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Rotary Youth Social Entrepreneurship Challenge 2011
Do Business. Save the world. All in a day’s work? If you have an idea how you could potentially ‘do well while doing good’, or if you already are working to get something off the ground and would like...
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Social enterprise Post Museum is now history
Post Museum, a social enterprise in Singapore that provides a platform for community causes and the arts, has closed shop on August 7, after four years of existence. The venue hosted a regular soup...
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Social Enterprise 101: Five lessons from an experienced social entrepreneur
Carol hails from Taiwan(left) while Maria (right) is from Hong Kong. Carol Chyau and Maria So started social enterprise Shokay long before the term became a buzzword in recent years. Shokay, which is...
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5 tips from female entrepreneurs
While the term, ‘entrepreneur’, typically conjures the image of a male like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg, we’ve come to see that the ladies are not leaving it for men to claim full...
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By training an African Lance Armstrong, this Singaporean could change pro...
Zakayo (left) and Mwangi on a climb. Photo: Nicholas Leong Very few Asian entrepreneurs have the audacity to do crazy things. While more entrepreneurs and do-gooders have arisen in the continent over...
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Impact Ventures Accelerator Program, for social enterprises, launches in...
The Impact Ventures Accelerator Program (IVAP), which provides 8 to 24 months, of business consulting and financial support to social enterprises, has been launched in Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and...
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Best places for social entrepreneurs: Singapore, Silicon Valley, London
The best place for social entrepreneurship? “Where’s the best place in the world for a social entrepreneur to live and build a social enterprise?” That’s a tough question. It appears there are two...
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Two Southeast Asian startups aim to make bamboo bicycles trendy
Even though demand is picking up in the Western world, riding a bamboo bike is virtually unheard of in Asia. As much as bamboo is commonly associated with this region, it is Western companies like...
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Want to change the world? Check out Hub Singapore, the city’s newest...
Singapore is fast becoming a hub for co-working spaces, judging by how they pop up like mushrooms in the city. Now, there’s a new flavor in town, and it is aptly called Hub Singapore. Located just a...
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Impact Forum 2012: Igniting Capital Markets for Social Good
The Impact Forum 2012: Igniting Capital Markets for Social Good is a global conference focusing on examining the latest developments in the Impact Investing and Social Enterprise space in Asia Pacific....
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Project Inspire: A competition to impact women positively through...
Project Inspire: 5 Minutes to Change the World is a joint initiative by the Singapore Committee for UN Women and MasterCard to help young changemakers create a better world of opportunities for women...
View ArticleDon’t be an Activist, be an Entrepreneur
Contributed by BL Sometime back when I was a JC student, I spent a period of time working as a volunteer. Unlike the students today, I don’t have to clock twenty hours of social service. That...
View ArticleDon’t Reinvent the Wheel: Buffett donates to William and Melinda Gates...
Warren E. Buffett, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. plans to donate the bulk of his fortune to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and four other philanthropies starting in July. We review why...
View ArticleCan Social Entrepreneurship take off in Singapore?
In the past few years, a lot of emphasis have been placed on social entrepreneurship. Like the euphoria of business plan competitions, the Singaporean business community has jumped on the bandwagon to...
View ArticleAn Inconvenient Truth – Al Gore
Since Al Gore conceded the election to his opponent, he has embarked onto something different in his life. In the past few years, he contributed to a social enterprise project where he started from...
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International Youth Volunteerism Summit 2007
Always wanted to volunteer or explore social entrepreneurship but didn’t know where to start? The 2nd International Youth Volunteerism Summit next February will bring together thinkers and doers in...
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This startup wants to make Singapore’s rigid, expensive education system...
For many years now, Singapore’s education system has been touted as a model for many countries – including highly developed ones such as Finland – to draw inspiration from. The island-state, together...
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