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In Singapore, though I'm from the U.S. :)


Also in Singapore, but from Sweden.

Saw in your profile that you're bootstrapping, do you find Singapore a good environment for a startup? I haven't really looked into it, yet..


Like Derek said, lots of good support and interest in the SG community. The government also (from my newbie eye) seems to be genuinely interested in promoting startups and creating a startup community.

On the flip side, unless your startup's market is geographically agnostic, I think you'll have to constantly remind yourself to look outside the SG market if you'll want any kind of real success, since the SG market is kinda small.

As for everything else (like talent pool), I'm not really sure yet as I've only been here for a few months :)


Good points!

I was mainly thinking in terms of things like funding, visa and registering a company. Maybe it's time I check out HackerspaceSG. I've done some googling and checked SG government websites, but it's always valuable to hear others experience.

Anyway, my side-project(s) are not going to "startup"-phase anytime soon.


It's a pretty incredible community here. Hackerspace, e27, SGEntrepreneurs, Echelon, JFDI, SmartSpace, StartupRoots, FounderInstitute, F11, etc. So many startup meetups and events.

So if you need social/community support, there's lots of it in Singapore.


Thanks a lot! This is useful information!


So it sounds like we have enough people to do a HN meetup @ SG? :)


Sounds good, I'm in Singapore but from Aus


fo sho. I think the local hackerspace would probably be a good place for it (though I'm not a member)....


Me neither. Haven't been there actually. I was thinking a drink session might be better since most of us probably have never met each other?


Ping me if there's a gettogether being oranized. I'm in Singapore, too but from Sweden. :)


Sounds like a good idea!


Cool. Folks in SG, drop me an email so we can get organized. hboon@motionobj.com


I'd be up for that too!


#02 in Singapore, from Singapore though. :P


In Singapore as well, originally from Malaysia.


In Singapore too.




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