We were tired of working for others," said Mr Joe Wee, 30. So he quit his job in New Zealand two years ago to help his fraternal twin brother, Marcus, with Aftershock PC, a Singapore start-up selling customised gaming laptops.

Calixto Tay Wei Kiat, our alumni entrepreneur has created a new startup Originally.US, after graduating from SMU IIE.

A delegation visited SMU from St. Gallen. IIE made a presentation to the delegation on Innovation & Entrepreneurship activities at SMU.

Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (IIE) recently hosted a delegation from Herzen University represented by Vice-Rector, Professor Vladimir Laptev held at Singapore Management University on Thursday, 30 October 2014.

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Among present were Dean Gan (President Professor of Economics), Wenwei Lu (Dean, Department of Language/ Director, International Office/ Associate Professor, PhD, University of Oxford), Xiaoliang Ding (Professor, Dean Department of Thought and Politics Theory/ Doctor of Engineering, Doctor of Economics) and Wang Xiaowen (Council Member)

“ A Norwegian delegation headed up by Norway’s State Secretary for Trade, Industry and Fisheries Ms Dilek Ayhan visited the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship to understand its innovation and entrepreneurship eco system and to explore collaborations.”

Congratulations to co-founders of LoveByte, Steve Sng and Amelia Chen as they make headway in the mobile app scene for couples.

Hosted stays and couch-surfing have changed the travel game, with an Asian start-up redefining the boundaries.

Go!Places an IIE incubate, recently won the Silver Award for Best Startup in the prestigious SiTF Awards 2014. This recognition was awarded for their travel app Wotabout, funded by iJam grant hosted by MDA.