2019

Entrepreneurship: Nature or Nurture?

NUS AlumNUS

Quest Ventures Goh Yiping shares her journey with AlumNUS.

“NUS alumni entrepreneurs share their personal motivations, tribulations and insights on navigating the start-up ecosystem.

Yiping: It’s really not as binary as whether it is nature or nurture. It is both. I am probably born to want to be an entrepreneur — having helped out at my parents’ hawker stall since I was eight, and growing on a farm set up by my grandmother, whom I look up to. I have that raw drive to succeed but I kind of never knew what to do, or where to even start. Through the NOC programme, we saw a different degree of polish when it comes to entrepreneurship. It also offered us great courses for training with the greatest minds. Being forced to come up with ideas within a short time frame also sharpened us and showed what we are made of.”

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ทรู ดิจิทัล พาร์ค โชว์ศักยภาพศูนย์กลางนวัตกรรมดิจิทัล จัดงานสัมมนาเทคโนโลยีแห่งปี T.O.P. 2019

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Quest Ventures James Tan, in his capacity as Deputy Chairman of the Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE Singapore), officially opened the True Digital Park – ACE Singapore Centre in Bangkok, Thailand, with Thanasorn Jaidee, President of TDPK.

ทรู ดิจิทัล พาร์ค โชว์ศักยภาพศูนย์กลางนวัตกรรมดิจิทัล จัดงานสัมมนาเทคโนโลยีแห่งปี T.O.P.2019 – Togetherness of Possibilities รวมพลคนในวงการเทคโนโลยีทั้งไทยและเทศ ตอกย้ำระบบนิเวศสมบูรณ์แบบครบวงจรสำหรับสตาร์ทอัพ

ดร.สมคิด จาตุศรีพิทักษ์ รองนายกรัฐมนตรี และ นายพุทธิพงษ์ ปุณณกันต์ รัฐมนตรีว่าการกระทรวงดิจิทัลเพื่อเศรษฐกิจและสังคม ร่วมงานสัมมนาเทคโนโลยีครั้งใหญ่แห่งปี T.O.P.2019 – Togetherness of Possibilities โดยมีนายศุภชัย เจียรวนนท์ ประธานคณะผู้บริหารเครือเจริญโภคภัณฑ์ และประธานกรรมการ บมจ.ทรู คอร์ปอเรชั่น ให้การต้อนรับ โดยทรู ดิจิทัล พาร์ค ศูนย์กลางนวัตกรรมดิจิทัลแห่งแรกในไทยที่ใหญ่ที่สุดในภูมิภาคเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้

T.O.P.2019 – Togetherness of Possibilities โอกาสสำคัญที่จะได้พบกับกูรูและผู้เชี่ยวชาญด้านเทคโนโลยีจากบริษัทชั้นนำและวงการสตาร์ทอัพจากทั้งในและต่างประเทศ อาทิ”

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Deeptech dominates startup landscape

Singapore Business Review

Venture capitalists are looking to inject more funding into deeptech as the government strengthens its support system amidst a global tech shift.

Russ Neu, venture partner for impact at Quest Ventures, said that their firm has been tracking and investing in childtech startups, even when the vertical is below the radar of investors. In comments related to Fintech, he added, “Different VCs have different mandates so whilst there are VCs that specialise in fintech, there are certainly VCs who avoid this sector,” Neu said.

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Coaching: One of the best investments you can make

ConnectOne

Self-improvement goes hand-in-hand with feedback; that’s when working with a coach can be helpful. Coaches help to move you towards action and create a structure tailored to you. They are meant to provide honest feedback and should act as a sounding board.

Coaching in a startup is a multi-layered, cascading process that starts with the top. Founders typically seek coaching to be better leaders. Coaching is almost necessary for the survival of the startup. “Founders have a huge task of shouldering the vision of the company, every single day, regardless of the ups and downs, and more so when times are down. They often find themselves lonely in this journey but still need to muster the energy and resilience to be persistently creative and effective.” points out Goh Yiping, startup coach and partner, Quest Ventures.

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ACE 5th Anniversary celebratory message

ACE Singapore

Quest Ventures James Tan, in his capacity as Deputy Chairman of the Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE Singapore), celebrated its 5th anniversary in a celebratory video.

“ACE has supported more than 2,000 startups through various programmes, engagements, grants and deals. By working with our key startup ecosystem stakeholders, we have together built a strong and vibrant ecosystem that help startups to flourish,” said Edmas Neo, CEO of ACE.

“Through ACEIC (ACE Internationalisation Centre), numerous local and international startups have participated in our ACE Market Access Programme. We have also gone on to the international stage through participating in overseas conferences and pavilions, and built a connected ecosystem with access to 16 cities and 25,000 startups,” said James Tan.

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Hệ sinh thái startup tại Singapore tìm chất xúc tác mới ở Việt Nam

BÁO ĐIỆN TỬ THỜI BÁO CHỨNG KHOÁN VIỆT NAM

“Chiến lược tiếp cận startup khôn ngoan của Singapore là mở rộng Liên minh kết nối 10 trung tâm đổi mới sáng tạo trên toàn cầu, tìm chất xúc tác mới ở Việt Nam.

Giữa tháng 7, Enterprise Singapore ra mắt mạng lưới Liên Minh Đổi Mới Sáng Tạo Toàn Cầu Singapore tại TP.HCM. Thông qua một loạt các ký kết quan trọng giữa các đại diện tài chính (Quỹ Quest Ventures), trung tâm hỗ trợ khởi nghiệp (Sihub) của hai bên, người Singapore thể hiện mối quan tâm rất lớn đến thị trường khởi nghiệp Việt Nam.”

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BAZAAR’S 2019 Power List: Goh Yiping

Harper’s BAZAAR Singapore

“Meet BAZAAR’s league of extraordinary women. Singapore visionaries under 40, they are paving the way in the tech and digital spheres and proving that the future is not only female, the future is now.

Redefining venture capitalism with her determination, Goh shakes up the male-dominated ivory towers of private equity to transform struggling digital start-ups into viable business opportunities through sheer persistence and hard work. Humorous and self-aware, Goh describes how she’s evolved from a trend-spotter into someone more interested in crafting a legacy of impact.”

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Singapore mở rộng Liên minh Đổi mới Sáng tạo Toàn cầu tại TPHCM

Saigon Online

“Enterprise Singapore cùng với Trung tâm Sáng kiến Hỗ trợ Đổi mới Sáng tạo và Khởi nghiệp (Saigon Innovation Hub2 – SIHUB) trực thuộc Sở KH-CN TPHCN và Quỹ Quest Ventures 3 đã ký kết một Biên bản Ghi nhớ hợp tác nhằm thúc đẩy hợp tác giữa các start-ups và các doanh nghiệp vừa và nhỏ (SME) giữa Singapore và Việt Nam. Với Biên bản Ghi nhớ hợp tác này, ba cơ quan, tổ chức sẽ phối hợp tổ chức các chương trình nhằm giới thiệu các start-ups Singapore tới hệ sinh thái khởi nghiệp tại TPHCM và kết nối các start-ups này tới các đối tác, nhà đầu tư và khách hàng tại Việt Nam.”

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Singapore start-ups set for Ho Chi Minh City

The ASEAN Post

“Ho Chi Minh City is the third ASEAN city to join the GIA network after Jakarta and Bangkok. The eight other cities in the network are Beijing, Shanghai and Suzhou (China), Berlin and Munich (Germany), San Francisco (United States), Tokyo (Japan) and Paris (France).

As part of the MoU signed between Enterprise Singapore, Singaporean venture fund Quest Ventures and the Vietnam government-linked Saigon Innovation Hub, the three partners will organise curated programmes to introduce Singapore start-ups to the innovation ecosystem in Ho Chi Minh City and connect them to partners, investors and customers in Vietnam. This will help Singapore start-ups set up, test and commercialise their solutions; form business partnerships in HCMC and Vietnam; and support Vietnamese start-ups to set up in Singapore.”

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Liên minh Đổi mới Sáng tạo Toàn cầu mở ra nhiều cơ hội cho startup và doanh nghiệp Việt Nam

TechTimes Vietnam

“Liên minh Đổi mới Sáng tạo Toàn cầu mở ra nhiều cơ hội cho startup và doanh nghiệp Việt Nam

Enterprise Singapore (cơ quan chính phủ trực thuộc Bộ Thương Mại và Công Nghiệp Singapore có vai trò hỗ trợ sự phát triển của các doanh nghiệp Singapore) cùng với Trung Tâm Sáng Kiến Hỗ Trợ Đổi Mới Sáng Tạo và Khởi Nghiệp (Saigon Innovation Hub – SIHUB) trực thuộc Sở Khoa học và Công nghệ TP. Hồ Chí Minh và Quỹ Quest Ventures đã ký kết một Biên Bản Ghi Nhớ Hợp Tác nhằm thúc đẩy hợp tác giữa các startup và các doanh nghiệp vừa và nhỏ (SME) giữa Singapore và Việt Nam.

Phát biểu tại buổi lễ ra mắt, ông Huỳnh Kim Tước, Giám Đốc Điều Hành SIHUB nhấn mạnh “Sự hợp tác giữa Enterprise Singapore, SIHUB và Quest Ventures là con đường tối ưu hoá nguồn lực giữa hai quốc gia nhằm tạo ra sản phẩm, dịch vụ tham gia thị trường toàn cầu”.” More