I.C.E Challenge 2013 - The entrepreneurship competition of the year

As most of you already know, I joined Moneytree as a trainer in 2008 when it started and came on board as a Head of Operations in 2011. After 2 years of effort in innovating and implementing processes, I left this year((2013) February to return to independent training. During those few months, I had a fantastic experience from networking sessions, forming business partnerships, providing and executing training, marketing my own programs, finding mentors and conducting interviews for my own book. I had a lot of time to spend with my lovely wife and adorable daughter.

On 26th July 2013, I received a message from the CEO suggesting a meet up. We met up, discussed for 4 hours and the meeting ended at 2am with me saying YES to his offer, with a few conditions.

Before I returned, I was awarded training assignments for 3 schools; Holy Innocent High, Unity Secondary and Anglican High. I carried on with these schools until the very last session.

This year is really a sweet year for me, as far as school projects are concerned. 2 of my schools has attained top honours in the coveted ICE Challenge 2013. ICE Challenge is an annual competition where students compete with one another on their business ideas. There were 2 categories this year. A social enterprise category was added and there were a total of 35 teams competing in the semi-finals.

This year, the I&E Category was won by Holy Innocent High and the Social Enterprise Category was won by Unity Secondary School. Anglican High won the Most Innovative Prototype Award. As a trainer, I am very proud of their achievements.

So far, I have helped 3 schools attain ICE Challenge championship.

In the year 2011, Nan Chiau High were the Champions in the ICE Challenge 2011. In addition to that, they also won the Singapore Polytechnic Business Challenge.

In year 2012, I did not train any school. In 2013, Holy Innocent High won the I&E Category

 

And Unity Secondary won the Social Enterprise Category.

And one Best Prototype Design by Anglican High School

I am joyful of the achievements. This is really something that money can't buy.

A friend asked me for my 'secret recipe'. Recapping the whole process, there really is no silver bullet. It's about completing the equation ASK - Attitude, Skills and Knowledge.

I gave them the Knowledge, they applied and practiced it into Skills. Their drive to survive/excel reflects their Attitude towards learning and applying. Personally, I feel that if the equation is complete, the sky is the limit.