Not Just Another Name

In support of *scape, we strongly encourage everyone to sign up for an afternoon of great family bonding. Visit http://www.scape.com.sg/hookup/ to register now!

It doesn't matter if you're a retro parent, hip and happening youth or a groovy grandparent, Money No Enough II is a great movie to catch with your family!

Both Ken and I will be there so hope to see you!

Board Game Programmes @ *scape!

That's right! If you have been wondering how you can take part in our popular board game programmes, here's your chance!

Are you ready to take this opportunity to discover that hidden entrepreneurial spirit in you? Come join us for an evening of fun and learn something about yourself and who knows, it might just change the way you seize life's opportunities.

There will be a different Board Game Programme every Thursday from 7.15pm to 9.45pm at Settlers Lite @ *scape starting from 4th September 2008. So get ready to have a blast with us each week as each board game promises unique learning points and entrepreneurial concepts!


Board Game Programme Schedule

Smart Money - 4 Sept 2008
Zeros-to-Heros - 11 Sept 2008
Dividends - 18 Sept 2008
ExoroGame™ - 25 Sept 2008
Settlers of Catan - 2 Oct 2008
Corporate Cahoots - 9 Oct 2008
Executive Decision - 16 Oct 2008

Who is it for: Everyone!
Time: 7.15pm to 9.45pm
Venue: *scape Youth Centre, 113 Somerset Road, S(238165)
(5 mins from Somerset MRT)
Cost: $20 per person (students enjoy a special rate of $15!)

Register Now!

or email to education[at]yea.sg with your name, occupation, contact number and the session that you would like to attend!

Details of the different board games are below. It's a different board each week so there's always something new to look forward to!



See you there!

BlueSky Enterprise Day 2008

The BlueSky Enterprise Day 2008 has been jointly organised by the Action Community for Entrepreneurship, Talentpreneur Hub and the Youth Enterprise Academy to dedicate a half-day event running entrepreneurship related programmes for youths. It was held on Friday,18th July 2008, at the Hwa Chong Institution. Students and teachers from more than 20 primary and tertiary institutes were invited to participate in workshops, board games and exhibitions. These programmes were aimed to engage youths in various activities to inspire them to realize the possibilities of creative ideas and turning them into avenues of wealth creation.




The BlueSky Enterprise Day is part of the BlueSky Festival which is held annually to run initiatives that encourage and foster the spirit of enterprise amongst Singaporeans, namely the youth.




Gracing the event was the Senior Minister of State for Education, RADM (NS) Lui Tuck Yew, acting as Guest of Honour and took a brief tour of the exhibition area.





At the exhibition, various schools also held exhibits side by side along with other business companies supporting the event such as Now Asia, Microsoft and KooBits. Talentpreneur Hub and the Youth Enterprise Academy were on site to present business development and education programmes which are in line with the vision of Spring Singapore’s initiative to integrate youths into the culture of enterprise.







Student booths on the other hand, presented business programmes and activities that have been run by their respective entrepreneurial student clubs and co-curricular activities. There were also those who tried their hand at setting up and running their own shops selling soft toys and bookmarks among others. Most importantly are exhibits which showcased exemplary Singapore start-ups such as Charles and Keith detailing their humble beginnings to the successful businesses they are today.







Also gracing the event were educational albeit fun filled games held by Settlers Lite, also a local start up. Set in tables laid with board games, groups of students were treated to the fine but essential skills of networking and negotiating. Strategic game play was also evident in “Dividends” where players engage themselves in the trade of financial literacy. Central to the purpose of enterprise, these would prove to be invaluable skills in business and lay the foundation of enterprise in seamless and interactive activity.







Workshops were at hand to foster creative ideas and grease the wheels of innovation. In a series of talks, students participated in discussions with speakers, shared ideas and mapped out concepts in business. It presents a wonderful avenue for them to learn and interact with others to inspire potential entrepreneurs by planting the seeds of business acumen.

Join Us at BlueSky Enterprise Day 2008!

Register for the workshops now by sending your details to events@talentpreneurhub.com !

Hope to see you there! :)

ASEANpreneurs Youth Leader Network 2008

ASEANpreneurs Youth Leader Exchange (AYLE) is the flagship exchange project organized by the ASEANpreneurs Youth Leader Network of NUS Entrepreneurship Society (NES), bringing together student leaders and entrepreneurs from the ASEAN countries. Launched in 21 May 2008, AYLE has successfully organized the first edition of AYLE in Singapore, having attracted 29 student leaders from 8 ASEAN countries. Through the 7-day program consisting of entrepreneurship and leadership lectures, company visits and brainstorming sessions, delegates explored on a wide range of entrepreneurship related issues and many went back to their respective countries as advocates and voices of ASEAN youth entrepreneurship. Moving on to our second year, AYLE would be assisting another ASEAN country to host AYLE 09 while actively promoting youth entrepreneurship in ASEAN region through a series of workshops and events.

Talentpreneur Hub and Youth Enterprise Academy was invited to take part in the ASEANpreneurs Youth Leaders Exchange to share about our entrepreneurial journey. It was a great way for the delegates to learn from our experiences as well as pick up ideas and opportunities from the sharing and bring it back to their home countries.

And boy did we have fun sharing. Interestingly enough, most of the foreign delegates were interested in board game programmes (I mean what's not to like about board games, they're super fun, educational, impactful and you learn so much in 2 hours and yet it doesn't really feel like learning at all) and inquired about opportunities to bring some of these educational programmes back to their countries.

There was a Vietnamese student who shared that she's the President of the Cashflow Club back in her university in Hanoi and they really love the board game Cashflow. I mean, like, wow. That's awesome.

To find out more about ASEANpreneurs, visit their website here.

National Schools Entrepreneur Summit 2007 Revisited

The National Schools Entrepreneur Summit (NSES) 2007, organised by Youth Enterprise Academy, SMU Ventures and Talentpreneur Hub, is an annual platform for primary to tertiary institutes to come together to share and showcase their various entrepreneurial initiatives and achievements. It was held on Sat, October 27th 2007 at Singapore Management University and attracted more than 250 representatives from 45 schools.

Students and teachers from 19 schools and institutes were invited to take part in the Young Entrepreneur Showcase and was a great way for participants to be updated with the latest in the school I&E scene. Student participants received the opportunity to learn and interact with their peers from other schools as well as with young entrepreneurs who have started their business.

Summit participants also got to engage a panel of educators and entrepreneurs on relevant issues in the youth entrepreneurship scene. Individuals on the Panel included Mr Tony Seow, Guest of Honor and Founder & Managing Director of Purple Sage; Professor Desai, Associate Dean of Information Systems; Mr Suresh Shankar, CEO of RedPill Solution; Mr Ken Koh, Founder & Business Development Director, Youth Enterprise Academy.

Here are some snapshots from the event:

National Youth Entrepreneurship Conference 2007

The first NYEC is organised by the Exoro Team (find out more about them here) to reach out to students from all tertiary institutes and also, to challenge them to prove their mettle at the National ExoroGame™ Youth Challenge.

Here, teams of 3 (each taking up the role of a CEO, CTO and CMO for Chief Executive, Technology and Marketing Officer respectively) from each school put on their business hats and go mano-a-mano against the other teams in the business simulation board game ExoroGame™. They must purchase, market, develop (and even patent) and price their products while keeping an eye out on their competitors and avoid falling too deeply into debts at the same time.

The process above sure sounds similar to the actual process of running a real business.

Talentpreneur Hub was invited to be a Supporting Organisation for the NYEC 2007 and it was really good to see some familiar faces from the schools that we have worked with turn up at the Challenge.

Colin from Settler's Cafe was also there and there was a lot of interest from teachers and students in the Settler's Lite programme. To find out more about it, visit the Settler's Lite website.

I thought that the most interesting highlight of the conference was Mr Ron Sim's sharing of his experience as an entrepreneur. Given that he has been on the enterprise path for the last 20 years, his stories really left me a lot to think about.

But more stories about it next time! Youth Enterprise Academy, together with Talentpreneur Hub, will be launching the biggest school entrepreneur event of the year! And you saw it here first!

So be sure to mark out the 27th October 2007 down on your calendar because everyone is invited to the National Schools Entrepreneur Summit 2007!

Stay tune for more information in the coming weeks :)

'Go Global' Business Case Seminar

The "Go Global" Business Case Competition saw the gathering of students from completely different cultural and educational backgrounds to tackle a business case study. Participants from tertiary institutions and international schools went through team-bonding and problem-based learning to synergise their strengths and efforts in solving an unconventional business case study.
One of highlights of the competition was a seminar with a panel discussion organized by Talentpreneur Hub held before the final presentation of the competition. The topic of the seminar was Youth Entrepreneurship and Opportunities Abroad. Successful local entrepreneurs Ms Elim Chew of 77th Street, Mr Douglas Foo of Sakae Sushi, Mr Colin Lim of Settlers’ Café and eBay PowerSeller, Mark Young gave the audience valuable insights on handling setback and venturing overseas. Young entrepreneurs of Talentpreneur Hub, Nicky Teo of Funeral Solutions, Serene Yeo and Goh Cheng Ze of Dotbox also shared about their start-up journey. An interactive session of Q&A following their sharing had many members of the audience motivated to further explore their own business ideas. Many of them commented that it was inspiring meeting the young entrepreneurs in person and learning about their start-up journey.In the following months, YEA will feature more events that serve as platforms for young people to cultivate their interest and knowledge in entrepreneurship in the months to come. Meanwhile, keep a lookout for details of the National Schools Entrepreneur Summit coming up in December 2007. This event will bring together student entrepreneurs from all over Singapore and offer a smörgåsbord of activities and talks to bring spotlight to the school entrepreneur scene!

Asia Pacific Speakers Summit

The Asia Pacific Speakers Summit 2007 held on 17 and 18 May brought together some of the best speakers and trainers from more than ten nations including UK, US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, China, Thailand. Participants at the event not only witness dynamic speaks and trainers in action, but they also gained fresh insight into the business of training, learning and retention.


Some of our student members at YEA had a chance to meet and interact with some of the best presenters and trainers in professional public speaking.
These students who have undergone training at YEA got a chance to sharpen their knowledge and skills in entrepreneurship under an exclusive continuity programme to cultivate their entrepreneurial skills on the various platforms offered at YEA. The students helped out at the reception and assisted the speakers in their presentations. Many of them realized the value of networking when they put to practice what they learnt about building lasting contacts in business.

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.

One Degree Asia

1°Asia is the first-ever youth leadership festival in Asia. It's where youth will gather to share ideas, make history and rock the world. 1°Asia is where youth can come to learn more about social issues and swap ideas that are important to them. 1°Asia is committed to raising awareness of social and environmental issues confronting Asia, and equipping young people with skills, knowledge and networks to address these issues.

1°Asia can be the catalyst that will inspire many more 1°s of transformation across Asia. We will team youth with local support networks that believe in the power of their potential, and who will act as a strong resource and support. We will challenge young leaders to dream bigger, create alliances, and inspire their communities to act together to help create the future.

For more details, go to http://www.onedegreeasia.org/

Global Entrepreneur Summit 2006

Dear fellow educators,

Talentpreneur Hub would like to invite you to the entrepreneur event of the year : Global Entrepreneur Summit 2006.

Global Entrepreneur Summit (GES) is an annual summit gathering together entrepreneurs, innovators and influential business leaders in the Asia Pacific region to share information, discuss relevant business issues and acquire practical entrepreneurship tips on doing business.

GES is a full one day conference featuring keynote speeches, panel discussions, Q & A sessions as well as knowledge sharing opportunities.It will also feature a Business Exchange Showcase, an ideal platform for budding entrepreneurs from schools and institutions to showcase their innovative business products and services.

Talentpreneur Hub is the supporting partner of Global Entrepreneur Summit 2006 and we would like to welcome you and your students to come down to GES and experience business on a whole new level!

How your students can benefit by attending GES:

- learn from the most successful entrepreneurs in Asia

- be exposed to the business scene in Asia

- get up close and personal with key and influential entrepreneurs from all over Asia

- interact with fellow youth entrepreneurs from schools, institutions and the private sector

- gain firsthand experience on business networking and social etiquette

Talentpreneur Hub specializes in Innovation & Enterprise and have conducted I & E workshops in numerous schools to promote the spirit of Innovation & Entrepreneurship among youths.

As part of our continuous efforts to expose youths to Innovation & Enterprise, students and teachers will enjoy a special rate of $65 nett from the published price of $188 if they sign up for GES 2006 by 15th September 2006 .

Teachers and students who are interested to attend GES may contact Donnie Seet at 6222 5672 or email him at events@t-hub.com.sg .

Alternatively, if your students would like to participate and showcase their entrepreneurship skills and innovative business ideas, products and services, then there is no better platform than the Business Exchange Showcase. Contact Donnie or visit http://www.resultsfoundation.com/ges2006 for more information.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Best Regards,

Events Team

Talentpreneur Hub

Phone: 6222 5672
Email : events@talentpreneurhub.com
Website: http://www.talentpreneurhub.com

GreenField Express (GFx)

Talentpreneur Hub would like to invite you and your students to take part in GreenField Express
(GFx), an exchange platform which provides opportunities to interact and learn from
professionals in the Creative Industries. Students will also gain a better understanding of
a career in the creative industry.

Admission is free. So hurry and register now! Seats are limited.

Date : Friday 29th September 2006
Time: 6.30pm - 9.00pm
Venue: Singapore Management University, Lee Kong Chian School of Business,
Networked Seminar Room 1.2 (NSR 1.2)

You can register by emailing Donnie at events@talentpreneurhub.com
or SMS 'thub GFx NAME EMAIL' to 9767 3663.

For any enquiries, please call me at 6222 5672.

See you there!

Talentpreneur Challenge 2005

Talentpreneur Hub organised the Talentpreneur Challenge 2005 - 1st National Day Entrepreneur Competition during the National Day Carnival@Marina held at Marina South last year. Supported by Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE), the 9-day event themed Dynamic People saw many aspiring entrepreneurs pit their salesmanship skills against one another. Teams were challenged to think up creative marketing strategies in order to maximise their profits. The gruelling 9-days proved to be an enriching experience for the participants who came from all walks of life. The 8 to 12-member teams comprised of students staff from secondary schools, polytechnics, undergraduates and working adults, some of whom are current entrepreneurs themselves. The winning teams walked away with cash prizes, trophies and hampers from our sponsors.

Youth Unite!

Talentpreneur Hub supported Central Singapore Joint Social Service Centre (JSSC) in organizing their quarterly event called Rhythm of our Cultural Heritage. Themed "Youth Unite", this event aims to showcase Singapore’s youth talents, in all different areas possible and acts as a platform for youth to bring their talents to the community at large.

Supporting this community event to promote youth entrepreneurship and community service, Talentpreneur Hub rallied its members and took up 10 of 14 bazaar stalls at the event. It was a fantastic experience for all as we worked together to increase the combined sales of all 10 teams! A debrief and reflection session was conducted at the end of the event to gather the learning points amongst our members.