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Re:Poll: HN readers, where's your residence? by jwingy on Thursday December 01, 2011 @07:53AM (#3299535)
In Singapore, though I'm from the U.S. :)
Re:Poll: HN readers, where's your residence? by d99kris on Thursday December 01, 2011 @09:52AM (#3299902)
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..

Re:Poll: HN readers, where's your residence? by jwingy on Thursday December 01, 2011 @10:22AM (#3300011)
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 :)

Re:Poll: HN readers, where's your residence? by d99kris on Friday December 02, 2011 @09:58AM (#3304152)
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.

Re:Poll: HN readers, where's your residence? by sivers on Thursday December 01, 2011 @10:05AM (#3299947)
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.

Re:Poll: HN readers, where's your residence? by d99kris on Friday December 02, 2011 @09:44AM (#3304093)
Thanks a lot! This is useful information!
Re:Poll: HN readers, where's your residence? by hboon on Thursday December 01, 2011 @12:51PM (#3300630)
So it sounds like we have enough people to do a HN meetup @ SG? :)
Re:Poll: HN readers, where's your residence? by redact207 on Thursday December 01, 2011 @07:20PM (#3302099)
Sounds good, I'm in Singapore but from Aus
Re:Poll: HN readers, where's your residence? by jwingy on Friday December 02, 2011 @06:48AM (#3303656)
fo sho. I think the local hackerspace would probably be a good place for it (though I'm not a member)....
Re:Poll: HN readers, where's your residence? by hboon on Friday December 02, 2011 @07:25AM (#3303734)
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?
Re:Poll: HN readers, where's your residence? by thirdusername on Saturday December 03, 2011 @11:00AM (#3307974)
Ping me if there's a gettogether being oranized. I'm in Singapore, too but from Sweden. :)
Re:Poll: HN readers, where's your residence? by d99kris on Friday December 02, 2011 @09:24AM (#3304031)
Sounds like a good idea!
Re:Poll: HN readers, where's your residence? by hboon on Saturday December 03, 2011 @10:48PM (#3309798)
Cool. Folks in SG, drop me an email so we can get organized. [email protected]
Re:Poll: HN readers, where's your residence? by clloyd on Friday December 02, 2011 @03:23AM (#3303219)
I'd be up for that too!
Re:Poll: HN readers, where's your residence? by iworkforthem on Thursday December 01, 2011 @09:14AM (#3299771)
#02 in Singapore, from Singapore though. :P
Re:Poll: HN readers, where's your residence? by Gigablah on Thursday December 01, 2011 @10:27AM (#3300026)
In Singapore as well, originally from Malaysia.
Re:Poll: HN readers, where's your residence? by amvp on Thursday December 01, 2011 @11:45AM (#3300320)
In Singapore too.