Cost:

Free for all alumni of UCLA and NUS Business School
On a first-come-first-served basis,

Non alumni: SGD20.00 (inclusive of light refreshments)

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Only paid registrations will be confirmed and payment must be received by 25 Feb 2008.
For further enquiries, please contact: Angela at (DID: 6516 7053; Email: biztyy@nus.edu.sg)

What are the key differences between an invention and a business opportunity? When does it pay to be the first to market? How should an entrepreneur or investor think about disruptive technologies? Why does venture capital and entrepreneurship thrive in the USA, particularly in California? How should Singapore think about nurturing an entrepreneurial culture? These are some questions to be addressed by Prof. George Abe of the UCLA School of Management. Please be prepared to ask questions during this interactive session.

Professor George Abe is a lecturer and Faculty Director of the Applied Management Research (AMR) Program at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. AMR is the field study program, required of all full time MBA students. His expertise includes entrepreneurship, business plan development and field study program advisories. Prof Abe was Business Development Manager for the UCLA Office of Intellectual Property, which is responsible for patent protection and commercialization of UCLA research. Previously, he was a venture partner with Palomar Ventures, a VC firm in Santa Monica, California. Before Palomar, he was with Cisco Systems in the office of the chief technical officer. He is the author of Residential Broadband, which presents an analysis of high-speed residential networking, published by Cisco Press.