I don’t exactly like the group buy model or the clones either. But ...

I'm excited to announce that we have iTwin coming on board as a sponsor for Startup Asia Singapore. We had announced that the first 50 registrants would receive a somewhat geeky gift (in fact, we're also offering it to the next fifty registrants as well) and here it is, as promised.iTwin is a reinvented form of thumbdrive that allows secure and wireless file-sharing between two computers anywhere in the world. With an iTwin you do ...

We publicly announced Startup Asia Singapore yesterday and the feedback has been pretty good (thank you), especially for Startup Arena.Startup Arena is the very core of our event, Startup Asia, where 15 startups will pitch, demo, and battle for US$10,000 in cash. We have already received dozens of startup pitches (well, some even pitched by calling my mobile).We hope to receive more, though. So go ahead and give us a selection headache — submit your ...

Finally! — Today we’re announcing Startup Asia Singapore, our first and very own tech startup event.We have attended and blogged about many tech conferences across Asia and thought we could contribute to this continent with an event that has a bit of our own DNA: a startup event that is built by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs. One with an entrepreneurial attitude. Startup Arena | Key Folks | Get Tickets Startup Asia will be totally focused on startups and ...