This is the walkthrough for applying an Enterprise Development Grant (EDG) under Enterprise Singapore (ESG). It features actual screenshots of the user interface and the steps required to submit an EDG grant. We hope that this will give you an understanding of what information is required and how the process is like. This process is subjected to change. The […]

by Philip Ho While we are all cooped up indoors now, many are turning to the age-old relief and comfort that nature has always brought us–either by taking walks outside to the nearest park, or by bringing nature indoors with us in the form of potted plants.     As we refocus on these simpler things, […]

by Joshua Ang It is hardly news that in the world of business, failures are more common than successes. And yet, strangely, we don’t design organisations to manage, mitigate, and learn from failures.     Wendy’s, Frolick, MOF, Robinsons: these are all examples of (potentially) failed retail strategies. These companies might have had a chance had […]

by Cy Poh From the oh-so-disastrous event of bubble tea shops being classified as non-essential business during this COVID-19 circuit breaker period here in Singapore, we can truly see the bewitching grip that bubble tea has over the hearts of Singaporeans–myself included. Many fail to understand what exactly it is about bubble tea that we seem […]

by Slash Cheong The retail apocalypse has already happened many years back. Are we going through a post-apocalypse rebuild now? Let’s explore how the consumer-direct model and small boutique brands have been able to thrive in this retail post-apocalypse.       This thought piece examines the big question through the (goggle) lens of a fanatical […]