Season 2 of Startup Climb is here! This week, we talk to Rusydi, CEO and Co-founder of Reactor. Reactor is a startup in the education space, that aims to teach entrepreneurship to youths. With their unique teaching approach and passionate staff, they help students develop academically and personally to the highest level.

You can find out more about Reactor here:

https://www.reactor.school/

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Timestamps:

0:40 Sharing on Reactor School?

1:35 How did you get the idea to start Reactor school? Was there a problem that you identified?

2:25 Is it difficult to penetrate the different markets in Southeast Asia?

3:11 How did you hyper localised?

4:20 How did you choose where to allocate your resources when you first start?

6:40 What were the qualities you look for in your first candidate?

7:54 What is the business model for Reactor school?

8:45 How do you feel the SEA market differs from that of the bigger markets?

10:05 The education space in Singapore?

12:01 Are there any pushbacks when you try to educate youths about entrepreneurship?

14:00 How did you curate topics for your syllabus?

15:46 What makes a start-up investable?

16:56 Is it important for a start-up to be profitable before being funded?

18:28 How did you pivot from the COVID situation?

21:55 Where will Reactor stand in the future landscape?

23:58 What was your greatest struggle thus far and how did you overcome it?

26:34 How did you get your first client?

27:40 What is your greatest achievement thus far at Reactor?

28:51 What is the quality that you feel is most important in an entrepreneur?

30:41 How do you validate your idea?

31:51 What is one that advice that you will give to your past self?

34:32 A book that you will recommend for entrepreneurs?

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