The Next BIG Thing: ASEANpreneurs
The ASEANpreneurs Youth Leaders Network held its first event of the year called ‘The Next Big Thing: ASEANpreneurs!’ (TNBT) on 21st October, 2009 at the Hon Sui Sen Auditorium, National University of Singapore. The event serves to kick-off the awareness campaign being organized by the ASEANpreneurs team to promote the ASEAN brand of entrepreneurship.
The event featured a panel with Ms. Audrey Ottevanger, Growth Enterprise Segment Leader for Mercer Singapore; and Mr. Lawrence Kim, Managing Director for Ebenezer NDT Services. Mr. Kim is entrepreneur who started his first business at the age of 17, while Ms. Ottevanger works for a firm that does consulting for entrepreneurs. The two panelists complemented each other as they started off the discussion by focusing on the essentials of being an entrepreneur. This then served as a framework for defining what the ASEAN brand of entrepreneurship is. With the audience having an idea of what ASEANpreneurship is, the panel then concluded with the two panelists commenting on the hidden opportunities awaiting entrepreneurs in the ASEAN market – in other words, why ASEANpreneurs is the next big thing.
Apart from this, the call for applications for the ASEANpreneurs Youth Leaders Exchange (AYLE) was officially opened. AYLE is an annual exchange programme organized by ASEANpreneurs to expose the youth of ASEAN to the emerging markets and industries in the different ASEAN countries. This year, AYLE would be held in Jakarta, Indonesia from December 7-13, 2009.
TNBT also featured a lucky draw portion, where three members from the audience got the chance to win an iPod Touch, a Sony PSP and an iPod Shuffle by filling up a survey form distributed before the event started.
TNBT was sponsored by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) and the event was appreciated by all those who attended.
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