How my company failed: Learn about mistakes every young entrepreneur makes
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StartupGrind University Beijing presents
Have you ever thought about starting your own company? If yes, we can bet that one of your first concerns was "what if I fail?". This question scares lots of young minds from diving into the entrepreneurship world and bury many amazing ideas. But is failure that scary? And is it really that bad to be a failed founder?
To understand all this we invited Yichi Zhang, Flip The Script Creative Director and China Forbes 30 under 30 to share his personal story of failure and success:
Who shouldn’t be your co-founder
What can happen after first success
Why branding matters
Moreover, Startup Grind University is proud to co-organize this event with the Hult Prize. Hult Prize is the platform to convert the Global Challenge for the year of 2020, the topic was named, "Bold Business for a Better Planet." It's a chance to win 1 million US$ global startup prize.
Agenda
18:00 – Registration
18:30 – Introduction
18:40 – Hult Prize intro and Q&A
19:00 – Fireside chat with Yichi
20:00 – Networking
The event is held in English
Is it free? IT IS!
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Location:
地址:清华科技园内阳光厅G层南门 清华幸福科技实验室
Speaker
Yichi Zhang
Flip The Script - Creative Director
Forbes 30 under 30 China
Graduated from the University of Richmond, majoring in international finance and marketing; as the first Asian president of the student council in the 100-year history of business school, he was a competitive individual with excellent personal abilities. Won the internship opportunities of the world's top 500 financial companies such as Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo. When he graduated from college, he gave up the opportunity to work on Wall Street and decided to switch to advertising. Graduated from VCU Brandcenter, the number one advertising program in the US, majoring in brand management.
After graduated from the master's degree in 2015, he founded an advertising company in Los Angeles with the core creative person of Nike "Just Do It". Provided high-quality advertising creative services for the Los Angeles Water Conservancy Bureau, Air China, and other Chinese and American brands. Received interviews and recognition from many leading US media such as Fast Company, AdAge, AgencySpy. After returning to China in 2016, he worked for the German advertising company Serviceplan and served the BMW. After resigning in 2017, he established Anti-Customer Marketing Planning Co., Ltd., devoted himself to personal branding, constantly explore and innovate, and put forward the core concept of "There is a brand called You" to provide customers with brand management consulting and marketing planning services. In 2018 Forbes China's "30 UNDER 30" (30 under 30 years old elite list) was selected as an industry elite in the field of marketing and advertising.
Orginizers
Startup Grind University aims to shrink the gap between Beijing students and the entrepreneurial community of the city. Pioneers of SGu in China, we host successful key players of the innovation ecosystem, who share their meaningful experiences and insights through different interactive events such as fireside chats, workshops and more. Giving our attendees the background and the tools needed to succeed on both personal and professional levels.
Tsinghua GoGlobal Student Association receives guidance from Tsinghua university's international education office and global competency development and guidance center, and is committed to gathering global resources to provide a global competency training platform for young students. This year, GloGlobal organizes the Hult Prize@Tsinghua with the support of Hult Prize Foundation, the world’s biggest engine for the launch of for good, for-profit startups emerging from university with over 2500 staff and volunteers around the world. In nearly a decade, the Hult Prize movement has deployed more than $50M of capital into the sector and mobilized more than 1,000,000+ young people to re-think the future of business as it continues to breed disruptive innovation on college and university campuses across 100+ countries.
The Hult Prize has been called the “Nobel Prize for Students”, is ranked amongst the world’s most innovative companies by Fast Co. and was featured in a TIME Magazine Cover Story highlighting the “Top 5 Ideas Changing the World”.
Hult Prize is the platform to convert Global Challenge into sustainable business opportunity. Every year President Bill Clinton announces the subject challenge to be solved. It inspires students with an opportunity to deliver social change starting from their university.
As the organizer of the Hult Prize @Tsinghua, Tsinghua GoGlobal Student Association is able to train, educate and inspire students by building an impact community influencing 500+ Tsinghua students. The winning team in the On Campus Final will have a guaranteed spot at one of 25+ Regional Summits happening across the globe, getting the chance to move onto the Hult Prize Accelerator and the UN Global Final to pitch for a million US dollars.
Venue partner
Tsinghua H-Lab:
The world's first science and technology innovation incubation platform to transform the results of positive psychology research.
Tsinghua H-Lab (also known as清华幸福科技实验室) was established on April 16, 2016, and was jointly established by Qidi Holdings Co., Ltd. and the Department of Psychology of Tsinghua University. Happiness Science and Technology Lab combines positive psychology research results with biochemical technology, genetic technology, big data technology and other cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements, and will create a comprehensive technology integrating research, learning, experience, display, and incubation. Innovate the platform and bring together and promote the world's most advanced health and happiness technology products to enhance people's happiness.
Startup Grind is the world’s largest community of startups, founders, innovators, and creators. Reaching over 3.5 million individuals worldwide. Startup Grind 是世界上最大的初创公司、创始人、创新者和创造者社区,已覆盖全球超过 350 万人。