1415T2g1 South Korea/Participant Information/Valerie Chang Wei Feng
About Valerie
SMU email: wf.chang.2013@business.edu.sg
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Degree: Business administration degree
2nd Major: <NIL>
Internship Opportunities
- What types of internship opportunities interest you?
I would definitely be interested to intern in a startup ,especially when they are in their SEEDS stage,particularly when i get to work with younger individuals earlier in their careers. Nowhere else will you get the diverse set of experiences and visibility that you can get in an early-stage startup.Also, i will be interested to work in an accelerator because it gives me the experience and exposure on how these accelerators help startups refine their business ideas, pitch their ideas and get investors to invest in them.
- Any ideal firms (based in South Korea) that you wishes to join? Startups with the right culture
Honestly, I have not gained any exposure to startups at SEEDS stage in Korea. If i do and I have the opportunity to work with them, WHY NOT! However,there are certain criterias that have to be met before i work in that particular startup
- I need to make sure the founders have similar goals about what they hope to achieve from the startup. Be it make more money, make more friends, scale to international level.There must be a certain parity in their objectives or there will definitely be a fair amount of conflict in the near future, which would potentially destroy the entire startup.
-As mentioned above, I need to know my job scope in the startup when I apply for it so apart from being able to value-add to the business, I need to know how much I will learn and gain out of this internship opportunity
&The most important factor that I consider very seriously is my ability to work together with the team. Startup teams are usually a very close-knit group. There’s nowhere to hide. Hence if I don’t get along with just about everyone there, life is going to be hard. It will also cripple both the experience and learning benefit I can gained out of the startup
Once these criterias has been fufilled, i wouldnt mind joining a startup, even though it might not be profitable yet because it is still at a very young stage. I believe in growing together with these startups and working together with them to achieve the same dream
Starting a business
- What types of business interest you? Technology based
- What plan do you have in starting a business? (list existing business)
Past Experiences
- Describe your past experience (entrepreneurship, or works in start ups etc
1) Business Development Executive Intern Coachreg(Startup company) April 2014 – Present (7 months) I am currently developing marketing strategies for a brand-new educational online portal. My responsibility is to build a strong brand image for our portal, so as to broaden our market reach. To do so, I have helped to create appealing website content, through in-depth research and analysis of the Singapore, India and China markets. Invaluable takeaways from this opportunity include strengthened marketing skills and broad knowledge about the many different forms of marketing, especially social media marketing.
2) ZJU-SMU-NCCU Joint Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum Programme (SMU)
Zhejiang University entrepreneurship program
May 2013 – May 2013 (1 month)
I attended the ZJU-SMU-NCCU Joint Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum Programme (SMU) to explore the creation of innovative companies, in collaboration with the students of Zhe Jiang University. During the trip, we learnt different aspects of innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities available in China.
3) SPRING SingaporeProject Officer at SEEDS Investment department
SPRING Singapore
January 2013 – March 2013 (3 months)
-SPRING SEEDS Capital Pte Ltd (SSC), the investment arm of SPRING Singapore, manages the SPRING Start-up Enterprise Development Scheme (SPRING SEEDS), an equity-based co-financing option for Singapore-based start-ups with innovative products and/or processes with intellectual content and strong growth potential across international markets.
• Learned how to write timely proposals for Companies seeking for co-investment funding and gained a better understanding in terms of the problems these start-ups face
• Gained practical experience on how these fundings are being approved
• Attended innovation fairs and networking sessions with start-up companies, which have made me a more confident contributor to a conversation due to my interactions with both companies seeking for funding, and my fellow colleagues.
• Completed and presented an entire project which served creating awareness for my department (SEEDS) in SPRING
4) JFDI winter internship( To be done on Decemeber 2014)
-I attend networking session every Friday at blk 71, to interact with entrepreneurs and investors from all over the world.I have also secured the opportunity to work closely with the general manager at this accelerator this coming December.
5) Talks and events related to entrepreneurship
I have a strong passion for entrepreneurship and attended many various workshop such as Power of Selling and Workshop on new business building, Facebook marketing seminars for entrepreneurs and even successful executed a business venture regarding the sales of CNY Goodies to Overseas Community Project Group in SMU for their fund-raising program.
