{"id":14616,"date":"2011-07-18T20:30:46","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T11:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/?p=14616"},"modified":"2011-07-18T20:30:46","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T11:30:46","slug":"event-wrap-up-echelon-2011-and-more-a-visit-to-singapore-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/event-wrap-up-echelon-2011-and-more-a-visit-to-singapore-in-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Event Wrap-up: Echelon 2011 And More, A Visit To Singapore In June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/echelon2011_logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"184\" \/><br \/>\nAlmost a month ago, there was an international technology and start-up showcase event, which is called <a href=\"http:\/\/e27.sg\/echelon-2011\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Echelon<\/a>, at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the National University of Singapore<\/a>. Because of many things to do remaining after the event, I delayed making a write-up on it.<br \/>\nI think this year&#8217;s Echelon was its second edition, and that took place on June 16 and 17. Here&#8217;s a brief wrap-up.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Startup Launchpad (Part 1)<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<object width=\"480\" height=\"378\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vid=15413244&amp;autoplay=false&amp;locale=ja_JP\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/flash\/viewer.swf\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cardinalblue.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14617\" title=\"cardinalblue_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/cardinalblue_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"37\" \/>\u00a0Cardinal Blue<\/a> (a photo collage app for iPhone\/iPad) &#8211; Taiwan<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.workcrowd.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14618\" title=\"workcrowd_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/workcrowd_logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"34\" \/>WorkCrowd<\/a> (a free social network for your workspace) &#8211; Malaysia<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sixreps.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14624\" title=\"sixreps_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/sixreps_logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"45\" \/>SixReps<\/a> (a social network for fitness and sportenthusiasts) &#8211; Indonesia<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jellybus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14625\" title=\"jellybus_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/jellybus_logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"117\" height=\"68\" \/>JellyBus<\/a> (a developer of Android-based funny apps) &#8211; Korea<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fetchfans.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14652\" title=\"fetchfans_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/fetchfans_logo.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"55\" \/>Fetch Fans<\/a> (A web-based assistant to help your Facebook\/Twitter designs) &#8211; Singapore<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bouncity.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14626\" title=\"bouncity_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/bouncity_logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"58\" \/>Bouncity<\/a> (A location-based gaming platform where users can hunt for bounty from participating brands and get rewards)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><strong>Startup Launchpad (Part 2)<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<object width=\"480\" height=\"378\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vid=15414152&amp;autoplay=false&amp;locale=ja_JP\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/flash\/viewer.swf\" \/><\/object> <object width=\"480\" height=\"378\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vid=15414268&amp;autoplay=false&amp;locale=ja_JP\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/flash\/viewer.swf\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moglue.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14627\" title=\"moglue_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/moglue_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"52\" \/>Moglue<\/a> (A desktop platform that allows publishers, amateur authors to create interactive stories for iOS and Android devices) &#8211; Korea &lt;See <a href=\"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/10\/japanese-and-korean-start-ups-hold-presentation-event-in-seoul-for-potential-partnerships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this story<\/a> for more&gt;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.secondcrm.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14628\" title=\"secondcrm_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/secondcrm_logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"56\" \/>Second CRM<\/a> (A web-based CRM software especially for SMEs in Asia) &#8211; Malaysia<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricearea.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14629\" title=\"pricearea_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/pricearea_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"47\" \/>Price Area<\/a> (A shopping search engine to help you find the best deals) &#8211; Indonesia<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.locobuzz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14630\" title=\"logobuzz\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/logobuzz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/>LocoBuzz<\/a> by Spatial Ideas (an analytics, query and communications platform which integrates news and tweets onto a geographical map) &#8211; India<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"DSCN3662 by Masaru IKEDA, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/masaruikeda\/5847306714\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2797\/5847306714_8e9006ceca.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN3662\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/playmoolah.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14631\" title=\"playmoolah_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/playmoolah_logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a>[The Launchpad Winner] <a href=\"http:\/\/playmoolah.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PlayMoolah<\/a> (a web service for kids to master their money) &#8211; Singapore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Exhibitors&#8217; Booths&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<a title=\"DSCN3673 by Masaru IKEDA, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/masaruikeda\/5846766897\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5316\/5846766897_86bf9d34cd.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN3673\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/garbs.in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14632\" title=\"garbs.in_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/garbs.in_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"145\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/garbs.in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Garbs<\/a>,\u00a0a Tokyo-based start-up that helps you recruit potential colleagues using their Facebook app.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Untitled by Masaru IKEDA, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/masaruikeda\/5847210992\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2681\/5847210992_b8d20aa3ff.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.compath.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/compath.me_logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.compath.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Compath.me<\/a>, a location-based smartphone app that allows you to find discoveries near-by that the other users have posted and you may be interested in.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Untitled by Masaru IKEDA, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/masaruikeda\/5846663155\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5107\/5846663155_e65cfb90ce.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/makible.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14633\" title=\"makible_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/makible_logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"94\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/makible.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Makible<\/a>,\u00a0a Hongkong-based start-up for making niche products. \u00a0They connect with online communities to pre-order-crowd sourced products they make and distribute. \u00a0Founded by Jonathan Buford and Nicholas Wang.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Panel&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14641\" title=\"Masaru at Echelon Panel\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/masaru_at_echelon_panel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"336\" \/><br \/>\nI was invited to Lisa Katayama&#8217;s panel featuring Japanese tech scene, and we talked about the latest developments on the Japanese web industry. \u00a0Also I gave some words to Asian start-ups who eagerly go into Japanese market. \u00a0From left to right, Lisa Katayama (Tokyo Mango), Ian McFarland (Digital Garage), me,\u00a0Jon Yonghook Cockle (CookPad) and Brian Ritchie (Mind Valley, Malaysia). \u00a0Photo courtesy: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10150206177306669.314204.7137316668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">e27<\/a>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>After the event&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"DSCN3685 by Masaru IKEDA, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/masaruikeda\/5847348632\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5111\/5847348632_20ee47621e.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN3685\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.penn-olson.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penn Olson<\/a>, a Singapore-based tech blog which I&#8217;ve been contributing for, had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.penn-olson.com\/2011\/06\/08\/pennup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a party<\/a> in the central Singapore, where four Japanese start-ups including Cacoo, Fashion Style Japan, Compath.me and Moso had an opportunity to present. You can find videos shooting it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startup-dating.com\/2011\/06\/visiting-singapore-with-japanese-4-startups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here[J]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a title=\"Untitled by Masaru IKEDA, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/masaruikeda\/5846633683\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3516\/5846633683_2f86ea4984.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJust heard Asiajin co-founder <a href=\"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/author\/akky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Akky<\/a> is planning to stay in Singapore for several weeks next month. If you&#8217;re interested in meeting him and making friendship, I recommend you to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drop him a line<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost a month ago, there was an international technology and start-up showcase event, which is called Echelon, at the National University of Singapore. Because of many things to do remaining after the event, I delayed making a write-up on it. I think this year&#8217;s Echelon was its second edition, and that took place on June&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/event-wrap-up-echelon-2011-and-more-a-visit-to-singapore-in-june\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Event Wrap-up: Echelon 2011 And More, A Visit To Singapore In June<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":14116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,30],"tags":[1034],"class_list":["post-14616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event-report","category-singapore","tag-echelon","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}