synTECHsis - NES, NUS Hackers Joint Event
Posted on by ejames
Hi everyone!
We’ll be having a joint event with NES (the NUS Entrepreneurship Society) this Saturday (24th March 2012), as an experiment to see how many hackers we can inspire to work in or start a startup.
Time: 9.30am - 1pm Location: HSS Auditorium
The context is web/tech startups, and the theme is: ‘here’s how I did it; you can do it too.’ We’re getting some hacker-founders, and NES has gotten some business-founders (all if them from tech startups) to come share their stories, and the format is TED-style 20 minute talks. After that everyone may approach the speakers and talk to them, one-on-one. And free lunch is provided. :)
We have four speakers:
- Lee Min Xuan, co-founder of PlayMoolah
- Meng Weng Wong, VC at JFDI, Perl hacker, founder Karmasphere, pobox, co-author of RFC4408 Sender Policy Framework
- Chavy Goh, founder of Saxxom
- Wong Hoong An, co-founder of HungryGoWhere
Register here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFBzRFktekxMN2FYZjVLWEk2QUYwTWc6MA
It’s always good to come meet these people and make contacts, in case you decide to do a startup in the future. ;-)
I hope to see you there!
Warmly, Ced
PS: Our goal in this scenario is to build up to a stage where we can do Startup School, similar to what YCombinator does in the Valley - //startupschool.org/
We’re not sure if this is a good idea yet, so we’re doing this small-scale event as a data gathering exercise. If you like free food, TED-style inspiring talks and some mingling with hackers who have started companies, do drop by and support this. :)
PPS: Feedback, post-event, is much welcomed.