Author: Karamjit Singh

An accelerator too far for The Star?
Malaysia's leading media group Star Publications took a major step into the ‘technopreneur’ space with the launch of The Star Accelerator Fund earlier this week, but amidst the bouquets there were some brickbats.
Echelon Malaysia Satellite a hit with start-ups
Echelon Malaysia Satellite was a success, with a packed room listening to 15 start-ups pitching to earn a ticket to the main event in Singapore in June.
Agilent stresses importance of STEM
Agilent’s Datuk Gooi Soon Chai says that a talent pool strong in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math is key to Malaysia’s aspirations to becoming a high-income economy.
Week in Review: Are we Malaysians naturally blessed with smarts?
Despite the limitations of our exam-based education system, Malaysia's universities are producing some fine engineers. Are Malaysians just naturally smart, or are there other factors? Karamjit Singh ponders.
Aemulus: 'Where miracles happen all the time'
Aemulus founder Ng Sang Beng is quietly building a world-class company in the E&E space in Penang, guided by the strong belief that risk-taking and out-of-the-box thinking, coupled with no office politics, lays the foundation for success.
Tune Talk confident of being profitable by year-end
Tune Talk aims to be profitable by year-end, intends to go regional and is targeting to hit five million active subscribers by end-2015.
1,200 R&D engineers power Motorola in Penang
Motorola Solutions is doing ‘ground zero’ design and development work in Penang, with 95% locally trained talent, but needs more quality engineers to be produced by universities.
TiE Malaysia out to help entrepreneurs, keeps it casual
TiE, or The Indus Entrepreneurs, describes itself as the world’s largest non-profit organization promoting entrepreneurship, with over 13,000 members spread across 56 Chapters in 13 countries and five continents. Its Malaysia Chapter has been quiet for some time, but no longer, writes Karamjit Singh.
Week in Review: The rise of the angel investor?
Election talk has been the dominant theme for the week, given that Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has dubbed this the 'first social media election, in the country, but for the tech ecosystem, the big news has to be the official launch of the Angel Tax Incentive by Cradle, writes Karamjit Singh.
The real message behind the Angel Tax Incentive
There is a hidden message behind the official roll-out of the Angel Tax Incentive: The Malaysian Government is withdrawing, and the private sector has to be step in to fund the tech ecosystem, writes Karamjit Singh.
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