Dear Friends & Colleagues,

Greetings from NUS Entrepreneurship Centre and Welcome to our September and October edition of e-newsletter. In this 7th edition, we have highlighted two of our upcoming & exciting events as part of the Global Entrepolis @ Singapore, which is organized by the Economic Development Board (EDB) at the end of this October, and we look forward to your active participation.

Please feel free to drop us a note at necbox2@nus.edu.sg for any suggestions or contributions towards our e-newsletter.

Thank You and Happy Reading!!!

Best Regards,
Assoc Prof Wong Poh Kam, Director
Ms Gean Chu, Editor

>> Global Start-Up@Singapore on 27 & 28 October
The Global Start-Up@Singapore Business Plan Competition is an invitation-only event organized jointly by National University of Singapore (NUS) Entrepreneurship Centre and INSEAD as part of the Global Entrepolis @ Singapore event in October 2003. It will be held on October 27 & 28 at the Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre.

This inaugural event aims to bring the world's best young entrepreneurial talents to Singapore. The winning teams from the world's leading universities and business schools will come together in Singapore to present their business plans to a distinguished panel of international judges comprising prominent VCs and entrepreneurs and ultimately, compete for the top prize of US$20,000.

Visit us at: http://global.startup.org.sg for more details.

>> Global Wireless Venturing Forum on 31 October
Global Wireless Venturing Forum is organized by NUS Entrepreneurship Centre in association with the Global Entrepolis @ Singapore. It is aimed at creating a forum for examining global wireless venturing opportunities and sharing best venturing strategies and practices in the global wireless marketplace.

The forum provides a unique opportunity for wireless start-ups & SMEs, MNCs, investment professionals, business analysts, government leaders and entrepreneurs from all over the world to network and exchange ideas on the opportunities and challenges in wireless venturing.

Speakers from Motorola Ventures, Nokia Ventures, Siemens Mobile Acceleration, HP Mobile E-Services Bazaar, M1, Starhub, various VCs and start-ups from China, India, Israel, Korea, North America will contribute relevant insights from around the world. In addition, NUS entrepreneurship will share our research findings at the forum, including our collaborative work with Stanford Technology Venture Program (STVP). 

NUS-related wireless start-ups participating in this forum include Actionglobe, Adtranet, David Aslan Consulting and Mozat. Besides the forum, these companies will also be participating in the product/company showcase at Enterprise Exchange and elevator pitches.

You may register online from this website:
http://www.enterprise.nus.edu.sg/nec/globalwireless/reg.htm  
Sign-up now to avoid disappointment!

For forum details, visit us at: http://www.nus.edu.sg/globalwireless

This forum is supported by IDA (Wired with Wireless), Singapore IT Federation Wireless Chapter (SiTF WiC), Singapore Computer Society (SCS), and Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES), with TelecomAsia and WirelessAsia as the official publications and WirelessWorld as the supporting publication.

>> NUS Entrepreneurship Centre is exhibiting at The Enterprise Exchange, as part of the Global Entrepolis @ Singapore
Our Centre will be exhibiting at the Enterprise Exchange from 28 to 31 October 2003 at the Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre. We welcome you to drop by our booth and learn more about our centre as well as other units under the NUS Enterprise Cluster. We will also be showcasing some interesting wireless start-up technology and companies during the exhibition.

So hurry, mark your calendar and visit us at:

Our booth is located at: 6J19, NUS Entrepreneurship Centre
Date: 28 to 31 Oct 2003
Venue: Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hall 601 & 602,  Level 6
Opening Hours:
- 28 October to 30 October, 9am - 6pm (Trade Visitors only)
- 31 October, 9am - 6pm (Trade Visitors & Public)

>> Upcoming Techno-Venture Forum in November
There will be one upcoming techno-venture forum on 4^th November 2003 by Dr. Antony Ng, CEO of D'Crypt, a local high-tech company that specializes in providing high-end data security components and solutions. Look out for our e-flyer to you soon.

>> NUS-YEO Fund-Raising Golf Challenge for 5^th Start-Up@Singapore on 12 November
This inaugural event for fund-raising and entrepreneurial networking, jointly organized by NUS Entrepreneurship Centre and Young Entrepreneurs' Organization (YEO), will be held on the 12 November 2003 at Sentosa Golf Club. The Guest of Honour is Acting Minister of Education Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, and the event will be hosted by NUS President Professor Shih Choon Fong. With another 4 weeks, the flights are close to 50% booked. Interested participants can visit http://www.asianseniormasters.com/upcoming_tournaments.asp?tournID=30 and register online.

The event will also see the pre-launch of 5^th Start-Up@Singapore, jointly organized by NUS Entrepreneurship Centre and NUS Business School Alumni Association. The theme for this year's 5^th anniversary celebration of Start-Up@Singapore is "Celebrating Entrepreneurship: Crafting Winning Strategies, Creating Winning Businesses".

This year's Start-Up@Singapore promises to be even livelier and exciting with new programs and partners in the form of Action Community Entrepreneurship (ACE), Republic Polytechnic, Southwest CDC, etc.

More details will be unraveled at the new 5^th Start-Up@Singapore website at www.startup.org.sg after 12 Nov.

>> November Briefings on Technopreneurship Minor Programme & Graduate Elective Courses in Technopreneurship
The NUS Entrepreneurship Centre is pleased to organize these 2 briefings for both NUS undergraduates and graduates respectively in November and we would like to invite all students to attend these briefings on Technopreneurship courses and programs.

The Technopreneurship Minor Program for our undergraduates and the Elective courses in Technopreneurship for graduates will aspire and help students to prepare for an exciting, fulfilling and rewarding career as future entrepreneurs.

For the schedule details, please visit us at:
http://www.nus.edu.sg/nec/education/courses/2briefingnov03.htm  

>> More News about NUS Entrepreneurship Centre from the NUS Enterprise Zone, a newsletter from the NUS Enterprise Cluster

-  Guinness "Write a Best Seller" contest results in funds raised for NUS Entrepreneurship Centre

-   An Afternoon with an Entrepreneurial Guru

-   The 1st NUS-IES Technopreneurship Workshop

-   NUS Wireless Venturing Forum: Mobile Commerce Marketplace

-   Entrepreneurship Bibliography: Another Information Source for Entrepreneurs

>> Latest News Clippings from the media
     -   Taking the road less travelled
         The Edge Singapore, 6 Oct - 12 Oct 2003 Edition

     -   Best-Selling Authors - NEC receives $10k donation from Guinness 
            Straits Times, 26th September 2003

     -   Price of Failure
         Today, 23th September 2003

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>> Past Techno-Venture Forums in September and October 2003
September and early October were indeed the most eventful months, as we have successfully organized several techno-venture forums and the response was overwhelming. On average, every such enriching forum will attract around 150 participants to attend.

Our centre would also like to take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude to our past speakers for their time and effort to share their entrepreneurial insight and experience to our students as well as to the industries.

Find out more about the past Sept and Oct techno-venture forums by clicking on the titles below:

-         2^nd September: "Entrepreneurship in the information business" By Mr. Emmanuel Daniel, Founder of the Asian Banker

-         4^th September: "Growing a billion dollar software company" The  Veritas Software story" By Mr. Mark Leslie, Managing Director of Leslie Ventures

-         16^th September: "The Growing-Up Years - earth9" By Mr. Tang Chi Sim, CEO of Earth9.com Pte Ltd

-         7^th October: ""When I Graduate..." - An Entrepreneur's journey" By Mr. Bernard Goh, Managing Director of AXIOM Technologies Mfg. Pte Ltd

>>Past Entrepreneurship Research Seminar in September
We were pleased to have Dr. Paul Reynolds, Professor of Entrepreneurship from London Business School to give a talk on "National Context and Entrepreneurship: Explorations from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2002" on 30 September 2003. Dr. Reynolds, as the Principal Investigator and coordinator of the widely cited Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) research project, had shared and presented the key findings from the GEM 2002 Study that covers 37 countries, and shed light on how national contexts influence the development of entrepreneurship, and how and why entrepreneurial propensities may vary across countries and regions.  

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For a list of NUS Related Ventures, please visit this website:
http://www.nus.edu.sg/nec/venture/venture_index.htm

We would like to encourage our NUS alumni, who have been involved in entrepreneurial ventures to submit a 1-2 paragraph write-up of their business ventures to contactnec@nus.edu.sg. Please include the following details: Contact person and details, business descriptions, business updates and success stories/customer profiles.

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