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Singapore Startup Meetup

Name: Singapore Startup Meetup
Start: 2024-01-25T19:00:00+05:30
End: 2024-01-25T21:00:00+05:30
Location: Draper Startup House, 39 Ann Siang Rd, Singapore 069716.

<div>eChai Ventures and Draper Startup House will be hosting the in-person 'Singapore Startup Meetup' with founders and startup folks on 31st October, Tuesday from 7 pm to 9 pm.<br><br>This meetup will have candid panel conversation with founders and leaders. It will be followed by open pitches from early stage founders.</div>

eChai Ventures and Draper Startup House will be hosting the in-person 'Singapore Startup Meetup' with founders and startup folks on 31st October, Tuesday from 7 pm to 9 pm.

This meetup will have candid panel conversation with founders and leaders. It will be followed by open pitches from early stage founders.

Thursday, 25 January 2024

7:00–9:00 PM IST

Draper Startup House, 39 Ann Siang Rd, Singapore 069716.

Singapore

Hosts & speakers 1

Anna Rehermann Speaker

Head of Education, Elemental Academy

Starting Up

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Website & landing page Is it worth setting up SEO on my landing page this early, or is that a waste of time pre-launch? Deep SEO work is premature before you know your product resonates, so skip the keyword...

Founder mindset & resilience How do I make hard decisions when there's no obvious right answer? Accept that the hard things are hard precisely because there's no formula, you're...

Social media & personal brand How do I find my writing voice online when everyone's advice sounds the same? Your voice is usually hiding in how you already explain things to friends over chai,...

Spotting trends & opportunities A regulation or policy just changed in my sector. How do I read it as an opportunity instead of just a headache? Regulatory shifts are one of the most reliable sources of new opportunity because they...

Mentors, advisors & network My network is all corporate colleagues, how do I actually meet founders and investors? Stop trying to 'get introduced' to investors and start showing up where founders...

Investor updates & relations How do I write a great monthly investor update? Keep it short and consistent: top-line metrics, a couple of highlights, the honest...

Unit economics & modeling I sell a one-time product, not a subscription. Do unit economics and LTV even apply to me? They absolutely apply, but LTV comes from repeat purchases and referrals rather than a...

Shipping, iterating & roadmap How do I decide what to build next? Prioritize outcomes, not output, and use a simple scoring frame like RICE, Reach x...

Investor updates & relations How often should I update investors, and does it help me raise the next round? Monthly at seed and early stage, moving to quarterly as you mature, and yes, consistent...

Talking to customers & user research How do I do user research when I'm building something nobody has seen before and can't describe what they want? People are terrible at imagining products, but they are excellent at describing their...

Polls

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Money & Legal Who handles your GST and tax filing?

My CA handles it 7 votes · 100%

ClearTax 0 votes · 0%

Zoho Books 0 votes · 0%

IndiaFilings 0 votes · 0%

Quicko 0 votes · 0%

TaxBuddy 0 votes · 0%

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Operations How do people book time with you?

Google Calendar appointments 8 votes · 32%

Calendly 7 votes · 28%

Cal.com 4 votes · 16%

Microsoft Bookings 2 votes · 8%

Phone Call or Whatsapp 2 votes · 8%

Zoho Bookings 1 vote · 4%

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Operations Where do you get your team's health insurance?

ICICI Lombard 1 vote · 25%

Star Health 1 vote · 25%

HDFC ERGO 1 vote · 25%

Through a broker 1 vote · 25%

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Product & Engineering Where does your team write things down?

Google Docs 6 votes · 60%

Notion 2 votes · 20%

Obsidian 1 vote · 10%

Others 1 vote · 10%

Confluence 0 votes · 0%

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Money & Legal What do you send your invoices with?

Zoho Books 2 votes · 50%

Others 1 vote · 25%

Email 1 vote · 25%

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Operations Which internet provider keeps your team online?

Jio (JioFiber / Jio Business) 8 votes · 47%

Airtel (Xstream Fiber / Airtel Business) 7 votes · 41%

BSNL 2 votes · 12%

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Essentials Where does your team chat all day?

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WhatsApp 19 votes · 41%

Microsoft Teams 12 votes · 26%

Google Chat 6 votes · 13%

Slack 4 votes · 9%

Zoho Cliq 2 votes · 4%

Aookly 1 vote · 2%

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Money & Legal How have you funded your business so far?

Bootstrapped 12 votes · 86%

Angel investors 1 vote · 7%

A VC firm 1 vote · 7%

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Product & Engineering Which no-code builder do you ship with?

Framer 3 votes · 43%

Webflow 1 vote · 14%

Wix 1 vote · 14%

WordPress 1 vote · 14%

Shopify 1 vote · 14%

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Essentials Which tool do your video meetings run on?

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Microsoft Teams 6 votes · 32%

Zoom 3 votes · 16%

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Asks

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Product & UX Product leader\managers\owners, looking to collaborate on a market research effort for my startup. Need... Chaitanya Joshi

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Marketing & brand I’m currently exploring opportunities in Ahmedabad. I have 11+ years of experience in Food FMCG and... Chinmay Parekh

Partnerships & BD Looking for a professional video studio in Delhi for a long-term partnership — not a standard booking. We... Mr Mujtaba

Partnerships & BD I'm looking for resellers or agency partners. I'm open to co-marketing or a partnership with another... Pragnesh Shah

Looking forward to connecting with startup folks in Ahmedabad who play cricket. We are hosting eChai... Jatin Chaudhary

Fundraising & investors I'd value help building a tight list of the right investors to approach. Sudheer Panyam

Mentorship & advice I'm looking for a small peer group of founders to think with. Also need mentoring support from... Vivart Patel

Customers & demand I'm looking for first users or design partners to pilot what we're building. Vivart Patel

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Books

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Market Wizards Jack D. Schwager

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Indistractable Nir Eyal with Julie Li

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Org Design for Design Orgs Peter Merholz and Kristin Skinner

Connect the Dots Rashmi Bansal

Lean B2B Etienne Garbugli

Delivering Happiness Tony Hsieh

The Z Factor Subhash Chandra with Pranjal Sharma

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TV Series Empire A founder legacy and succession story set in the music business.

AI tools

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