CDO303SGO SUSS Impact Startup Challenge in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam


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Highlights

  • Located at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • Learn how to build a business in Vietnam
  • Presented by SUSS in collaboration with Van Lang University
  • Visit startup incubators and innovation hubs
  • Pitch your business to VCs and Startup Mentors
  • Programme will be in English
  • Endorsed as a SUSS Overseas Experience

(Programme details may change)

Total Cost: $1,200 - $1,400

  • (Inclusive of airfare, accommodation, transport and some meals, excluding 5 credit unit (cu) course fees or Registration Fee)
  • $900 YTP subsidy or PSEA reimbursement available (based on individual’s eligibility/account balance)

For 5 CU credit bearing:

  • SUSS full-time students will receive a course subsidy of $800 in the following semester. For students in their final semester, prevailing course fees apply.
  • SUSS part-time students, prevailing course fees apply.

For non-credit bearing:

SUSS and non-SUSS students (including pre-tertiary) pay a registration fee of $180 per person (excluding GST).

    Programme Schedule

    Pre-trip Briefing: 27 Feb 2023, 7pm - 10pm

    Travel dates: 6 Mar – 11 Mar 2023 (6 days)

    DateAgenda (subjected to changes)

    Pre-trip briefing

    27 Feb 2023

    • Trip details
    • Emergency and safety management
    • Meet fellow participants and main mentor/ accompanying staff
    • Brief intro to Lean Startup
    • Possible problem statements / 1-min pitch brief

    Day 1

    6 Mar 2023

    • Flight from Singapore to Vietnam
    • Meet foreign participants + icebreaking
    • Sharing on “How to build a business in Vietnam”
    • 1 min pitch + Team Formation
    • Session 1: Intro to Javelin Board

    Day 2

    7 Mar 2023

    • Session 2: Customer Hypothesis + Problem Hypothesis
    • Session 3: Designing Experiments + Assumptions + Interviewing
    • GOOB 1 (Get-Out-Of-Building)
    • Session 4: Pivot and Persevere
    • Group discussion
    • GOOB 2
    • Mentorship session

    Day 3

    8 Mar 2023

    • Review of Day 2
    • Site Visit 1 (Innovation Hub/Incubator/Startup Office)
    • GOOB 3
    • Session 5: Value Proposition Canvas (VPC) + Solution Testing + Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
    • GOOB 4
    • Mentorship session

    Day 4

    9 Mar 2023

    • Review of Day 3
    • Site Visit 2 (Innovation Hub/Incubator/Startup Office)
    • GOOB 5
    • Session 6: How to Build Your Pitch Deck + Go-To-Market + Unit Economic
    • GOOB 6
    • Mentorship session

    Day 5

    10 Mar 2023

    • Pitch deck preparation + 1-on-1 Mock Pitch
    • Pitch Rehearsal

    Day 6

    11 Mar 2023

    • Final Pitch to Judges (VCs, Angel Investors, Startup Mentors)
    • Flight from Vietnam to Singapore

    Admission Eligibility Criteria

    • FTMKTG (full-time Marketing) and BSBM (part-time Marketing) students may take this 5 CU course as a major elective. The course is graded and will count towards your CGPA.
    • Full-time students may take this 5 CU course as a SUSS Core Unrestricted elective. The course is graded and will count towards your CGPA.
    • Part-time students may take this 5 CU course as a general elective. The course is graded and will count towards your CGPA.
    • Optionally SUSS students may take this as a non-credit bearing course and register via SIMS events portal. The course is not graded and will not count towards your CGPA.
    • Pre-tertiary and non-SUSS students may take this course as a non-credit bearing course and register via SIMS events portal.
    • CDO303SGO can be used to fulfill overseas experience (OE) requirement.

    Email entrepreneurship@suss.edu.sg if you have questions. Candidates will be screened for suitability and SUSS reserves the right to select the most suitable candidates only.

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