2021T2 VirtualTSM/Participant Information/Alvinlim
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About Alvin Lim
SMU email: alvin.lim.2018@smu.edu.sg
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Academic Year: 3
Degree: Information Systems, Majoring in Smart City Management and Technology
Why Virtual TSM?
What motivates you to join TSM?
I’d like to get a perspective of how tech businesses, especially start-ups, are conducted overseas. The Dos and Don’ts, how does one penetrate the market efficiently, navigate around cultural barriers but more importantly, how do they create value for their customers.
- Where would you like to visit virtually?
- Czechia, Prague (Prusa Research – 3D Printing Company, our school’s Makerspace production monsters were from this company)
- Germany (Bosch IoT Campus [Berlin] – Their IoT Suite is something worth exploring and developing upon) (Mann und Hummel [Ludwigsburg]) – Homegrown company that deals with filtration, something that I believe that is much needed in SG [Town area, that is])
- Shenzhen, China
- Silicon Valley (Too many to name)
- Netherlands (Blender Institute, Amsterdam - Develops Blender, a fully open-source 3D Animation Cum Modelling software that rivals competitors that charge over SGD3000 a year, need I say more?)
Starting a business
- What types of business interest you?
- What plan do you have in starting a business?
Past Experiences (optional)
What keeps you ticking?
- The constant pursuit of new, yet affordable innovations that the general layman could afford and use it to enrich his/her lives. (Think DIY 3D Printers, ESP32s/Pis and the open-source movement for both hardware and software [Reprap|Blender|etc])
- Salted Egg Prata at Spring Leaf with Teh Cino
- My pacemaker (This is a joke)
