March 2009

[25 March 2009]

• Time to start a small business?
  For business ideas that involve innovation and have potential for success in the international markets, SEEDS (Startup Enterprise Development Scheme) is an equity funding possibility from Spring Singapore. The government will match up to $300,000 from private investors. Incubation support can be obtained from tertiary institutions such as the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at SMU.
  The Business Times

[13 March 2009]

• 27 year-old pledges $100K to help students
  Final-year Business Management student Lawrence Kim has four weeks to go before he graduates from SMU but he has already pledged more than S$100,000 to help students.
  The Straits Times
  Channel NewsAsia
  Channel 8

• Undergraduate pledges $100K to help students
  Final-year Business Management undergraduate Lawrence Kim pledged more than $100,000 to aid student entrepreneurs.
  Lianhe Wanbao

• Undergraduate pledges $100K to help students
  Final-year SMU undergraduate Lawrence Kim has already pledged more than S$100,000 to help student entrepreneurs.
  xin.sg

• Student and benefactor
  SMU undergraduate Lawrence Kim donated $17,500 to fund a new Kim's Entrepreneur Scholarship and book prize for SMU students – making this the single largest contribution to SMU by an undergraduate.
  TODAY

• Undergraduate pledges to help student entrepreneurs
  27-year-old SMU undergraduate Lawrence Kim, who is due to graduate in four weeks, has pledged more than $100,000 to help student entrepreneurs.
  Lianhe Zaobao

[10 March 2009]

• Awards and their biz significance
  Professor Desai Narasimhalu, Director of the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at SMU, commented that competing allows companies to benchmark themselves and to do so without having to hire consultants.
  The Business Times

[3 March 2009]

• Road map to success
  SMU's Director of the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Professor Desai Narasimhalu, together with top executives, share what is needed for a good business plan.
  The Business Times