Founder to Founder: Solve Your Startup Problem
Startups are hard — but you don’t have to figure it out alone.
Join us for an evening designed for startup founders, by founders. Whether you’re pre-seed or post-revenue, in fintech or food delivery, if you’re stuck on something — product, growth, hiring, fundraising — this is your chance to get real, no-fluff advice from someone who’s actually been in your shoes.
This is Iterative’s first-ever public Group Office Hours event in Bangkok — a format founders say is one of the most valuable parts of our 12-week program. These sessions help founders clearly articulate a challenge, then get practical advice from other experienced founders. Now, we’re opening it up to the broader founder community.
Why attend?
This isn’t your typical event with advice from investors who’ve never built a startup. You’ll hear directly from Aaron Yip, co-founder of Issa and repeat Visiting Partner at Iterative — Southeast Asia’s YC-style accelerator and early-stage VC backing Southeast Asia's most ambitious founders.
Aaron’s a serial founder with 1 exit under his belt and who has coached 100+ startups through various challenges. He is one of Iterative’s repeat Visiting Partners helping founders grow through our 12-week program. He's one of the best people to talk to if you want honest feedback with a founder-first mindset.
What’s in it for you:
✅ Real talk: Candid, tactical advice from someone who's been through the grind.
✅ Community: Surround yourself with fellow founders who get it.
✅ Your challenge, unblocked: Submit a challenge ahead of time or bring it up live — no filter needed.
✅ Safe space, honest answers: No jargon, no judgment. Just real help from real founders.
🎯 Want your question answered LIVE?
Submit your current / biggest startup challenge by registering for the event, and Aaron will answer it LIVE during the session. For Aaron to provide more helpful feedback, you may be asked to clarify what your startup does or to provide more details during the session.
Whether you're at an inflection point or just need perspective, this session is designed to get you unstuck.
Limited seats — Register to lock in your spot.
🗓 Agenda
6:30 - 7:00 PM — Registration & Networking
7:00 - 7.45 PM — Solve Your Startup Problem: Real Advice with Aaron Yip
7:45 - 8:00 PM — Live Q&A
8:00 - 9:00 PM — Founder Networking (stick around!)
Please note that the event starts promptly at 7pm.
About Iterative
Iterative was founded for founders, by founders. We are a YC-style program focused exclusively on Southeast Asia. No fees, an upfront investment of up to USD $500K and 3 months of targeted growth and fundraising support, which culminates in a Demo Day to a network of 400+ investors. Apply for the program.
Since we’ve been founded in 2020, we’ve invested in 100+ companies and 200+ founders. These companies have gone on to raise $168M and are collectively worth over $1.2B.
Our mission is to increase the GDP of Southeast Asia through entrepreneurship. To do that, we need to (1) make entrepreneurship more accessible to more people and (2) give founders the tools and support to be successful. As part of this mission, we run events like this to help founders solve their biggest problems.
About Speaker
Aaron Yip is the co-founder of Issa, a Thailand-based startup automating legal immigration — allowing applicants to apply for long-term visas in minutes, with over 99% approval rate.
A serial entrepreneur, his first computer vision startup was acquired by Houzz, where he co-created their moonshot innovation studio, helping the company scale to a $4B valuation. He has worked on self-driving cars, applied machine learning, and generative construction, and previously served as Head of Software at Y Combinator’s research lab for affordable housing. He has also guest lectured at Stanford University.
Aaron is a repeat Visiting Partner at Iterative, where he has coached over 100 startups on product, go-to-market, and fundraising. He is based in Bangkok.