| 77th Street Makes Inroads Overseas |
| | Bold, daring and adaptable entrepreneur, Elim Chew, sets up fresh retailing concepts in overseas markets. |
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| Breaking Bread At Home And Abroad: It’s Not Just Talk |
| | Investing in their brand through trademarks and franchising, BreadTalk has 68 outlets all over the region and is looking to expand further. |
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| Consultant Grant Brings Recognition And Regional Markets |
| | Axis Plus used the LETAS grant to get certified and accredited, leading to smooth expansion into the region. |
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| Consultant Grant Opens Gateway To Online Commerce |
| | For tech novice Valerie Lim, getting a LETAS grant created new ways for Gateway21 to offer its business secretarial services. |
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| Creating A Wide Scope For Value & Success |
| | Help from IPOS enabled Trek 2000 to extract more value from intangible assets. |
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| Cruising Full-Steam Ahead Into The Asia-Pacific |
| | Royal Caribbean Cruises (Asia) capitalises on Fly-Cruise Development Fund to launch new itineraries and expand into emerging high-growth markets. |
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| Eveready With Financing From Government Loans |
| | With fixed interest rates and a monthly reducing balance, Local Enterprise Finance Scheme (LEFS) helps Eveready to upgrade their equipment while managing cash flow. |
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| Fashioning A Niche In Logistics |
| | Grant helped Addicon Logistics Management to develop an online system for warehouse management. |
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| Fast Track To Expansion With ‘Green Lane’ |
| | The acquisition of the Singapore Quality Class for Private Education Organisations (SQC-PEO) opens doors to expansion for ten-year-old Cambridge Institute. |
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| From Striving To Thriving Events Management Business |
| | Part-time student Nazran launched an events management partnership with his friends. Overcoming initial financial difficulties, he transformed Cube into a profitable business. |
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| Government Funding Heats Up Community Kitchen |
| | With start-up help from MCYS ComCare Enterprise Fund (CEF), Community Kitchen is now moving full steam ahead to support the needy residents of Bukit Panjang. |
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| Healthy Employees = Happy Workplace |
| | Encouraging employees to be physically active has led to better communication and team spirit at Cargo Community Network (CCN). |
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| Home-Grown Firm Gets Heard Overseas |
| | Electro-Acoustics Systems (EAS) builds a solid reputation at home before leveraging on good references to penetrate overseas markets. Strict cost control measures ensure that expansion plans are not stalled. |
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| Making Real Money From Virtual Economics |
| | Digital media startup, First Meta, launches the world’s first virtual credit card with seed funds from i.Jam Micro Funding scheme. |
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| Making The 'SMART' Move To Reach Greater Heights |
| | 15-year-old PGS Design Singapore springboards its growth plans by strengthening its business systems and processes through the SME Management Action for Results (SMART) Initiative. |
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| Making Waves In Eco-Innovation |
| | The Innovation for Environmental Sustainability Fund helps K-ONE Industries fast-track its ultrasonic wave cleaning invention. |
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| Original And Financially Savvy Nanoboy Clinches Media Grant |
| | For Scrawl Studios, getting a grant from MDA to produce Nanoboy kick-started the company’s road to international fame and fortune. |
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| Play! Springs To Life With SEEDS Funding |
| | Having a great idea, a clear plan, and being well prepared helped Play! sow the seeds for early success. |
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| R&D Expertise Helps Precision Toolmaker Tackle Titanium |
| | Alignment Tool develops high-tech cutting tools for machining titanium with help from R&D experts funded under the Technology Innovation Programme (TIP). |
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| Reach For The Apex; Be A Pal To Your Workforce |
| | By implementing holistic human resources policies which cover recruitment, training and work-life balance, Apex-Pal has managed to nurture a loyal and effective workforce. |
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| Reinventing Retail Venues |
| | High-end retailer VENUE creates Singapore’s first mobile retail container store with hard-nosed persistence and out-of-the-box thinking. |
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| Sailing International Waters To Service Clients |
| | Different strategies for different markets. That's how TechnoFibre successfully penetrated the markets in 16 countries. |
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| SEEDS Helps Technopreneur Dream Grow |
| | Rakesh Gupta, CEO of Heuristix Lab Pte Ltd, realised his dream through SEEDS which gave him the funds and platform to fulfil his passion. |
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| Self-Financed, Bohemian Butterfly Is Soaring High |
| | Bohemian Butterfly is financed entirely by the partners’ savings. This gives them complete control over their business. |
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| Showcasing Singapore's Cultural Assets To The World |
| | Private museum Art Retreat secures a grant to defray cost of organising an exhibition of ink paintings by prominent local artist Lim Tze Peng. |
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| Starting Up After Failure Brings Greater Success |
| | Jerome Tan lost a quarter of a million dollars in previous business ventures, but he bounced back from failure to become an entrepreneurial success |
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| Thinking Big From Day One |
| | At just 23, Nicholas Khoo started his own IT outsourcing company and, in four years, turned it into a regional business with 50 employees. |
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| Tung Lok Group Woks Up A Global Appetite |
| | When venturing abroad, Tung Lok Group prepares the perfect blend of ingredients: brand, talent, timing and partners. |
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| Using Technology To Advance Healthcare |
| | Alliance Healthcare Group secures a grant to develop Singapore’s first web-based health risk assessment tool for 27 major medical conditions. |
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