Derek Andersen (Startup Grind)

Oct 28, 2015, 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM (UTC)

Hong Kong

The Garage Society, Sheung Wan, 19/F 299 Queen's Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, 999077

Derek Andersen ​is the founder of Startup Grind, a 200,000 person entrepreneurial community with 200 chapters in 75 countries run by more than 1,000 volunteers.

In-person event

About this event

Derek Andersen ​is the founder of Startup Grind, a 200,000 person entrepreneurial community with 200 chapters in 75 countries run by more than 1,000 volunteers. Startup Grind's mission is to help every entrepreneur in the world. It's core values are giving before you take, helping others first, and making friends. Derek Andersen spent four years in product management at Electronic Arts working on games like The Godfather, Burnout, The Sims 3, and Mirror’s Edge. He left EA in 2009 to start Vaporware Labs, a product incubator which mostly failed but built products including Commonred which was acquired by Income.com in 2012, and Startup Grind. After running Startup Grind as a side project for 2 years, Derek turned his full attention to scaling it from 3 chapters to 200 chapters today. In 2015 Startup Grind will host 1,200 events for 75,000 entrepreneurs. He currently lives in Palo Alto, California but has lived eight years outside the U.S. in France, Germany, Switzerland, New Zealand, and the Cook Islands.

Check out what happened

Speaker

  • Derek Andersen

    Startup Grind

    Founder + CEO

When

When

Wednesday, October 28, 2015
10:30 AM – 1:30 PM (UTC)

Agenda

10:30 AMNetworking and Food
11:30 AMFireside Chat
12:30 PMNetworking

Organizers

  • Jens Wernborg

    Startup Grind Hong Kong

    Director

  • Margaret Leung

    Startup Grind Hong Kong

    Co-Director

  • Amrit Sethi

    Excella Travel

    Startup Grind Moderator

  • Keith Engine

    Startup Grind Hong Kong

    Mentor

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