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Ureka Weekend. 100 people. 2.5 Days.

vernieman — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:23:18 +0000

100 people. 2.5 Days (Friday Evening – Sunday Evening). Business/product/prototype created. UrekaWeekend is an intense event bringing brilliant minds together to create companies, projects and great communities! Participants come from diverse profiles and skill sets such as entrepreneurs, geeks, technical developers, artistic and creative designers, marketing experts, project managers, legal hawks, public relations and many more.The participants that attend a UrekaWeekend decide what they want to tackle over the weekend and come out at the end with several developed companies or projects. Attendees are responsible for bringing the same desire and passion to the project and walk out of the room with the task at hand, in a short 54 hours.The UrekaWeekend is not a conference. Spend some time getting to know others at the event. It is an opportunity to build community and work with great individuals interested in the same thing all while building an exciting project/company.For more info on UrekaWeekend, visit UrekaWeekend.com

Startup Camp KL 2008 – GEW 2008

vernieman — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:44:46 +0000

It was exciting to be at Startup Camp KL today, although missing the first part of the day. Was certainly fantastic to meet big man Daniel Cerventus (@cerventus) and also fellow Twitterers – Arzumy (@arzumy) and Evelyn (@missyblurkit) again. First keynote I attended was “Social Change: Leading Tribes and Creating Infectious Action” by Kal Joffres, Partner, Tandem Consulting Group. Insight into creating and spreading viral ideas. Next up came “7 Deadly Sins of An Entrepreneur” by Dr Sivapalan of TeAM which was incredibly informative and entertaining. Possibly one of the best keynotes I’ve heard in a while.

Startup Camp KL runs from 22-23 November 2008 at the Plug & Play Center, Gardens. Startup Camp, a.k.a “The Unconference for the Startup Community”, is an unconference-style event that’s dedicated to bringing together the various members of the startup community for a face-to-face collaborative meetup where its the attendees that drive the agenda (in true unconference fashion).

StartupCampKL is happening in conjunction with the Global Entrepreneurship Week: Malaysia.

Investment Tips for 2008

vernieman — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:14:02 +0000

Investment tips for 2008
With all the turmoil in the market today and the collapse of Lehman Bros and Acquisition of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America this might be some good advice. For all of you with any money left, be aware of the next expected mergers so that you can get in on the ground floor and make some BIG bucks.

Watch for these consolidations later on this year:
1. Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and WR. Grace Co. Will merge and become: Hale, Mary, Fuller, Grace.

2. Polygram Records, Warner Bros., and Zesta Crackers join forces and become: Poly, Warner Cracker.

3. 3M will merge with Goodyear and become: MMMGood.

4. Zippo Manufacturing, Audi Motors, Dofasco, and Dakota Mining will merge and become: ZipAudiDoDa.

5. FedEx is expected to join its competitor, UPS, and become: FedUP.

6. Fairchild Electronics and Honeywell Computers will become: Fairwell Honeychild.

7. Grey Poupon and Docker Pants are expected to become: PouponPants.

8. Knotts Berry Farm and the National Organization of Women will become: Knott NOW!

And finally…
9. Victoria ‘s Secret and Smith &Wesson will merge under the new name: TittyTittyBangBang

Source: Forwarded mail from a friend with a sense of humour!

Malaysian Entrepreneurs First Ever Night Out

vernieman — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:39:17 +0000

The first-ever Malaysian Entrepreneurs Night Out was held last night at Nomad Offices, Pavilion KL. Organised with MoBIG, the event was themed “Businesses and Opportunity with Mobile Industry with Google”. The goal of the meet was to understand the mobile landscape in Malaysia more. However, unfortunately for the 30-odd attendees, the Google boys could not make it in time due to another appointment, so we made do with some insight from Jeff Bannister of Orbitage who talked about “Opportunities in the Mobile Industry.”

There was good buzz during the event and it was also a great platform for business networking and sharing – connecting like-minded individuals and entrepreneurs. I had the opportunity to meet Twitter friends (including Daniel Cerventes whom I met for the first time ever!) as well as familiar BNI faces – David aka blogjunkie, Evelyn Ang aka missy_blurkit, Takhoe, Evelyn.

Joan from Nomad Offices (who sponsored the venue) was also given a slot to tell us what Nomad offered and later organised a lucky draw for attendees. And what do you know, with some praying and positive thinking, Daniel drew my card and I received 3 months free subscription of the Nomad Virtual Office service!

Certainly a platform that I support and will participate actively in the future. BarCamp Malaysia too!

For more about Malaysian Entrepreneurs visit the official website and also Facebook page.