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HOME | | COURSE | | ITINERARY | | ROLE | | TEAM | | ORGANIZATION | | REFLECTION |
Academic Year 2018-2019 (Term 1): Jan to May 2019 | |
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Course: | IS404 Technology Entrepreneurship Study Mission (Asia) or IS405 Technopreneurship Study Mission (Non-Asia), previously IS427 |
Facilitator: | Benjamin Gan |
Office: | SIS Room 5034; SIS |
Phone: | +65 6828 0267 |
Email: | benjamingan@smu.edu.sg |
Venue: | SIS SR 3.1 |
Date/Time: | Wednesdays 3.30pm-6.45pm |
Travel Date: | Apr 28-May 4 (Tentative) |
Pre-requisite: | None. |
Course Attributes: |
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Last Years wiki: | Silicon Valley Seoul |
Team's Facebook: | |
Team's Photo Collection: |
TSM Hong Kong Facebook Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 TSM Silicon Valley Photos TSM Seoul Summary Visits Before trip 1 2 3 4 5 Drama Teaser 1 2 3 Sabotage 1 2 3 4 |
Important & Special Notes
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- Students who are unable to make it on the travel dates are advised not to take this module.
- Students will be asked to sign an indemnity form.
- The cost of the trip is about S$3000+ for double room excluding personal expenditure and some meals. Full payment is required in week 3.
- Students must contribute to petty cash fund approximately $500, included in the estimate.
- Students must purchase travel insurance for the entire trip with min emergency medical evacuation & repatriation : unlimited, medical expense (hospital/surgical) : $250,000 and personal liability : $1,000,000
- No TA. We will not have a TA to reduce cost of the travel. Thus, students are expected to contribute to planning and organizing the trip.
- Subsidy: IIE support 70% from SPRING to cover airfare, meals, accommodation and local transport. F&E or cultural activities are not covered. Limited to SGD$1,500 (Asia) SGD $2,000 (US/Europe) only with a max of 20 pax. Interview process
- Priority will be given to students who show evidence of entrepreneurially inclined.
- Airfare, meals, accommodation and local transport are arranged with no flexibility. Twin/triple sharing room only. No extension of flight.
- Students receiving the funding must work on a co-defined problem statement set out by the startups and yourselves
- No subsidy: If you pay your own trip, you are not subject to the terms of the subsidy above. Indicate "No subsidy needed" in your particulars
- If you do not already have a US visa to travel, please get a B1 visa, flight itinerary required. Singaporean may get authorisation for Visa Waiver Program {Electronic System for Travel Authorization | ESTA, flight itinerary not required}
- Singaporean
- You may use your PSEA funds. PSEA is based on reimbursement after payment.
- Please register at MFA
- Read Pre-Departure Safety Preparation Procedures
Other Resources
- Characteristics
- Companies
- 32 of Hong Kong’s hottest tech start-ups to watch in 2018
- These Are Hong Kong's Hottest Startups, According To Tech Guru Kent Ho
- 18 Hong Kong startups to watch in 2018 (Part 3)
- South China Morning Post
- Hong Kong Startup Ecosystem Canvas: A List of 250+ Startup Resources in Hong Kong (Updated)
- Start-ups in Hong Kong
- High tech companies in Shenzhen: (in Chinese), (in English), (in Chinese)
- (in Chinese) IoT start-ups in Guangdong Province
- Communities
- Singapore
- VC
- SMU Library resources