Startup Roots Kicks Off Speaker Series With Joi In Singapore

Startup Roots is a 10 week programme that matches top students with top startups. First started in Silicon Valley, it hit Singapore in 2011. A signature of Startup Roots is a great speaker series, which we organize for our student Fellows and open to the public. Come this 23rd of May, Startup Roots Singapore officially kicks off their speaker series with Neoteny Labs, Joichi “Joi” Ito.

“For Startup Roots, a startup is a small technology company comprised of the smartest minds on the planet. The goal of any good startup is to transform lives using technology. This can manifest in many ways, but primarily this means through innovative hardware, web platforms or mobile applications.

Startup Roots will provide a select group of high-potential startups with an intern for the summer. Interns will be pre-screened by the Startups Roots staff and subsequently by the startup themselves. Startups will receive hand-picked, elite interns from top-flight universities and get the opportunity to introduce them to their company.”

Read an interview with Startup Roots Singapore founder, Derrick Ko on e27, and according to Neoteny’s James, startups in the programme are: buuuk (interview), Smartloans (more), 2359media (more), PlayMoolah, Docubuzz, Artyii, NoiseStreet, Zopim (more), Anideo, ViKi (more), Chalkboard (more), Chumby Industries, WikInvest, Insync, Foound, Brandtology (more) and Pivotal Labs (interview).

Upon the first successful placement, Startup Roots is only asking for a one-time donation of SGD 250 (USD 200).

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Event Details

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When: Monday 23rd May 2011
Time: 7pm-10pm
Where: hackerspace.sg, 70A Bussorah Street, Singapore

Register here.

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