SPRING Singapore

SPRING Singapore is the enterprise development agency responsible for helping Singapore enterprises grow. We work with partners to help enterprises in financing, capability and management development, technology and innovation, and accessing new markets. As the national standards and accreditation body, SPRING develops and promotes an internationally-recognised standards and quality assurance infrastructure that builds trust in Singapore enterprises, products and services, thereby enabling their global competitiveness and facilitating global trade.

Spirit of Enterprise

Spirit of Enterprise was founded in 2002 and its mission is to cultivate an active entrepreneurial culture in Singapore by recognising the accomplishment of local entrepreneurs operating small and medium-sized businesses and inspiring young Singaporeans especially students to become entrepreneurs by facilitating interaction, communication and knowledge dissemination between students, the entrepreneurs and the members of the general public. It is funded by the private sector and is managed by an Executive Director. The Board of Governors consists of established entrepreneurs, corporate senior management, students, public service and political leaders.

For more information about SOE, please contact us at kelly@soe.org.sg.  Website: www.soe.org.sg.

Small Medium Business Association

In conjunction with the national drive to promote entrepreneurship, SMBA was formed as a flagship initiative by a team of local business men & women operating SMEs spanning across diverse industries and disciplines. The core focus of this organization is to recognize excellent business practices amongst the local SMEs and to further greater innovation, achieve higher industrial service levels and promote uncompromising business ethics.

ENvision is an initiative formed by SMBA to provide quality Business Events to cater to the diverse interests and needs of local entrepreneurs and corporations. With a host of networking sessions, keynote talks, seminars and leisure activities, ENvision  seeks to connect entrepreneurs and business personalities from across industries and disciplines – by providing up-to-date news & information, a platform to meet like-minded individuals and an avenue to gather valuable business resources. With a far-reaching network of business heavy-weights and promising young enterprises, ENvision is fast becoming the preferred business events platform.

Pigeonhole

Pigeonhole® Live is the world’s simplest conference real-time Q&A tool on the mobile. It enables conference attendees to post and vote for questions using their mobile device. Speakers can then identify questions to address on-the-spot, taking into account the popularity of questions.

Grameen Creative Lab @ NUS

Grameen Creative Lab@NUS (GCL@NUS) is a partnership between the Grameen Creative Lab and NUS Entrepreneurship Centre, formed in March 2010.

The objective of the GCL@NUS initiative is to leverage the global resources and networks of the Grameen Creative Lab and the innovative ideas and social entrepreneurial energies of the NUS community to promote and incubate innovation-based social businesses in Singapore that have the potential to generate scalable, sustainable social impacts, especially for social groups at the Bottom of the Pyramid.

What we do

Education:

We organise the annual Social Business Week in Singapore. This is a week-long public programme that includes public lectures and a two-day bootcamp for social entrepreneurs to develop and refine their social business plans. We also regularly host a TEDx event, TEDxKRP to showcase social innovations and entrepreneurs in Asia.

Incubation:

We provide budding social businesses seed funding, incubation space and mentoring services. Through the NUS Innovation & Entrepreneurship Practicum Grant, we offer grants of up to S$10,000 for NUS students with promising social business ideas to develop and implement their ideas. In addition, GCL@NUS draws from its resource base of social entrepreneurs-in-residence and mentors to lend their expertise and experience to these aspiring social entrepreneurs.

Microsoft Biz Spark

Microsoft BizSpark is a global program that helps software startups succeed by giving them access to Microsoft software development tools, connecting them with key industry players, including investors, and providing marketing visibility to help entrepreneurs starting a business.

Hatched Inc.

Hatched Inc is an entrepreneur led initiative started in 2011 to increase collaboration between young startups and entrepreneurial organizations. By being in the heart of great entrepreneurial events and initiatives, they hope to become the virtual rally point for all young entrepreneurs, and prove that peer mentoring and collaboration can help startups grow together.

Visit them at http://hatchedinc.com