[How a Startup Skillset and Mindset can Help in Life and Career] Webinar by alumnus Mentor Han Phay | Wed 30 Mar 7pm
7:00 PM — 9:00 PM (2 hours)
Description
This session is for NTU Students only.
Synopsis:
There are many things that startup founders learn during the journey. Pitching to prospective clients, negotiating with investors and even applying agile project management methods to get things done amidst uncertainty. This seminar introduces and discusses why joining or founding a startup can be an amazing experience for students, especially in our digitally disruptive era.
Topics covered include:
- Why the startup mindset is becoming increasingly important in the current technological era
- Things you learn from startups that you dont learn in school
- The 3 startup tools for use in everyday life (pivoting, grit and creativity)
- How to use Agile project management toolkit in your projects
- Design thinking for solving problems in the real world
- This seminar will also encourage seminar style discussions amongst peers to share personal experiences and best practices, and will include a 15 minute QA section at the end.
About the Mentor:
Han is the Founder and Managing Partner of Phay Partners, specialising in the areas of tech innovation and startup methodologies. He is a PMI-chartered Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM) and Certified Associate of Project Management (CAPM). He has been featured on mainstream media including The Business Times, SPH Radio ONE FM 91.3 and Mediacorp CNA938.
An award-winning tech entrepreneur, he currently manages Phay Partners, and was previously the co-founder of AMY.ai - an AI driven voice text chatbot in the FB space. Before that, he was the Founder CEO in ad-tech startup Lumin(ai)re. He is also currently appointed as Adjunct Lecturer at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), teaching Entrepreneurship in the Arts. He is also an instructor in continuing education programmes at the Lasalle College of the Arts, teaching and developing curriculum for adult learners on Digital Marketing.
Han holds the SME100 Awards 2021, Leading Innovator in Automated Marketing Technology 2020 by the Singapore Business Awards, was named an Honouree in the Brands for Good 2019 Community - Empowering Local Markets category, the Pitch Champion at the Vikingcubator 2019 and the TOP100 in the Echelon Asia Summit 2019. He also holds a Certificate of Attainment in Social Innovation from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Institute for Entrepreneurship and a Certificate in Digital Marketing from Squared Online, a digital leadership programme co-developed with Google.
He holds a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Creative AI from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore, a Certificate in Entrepreneurship Essentials from the Harvard Business School Online, graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Advertising from the Savannah College of Art Design, and a Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE) in Interactive Art from the Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore.
Students: Pls register at this Event Page.
This event was posted 2 years ago.