In conjunction with Global Entrepreneurship Week, Socialtalkr will be hosting a 2 day event called “Spotlight on the Entrepreneur” talking about using Web2.0 Platforms to monetize your creative work. This event will be a part of Startup Camp. (register yourself please)
Date: 2PM @ 22nd Nov + 12PM @ 23rd Nov
Venue: PnP Midvalley. 7th Floor South Tower.
Crowd: est 400 (students, entreprenuers, professionals, vcs, govt)
In Aaron’s own words, EzyPzy is ezypzy is a simple to use & cheap online contacts manager & SMS/Email marketing solution. You could use EzyPzy for example to send SMS’s to your entire organization or group of contacts using their web-based interface. Thats not where it ends; EzyPzy was initially designed for and still could potentially tap on the huge market for Property Listings.
Sky’s the limit for CEO Aaron Gill, who was also 1 of the first few individuals handpicked & selected for the MDEC Preseed Grant in Dec 2006. EzyPzy then went into development mode and officially launched 21st May 2008, just in time for WCIT! Check it out
Ureka Labs is an ideas incubator. They are currently working on 2 projects.
The first is a social network for interior designing, think along the lines of a virtual “Pimp My Room”. Arrange/Buy new furniture, let your imagination run wild, see how your room looks without actually having to do it.
The second project is about monetizing online video. Ureka Labs wants to be able to impose virtual 3D objects into streaming video (in Real Time). It’s pretty ambitious, and amazing. Check out the video presentation below.
This interview was conducted during Barcamp Malaysia, a 2 day (26-27 July) un-conference attended by an amazing mix of startups, veteran entrepreneurs, bloggers, media and VCs. (Apologize for the long delay!)
Elevyn is a social entrepreneurship project started by Mike Tee and Devan Singaram in late 2007, and is about to launch their beta!
Elevyn adopts the Etsy/eBay concept, but designed specifically to make it easy for marginalized/rural communities to set up ecommerce stores for their local crafts. By buying an item, you support not only the seller, but a portion of funds are also channeled to a local community project (Think “textbooks for rural schools”). The folks of Elevyn also do a lot of work on the ground (currently in the jungles of Borneo!) helping communities get set up.
Discover how the idea of Elevyn came about, how the idea evolved!
Find out how to secure funding for a social enterprise!
Learn about out the unique challenges Elevyn faces working with rural communities!
Teacherjames is an eBay for English Learning (launched in July2007), where students can buy TJ points to pay Teachers (The highest paid teacher in TJ today earns about 1000USD a month! Part time job anyone?). Teacherjames will eventually branch out to multiple languages and let teachers open “stores” to sell saved lessons and more (similar to eBay stores). Teacherjames has already started to see revenue (nicely done!) and is actively looking for series A investors, and you can check out their business plan in our links summary.
CEO Jerry Damon Chang (JD) is an indie film producer turn internet startup founder, and he says they’re both very similar industries. Read on to discover why JD says internet and film producing are similar? How does an ex film producer build a website? How did he recruit his talented core team? How does he market and sell Teacherjames today? and how he plans to expand Teacherjames!
Read on to discover Jerry Damon Chang
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Widgeo.us is a Singapore based startup, developing an amazing cross-channel communications platform (e.g. Message someone’s Widgeous ID and Widgeous will push the message via various channels, such as MSN/Twitter/Email/Widgeous Widget). Widgeous APIs are also open for application developers. Financially, Widgeous has received seed funding from the Singapore Govt, and is currently looking for series A.
Widgeo.us has a very competent tech team (it’s a pretty techie product after all). Find out how U-Zyn discovered the idea and how did he build from there? Find out how he managed to recruit a strong tech team for such a challenging project ? and how they didn’t get the product right the first time (important lesson here fellow entrepreneurs!). Read on to find out how and where they pitched to receive seed-funding in Singapore and how they are taking the first few steps to turn this “cross-channel” communications platform into a money making operation!
Read on to discover the Widgeous Team
Foldees Lets You…
1. Design Greeting Cards & Earn $$ if other people like ‘em & buy ‘em.
2. Buy Greeting Cards. Designer Cards. Prettier than the ones at the store or the gas station.
Bidrealm is kinda like an ebay for home renovation and construction. In Lorenzo’s words, “Normally if a homeowner needs to have home improvement work done on their home, they will search the Yellow pages or rely on a friend’s recommendation. These two methods are unreliable and outdated. They waste time and do not offer the homeowner the efficiency in their choice or price. At Bidrealm.NET, a homeowner can register for free and post an available project including details of what type of project, the dimensions, materials desired and even time frame. Once posted, local registered professional vendors will be able to bid in a reverse auction on that project. This way the homeowner has multiple bids to choose from and gets the best price through competitive bidding. They can view the professional’s posted credentials and communicate with them through the private message board to make their best decision. Once a bid is approved both parties win and the project can begin. The homeowner gets reliable choice at a great price, while the home improvement professional is able to build their business and keep it consistent.”
Wacanai is kinda like a reverse recipe book. You tell Wacanai what you’ve got, and Wacanai tell you what you can do with it. This reverse formula works for alot of stuff, but most commonly food, cocktails, kitchen stuff mostly. The site being user generated content, you can probably some more.. unorthodox formulas coming up, as Howard says, ten different ways to smoke pot.
Andrew is looking forward to see Zrc2.com to become THE Networking Community and Professional services hub for IT & Telecom Professionals.