“Startups - An Introductory Journey”
- For everyone who has been in one or planning to start one
More and more individuals are betting on their creative ideas and opening their own startups. It seems like new enterprises are popping up at an exponential rate, almost putting startups in their own industry. New trends have begun emerging as young organizations find their footing and gradually increase operations.
If you want to break into the market and start managing your business on your own, there are a few important tips you need to know.
The Career & Professional Development Office is happy to share with you that we have engaged with key players of the “15-Top-Funded-Startups” https://www.techinasia.com/15-top-funded-startups-singapore-infographic in Singapore. Richard Koh, a successful entrepreneur who found M-DAQ (ranked 6th on the Top-Funded list) will speak to us and share his experience about his startup journey and challenges.
About the Speaker
Richard Koh has over 30 years of industry experience in Infocomm, Treasury (FX) and eCommerce covering the Asia Pacific and global markets. Richard is a well sought after public speaker on topics in eCommerce within the Financial Markets, having shared his thoughts in many international conferences.
He is the Founder/CEO of M-DAQ, a capital market financial technology startup founded in January 2010. Prior to M-DAQ, Richard has held senior leadership roles in Standard Chartered Bank and J.P. Morgan. (Read More)
Richard will give an overview on
- Typical start lifecycle
- Valuations: pre and post
- Funding rounds (bootstrap, F&F, Angel, Series A/B/Cm Strategic, Acquisition, IPO, MBO)
- ESOP
- Warrants & Options
- Up or Down rounds
- Top line attributions
- Dead spiral convertibles
- Ratchets/anti-dilution
- Reserved matters
- Key concepts in VC funding
- Case studies (Uber, Airbnb, Xiaomi, AliPay)
Event Details & Registration
Date: 26 July 2016 (Tue)
Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm (Refreshment will be served from 6:30pm)
Venue: Chatham Room, Level 7, Conrad Hotel, Admiralty (Map & Direction)
Registration: MBA Alumni, please register here
Deadline: 22 July 2016 (Fri), 12pm
Enquiry: Please kindly send emai to mbacpd@ust.hk
