Hello.

My name is Khairul Rusydi.

My

boring life.

National Cadet Corp House Committee

2005

Entrepreneurship Club

Advanced Chemistry Archery Team

2007

Civics Representative

Elementary School

High School

2009 But in 2009, I received the full-time

national serviceman of the year

award from the President.

2010 Did the Minor in Entrepreneurship

Course while in college.

2010 Kayaked around a small off-shore

island. Thrice.

2010 Made great friends.

2010 Started a legit company as part

of the course.

2010 Started to pick up designing.

2010 Attended a ton of start-up and

entrepreneurship events.

2011 Became a junior delegate at the

World Entrepreneurship Forum.

2011 Facilitated discussions at the

World Entrepreneurship Forum.

2011 Represented the country on an

exchange trip to India.

2011 Part of an ASEAN delegation.

2012 Took part in the organization of

DEMO Asia.

2012 Met fantastic people from all over

the world.

2012 Represented the country at the

Asian Student Ventures Forum in

Seoul, Korea.

2012 We won!

Today ?

I started Circle of Punks

in Singapore, which is a support

community for young co-founders.

And I founded REActor –

The Raffles Entrepreneurship Academy,

which is the academy at my high school that exposes students to

start-ups and entrepreneurship in the hope that they too, would

go on to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems.

We have a team of 12 that’s helping to redefine the

entrepreneurship education system here in Singapore.

We’ve trained over a hundred students in entrepreneurship

concepts, from lean methodology to customer development.

And these students are 17 years old.

We’ve sent over 60 youths to intern in various

start-ups, including tech and social enterprise.

The average age of the students is 19.

We’re helping to

incubate 6 student-led

start-ups right now.

We’ve run 4 roundtable events

where we get students to interact

with alumni and bounce ideas

and solve problems.

And we’re currently helping to consult

for a number of Israeli tech start-ups as

part of the Innovation Immersion

Programme together with University of

Illinois Urbana Champagne.

My name is Rusydi.

And this is my philosophy.

Learn #1

to say hi

Don’t be afraid #2 to take action.

Don’t be afraid to

laugh at yourself.

#3

Don’t make

excuses.

#4

Don’t let someone else

frame your mind.

#5

You don’t always have to

stand in line. #6

Say thank you.

#7

Follow up; don’t lose

momentum.

#8

How can I

help? #9

Go ahead & create your

own luck.

#10

Be humble #11 & expect nothing in return.

Ideas aren’t created in a vacuum.

#12

Surround yourself with people

who are positive.

#13

Discipline &

Perseverance

#14

We hope to get our own building one day,

where youths can work freely to

collaborate and create positive change.

When the right elements are brought

together under the right conditions,

a reaction occurs.

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rusydi@reactor.sg