Iterative's Validate Your Startup Idea Program

I got it. Out of 700+ applicants, I am one of the 25 applicants who made it into Iterative's Validate Your Startup Idea Program. For those that don't know about Iterative, it's a Y-Combinators styled Venture Capital in SEA.

I remember telling Stephanie right after the final round of interview that I'm definitely not landing it. My gut shot feeling was that I bombed it hard. I was so unprepared, and probably fluff-ed my way through. I moved on pretty quick after that though.

But now that I'm in, I'm definitely going to extract the most value out of this program. Iterative is pretty transparent and publicize a lot of their teaching, so the core content of the program that I'm going through can be found here.

What made it extra valuable for me is the direct access to program mentors, and the Iterative founder – Hsu Ken Ooi who is really knowledgeable about building companies.

I'll just ended the week 1 of the program, and I'll share more in a subsequent thought as I consoldiate all my learnings.