Print Media Coverage

May 2009

Fancy making chapati in a flash Start-Up@Singapore 2009 Business Plan Competition organized by the National University of Singapore (NUS) Entrepreneurship Society and supported by the NUS Entrepreneurship Centre and NUS Business School Alumni Association The Straits Times, 31 May 2009, p13
Sharpen your team's abilities Increase the competence and enhance the motivation of your workers to achieve your targets by Lim How, trainter with NUS Extension, which will be running courses on leadership throughout the year. The Straits Times, 30 May 2009, Recruit R1
Two Singapore firms still in NAVTEQ contest 2 Home-grown companies have made it to the Semi-finals of NAVTEQ's Global Location-based Services Challenge. Nano Equipment's geo-tagged mobile video broadcast and tenCube's WaveSecure anti-theft mobile application. The Straits Times, 25 May 2009, B2
Turning our varsities into entrepreneurial hotbeds The National Research Foundation would establish a $50-million University Innovation Fund to encourage more start-ups and develop an entrepreneurial culture at local universities. TODAY, 20 May 2009, p4
Entrepreneurship at universities gets $22 million boost The Business Times, 20 May 2009, p12
10 Finalists Short-listed for Emergering Enterprise Awards Ten finalists have been short-listed for this year's Emerging Enterprise awrds and are now gearing up for round 2. They will be face with a 30minute interview with judging panel, and will present their business plans. The Business Times, 15 May 2009 , p8
$25 million for polys to grow fruits of research $500 million fund managed by the Interactive Digital Media Programme Office has funded 120 start-ups, 58 institute of higher learning projects, 68 companies, 6 future schools, 10 incubators, and 3 international research centres. The Straits Times, 12 May 2009, B2
Polys to get leg up on taking research to market The Business Times, 12 May 2009, p9
$25 million research Boost $500 million fund managed by the Interactive Digital Media Programme Office has funded 120 start-ups, 58 institute of higher learning projects, 68 companies, 6 future schools, 10 incubators, and 3 international research centres. Lianhe Zaobao, 12 May 2009, p8
Temporary Shortage in Local Chinese Medicine My Paper, 12 May 2009
MDA aims for 10,000 more jobs $500 million fund managed by the Interactive Digital Media Programme Office has funded 120 start-ups, 58 institute of higher learning projects, 68 companies, 6 future schools, 10 incubators, and 3 international research centres. The Straits Times, 12 May 2009, B6
A World Of Opportunity Ms Lee Minxuan, an NUS Business School undergraduate, wrote about how her experience on the NUS Overseas Colleges programme had helped her with beginning her start-up called 'Building Moolah'. The Business Times, 4 May 2009, p12
$25 million research Boost Assoc Prof Wong Poh Kam, Director of the NUS Entrepreneurship Centre, observed a significant increase over the past few months in the number of start-ups which had applied to the centre for assistance TODAY, 3 May 2009, p12
Economic Crisis Sparks Entrepreneurial Spirit Assoc Prof Wong Poh Kam, Director of the NUS Entrepreneurship Centre, observed a significant increase over the past few months in the number of start-ups which had applied to the centre for assistance Lianhe Zaobao, 3 May 2009
NUS To Set Up Second Overseas College in China, To Be Located in Beijing Prof Tan Chorh Chuan, NUS President, said that China was a fast-growing economic powerhouse so it was critical for students to gain a strong appreciation of the local business culture and to cultivate networks of contacts in China. Lianhe Zaobao, 1 May 2009