Secrets of Successful Project Management

Did some projects recently, this article at ST Training Solutions › Articles › Secrets of Successful Project Management, would have been helpful. The steps are here simplified: Know what are the objectives of the project. Know/assign those  who are responsible for the project. Plan activities to reach those objectives and account for obstacles. Act on [...]

Luncheon Keynote on CSR by Thomas Thomas

I was lucky to represent for someone at this Luncheon by AsiaIncForum at the Radisson Hotel. The Guest Speaker was named Thomas Thomas. No typo there, the speaker spent a few moments to share his humorous experience regarding to his name, specifically on how his ancestors before him was named the same, and he stopped [...]

Market Segmentation Leads to Product Divergence

Basically there IS no perfect PRODUCT, there ARE only perfect PRODUCTS. Malcolm Gladwell shares the story of Howard Moskowitz on how he discovered the idea of perfect products depend on the market segmentation. The reason why we have a variety of a single product, 3 types of spaghetti sauce, several types of nescafe and so [...]

Business Plan Writing

I gave a quick 3 Hour presentation on Writing a Business Plan for LiveWIRE Brunei in their Be a Succesful Owner/Manager Workshop. Basically, it is what I’ve learned from my own research when I created my own Business Plans and Participating in Business Plan Competitions such as the LiveWIRE Business Plan Awards and The Think [...]

iCentre’s Think Big Biz Plan 2 day Workshop

I didn’t get short listed in this year’s think big biz plan competition, but I attended the Workshop anyway, It’s always good to keep an open mind and check to see if there are any new knowledge or to refresh them in my mind. The first day was facilitated by Virginia Cha on the topic [...]

Richard Branson interviewed by Chris Anderson on TEDtalk

    Here’s a video of Richard Branson being interviewed by Chris Anderson on TEDtalks is good example of someone who didn’t do academically well in school becoming an entrepreneur. He may not be articulate in here, but his business empire – Virgin, speaks for itself.

VSAPAC Dialogue at EDC

25th June 2010, Friday – A few selected entrepreneurs and incubatees under the incubator program of the Entrerpreneurial Development Centre (EDC) were invited for a followup of discussions on how SME Development could be improved. The facilitators were consultants from Vector Scorecard Asia Pacific (VSAPAC). They basically asked 3 main questions where the SME’s shared [...]

VSAPAC Incubation Technical Assistance Programme

8th March 2010, Monday – An Incuabation Technical Assistance programme was held at Entrepreneurial Development Centre, Sinaut, Tutong. The programme was organized by Vector Scorecard (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd. Among the participant were incubatees, selected SME’s and officers from EDC. The objectives of the program was to help incubatees and SME’s understand more

5 things to grow your biz right now!

Being a photgrapher, my wife found this article http://photofocus.com/2009/10/30/five-things-you-can-do-right-now-to-grow-your-photography-business/ the article is about things photographers can do grow their business. I found the article to apply not just to photographers but to other businesses as well. Here is my interpretation of the article. Own Your Own Zip Code Start with your own area. Why would you be in [...]

Pitching your Business Plan!

Do you need to know what investors are looking for in a business? David S. Rose is a serial entrepreneur turned serial investor. He shares his tips in presenting. He shares that investors are not just investing in your business idea, they are also investing in you. So you have to show that you and [...]