Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR)
Unlike most of the other traditional classes that I have been taking, I had not a single idea how this IEOR 190c course would be and where it would take me. All I knew was to turn up at 100 Lewis with an open mind, and lucky I did.
Expect the unexpected.
Entrepreneurship has always been intriguing me, but the inertia was too great and to lay a finger on it. Now that I have been flung right into the deep of it, this would definitely be a good opportunity to work on something.
It is amazing to meet people with unbridled imagination and overflowing amounts of confidence and drive. First thing that struck me; these are really amazing people with capabilities beyond mine. And then the age old lesson: If you can't beat them, join them. And join them I will.
The first step is always the hardest.
The first challenge saw me working with a group of people I never envisioned to meet in Singapore. I was lucky to be able to get a group early in the lesson, and hence had the luxury of having group mates that I had no idea existed. Some of them had experience in the start-up scene, and during the discussions enlightened me to some of the nuances of entrepreneurship such as funding, and importance of market analysis/research.
One thing about this module is the huge scope it encompasses. The "do-it-all" mentality meant there seemed to be no clear or predefined route other than "make mistakes and learn". Nonetheless, one still needs to have a general direction to progress forward and our team sought to find that for the first presentation - and it matters because it will decide the tone, delivery and content of our presentation.
I shan't elaborate on the presentation as you would have probably seen our uber presentation (:
Till then. There will be more experiences, for later!
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