Written by Tezel Asena, Altitude Labs intern
I had the chance to experience an amazing opportunity attending Google’s Empowering Young Entrepreneurs event hosted at Hotel Icon. Our co-founder, Justin Yek was a panelist and their session discussed every founder's journey to achieving what they have thus far as well as giving their outlook on the future of the tech.
Before my internship at Altitude Labs, I had limited knowledge in the tech industry. Events such like this give me a deeper insight on the importance of technology in our everyday lives.
We live in a world which is saturated with product ideas and only ones that have a unique value proposition can stand a chance of standing out and avoid being buried under and forgotten.
Where there is a problem, there is an opportunity to use technology to solve problems. According to Google, this is what most start-ups do, they find gaps and holes in markets and areas that need development and then initiate different concepts and business plans to fill these gaps with creative and immersive ideas in forms of technology or applications. This event consisted of many young entrepreneurs who practised their ideas into reality and are currently on the verge of releasing their products to the public market.
Recent development shows that major companies invest in start-up tech entrepreneurs, especially the young. As time progresses, technology which is consistently moving ahead evolves bringing development, but ultimately new technology and ideas needs investment and funding. Not so long ago Intel funded a 17 year old's idea to design printers for the blind. So it is definitely not impossible to actually implement your ideas so long as you have a coherent business plan, something the Google co-founders iterated several times.
To conclude, there were times while I was seated and thinking about what ideas I could come up with. I was previously an animations student and now that I've opened the door to broaden my knowledge and skill set, I'm left with pondering on how I could marry my previous experience with my current experience. I have thought of so many potential ideas to resolve what I think needs resolving. My whole philosophy and perspective on the world has changed and even as an animator, I’m now always thinking ahead like a techaholic.