2223T2 Silicon Valley/Participant Information/Heng Wei Shin
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About Wei Shin
SMU email: wsheng.2019@accountancy.smu.edu.sg
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hengweishin/
Academic Year: Year 4 (2019)
Degree: Bachelor of Accountancy (2nd Major in Accounting Data and Analytics) + BSc Information Systems (Major in Digitalisation and Cloud Solutions)
Why Virtual TSM?
- What motivates you to join TSM?
My first brush with entrepreneurship began before I even knew what it was. In secondary school, I spearheaded the creation of a Student Lounge, and along with it, the school’s first mini-cafe. With the initial seed funding from our Student Council Mentor, we bought drinks and snacks from wholesalers, and resold them to students at a slight profit. The profits subsequently transferred back to the Student Welfare fund. The initiative was the confluence of a bright idea, passionate team members, and a supportive mentor - key ingredients of any successful startup.
I would continue to gravitate myself to startups and entrepreneuship related engagement in the years ahead. To hone my passion in Content Creation, I joined the homegrown company TheSmartLocal as a Creative; while it was no longer a startup by then, it still retained several hallmarks of its nascent years - an open office, flat hierarchy, commual dining room etc. These allowed the free flow of creative ideas, some of which even made it onto social media and monetised!
Over the past year, I have worked on the SMU IIE-incubated startup, AfterClass, along with some friends, serving as part of the C-Suite. Here, my team and I were confronted with real challenges - funding, investment pitches, day-to-day operations, hitting KPIs, and all while managing on a very lean team.
And yet, despite knowing that being an entrepreneur is not going to be an easy journey, I still aspire to create more startups in the future. I hope this module will help me use my passion and hone my technical skills to create something exciting for all to enjoy.
- Where would you like to visit?
Silicon Valley: Google, Meta, Netflix
Starting a business
- What types of business interest you?
X business with X technology that will change the way we do things.
- What plans do you have in starting a business?
I aim to start a X business that does X in the X industry.
Past Experiences (optional)
Startup:
- Company name (website) What it does? Founders: Name. Years: May '21 - Aug '21
Internships:
- Startup company - Role: Years May '21 - Aug '21
CCA:
- Startup club - Role: Years May '21 - Aug '21
