1. Hello.
My name is Khairul Rusydi.

2. My
boring
life.

3. National Cadet Corp
House Committee
2005
Entrepreneurship Club
Advanced Chemistry
Archery Team
2007
Civics Representative
Elementary School
High School

4. 2009But in 2009, I received the full-time
national serviceman of the year
award from the President.

5. 2010Did the Minor in Entrepreneurship
Course while in college.

6. 2010Kayaked around a small off-shore
island.Thrice.

7. 2010Made great friends.

8. 2010Started a legit company as part
of the course.

9. 2010Started to pick up designing.

10. 2010Attended a ton of start-up and
entrepreneurship events.

11. 2011Became a junior delegate at the
World Entrepreneurship Forum.

12. 2011Facilitated discussions at the
World Entrepreneurship Forum.

13. 2011Represented the country on an
exchange trip to India.

14. 2011Part of an ASEAN delegation.

15. 2012Took part in the organization of
DEMO Asia.

16. 2012Met fantastic people from all over
the world.

17. 2012Represented the country at the
Asian Student Ventures Forum in
Seoul, Korea.

18. 2012We won!

19. Today?

20. I started Circle of Punks
in Singapore, which is a support
community for young co-founders.

22. 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.

23. We have a team of 12 that’s helping to redefine the
entrepreneurship education system here in Singapore.

24. We’ve trained over a hundred students in entrepreneurship
concepts, from lean methodology to customer development.
And these students are 17 years old.

25. 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.

26. We’re helping to
incubate 6 student-led
start-ups right now.

27. We’ve run 4 roundtable events
where we get students to interact
with alumni and bounce ideas
and solve problems.

28. 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.

29. My name is Rusydi.
And this is my philosophy.

30. Learn
#1
to say hi

31. Don’t be afraid#2
to take action.

32. Don’t be afraid to
laugh at yourself.
#3

33. Don’t make
excuses.
#4

34. Don’t let someone else
frame your mind.
#5

35. You don’t always have to
stand in line.#6

36. Say thank you.
#7

37. Follow up; don’t lose
momentum.
#8

38. How can I
help?#9

39. Go ahead & create your
own luck.
#10

40. Be humble#11& expect nothing in return.

41. Ideas aren’t created in a
vacuum.
#12

42. Surround yourself with people
who are positive.
#13

43. Discipline &
Perseverance
#14

45. We hope to get our own buildingone day,
where youths can work freely to
collaborate and create positive change.

46. When the right elements are brought
together under the right conditions,
a reaction occurs.

47. © 2013 Reactor Singapore. All rights reserved.
rusydi@reactor.sg