
王光武
Max
Co-founder
SINGAPORE · 2026
Star Alliance
A Warm Circle for Growing Founders
The Next Event16 September 2026 · 14:40 – 17:00
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About this session
AI still can't replace a single role in your company — we've said it for two years, and we're saying it now. But every company has a pile of work nobody was ever hired to do: a proper monthly review, a weekly pass over receivables, sorting complaints until the real cause shows. Hiring for it doesn't pay; you never have the time — so it never happens. That is AI's real place in an SME. These 105 minutes skip AI history and prompt tricks: you'll try an agent that reasons, calls tools, and stops before key actions for your approval, find its limits yourself, and see clearly what's still missing before an AI truly finishes a job.
What you'll take away
Past sessions
All events19 August 2026 · 14:40 – 17:00
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Ready to dig into how small businesses survive, and where they grow next? This is an in-person session built for conversation — real experience, methods you can use. Whether you are newly out of the gate or have run your business for years, you will leave with substance. Come grow alongside people travelling the same road.
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15 July 2026 · 14:40 – 17:00
Governance, Compliance and Risk in the Age of AI
Amanda 陈瑱Dual-qualified lawyer, China and Singapore
Tools like ChatGPT and DeepSeek are reshaping how companies operate — and bringing data leakage, intellectual property exposure, staff-usage and regulatory risk with them. Drawing on Singapore's latest AI governance framework and real cases, this session covers the legal and compliance points that matter when a company adopts AI, and how to put governance in place that lowers legal and operating risk without giving up the efficiency gains.
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20 May 2026 · 14:40 – 17:00
AI in Practice for Small Business
Steven Shi 史炘Founder and technical lead, Evernet Systems
For two years now, owners have been stuck on the same question: what can our company actually do with AI? The answer is not in the headlines — it is in the projects that shipped. This session goes to the front line of AI adoption among Singapore SMEs: which use cases are worth funding, which are traps, what budget it takes to see a result, and why some projects pay back in three months while others are still nowhere after six. The goal is to stop treating AI as a toy in ChatGPT and start treating it as a colleague that saves and earns money.
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为什么来
Four things this circle actually gives you.
Broaden Perspective
Talks and case studies bring angles you don't get from inside your own industry.
Exchange Ideas
Owners discussing with owners — problems get understood, not merely heard.
Business Connections
Post-session connections that turn people you've met into actual collaboration.
Gather Minds & Talent
The circle gathers peers, and with them the resources each other needs.
活动形式
1per month
Frequency
2hours
Duration
4parts
Full agenda
社群准则
We believe the best growth happens not in a classroom, but among peers willing to listen and to give.
两 要
We Do
两 不 要
We Don't
发起人

王光武
Max
Co-founder

罗曼
Zoe
Co-founder

郑和
Warren
Co-founder

陈瑱
Amanda
Co-founder

陈静
Elisa
Co-founder
常见问题
The questions we're asked most about Star Alliance gatherings, who they're for, and how to register.
Star Alliance (星汇联盟) is a growth circle for small and medium business owners in Singapore, founded by five entrepreneurs and advisers based here. It runs one in-person gathering a month in Singapore, combining a keynote talk, group discussion and open networking, focused on management practice, current affairs, case discussion and books worth reading.
Star Alliance gatherings are designed for founders and senior leaders of companies with teams of five or more, so that the discussion stays substantive. Applicants with smaller teams may still register, and a founder will follow up personally about fit for that month. Sessions are conducted in Mandarin Chinese.
Star Alliance meets once a month, except in June and December — roughly ten gatherings a year. Each session runs about two hours: a one-hour keynote and one hour of discussion, followed by connections and open networking.
Tickets are S$10 for invited guests and S$20 for public registration. Once a registration is approved, Star Alliance sends PayNow payment details and a reference code by WhatsApp or email.
Recent gatherings are hosted at iFAST Corporation, 10 Collyer Quay #26-01, Ocean Financial Centre, Singapore 049315, in the Raffles Place financial district. The venue for each session is published on that event's page.
Fill in the registration form on the Star Alliance website with your name, company, industry, role and team size. A founder reviews and confirms your seat within 24 hours, then sends PayNow payment details. Once payment clears, you receive your ticket and on-site check-in code.
No. Star Alliance's community rules are explicit: no hard selling — this is not a sales floor; and no arguing to win — this is not a debating stage. The two things it does ask are to listen well and to give freely. These rules are the point of the circle, and the reason members speak openly in it.