Success Blueprint: Leading Entrepreneurs Reveal Secrets To Starting Up, Growing Rich & Making A Difference

Here's your chance to learn the exclusive behind-the-scenes business secrets and real-life stories of highly successful entrepreneurs. You will uncover the exact strategies on how you can turn your passion into a profitable business, build your business the right way from the start, stand out from the crowded marketplace, achieve success in the marketplace while making a positive difference and many other valuable business secrets.

In the first half of this book, nine very successful entrepreneurs who have built million-dollar businesses and big brand names in their industries reveal their insights and tips on how they have achieved success and continue to grow their businesses. They share firsthand accounts of some of the most difficult challenges they have faced in their business journey and what they did to overcome them. You will learn exclusive details, including their thoughts and decision-making processes that they have never disclosed to others before.

In the second half of this book, leverage on the wealth of practical business strategies drawn from 95 other thriving entrepreneurs. Discover these success strategies so you can shorten your learning curve and achieve your own success faster.

You can get a copy of this book at Kinokuniya at Takashimaya and Liang Court, MPH at Citylink, Raffles City, Marina Square and Robinson stores, Select at Tanglin Mall and Borders at Wheelock Place.
You can also order the book directly with SOE. For book order and enquiry, please contact us at:
Tel: (65) 64635011
Email: enquiry@soe.org.sg
Retail Price @ $22 inclusive of GST

Building a Business: The Secrets Shared!

"In the pursuit of their goals and dreams, each of this year’s nominees has not only demonstrated immense courage and perseverance but has also made a significant impact on the economy. We hope that their unique stories and experiences will be your fountains of inspiration to draw from and ignite the entrepreneurial fire in you."
- Michael Ma, President, Spirit of Enterprise

"Collected in this book are a group of local entrepreneurs who selflessly share their own experiences, knowledge and insights with us and this publication comes at the most appropriate time when our people have had to face the economic challenges head on."
- N Varaprasad (Dr), Chief Executive, National Library Board

It is a compilation of experiences and tips from 117 nominees of the 2009 Spirit of Enterprise Awards. Each year, the Spirit of Enterprise (SOE), a non-profit, donor-funded Institution of Public Character (IPC), gives out the Spirit of Enterprise Awards to deserving entrepreneurs and their companies. The nominee list for 2009 consists of 117 people, each with a story to tell. This book showcases these entrepreneurs, who possess unwavering resilience to grow their businesses and keep their dreams alive in this current unpredictable economic environment. Learn the secrets of entrepreneurship and building a business, including :

• The Attributes required
• The Planning involved
• How to keep your Customers
• Staying Resilient
• Being Ambitious and Innovative
• The importance of the Team

The book also features previous winners of the award, including:

• Prof Christopher Chen - Christopher Chen Centre of Reproductive Medicine
• Steven Fang - Cordlife Pte Ltd
• Moe Ibrahim - 3 Degrees
• Andrew Kwan - Globalmatrix Holdings Pte Ltd
• Patrick Liew - HSR International Realtors Pte Ltd
• Michael Ma - IndoChine Group

Building a Business: The Secrets Shared! is a must buy for all start-up entrepreneurs.

For further information, please contact:
Clara Wong
Marketing & Operations Manager
Tel: (65) 6319 8346
Email: claraw@sph.com.sg

THRIVE: Ordinary Enterprises, Extraordinary Entrepreneurs
By Sant Qui

In this SOE publication, we uncover the success secrets of 10 previous SOE Honourees; extraordinary entrepreneurs who have “been there, done that”. They are the mastermind behind some of Singapore’s most successful companies and well-known brands.

In addition, discover how the 144 Spirit of Enterprise Nominees 2008 excel and thrive in their businesses.  This book features in-depth, full length stories of the above mentioned entrepreneurs. Each individual chapter features an entrepreneur’s business story, where they share rare insights about the business strategies that have helped them achieve the level of success they enjoy today.

This group of entrepreneurs come from all walks of life and have successfully built their business in their chosen industry. Many of them started with seemingly ordinary business ideas and in the process, created thriving enterprises. Learn from each of them as they relate, in their own words, how they started and overcame the odds to build a successful business.

Find out what are some of the critical business decisions, strategies and the systems and processes that they had used to propel their start-ups into profitable businesses. Each of their unique and personal stories will inspire you to take action and provide you with useful ideas to apply in your own business.

Learn, Apply and Thrive!

You can get a copy of this book at Kinokuniya at Takashimaya and Liang Court, MPH at Citylink, Raffles City, Marina Square and Robinson stores, Select at Tanglin Mall and Borders at Wheelock Place. 
You can also order the book directly with SOE.  For book order and enquiry, please contact us at:
Tel: (65) 64635011
Fax: (65) 64635022
Email: enquiry@soe.org.sg
Retail Price @ $22 inclusive of GST

More Inspiring Stories by Singapore’s Entrepreneurs
by Adeline Chen

Do you want to…
Ditch the workplace and strike out on your own,
Turn that creative idea into a business reality,
Or simply, be your own boss?

But are stumped by reality-biting questions like…
How do I start-up?
Do I have what it takes?
What if it doesn’t turn out quite as I planned?

MORE THAN 100 ENTREPRENEURS
TELL YOU HOW THEY DID IT!

Take it from those who have been there and done it.
Get real-life lessons on:

• Starting-up
• Dealing with competitors
• Handling customers
• Managing employees
• Surviving the marketplace
• Growing your business

ISBN: 981-3065-74-5
Price: S$9.90 (available in local
bookstores)

For local and overseas orders,
please contact the publisher:
Landmark Books Pte Ltd
30A Temple Street
Singapore 058575
Tel: 6323-7993
email: bookmark@pacific.net.sg