E-SIG will be organizing another exciting activity in conjunction with Mensa Monthly Soapbox.

This month’s Soapbox will feature Mensa member Moh Hon Meng, the founder of famous online unit trust distributor Fundsupermart, and the title of his talk is

Title : Raising Money for Your New Venture
Date : 19 June 2010 (third Saturday of the month)
Time : 3pm - 5:30pm
Venue : NUSS Suntec Guild House

Fee : Free for members and 1 accompanying guest, subsequent guests at S$5/pax. Please bring your membership card for verification.

Talk Synopsis : Raising Money for your new venture

Do you have a new business idea that you think will take the world by storm? You’ll need money to get it off the ground. Pick up tips and insights on how to do this from seasoned entrepreneur Moh Hon Meng.

He’ll share with you the experiences of how he has done this in the past, and how he is doing it again now for a new venture that he is launching. Come prepared with questions, especially if there is a new business that you are planning for right now, so that you can benefit in a more relevant way.

About the Speaker : Moh Hon Meng

Hon Meng worked for multinationals such as Procter and Gamble and DDB Worldwide before striking out on his own 10 years ago to co-found iFAST Corporation Pte Ltd with CEO Lim Chung Chun. iFAST operates the well known unit trust website Fundsupermart.com, and the largest investment platform for financial advisers in Singapore, known as iFAST Central. In its first year, iFAST succeeded in attracting many prominent professionals as investors, as well as corporate investors such as Singapore Press Holdings and DMG and Partners Securities.

Today, iFAST has 270 staffs and operates in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and India. The business has won many awards, but most notable were the 9th position it attained in the Enterprise 50 awards of 2007, and the 2nd position it achieved in the same awards presentation in 2008.

Hon Meng became a non-executive director in January 2010, so that he has time to launch a new venture. He still serves in iFAST Corporation in the following capacities:

1. Non-executive member of the board
2. Chairman of the audit committee of the board (which oversees the corporate governance, risk and compliance behaviour of the company).
3. Chairman of the board for iFAST Financial India Pvt Ltd, the joint venture between iFAST Corporation and Deutsche Bank in India.

Hon Meng is also an acclaimed author and award winning playwright. He has been published by Simon and Schuster, Heinemann, The National University Press, Martin and Elliot, and Resonant Publishing (a publishing company which Hon Meng started). He has won prizes for 4 of the plays he has written including two 3rd prizes in the Hewlett Packard-Action Theatre 10 minute playwriting competition series and a commendation prize in the National Book Development Council Book Awards. He recently released a new book entitled “Why Stock Markets Always Rise … and other stories for financial success” in March 2010. This is a compilation of the investment articles that he has written at iFAST Corporation over the last 10 years.

In his new venture, Hon Meng is teaming up with an enterprising young man, a graduate from Stanford University with a Masters in Engineering, to launch a new web enterprise. He is looking for more passionate people to join his team.

Hon Meng is 42 in 2010, and is married with two boys, aged 9 and 6. He graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1992 and is a member of Mensa.

New Venture : Invitation to Join Moh Hon Meng in his latest venture

Have you had the desire to be part of a creative new business but never got the opportunity? Here’s your chance to join Moh Hon Meng in his latest venture. He is looking to hire software application developers. Be amongst the first few people to join this striking new business that aims to change the lives of hundreds of thousands of people! Competitive salaries and a share in the company await the successful candidates.

Software Application Developers (ASP.net)

REQUIREMENTS:
• Passion for Web Development, Web 2.0, Mobile applications & Social Media
• Asp.net 2.0 programmer using C# and VB.
• SQL 2005 or above knowledge is an advantage
• Strong compliance with HTML4 &5, CSS and Jquery
• With or without experience
• Only Singaporean or PR need to apply

Interested candidates are invited to submit a comprehensive FULL resume together with a recent photograph to honmeng.moh {at} gmail(.)com.