How To Acquire The Skillset, Mindset and Heartset To Tackle The Future

Lost In Transformation

Encouraging innovation for adults and kids is a journey that starts from educating, providing the expertise and know-how, and giving them the space to try out ideas.
Ee Ling Lim made the switch from corporate finance to the world of startups, and is now the co-founder of SmarterMe, a mentor, and leads the innovation and partnerships teams at 500 Startups in Singapore.
We talk to her to find out what inspired her journey, and what steps to success corporates can take on their journey of intrapreneurship and entrepreneurship.

Chapters

1. How To Acquire The Skillset, Mindset and Heartset To Tackle The Future (00:00:00)

2. What does 500 Startup do? (00:01:20)

3. Criteria for startups that 500 Startups works with (00:05:10)

4. "What success metrics for startups does Ee Ling work with? (00:05:38)

5. Which industries does 500 Startups work with? (00:06:30)

6. How does working with startups start? (00:07:23)

7. What’s the success factor for a corporate partner to hit the objectives they set out? (00:08:56)

8. How can we support intraprenuership efforts more? — importance of followthrough (00:13:46)

9. Are there differences in how corporates from different regions approach innovations? (00:17:00)

10. Different approaches to entrepreneurship comes out of industry differences too (00:18:15)

11. Which industries is Ee Ling interested or focused on? (00:19:30)

12. The trend of frugality being observed, and which might persist (00:21:20)

13. Inspiration story behind entrepreneurship education for a younger generation (00:22:55)

14. Learnings about entrepreneurship from Smarter Me (00:25:55)