Thursday, December 11, 2008

SPRING Launches $4.5 Million Fund to Help Nurture Young Entrepreneurs in Schools

The Standards Productivity and Innovation Board of Singapore or SPRING is providing $4.5 Million Dollars for entrepreneurship programmes in various schools, universities and polytechnics.

"The Young Entrepreneurs Scheme for Schools or YES! taps on the $25 million Entrepreneurial Talent Development Fund (ETDF). ETDF, which was first launched in July 2004, provides seed money to students with sound business plans. To-date, 117 students and alumni from nine polytechnics and universities have tapped on the fund for 46 business ventures."

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