1415T1g1 Silicon Valley/Participant Information/Melvin Leong
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About Melvin
Academic Year: 3
Degree: Information Systems
2nd Major: Advanced Business Technology
Why TSM Silicon Valley?
- Silicon Valley as a startup haven continuously sharpens its innovative edge to remain one of the top place to be for tech companies. Not only that, the culture in the acceptance, management and willingness to fail stands in stark contrast to how we see and respond to failure here in South East Asia, especially Singapore. In addition, my interest in startup companies heighten during my Summer Internship with a Singapore tech startup, this brought me to explore the possibility of founding my own business and creating the next big thing in the tech landscape. As such, the temptation to visit Silicon Valley, is difficult to resist when the opportunity for me to learn from the best in the startup industry presents itself in this TSM.
Internship Opportunities
- What types of internship opportunities interest you?
- Any ideal firms (based in Silicon Valley) that you wishes to join?
Starting a business
- What types of business interest you?
Tech businesses dealing with enhancement of social interaction and productivity be it software/hardware e.g. wearable fascinates me.
- What plan do you have in starting a business? (list existing business)
As mentioned above, I do have an intention of starting my own business, just haven't explored any potential points of entry.
Past Experiences
- Describe your past experience (entrepreneurship, or works in start ups, etc)
This Summer I was fortunate to intern in DotsyMedia, a startup company that handles reservations and appointments from the beauty & wellness industry. Not only was I involve in the management of the development/testing & debugging aspect of it, being involve in the product and business development broadened my view on how a start up works and operates from idea conception to taking action. Take for example, the ideas generated from our discussions regarding content generation and SEO were realized as we work with overseas development teams in producing the modules/solutions in order for growth of the company.
