1920T2 NewYorkCity/Participant Information/Danialshah

Hello World I am Danial

My awesome solo trip that I had when my friends ditched last minute.

Derping it out on sand dunes.

SMU Email: danialshahz.2018@sis.smu.edu.sg
Facebook: Danial
LinkedIn: Hit me up on the linkedinz #Road to 500
GitHub: Danial
Academic Year: 2

Degree: Information Systems

Major: Software Development

Second Major in For Loops

Applying for subsidy: Yes

Why TSM New York City?

• What motivates you to join TSM?
  Having interned at a Legal Tech startup in the past summer and being currently involved in another legal tech startup. I would like to experience and how the startup culture is like overseas! I believe that TSM will give me ideas to bring over to the startup I am working for. It would be a great opportunity to learn from other startups.
• Why pick New York City?
  Besides San Francisco, New York City is the next major US city for tech startup culture. I believe there is a lot to learn in the Big Apple from culture to good practices of startup. Moreover NYC is also one of the largest financial hubs in the US, would love to see how the dynamics of a financial hub works with all the up and coming tech startups flowing into the city.

Starting a business

• What types of business interest you?

Anything cool. But currently really interested in the legal tech space.

• What plan do you have in starting a business?

Currently working on another legal tech startup to help improve the dinosaurs we call law firms and make them more efficient, saving not only the clients time but also the lawyers. Currently close to launching a MVP and would really like to learn more about the legal tech space in NYC as it is more established there compared to here in Singapore.

Past Experiences (optional)

Internship experience

• Rajah & Tann Technologies - Legal Tech Intern - (May 2019 - August 2019)
• Tokyo University of Technology (Hachioji) - Chemical Research Assistant (March 2015 - May 2015)

Past hackathons and coding competitions

• CodeIT Suisse 2019 Top 10 Finalist (Credit Suisse)
• Lit Hackathon 2019
• SCDF Innovation Challenge 2018 - Top 5 Finalist
• OneService Innovation Challenge 2018 Finalist

What keeps me Looping?

• for loops
• while loops
• do while loops
• recursion
• Yeow Leong's ICE

What keeps me ticking

My friends and family who are my biggest supporters are what gets me going everyday. Everything I do, I will do it for them.