1617T2g1 South Korea/Participant Information/Jared Sim

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Jared Sim
jared.sim.2014@sis.smu.edu.sg
AY2014/2015
BSc (Information Systems)
Advanced Business Technology (without Track)
Why TSM South Korea?
What motivates you to join TSM?

I have always loved to make and create things with my hands, especially things that others can make use of. It is a dream of mine to start or make something that would be useful to a whole lot of people. I believe TSM can help me in shaping and creating that thing.

Why pick South Korea?

Of all the Koreas, South Korea is the BEST Korea. South Korea is living in the future -- with one of the highest levels of smartphone penetration and fastest broadband speeds in the world, a lot of new exciting technologies are coming out of Korea.

Starting a business
What types of business interest you?

Banking and fintech related, social networking, improving productivity of businesses.

What plan do you have in starting a business?

I believe there exists a huge gap in consumer expectations and what current financial services can provide. I am considering pursuing a fintech-related startup with a friend of mine and are between the two of us constantly learning about what it would take to build such a startup.

Past Experience

I was previously employed at Tinkerbox Studios, a web/mobile development studio aimed at helping startups build better products. During my employment there, I helped startups to refine their ideas and bring them to life.

What keeps you ticking?

I want to constantly improve myself and at no point do I want to stop.