Network

Network had the honour of inviting renowned high-flyers from the world of business and entrepreneurship to share their very own experiences on how they’ve managed to grow their companies to huge corporate giants. Be inspired by their success stories and get some ideas of what you’re going to do in future!

The invited speaker thus far for 2009 is Mr Dennis Goh, Managing Director of Hungrygowhere.com.

Dennis Goh is currently the Managing Director of Hungrygowhere.com, the largest food portal in Singapore. Fascinated by the rapid rise of online communiities and their growing clout in exerting significant social influences on countries and societies, Dennis started the portal with 2 fellow partners to give both consumers and restaurants a voice and the ability to engage each other.

The invited speakers for 2008 are –

(1) Mr Darius Cheung, CEO & co-founder of tenCube Enterprise

tenCube Enterprise is a local company that makes use of Wave secure technology to help owners recall their lost phones. It was the brain child of Mr Cheung and his partner. What started as a problem of losing multiple hand phones for his friend has ended up as a multi-million lucrative idea. Darius was named a Top Achiever (under the age of 25) by The Straits Times and had been an invited speaker to events & conferences including Global Entrepolis, Nexus 2007 and Start-Up@Singapore. tenCube was the Grand Champion of Start-Up@Singapore, and is recognized as one of six finalists of the prestigious GES Award by Asian Wall Street Journal.

(2) Mr Tan Kim Seng, Managing Director & co-founder of 3V SourceOne Capital

Mr Tan is a Managing Director and co-founder of 3V SourceOne Capital, a regional VC firm with presence in Singapore, China and USA. He is currently the Honorary Treasurer and Chairmen of the Valuation Sub-Committee of the Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association. Mr Tan holds a M.Sc. (Industrial Eng.) and a B.Eng (EE) (Hons) degree from the National University of Singapore. He is an alumnus of the US Venture Capital Institute. 3VS1 currently offers investment opportunities in its second balanced growth funds focusing on Asia with diversification within the IT, Communications, Medical Technology, BioPharma, Materials and Healthcare Service industries.

(3) Mr Kenneth Tan & Mr Kumar, Exoro Pte Ltd.

ExoroGame™ is a business simulation game created by 5 NUS students, one of which is Mr Tan. ExoroGame™ was previously the flagship project of the National University of Singapore Entrepreneurship Society to provide local outreach to students. Feedback from the students was overwhelming and they decided to spin it off as a company. The card based simulation game teaches aspects such as leadership, effective team communications, market demand & supply correlation, adaption to competition and logistics management.

Mr Tan is the Chief Marketing Officer (CFO) of exoro and is responsible for spearheading sales, collaboration and marketing initiatives. He is also a book enthusiast who reads alot about business and how companies can cross the global chasm.