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Jason Ong
March 11, 2012
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Singapore Startup Scene
Presented in Nov 2011 at Plug n Play, Sunnvale
Jason Ong
March 11, 2012
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Transcript
SSstartup Lah! prepared by @jasonong Sunday, March 11, 12
Huh, got startup meh? • Playmoolah • Chalkboard • Found
• Wego • Gothere.sg • FlickEvents Sunday, March 11, 12
Huh, got startup meh? • Zopim • Socialwok • Buuk
• 2359 Media • Viki • GameVentures Sunday, March 11, 12
Huh, got startup meh? • Stickery • HelloWorldHQ • TenCube
• Beeconomics • Dealzilla • Penn Olson Sunday, March 11, 12
Huh, got startup meh? • And many more... Sunday, March
11, 12
Eh, check these out • TenCube - sold to McAfee
for $10m • Beeconomics - sold to Groupon for $23/2.3m • Viki - closed $20m in funding • 2359 Media - $1m Sunday, March 11, 12
So why ah? • The government - IDA iJam, Yes!
SPRING • NUS - The NOC mafia • NRF - Neoteny Labs • Singtel - Innov8 Sunday, March 11, 12
But don’t forget hor • Media - E27, SGEntrepreneurs, Penn
Olson • Community - HackerspaceSG, SRB, PUG, Beermates, etc. • Events - Barcamp, Geekcamp, StartupWeekend, SHDH, Echelon Sunday, March 11, 12
So can anot? • Can Singapore startups be successful? •
Yes, but not without challenges Sunday, March 11, 12
Let’s kiasu - Openness • The Ninja Myth • Kiasi
so no try Sunday, March 11, 12
Let’s kiasu - Polish • Pitch • Product • Market
definition Sunday, March 11, 12
Let’s kiasu - Market • Right size of early adopters
• Paying customers • Influencers Sunday, March 11, 12
I got idea! - say lah • Talk to as
many people as possible • Post on HackerNews • Skype if necessary Sunday, March 11, 12
I got idea! - study hor • Hyper local •
Regional • Global Sunday, March 11, 12
I got idea! - do it liao • Build build
build! • Beg, steal, borrow • BE THE HUSTLER Sunday, March 11, 12
I got idea! - not ready • Work for startups
• Visit SV, NY, Jakarta, Shanghai, Beijing, etc. Sunday, March 11, 12
Wah, I wan • Why do you want to do
a startup? • What’s your real strength? Sunday, March 11, 12
Remember: Do not wait for GAHMEN to do somethign for
YOU! Sunday, March 11, 12
Thanks! http://bit.ly/jasonong Sunday, March 11, 12