Seeing opportunity in cryptocurrencies
Former SMU business student and entrepreneur Bryan Cutter was interviewed for the weekly Me & My Money feature. He is a strong believer in value investing and has allocated 80 per cent of his net worth in such assets.
Innoveller transforms bus industry, but faces payment, policy roadblocks
SMU alumnus Mr Ko Kyaw Kyaw Win, co-founder of Innoveller Co Ltd hopes to digitalise and expand the Myanmar bus services industry under a common platform called mmbustickeet.com.
Singapore's most promising legal luminaries aged 40 and under
SMU alumnus John Tan [a graduate of the SMU Juris Doctor programme] was listed as one of the top 20 most influential lawyers aged 40 and under in 2017.
SMU Honours degree holder teaches music while waiting for full-time job opportunities
SMU alumnus Mr Syafiq Bustamam took part in musical co-curricular activities whilst at school and at SMU. He plays and teaches others to play drums. He graduated in June 2017 with an honours degree in Social Science specialising in psychology.
The business of partying
SMU alumnus Alexander Chew is the executive producer of electronic dance music festival Ultra Singapore. He was interviewed about the business of party planning.
Gaming passion sets graduate on IT career path
Mr Alex Ng graduated from SMU last year, and the course he read – information systems – is among those whose graduates saw the biggest starting pay jumps.
Singapore's most promising legal luminaries aged 40 and under
SMU alumna Jolie Giouw [a graduate of SMU LLM in Cross-Border Business and Finance Law in Asia programme, Class of 2017] was listed as one of the top 20 most influential lawyers aged 40 and under in 2017. She is currently Counsel, Bird & Bird ATMD LLP.
Edtech startup Cudy turns your smartphone/laptop into a classroom; offers live tuition
Cudy, an edtech start-up, was established in late 2017 by Alexander Lim and Sean Lam, both alumni of SMU. It all started from a personal problem of Lim when he was looking for tuition while in Junior College.
My big career change from tech consultancy to Singapore investment banking
SMU alumna Kathy Zhou explained how the SMU MSc in Applied Finance (MAF) gave her an advantage in making a career switch. “I already had business skills from university and my [consulting] job, so I didn’t want to do a generalist MBA,” she said.
The rise of Pritam Singh as front runner for top WP post
SMU alumnus Pritam Singh, who obtained his law degree with SMU’s Juris Doctor programme, is relatively inexperienced in politics. However, within eight short years of joining the Workers’ Party (WP), he has become the favoured candidate to succeed Low Thia Khiang to lead WP.