As part of their summer break at INSEAD, Team SEACompass decided to travel around Southeast Asia to learn more about the up-and-coming startup ecosystem in the region. The team comprising Georgia Wynter, Vincent He, and Abhinav Lalam, three INSEAD MBA 22D students who traveled to Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. They met up with over... Continue Reading →
SEA Overview – An exciting region with numerous challenges Southeast Asia (SEA) is quickly becoming a focus region for new VC investments, a trend that has accelerated post-COVID. SEA comprises about 8% of the world's population, young demographics with a median age of 30, and a growing affluent middle class with an average GDP 3... Continue Reading →
In part two of this series, I’ll cover three more colours of entrepreneurship that I came across during my tour. 3. Opportunity: spotting and addressing needs One intrapreneur who embodies this colour and is also purpose-driven is Marcus Krug. After a PhD in theoretical computer science, he was keen to solve problems and joined SAP.... Continue Reading →
Entrepreneurship is often thought of as a one-size-fits-all endeavor, with the young, Silicon Valley, tech start up founder being the most commonly portrayed image in mainstream media. But in reality, there are many different types of entrepreneurs, each motivated by different things. In the summer of 2022, I had the opportunity to undertake INSEAD’s student-driven... Continue Reading →
In case you missed it, here’s Part 1 with our first 5 findings about the metaverse ecosystem. Now let’s continue! 6. Where's the money going? In the first 5 months of 2022, over $120 billion was invested in metaverse technologies and infrastructure, but where did that go exactly? VC investment trends indicate that there is... Continue Reading →
✨Metaverse✨. . . it's got to mean something more than various iterations of Mark Zuckerberg's avatar, right? As part of INSEAD's SSUP, we – Chelcie Poole, Nikita Bokil and Cameron Smith – formed a team with the mission of cutting through the hype and exploring how the metaverse and extended reality (XR) ecosystem is developing... Continue Reading →
Team Start-up Mates - Lien Nguyen, Shwetali Sinkar, Hillary Yee Backstory Team Start-up Mates was very intrigued when they first heard about this ‘special’ summer start-up tour in Australia this year. Western Australia (WA) would be one of the places far from the top of our list when we think about bustling start-up scenes in... Continue Reading →
Team Quokka: Ian Yamaguchi and Matt Dodd Forming a plan Matt and Ian have been mates since the start of INSEAD and both share an interest in tech and entrepreneurship. When we heard about SSUP early in the course, we were keen to get involved. While exploring options for our trip, a newly minted program... Continue Reading →
By Nancy Li After sitting down with 50 founders, investors, researchers, and activists, we identified three major patterns as we connect the dots: 1. Founders dilemma in data, digital, taboo Data data data! Founders generally face a lack of consumer data and research data. Though more and more legacy organizations such as FemTech Insider, FemTech... Continue Reading →
By Kelly An Women's health has historically been one of the most underdeveloped healthcare sectors analyzed by research and technology. The first women's health-focused organization, American Birth Control League (now Planned Parenthood), was founded in 1921. However, women are still not getting the proper solutions for their health issues. American Birth Control League from Studies in... Continue Reading →
INSEAD SUMMER STARTUP TOUR 