My first startup experience emerged from a competition called "Cool Ideas for Better HDB Living". In the recent trend and uptake from rising fire breakouts especially from Personal Mobility Devices (PMDs). I developed a fire safety device that uses sensors to detect and prevent devices from overheating. I also managed to achieve a $5,000 pre-seed grant to further develop the product. After the competition, I further went to create a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to be used for a potential pilot project at Montfort Care and to integrate and collaborate with iCity from SMU on their ShineSeniors Initiative.
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There were several achievements I attained with my startup, one of them is being selected Into Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship - SMUBIG by Singapore Management University (SMU) as their incubatee.
- Enrolled into Alibaba Cloud-SUSS Entrepreneurship Certificate/Minor through a business proposal pitch presentation
- Attained the Creativity & Innovation Award Sponsored by OMRON, to showcase an innovative product that solves a real-world problem where I've achieved the Gold Award.
During my National Service, I also continued to create awareness and hosted a booth at HDB Hub at Toa Payoh for my innovation at HDB Exhibition, I was also Interviewed and featured by the news in 2018.
Link to News Article: https://www.8world.com/news/singapore/article/20181128-sg-hdb-350236
In 2020, I've also created opportunity for NYP Students to do their Final Year Project (FYP) under my startup where I mentored and coach the students in their work.
Although the startup is currently inactive now, I hope I will be able to pick this up and continue in the near future.