Its been over a year, I know, but finally the video has been completed. Check it out! Launch 3 is still in the works. Stay tuned!

Credits: Executive Producer – Launch, Production – Vizuall Studio & Billy Yuen , Host – Steve Lai

LAUNCH 2 – Singapore’s Premier Exclusive Networking Event For the Film, TV and Media Industry from Derrick Siu on Vimeo.

With the added buzz building from the first LAUNCH in February at the Helipad, LAUNCH 2 landed with around 250 creatives coming together for one night of networking fun. LAUNCH 2 sported a new venue with an open air registration at Indochine’s Cocoon Bar + Supperclub at Clark Quay. The Vibe was happening from the moment attendees registered and walked the ‘Pink Carpet’ and got their photos snapped in front of the new look ‘Launch’ backdrop. Many were then caught chatting to camera with host Steve Lai, the new face of ESPN Star sports.

Once inside the excitement of creatives coming together for one night to connect was electric. It was a great night with many catching up with work colleagues and of course making new connections whilst enjoying the great atmosphere and music by the specially selected local musicians – Yelyn and Crystal, Frances Maria Lee & Marcus Lye (with Joshua Chew)

Loads of great Prizes were given away from all the wonderful sponsors who supported the event. Old friendships were rekindled, new friends were made, collaborations set in motion. It was as one stated an ‘epic’ evening enjoyed by all.

About a Month ago, I had the opportunity to host what is to be the beginning of a series of Industry Guru Networking Events organised by the People’s Association and.  And what a great speaker they secured! – Mr Jim Rogers – An American investor and Author – who co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros back in 1973,  has circumnavigated the world twice – once on a motorbike alone, and the second time with his wife in a customised Mercedes Benz.  This 3 year, 245,000km journey achieved Guinness World Record Status.  He definitely has taken the dream of most people of travelling the world to the extreme!

It wasn’t surprising then to see a full house at the Jubilee Hall in Raffles Hotel all eager to hear Mr Jim Rogers address. He gave an inspiring and humorous talk about his journey in life, his successes and failures,  his travels and when pressed during the question and answer session – the occasional ‘financial tip’ despite him stating explicitly at the beginning he would not:).  Although mostly known for his financial success, his most important message he shared was not sharing what he saw as the biggest opportunities for financial gain to achieve the wealth we all want, but rather a great reminder to do what you love, and the wealth and success will follow.

It was a great evening and I hope to make the next one!

Special thanks to Raffles Hotel for sponsoring the Venue, Lindamans for the selection of wines and the generous sponsorship by Frank Cintamani, Chairman of The Celton Group and Fidé who all made this event possible.

Nearly 200 creatives showed up to support LAUNCH!, Singapore’s Premier Networking Evening for the Film, TV, Media and Arts industry on February 2nd 2010. There was a great vibe at the Helipad and a great crowd came out including over 20 local production companies, several talent agencies, directors, producers, casting directors, creative directors, writers and many actors, hosts, models and other creatives. It was a wonderful chance to catch up with past and present work colleagues, as well as meet and network with new contacts.

Beatz, Joshua Simon & Steph Micayle

Entertainment by Singapore’s only Beatbox A Capella Crew BEATZ went off as did the fantastic accoustic set performed by the very talented Joshua Simon and Steph Micayle.

Many new friendships and connections were made which hopefully will be a springboard for future collaborations and projects! Thank-you to all of you who supported the Evening and we look forward to seeing you at the next LAUNCH! Event.

Check out the Official Photos from LAUNCH Here.
The event was also covered by Lifestyle Asia , check out the photos here.

You can also checkout the facebook event page here

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Thank-you to The LAUNCH Sponsors:

Official Designer: Blabbering Chilly Jilly – thanks for staying up till the wee hours of the morning and doing such a great work on the Launch Logo and Board design!

Official Photographer: Joe Hani and team from XKuisit Photography

XKuisit

And a Special thanks to everyone who helped make the event possible

Brainstorming – Simon Yin, Bobby Khanna, Karen Teo and many others for helping with brainstorming the brand Name and website.

Support – Kelvin Sng, Chris Lee & Laura Kee

Advisors – Nic Chee @ Sinema Academy, Caine Teo – Ape Communications for event advice. Marcus Foo.

Design – Joshua Simon – for helping create the original LAUNCH Graphic and VIP Invitations

Printing – Barry Seah from TLS- Performance for all his help and assistance in making the printing happen despite the problems we faced!

Spreading the Word – Jason Chan & Wendy Ho from AADB, , All the Wordies – Laura Kee, Jacklyn Kuah, Simon Wong, Tushar, Steve Lai, Jae Leung, Ethan Tan, Ethan Chia, Waikit, Mike Kwah and Ray Loh

Media – City News for covering the event – Thanks to Theresa,  Rubez and Michael.

Setting Up - Laura Kee, Jacklyn Kuah, Waikit Kun, Tushar Ismail, Steve Lai, Farid.

Registration – Laura Kee and Jacklyn Kuah for their amazing effort at the registration desk and organising the printing of the name tags. Alan Tan for his great assistance and Tushar Ismail and Ethan Chia for filling in after.

Event Facilitation – Simon Wong, Steve Lai, Tushar Ismail, Farid, Mike Kwah,Laura Kee, Jacklyn Kuah

Entertainment: Thanks to Jeff Lim for managing the Sound and of course the perfomers – BEATZ (Mr. Z, Chrisso, Fallenangel & Queen K) and Joshua Simon and Steph Micayle and the EMCEE for the evening – Adrian Rodrigues

Additional Photography: Thanks to Timothy Boey from Lifestyle Asia

Venue: Helipad – thank-you to Addamm, Hannah, Kenneth and all the staff for making it a pleasure to work with

Feedback – And thank-you to the many many people I chatted with asking for your thoughts and ideas about putting on the LAUNCH event, your feedback was invaluable in helping make the event what it was!

ABOUT LAUNCH:

Launch began as an idea in late 2009. After arriving in Singapore looking for work as a host and actor, Derrick was fortunate to have worked with many great cast and crew on various productions and events. Realising that most people in the industry are too busy and rarely get the chance to interact with each other outside the work environment, the idea to organise a mixer and bring creatives together for a chance to not only catch up socially with past work colleagues, but also to expand possibilities of future work by meeting and making new contacts in the industry. After some research, the idea became a work in motion and the concept of LAUNCH was born on Jan 15th 2010.

As an extension of LAUNCH – Singapore’s Premier Networking Event for the Film, TV and Media Industry, TheLaunchBlock.com was established and aims to exist as a platform for creatives to connect, collaborate and create! Become a member and Be Part of the Launch movement today!