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In Singapore, though I'm from the U.S. :)
by jwingy 15y ago
In Singapore, though I'm from the U.S. :)
- iworkforthem 15y ago#02 in Singapore, from Singapore though. :P
- d99kris 15y agoAlso in Singapore, but from Sweden. Saw in your profile that you're bootstrapping, do you find Singapore a good environment for a startup? I haven't really looked into it, yet..
- sivers 15y agoIt's a pretty incredible community here. Hackerspace, e27, SGEntrepreneurs, Echelon, JFDI, SmartSpace, StartupRoots, FounderInstitute, F11, etc. So many startup meetups and events. So if you need social/community support, there's lots of it in Singapore.
- d99kris 15y agoThanks a lot! This is useful information!
- jwingy 15y agoLike Derek said, lots of good support and interest in the SG community. The government also (from my newbie eye) seems to be genuinely interested in promoting startups and creating a startup community. On the flip side, unless your startup's market is geographically agnostic, I think you'll have to constantly remind yourself to look outside the SG market if you'll want any kind of real success, since the SG market is kinda small. As for everything else (like talent pool), I'm not really sure yet as I've only been here for a few months :)
- d99kris 15y agoGood points! I was mainly thinking in terms of things like funding, visa and registering a company. Maybe it's time I check out HackerspaceSG. I've done some googling and checked SG government websites, but it's always valuable to hear others experience. Anyway, my side-project(s) are not going to "startup"-phase anytime soon.
- Gigablah 15y agoIn Singapore as well, originally from Malaysia.
- amvp 15y agoIn Singapore too.
- hboon 15y agoSo it sounds like we have enough people to do a HN meetup @ SG? :)
- redact207 15y agoSounds good, I'm in Singapore but from Aus
- clloyd 15y agoI'd be up for that too!
- jwingy 15y agofo sho. I think the local hackerspace would probably be a good place for it (though I'm not a member)....
- hboon 15y agoMe neither. Haven't been there actually. I was thinking a drink session might be better since most of us probably have never met each other?
- d99kris 15y agoSounds like a good idea!
- hboon 15y agoCool. Folks in SG, drop me an email so we can get organized. hboon@motionobj.com
- thirdusername 15y agoPing me if there's a gettogether being oranized. I'm in Singapore, too but from Sweden. :)