Creative Entrepreneur of the Week! Part Un

There's like a ton of things that I want to blog about, and I guess I have to start somewhere.

So thus we have a series of the really creative young entrepreneurs out there. (I have no idea how young she is but should be quite young lah)

For the Creative Entrepreneur of the Week we have....*drumroll.

The P L U S H I E S ! ! !

By Nico aka PLUSHISM wonderer!

Of course, so what do I like about her works?
<- click on the jpeg to find out! She has a wonderfully colourfully professional flash website which is very nicely done. I like her attention to details. Her plushies are all handmade and each individual plushie all have a name and a personality. There are different series of plushies and they have their own story (told in a comic strip as well!) as well as a writeup on what the plushie is all about.

The Plushies reflects her creativity and her funkiness along with her commitment to business and her overall dream which is... I won't say. Go to her website and check it out!

Overall, Nico has done really well in creating value for consumers and and by targeting the hardcore soft toy collectors with her unique plushies. She has created a brand with a strong identity that has a lot of potential. Show your support @ www.plushism.blogspot.com

All aspiring entrepreneurs who's thinking of setting up a creative business might do well to take a leaf or two out of Nico's colour book.

Cheers. Out.

Sitters With a Creative Touch

A singer, a dancer, a painter – take your pick, these are just some of the creatives that New York parents can hire as their child’s babysitter for the night. Eugenia Bachaleda, a musician, and Kristina Wilson, a performer, combined their talents to devise Sitters in the City for a modern twist on baby sitting. Both Bachaleda and Wilson enjoyed performing but also loved working with children, and so they found a way to use their artistic talents to inspire and entertain children.

The benefits of Sitters in the City work both ways – for actors and artists, it’s a flexible job that combines well with auditions and concert rehearsals. For parents, it's a fun and creative childcare option that aims to leave children inspired and entertained. Sitters arrive at the customer's home armed with a ‘tote of toys’ and with an abundance of creative ideas to appeal to every child from bookworm to budding movie star.

Sitters in the City charge USD 15/hour with a minimum booking of four hours, and sitters can be booked up to two hours in advance. Nice one for entrepreneurial art and drama students to replicate in creative hubs across the world!

Website: www.sittersinthecity.com
Contact: sitters@sittersinthecity.com

InnoWorks™ @ ITE College East

I always enjoy working with ITE students. They're creative, responsive and almost always eager to learn.

Some of them come up with really good ideas and are pretty good salespeople, like Orange in the above clip.

The idea isn't new. But they were the first students we've seen who designed a carrier for specifically for kids, with attention to the aesthetics and how it would appeal to children.
Of course, there's nothing like a visit to Red Dot Design Museum to set the creative juices flowing. I'm not going to post any pics of what's in Red Dot Museum. Heh. If you're curious, there's a link to Red Dot Design Museum somewhere in this blog.

The new wave.

Shhh these are all hush hush stuff but you heard it here first!

We (Kan Wee and me) met up with these 2 design students who have great plans and impressive determination to start their own apparel brand.

We were really wowed over because they had a solid business plan presented nicely in a clear folder. It was very detailed and included their new business' mission, vision and aim and also a very clear timeline on what to focus on.

They had a very solid financial plan where they factored in the costings and their overhead for each phase of their business (yes they described the different phase and focus of their business on a monthly and quarterly basis).

All that detailed planning coupled with over 20 different apparel design makes for a very good business plan!

It was clear that this isn't a half-baked overnight wild business idea but a passionate business idea painstakingly (they took 4 months to plan out their business plan) thought out, mulled over and carefully crafted out over a period of time.

It was really refreshing and exciting to see students entrepreneurs take the step forward to pursue their dreams.

Talentpreneur Hub will be walking with them every step of the way so watch this space for more news!

2007 is going to be a really exciting year! Woot! Hold on to your dreams guys!

The Future

A student from Punggol Secondary School linked the Talentpreneur Hub website as 'her future'.

We're delighted, yet puzzled because we've never had any programmes with PSS.

So to Miss Mysterious Student: how did you come to know about us? Contact us so that we can sleep better lol.

Catch her blog at http://fantasy-forever-show.blogspot.com/

Have a great week everyone.

Vivo See Saw

I'm sure all you students probably made good use of the school holidays to walk all over Vivocity and know the layout by heart.

I'm still getting lost and trying to find my way around when I saw this.


I don't know about you but I was thunderstruck when I saw how they innovated the typical see saw into an innovation. I'm not sure if there's other see-saws (I'm past the age for playgrounds).

So while this isn't really an advertisement for Vivocity, check out the playground if you're there. There's tons of other innovations as well to check out as well.

And say hi to me if you see me while jalan-jalan-ing down Vivocity. There's always this chance that I'll be lost. Heh.

An Interesting Problem...

So I know that the holidays for some of you are near...to keep that those creative juices flowing, we would like to share this interesting situation we encountered last week.

Joanna, everyone's favorite trainer, had a Dell replacement battery sent to her last week.

The box that the battery came in looked like this:


And guess what was the size of the battery?


We kid you not. It like opening a box of pizza only to find a 1/8 slice of pizza in the box.

So a battery of that size? 4 pieces of foam in a cardboard box to protect the battery.

Now we're pretty sure that Dell probably have a one-box-fit-all system so that they can have use the boxes to ship computer parts of different sizes.

However when you're talking about a computer part this small,

it's a waste of resources if you ship it in a box like that.

Does anyone have any good ideas on how we can improve this? Minimum materials used, yet maximum protection for the computer parts.

GreenField 06

And the Creative Event of the year is here!

We're proud to be the marketing partner of GreenField 06!

GreenField 06 is a huge showcase of the Creative Industries here in Singapore, featuring showcases, open houses, interesting workshops and spectacular performaces from companies and organisations from the animation, film, drama, art, dance, music, innovation sector and more! It is presented by Creative Community Singapore (CCS), an initiative of MICA.

For more details, check out the website here!

Or simply send an email to events@talentpreneurhub.com with GF 06 in your subject to sign up for the GreenField 06 email updates!

GreenField 06
For those who dare to imagine.