Prof Wong Poh Kam explains the dearth of social-impact start-ups
28 Jun 2016, 04:45 pm
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Professor Wong Poh Kam, Entrepreneurship Centre Director, National University of Singapore Business School

 Professor Wong Poh Kam, Entrepreneurship Centre Director, National University of Singapore Business School

It is a chicken-and-egg thing really… Impact investors won’t come [to Singapore] unless there are a lot of deals [start-ups]. But there won’t be interesting social-impact start-ups unless there are investors. So, what do we do?

 

Professor Wong Poh Kam
Entrepreneurship Centre Director
National University of Singapore Business School

Find out how Prof Wong Poh Kam aims to identify and mentor social entrepreneurs and link them to investors and corporate partners in our Enterprise cover story, ‘Starting up for a cause’, in The Edge Singapore (week of June 27 – July 3), available at newsstands now.

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