Young Social Entrepreneurs Workshop 2012

Participants, judges and speakers at the end of YSE 2012’s 3-day workshop

Winners of YSE workshop (Team C): Start Now, Young Entrepreneurs Hub and Young Sprout, with judges SIF Governor and Managing Director of DBS, Karen Ngui and Ashoka Fellow Jack Sim

Winners of YSE workshop (Team B): The Daily Artist, Helping Hands, Project Moses and Youth Master, with judges Nawal K. Roy from McKinsey & Co. and Rajen Makhijani from Heidrick & Struggles

Winners of YSE workshop (Team A): BagoSphere, I.M. Pad and Socialce, with judges Mechai Viravaidya and Elim Chew

Nicholas Chee, Founder of Sinema Media, reveals the realities of running a social enterprise

Benny Se Teo, owner of Eighteen Chefs hosts the young social entrepreneurs at his restaurant, giving them a taste of his social enterprise journey

Aseem K Thakur, Co-Founder of GIVE.sg sheds light on online marketing

Nawan Poovarawan, Thai SIF ASEAN Fellow (1999) shares on how to market a business, through her work experience at Google

Mechai Viravaidya with this year’s Young Social Entrepreneurs

Mechai Viravaidya, Chairman of PDI, advises participants on social business after his dialogue session

Participants discuss business ideas with their peers to refine their business plans

Professor Patrick Turner from INSEAD conducts a workshop on developing sustainable business models

Mentors from the MBA schools of INSEAD, NUS and NTU review the participants’ business plans

Executive Director of Ashoka Singapore, Chris Cusano, interacts with participants, sharing the fundamentals of social entrepreneurship

SIF Governor and social innovator, Elim Chew, opens YSE 2012, sharing with participants on “how winners are made”