Typing this up towards the end of this epic and intense Singapore trip. Story starts with one of my best friends from college, Ty, came to town from DC to speak at a legal / IP / lawyer conference and for months has been preparing me to come and hang out with him (as we haven’t seen each other in 10 years).
Singapore is a 2ish hour flight from Chiang Mai, and no idea the next time I’ll be visiting him / USA so had to take this opportunity.
Plus, Singapore is top financial hub in Asia and have been building up contacts there from the various Asia events I’ve been attending. I’d say Singapore has the highest amount of investors in Asia. So a lot of coffees, events and more.
And gotta make the most of this trip – and Mark and Milton 2 amazing new friends I have made on my web3 journey are here and helped ensure I made the most of the trip.
Ty and I had some tourist fun one day, then I spend a day to GitEx exhibition where it was overwhelming amount of AI startups. Like maybe just a few web3 startups (3 – 5 I counted) where it was hundreds of AI powered companies.
Then off to Commerce and Cocktails, an ecommerce event which was more hyper networking with movers and shakers in ecom in Singapore.
Then to Uniswap meetup to talk defi. And more meetings, drinks, networking.
What an intense trip, making new connections, talking to investors (For Hamza), getting overloaded with new AI startup tools to use, and keeping my relationships with old friends.
Life is not always predictable and some of the events and networking I went to was not from the normal path. Keep an open mind and make it happen.