As you can tell from the title, this chance I would like to address about the event that just ended and I was lucky enough can attend it for FREE! It was due to my working nature as an intern that required me to expose myself to entrepreneur environment. Well, I would not elaborate more on the event itself, because actually you can read on one of the article written by me about what
one of the main schedules is about.
Here I would like to elaborate more on the people that I met over the past 3 days, start from day zero of networking dinner until day two on after party event. Out of numbers name cards that I exchanged with others, I picked up 6 name cards that somehow I think I would love to talk about. So, let me start chronologically! :)
1. Senior Assistant Director, NTC
This lady started talk to me accidentally when I was listening to one of conversation between Gwen and others. Like usual, I intro myself from SGE (where I am doing my intern at the moment) and she gave me her name card, automatically I also gave my name card in exchange. She was pretty surprised when she knew that I am an NTU student, because as you can see from her name card, she is from NTU. So we started to talk about some light stuffs and moving further to some heavy stuffs. Apparently NTC (part of NTU) plans to make a programme for businessman in particular to change mindset on how they view about China. Have you ever think China make something innovative? Not faking or imitating others? Well said for me, I simply gave my opinion about educating public about it and more of media exposure about it first before they execute their real programme. Moreover I also told her if she wanted to aim Indonesia market as well, she is better have contact to private sectors such Bakrie, Djarum, etc and maybe can try some organization as well that being organized by government for remarkable youth of Indonesian. Somehow later I might want to drop her an email about this.
2. Business Development, Cooliris
I always have difficulty whenever I read this company name. Well said, the guy is business development person and he is one of most approachable person in my opinion since his "face template" is a smiley face (indeed most of the time I found he keeps smiling). It is quite funny actually when he intro to me about himself and practically I remembered to one of post that I
published a day before (I met him on day 0 of Echelon 2011). But due to my memory failure, I remembered it wrongly and thought it was an article, but in fact it was an event list! But at least I remember his product name since I stated it on that event post as well.
3. Co-founder, Brandtology
He is such a nice guy as well that I met, but seems like he is pretty busy guy (of course everyone there are busy, I am just being silly? LOL). Well, my impression about him is he is an approachable person as well and actually you want to know who is this guy? Read up
more here. :)
When he intro himself to me that he is from Brandtology, I remembered that I read quite few of this company related articles such as
their acquisition,
investment value S$2M, etc. That is why I think that it is pretty interesting for me to pick up this card among all others name cards that I have now.
4. Co-Founder, travelnesia
I met him accidentally, because I accompanied two of Indonesian who just back from Echelon day 0 and they have no idea how to meet their friends. As my nature for being a nice host of country where I live for the past 3 years, I sent them to meet their friends. Among of those friends, this guy is one of it. He is such a nice approachable guy as well, as he engaged quite much talks with me whenever we met during Echelon event itself. But thats not the only reason I picked his cards among others. It is because that I really want to support Indonesia Tourism and his website is the website that being referred from government as the official Indonesia Tourism website. So, if you want to visit Indonesia, feel free to explore it! :)
5. LobangClub.com
For those of you who have no idea about what this is about, well I cant blame any of you tho. Their own name already attracted me in the first place to approach their exhibition booth, dont you think so? Well, basically they special feature is about scanning a unique barcode of product then we find the best offer based on that barcode, best here is not only in term of price but also location, because basically it is location-based apps. Actually it was not the reason I picked up this card, the reason is more towards my mind fighting regarding my deja vu feeling. After few minutes of mind fighting finally I remember something that I saw the name before! not the face. Finally my memory remember name as well? haha.. *note: I have difficulty remembering one time intro person name*
6. Customer Solution Engineer, Google Asia Pacific
Well, you should know why I picked this name card, right? Okay honestly, I met this guy at Echelon After Party. Since it is party chillin' kind session, so I cant really heard what he talked about when he intro himself. As the chatting going on, then I realized something "hmm..why these guys comparing Microsoft and Google". Beside this guy, there 3 other Microsoft guys around me that moment, then when we exchanged name card, boommzzz.. then I know who I've been listening to for the past 15 mins. So yeah, my ear has its own optimized distance of hearing, so I guess more than 100cm is a big no no for me in the party with loud music for chit chat.
Well, thats my report about what I've been doing for the past 3 days. So, which one you think that impressed me a lot? :D
