Pole Sud 77 came to pitch six technology projects to our MBAs to develop during their electives and potentially turn into viable businesses.

VC trek to Paris: a huge thank you goes to the French Alumni Association, and Jean-Philippe Grosmaitre in particular, who helped organise a trek to Paris for some MBA entrepreneurs wishing to learn more about the VC industry.  Special thanks also go to Nicolas Tcherdakoff (‘97J), Matthieu Baret (‘02D), Julien Bentz (‘04D), and Julien Godard (‘04D) who dedicated their time and effort for this session.

VC course by Hussein Kanji, Accel: Hussein gave a three-hour course on the VC industry for our MBAs.  The event was so successful that we are now looking at making it a regular event for our students.

Going to Market – the Moment of Truth.  This event was part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week on our Singapore Campus and had panellists from four countries brought into the Auditorium using video links and Skype. Panelists included:

• In Singapore, Carlos Fernandes, Founder and CEO of RecordTV
• By visiolink from Boston, Scott Anthony, President of Innosight, an innovation consulting and investing company; co-author with Clayton Christensen and Erik Roth of the best-selling book “Seeing What’s Next: Using Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change”
• By visiolink from Mumbai, Mahesh Murthy, Founder and CEO of Pinstorm
• By visiolink from Beijing, Olav Nedrelid, Founder and CEO of Ethos
  Moderator: Kuen Loon Ho, Partner and the COO of Innosight Ventures, based in Singapore