Last weekend, I attended the TIE Conference where over 4,000 people gathered to get an annual intravenous knowledge infusion about entrepreneurship. I was there because NewzSocial powered the social media large screen for the conference and amplified content about the conference through scores of social media ambassadors. I was impressed by how the organizers of this conference took a much broader view of entrepreneurship than just the stereotypical "starting a small business in a garage", and instead looked at the entrepreneurial mindset which is applicable across many broad domains. Two … [Read more...]
Day 2 of TiE Conference!
Saturday, 7 May 2016 – Hello there! I am a Singaporean student currently interning in a start-up. I attended a 2-day entrepreneurship conference, TiEcon 2016, and would like to share with everyone my experience and some things I learnt from the conference. The second day of TiE Conference offered 4 different tracks - Destination India, Entrepreneurship, TiE Youth and the fourth track covered 4 topics, namely Trending Technologies, Digital Marketing, Machine Learning and FinTech. For me, the most memorable session for the day was the sharing done by the President of SanDisk Co., … [Read more...]
Lessons for Entrepreneurs From Lee Kuan Yew
President Obama described Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew as "a true giant of history who will be remembered for generations to come as the father of modern Singapore and as one the great strategists of Asian affairs." While there is much to learn from this remarkable statesman and the transformative experience of Singapore that could fill many volumes, I would like to focus in the short space here on a few key lessons that entrepreneurs and companies can take from the founding and rapid growth of Singapore: 1. Get the Basics Right In a superb interview with Nathan Gardels, Minister … [Read more...]
