“It’s what you do in the dark that gets you in the light.”
Get insights from the best of the best at Echelon Asia Summit 2019, happening on May 23-24 at the Singapore Expo. Get your free Starter tickets here.
An interesting realities about running a startup is the fact that early decisions often impact the ability for the company to scale when it grows. A clunky product might hold back a fantastic business model. Truly global companies usually build a product that fall into the category of, “the more you use it, the more you love it”.
Once we get past the ideation stage, startups are all about company building — it’s execution over everything.
But how exactly should an entrepreneur go about ensuring their product has what it takes?
Pieter Kemps, a Principal at Sequoia Capital, will be speaking at Echelon on how early-stage startups can shape products, build for scale and create categories in Southeast Asia.
The VC will talk about what that means for Founders – and how they can build and tap their network for help, hacks and hands-on expertise.
Kemps has a long history in Product Management — having started a company in Japan at a young age. According to his company bio, he is fascinated by the idea of building something from scratch.
This requires hard work, tenacity and an ability to take feedback. Kemps mentions a quote from Michael Phelps in his bio,
“It’s what you do in the dark that gets you in the light.”
In many ways, the parallels to entrepreneurship are obvious.
The session will be moderated by Bhaskar Prabhakara, the Co-Founder and CEO of WeInvest. WeInvest is a B2B2C robo-advisory platform. WeInvest has built a platform for wealth management that it sells to institutions so they can provide the service to their customers.
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Get insights from the best of the best at Echelon Asia Summit 2019, happening on May 23-24 at the Singapore Expo. Get your free Starter tickets here.
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