WebCamp α: Kickstarting 2011 with Your Startup

Happy new year! It’s 2011 and have you made new years resolutions for this brand new year? If you are in for a brave adventure and itching to hone your entrepreneurial dream, you’re in luck! We have the perfect lineup of three seasoned entrepreneurs who had shared their hard earned nuggets of wisdom to give […]

Happy new year! It’s 2011 and have you made new years resolutions for this brand new year?

If you are in for a brave adventure and itching to hone your entrepreneurial dream, you’re in luck! We have the perfect lineup of three seasoned entrepreneurs who had shared their hard earned nuggets of wisdom to give you a kickstart and an edge to start your own venture:

Uncommon views on starting up – Chris Hong
Practical do’s and don’ts for your startup – Clayton Narcis and TJ Tee, Wootfood
Pitching session: FongFeiKei.com – Ooi Eu Veng

Summary

The event was given a solid start by Chris Hong retelling his entrepreneurial story: starting from the days of having a comfy corporate job, to the hard struggles building up the startup to the point where he sold the company with handsome returns. He recounts the tribulations and triumphs of the whole experience and shared the lessons he has gained along the pathway of success.

Listen in to understand why he believes that in contrary to the tech startup fandom of starting young, you should not shun the corporate path and how that experience would give you a better strategic advantage over the rest of the pack. There are more valuable gold nuggets and unconventional views that you’d find interesting, if not nodding your heads aggressively in agreement.

Clayton and TJ followed up with Chris’ talk harmoniously as they share the lessons learned from building Wootfood, a social site to share great restaurants and places to eat. In this talk, they give 10-points of takeaway lessons that can be carefully thought through and applied immediately. They also sprinkled some stories on dealing with technical and tactical decisions that they have to deal with in the early stages of their startup. Great talk to listen to especially if you are planning your startup around a mobile application.

Lastly, Eu Veng closed the night with a bang by pitching his startup idea: FongFeiKei.com – Fong Fei Kei (lit. flying aeroplane) means “no show/flying kite” in Cantonese, is a marketplace to sell unwanted tickets due to personal circumstances (say, due to a sloppy and probably irresponsible friend who tells you last minute that he’s not able to show up for the concert next week). It’s a pitching session full of candor and laughs, which makes it a popular hit among WebCampers.

Enjoy the very first episode of the year!