One More Scoop with Hsu Ken Ooi

Hsu Ken Ooi is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Iterative, a twelve week Y Combinator-style startup accelerator focused on Southeast Asia. He previously co-founded Decide.com (acquired by eBay), was VP of Product at Weave (acquired by Lunchclub) and was CPO at Workmate.

How did teenage rebellion and curiosity lead to his poor performance in school? What changed everything for him? How did he get into startups?

Topics: 

[00:00:40] - Introduction to Hsu Ken Ooi

[00:05:49] - Growing up in Penang

[00:07:50] - More about Hsu Ken

[00:10:41] - Rebellious side of Hsu Ken

[00:12:31] - Hsu Ken pushing his boundaries

[00:15:29] - Choosing your own life

[00:18:37] - What kind of career did he want to get into?

[00:23:39] - Starting his own startup

[00:28:26] - Hsu Ken’s companies coming out one by one

[00:32:48] - Something can be fun, but also painful

[00:43:39] - Imposter syndrome

[00:48:18] - Hsu Ken’s love for math

[00:51:33] - Hsu Ken: If there's anything that I care about, it's curiosity 

[00:54:29] - Rethinking ecosystem programs particularly in Southeast Asia

[00:59:11] - Doing Iterative really makes you think about startups more broadly

[01:00:17] - Reasons why startups don't work

[01:03:49] - A community of peers

[01:05:05] Hsu Ken: I want to go to outer space

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