Friday Hacks #298, August 28: In Search of Taste and How to Build a Startup
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Date/Time: Friday, August 28 at 7:00pm SGT
Venue: Seminar Room 12, COM3-01-21, NUS
NUS Sign-up: Nusync
Non-NUS Sign-up: Luma
Food 🍕 and Drinks 🧋 will be served!
1) In Search of Taste
Everyone can spot AI slop instantly, but almost nobody can define taste. This talk digs into what taste actually is, and how designers and engineers can build things worth emulating in the age of AI.
Speaker Profile 🎙️
Phil Hedayatnia is the co-founder of Airfoil, a design studio that has shipped work for Exa, VAPI, Reducto, Solana, and 450+ teams since 2019.
2) How to Build a Startup
How do you come up with business ideas that are actually good? Rob Liu shares the practical methods used to grow ContactOut: spotting promising opportunities, understanding what customers really want, and testing ideas quickly.
Speaker Profile 🎙️
Rob Liu is the founder and CEO of ContactOut, a bootstrapped company generating US$21m in revenue. He is also the founder of Athena VC, where he invests in and supports early-stage founders.
👋 See you there!