Shawn Koh

This question is really close to my heart. I have been personally struggling with ideation for the longest time. In my youth, I was (and still like to think that I am) enterprising and was always on the lookout for ways to make money. I ended up starting a small

In this final reflection, I would like to use this chance to focus on understanding (and improving!) my metacognition. So to start with, I would like to recap some of the key learning objectives I set out for myself at the start of CS3216. They can be found more in

5 + 5 = 10, right?Congratulations, you just raised 20 million dollars. What’d you wanna do? Rocket past your competitors, of course! How’d you wanna do it? Let’s double the size of our development team so we can ship features faster! Sounds good right? Now we have twice

Here’s 3 things I learnt from Jonas Eichhorst’s sharing. (Well actually 4 - the fourth is learning how to learn - no matter where we are, we should always try to learn 3 new things). Think you are irreplaceable? Think again.I found great meaning in how Eric

The core value Pinfare offers to air travellers is a way to protect themselves against the fluctuation of air fare prices by paying a fee to lock in the current prices for up to seven days. Firstly, a disclaimer - I am evaluating this pitch from a perspective of a

Creating a customisable subscription service online is hard. There are no current WYSIWYG platforms that are able to. As a result, the only way to do so right now is to develop a custom online store, which is both an expensive and time-consuming endeavour, especially when the online store is

Resist the temptation to use third party librariesI am especially guilty of this, and have paid dearly many times. Yet I still fall for this trap over, and over again! I attribute this to my character - I am constantly in pursuit of simplification, which has been both a great

Hi everyone, I'm Shawn. Thanks for reading this, and... ... ... I AM GUILTY!I am guilty of making many of the mistakes Prof Damith has specifically mentioned not to. I've even made those mistakes in some of the key moments of my life -- when I was giving my final presentation

As I always have dreamt of starting up since young, I hope to acquire the skills needed to do so in CS3216. Specifically, I wish to learn how to come up with ideas, how to test them, pitch (not just to prospective users, but also to persuade others in working