One Tree Hill Ventures x FSO presents: The Founder's Inner Game - Thinking, Deciding & Growing Under Pressure
About
At Figuring Shit Out, we put on events for founders and operators who don't go to events. Singapore doesn't need another panel, fireside chat or Q&A, so we did the radical step of getting speakers to think ahead about what they want to say. Beyond hopefully-more-than-palatable food and networking, why schlep across town to sit in a cramped room for an hour? Perspective!
All speakers come from fascinating career backgrounds that make them see the world and think about problems in uniquely insightful ways. Each FSO talk provides a unique lens on the problems facing startups that founders and operators can absorb to provide a new toolkit of insights for their own founder journey.
Topic
FSO's 3-in-1 Afterparty is back for SWITCH with not 1, but 3 FSO speakers - and our friends at One Tree Hill Ventures.
Kickstart your SWITCH experience with a bang, learn how to get started, think, decide, and grow your business in the high-stakes, high-pressure moments.
About the Speakers
Xianhang Zhang: 3 Reasons Being Smart Can Hurt You As A Founder
Hang works full-time as a Founder Coach and is the co-founder of the Figuring Shit Out Speaker Series. Previously, he was a 3x Founder and ex-Head of Growth at the South China Morning Post. He’s held a number of roles across startups in San Francisco, China and Hong Kong and labels himself as someone who’s done so much startup stuff he’s equally bad at everything.
Nishant Kaushal: Zero-to-One Decisions - Why Founders Should Trust Their Gut Over Data
Nishant is the founder of ADNA, a global research startup that helps companies make faster, better decisions by capturing real human perspectives at scale and deploying true Human-in-the-loop AI platforms. With 20+ years in market research and strategy, including as Head of the Singapore office of TNS / Kantar, he has worked across industries including FMCG, tech, finance and automotive globally to rethink how research should be used - focusing not just on generating insights, but on enabling better, faster decisions in uncertain environments.
Dr. Susan Chen: You Cannot "Best Practice" Yourself to Growth
Dr Susan P. Chen is a senior HR leader and founder CEO of co:grow and TalentSkope, boutique consultancies that help startups and scaling companies align people strategy with business growth. With over 18 years of global HR experience across organizations such as AIG, Visa, Riot Games, Viva Health, Accenture, and Gojek, she brings a unique blend of strengths-based coaching, commercial pragmatism, and organizational transformation to drive growth and resilience. Author of The Death of Best Practices, Susan is also a keynote speaker, angel investor, and certified leadership coach, passionate about redefining HR as a true strategic partner for the next generation of businesses.
Event Details:
📅 Date: Monday 26 October
🕒 Time: 6:30 PM - 9 PM
👔 Dress code: Smart Casual
⏰ Agenda:
6:30 - 7pm - Networking
7 - 7:40pm - Talk
7:40 - 8:00pm - Q&A
8:00 - 9:00pm: Networking & Bites
Website: https://speakers.figuringshitout.com/
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