14 Tech Startups in Asia That Caught Our Eye

Another week has passed in Tech in Asia and below is the list of startups which we have covered. For tips and stories suggestions, feel free to email us at Editors[at]techinasia[dot].com. Enjoy!

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1. Kopi Tiam | Singapore

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We wrote about the game, Kopi Tiam last week. So this week we did a follow up with the game’s creator, Afzanizam Zahari.

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2. GalliGalli | Nepal

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A Nepalese brother and sister team is hoping to put the nation’s capital Kathmandu on the map. Literally, and digitally. The aim – in their “GalliGalli” project which is now seeking crowdfunding – is to create a resource for locals and tourists alike that will cover the city’s venues, public transport, and streets and alleyways (called “galli”).

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3. TreeCrunch | Hong Kong

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Founded in October 2011, TreeCrunch is a Hong Kong-based data analytics company which aims to want to make data crunching easy with actionable recommendations.

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4. ArtKred | Singapore

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ArtKred, founded by undergraduate Spencer Yang, is a Singapore-based startup that aims to promote and sell Asian act online.

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5. CuriousCatch | Singapore

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Singapore-based startup CuriousCatch.com entered into the e-commerce battlefield this week. But it has approached it with a twist — using video as an extra factor to engage its consumers.

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6. DocDoc | Singapore

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Finding a doctor is a pain, and booking an appointment is another pain still. DocDoc aims to solve both problems, making finding and booking an appointment with a doctor more convenient

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7. Momo | China

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For a startup to go from zero to ten million users in the space of a year, and to have done so very organically, is impressive. And so Beijing-based Momo, makers of the flirtatious location-based app for chatting up nearby strangers, can be forgiven for getting all excited about hitting that dual milestone this week.

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8. Yotomo | Indonesia

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Indonesian location-based app Yotomo plans to release a new QR and NFC scan feature in its mobile app on August 10, and the startup also disclosed its plan to get into Groupon-style daily deals in the future.

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9. Quan | Japan

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Quan Inc., a Tokyo-based startup known for having introduced the smartphone messaging app Lounge, announced this week it had allocated new shares to Japan’s e-commerce giant Netprice.com and Singapore-/Tokyo-based investor East Ventures.

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10. Anti-Cancer Commune | China

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Anti-Cancer Commune (抗癌公社) is very new — it launched just this month — but it has already gotten a little bit of media attention domestically thanks to its unique approach to cancer.

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11. Italki | China

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With the idea that we learn faster from fellow humans than from textbooks, Shanghai-based italki is a language learning social network and marketplace

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12. Honeytask | India

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It can be hard for small teams of companies to find the right tools with which they can come together and work collaboratively. There are many solutions out there such as Basecamp, Yammer, and Trello which certainly help. But India-based startup Vheeds believes they have a better solution.

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13. LoveByte | Singapore

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Muacks! Kisses! Hugs! Now you can do all these in an app. I mean, you can do it via SMS, email, or any chat apps out there. But LoveByte gives you that extra loving sensation for digital romance messaging.

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14. Dropmyemail | Singapore

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Less than half a year after first launching, the Singaporean startup behind the email backup service Dropmyemail is opening an office in the US. But rather than going to the usual Silicon Valley area, the company is rolling into Dallas, Texas.

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Related Startup Stories

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• Italo Gani’s Guide to Inbound Marketing 101

• 10 Alternative Android App Stores From China [2012 Edition]

• Startup Advice: How to Keep Your Employees Happy

That’s all for this week, folks! For our full coverage of the hottest and most innovative startups in the region, you can click here or subscribe to our Asia startups RSS feed. For tips and news, sent us a note via editors[at]techinasia.com.

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Play with prototypes and live demos of new technologies at NUS TechLIVE

TechLIVE is an opportunity to experience first-hand the latest information and communication technologies coming out of NUS labs. At TechLIVE you will experience live demos and prototypes of NUS technologies. TechLIVE will showcase a range of technologies in the fields of data mining, semantic analysis, image and video analysis, biometrics, interactive video, e-business, fashion, e-health and surveillance.

You will also interact with the creative minds behind these technologies and get to know more about their inner-workings and capabilities. Come to TechLIVE you to have the opportunity to network with investors, business mentors, entrepreneurs, innovators, startups and industrial partners.

Event Details:
When: Tuesday, August 28th 2012
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Where: University Hall, Level 2, Linkbridge, 21 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, Singapore 119077
Pricing: Free
REGISTER HERE.

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SoLoMo Thursday – Google SEO & Adwords Have Adapted to SoLoMo, Haven’t You?

In the last 5 years, the balance of the tech marketing world has gradually moved to a balanced spread of Social Media activity (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter etc), Mobile presence (Apple apps, Android apps, Mobile websites etc), Search marketing (AdWords, AdCenter, Display Network, SEO etc) and Traditional Websites (websites, portals, banner advertising, affiliate marketing etc). And one of the keenest movements driving this new shift in balance is the convergence of Social, Location-based and Mobile media (SoLoMo).

SoLoMo Thursday‘s upcoming talk “Google SEO & Adwords Have Adapted to SoLoMo, Haven’t You?”  features speaker Rachit Dayal,  Managing Partner at Happy Marketer Private Limited, who will look at the practical impact of how Google’s content and strategy has shifted in this new world. He will also highlight how businesses can implement practical changes to quickly jump ahead of the competition by utilising the newest SoLoMo-related changes in the SEO landscape and Google AdWords.

Agenda:
1) Why Does SoLoMo affect Google So Deeply and how has it changed the Google DNA?

2) How is the Google Search Result Page different because of SoLoMo?

3) SEO Opportunities in SoLoMo and how to maximize them
- What is SEO and why it matters?
- Maps & Location Results
- The +1 Conundrum
- Google Author & Google+ connection
- 15-minute to-do lists to increase your SoLoMo SEO

4) Google AdWords Options for SoLoMo campaigns
- What is AdWords and who should use it?
- Location Extensions & Understanding Localization
- Mobile Web and App advertising
- Using Sitelinks for linking to Facebook & Twitter
- Using GDN and Remarketing to bring them back
- 15 minute to-do lits to increase your SoLoMo AdWords impact

5) Google Analytics Tracking for SoLoMo campaigns
- What is Google Analytics, and how does it measure ROI
- Measuring Local Impact through Geo Tracking Reports
- Tracking Social with Campaign Tagging & Social Reports
- Mobile Analytics with Mobile App & Site Reports
- 15 minute to-do lists to measure SoLoMo better

Event Details:
Date: Thursday, 30th August 2012
Time: 7:30PM – 9:00PM
Venue: TAB, 442 Orchard Road, #02-29 Orchard Hotel, Singapore 238164 (map)
Pricing: S$15 (US$12) or S$20 (US$16) at the door. Your ticket includes one free drink of your choice.
REGISTER HERE

Speaker:
Rachit Dayal, Managing Partner at Happy Marketer Private Limited, was Singapore’s first Marketing Professional to be certified by Google as a Qualified Advertising Professional in January 2006. In 2009, he also became one of Singapore’s first Qualified Analytics Consultants. In just 3 years, his company Happy Marketer has become one of the Singapore’s leading Digital Marketing think-tanks in APAC with staff spread across 3 countries, clients spread across 5 countries and high value engagements across Search, Social Media, Analytics, Digital Advertising, Mobile and Web Video.

For over 12 years, Rachit has been a passionate web marketing professional and evangelist – creating websites, implementing search marketing campaigns, riding the growth of Social Media, preparing for the potential of mobile and sternly preaching the merits of Measurement / Web Analytics. He has spoken at over 80 events in the past two years, including being one of the few non-Googlers to speak at Google’s annual Google Analytics conferences in the region. In addition, over 2000 digital marketers from over 500 companies including most leading Airlines, Hotel Chains, Web Portals, Education Institutions and Services Businesses in the region has heard his passion for digital.

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Infographic: The Psychology of Social Networking

Other than the familiar concept that we use social network to connect and share with friends, another interesting claim raising that by interacting with people online, we’re more of showing off and obsessing with ourselves. And we’re decidedly lovin’ it.

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Koozyt Heads Up Production Space At Biohazard CAFE & GRILL “S.T.A.R.S”

Koozyt, Inc. has taken charge of the production space at the Biohazard CAFE & GRILL “S.T.A.R.S” [J] (Biohazard is the Japanese version of Resident Evil) which has opened on the 7th floor of the Shibuya Parco Part 1.  They are developing projection mapping which freely uses multiple super small focus projectors, the first attempt in the world to have this type of installation inside a restaurant.

Biohazard CAFE & GRILL “S.T.A.R.S” is developed based on the concept of the survival horror game “Biohazard.”  CS2 Inc. is in charge of coordinating the production, and Koozyt is handling the production space using AR (Augmented Reality) technology and projection mapping.  The shop interior presents the world of the special aerial police force “S.T.A.R.S” which also appears in the game, and the creature “Tyrant” is captured within a glass case in the back part of the floor.  This time, based on the Location Amp [J] developed by Koozyt, Tyrant comes alive.

Biohazard Operation Raccoon City [J]

   

by G-Tools [J]

Translation authorized by VSMedia.

Koozyt Heads Up Production Space At Biohazard CAFE & GRILL “S.T.A.R.S”

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5 pieces of entrepreneurial advice for college grads

(Credit: Will Folsom)

Six years ago, I graduated from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. And then, nothing happened. Like…nothing.

I couldn’t get a job to save my life. Here I was, with an expensive degree in my hand from the best “J-School” in the country and solid work experience behind me, but no one seemed to care. It probably didn’t help my cause that unlike many of my classmates who left NYC to accept jobs in smaller markets, I chose to stay and brave NYC and an extremely competitive job market with seasoned journalists. Again, nothing happened. Here’s what I didn’t do: panic.

I’m lying, I did some, but then I got focused.

That situation of mine reminds me of what many new graduates are experiencing –- a crazy job market. The outlook is super bleak for college graduates and many are now living at home with their parents. As you may assume, the job market for people who didn’t graduate from college is markedly worse.

For many, and like me six years ago, this type of news is simply frustrating. You bust your butt for four to five years, accumulate loads of debt in the hope of bettering your life, and then, nothing.

If you find yourself in this position, here are a few recommendations to get through this patch — and thrive when you come out of it:

1. Do what you got to do. Here’s the deal. Unless you have a trust fund or substantial savings, you may have to take a short-term job that you don’t necessarily love. Why? To pay the bills and get by until the job you do want arrives. During rough patches early in my career, I worked temp jobs, retail, catering gigs, bartending gigs and more. What I didn’t do was take a staff job that was “good enough.” Those are the jobs you can get stuck in, and before you know it, two years have passed and you realize you’re not doing what you want to do. In the interim,do what you got to do.

2. Get focused. This down time without a job is a great time to get focused and really identify exactly what type of career that you want to pursue. This also includes defining your goals and vision for the life you want to lead, starting now. This is also a good time to identify what you  don’t want.

3. Networking 101. Like OutKast rhymed, “You got to get up/get out and do something/don’t let the days of your life pass you by.” Do all you can to network, meet new people, conduct informational interviews and get your face out there. The key is not to seem desperate. People can smell desperation from a mile away. It’s all about exposure and creating value. Also, make sure your personal brand is in order with your website, resume and more.

4. Work for free. If paid work is hard to come by, one thing that isn’t is volunteer work. I can’t tell you how many projects I’ve worked on for free, and the payoff has been pretty awesome. These gigs led to paid gigs and the expanding of my network and influence. Plus, it helps to add current projects to your resume. For those of you with a solid professional background, check out pro bono opportunities with Catchafire. Craving meaningful work? Check out ReWork.

5. Grab a team of supporters. When you’re not working, it can be tough, so it’s important to have a good supporting cast around you. This is your team that support you and vice versa. If you find yourself down, reach out for encouragement and return the favor. A solid team will get you though a rough patch and by the way, they’re also good when the sun is shining.

So stay optimistic, stay focused and most importantly, be proactive. Lastly, do your best to have enjoy yourself during your job search. When you do land that job and are working like crazy, you’ll wish you enjoyed this downtime more.

This post was originally published on YEC.

About Antoni Neves

Antonio Neves is a career coach, speaker and award-winning business journalist. He is the founder of THINQACTION where he works with young professionals to produce exceptional results in their careers.

The Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) is an invite-only nonprofit organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. The YEC recently published #FixYoungAmerica: How to Rebuild Our Economy and Put Young Americans Back to Work (for Good), a book of 30+ proven solutions to help end youth unemployment.

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5 pieces of entrepreneurial advice for college grads

(Credit: Will Folsom)

Six years ago, I graduated from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. And then, nothing happened. Like…nothing.

I couldn’t get a job to save my life. Here I was, with an expensive degree in my hand from the best “J-School” in the country and solid work experience behind me, but no one seemed to care. It probably didn’t help my cause that unlike many of my classmates who left NYC to accept jobs in smaller markets, I chose to stay and brave NYC and an extremely competitive job market with seasoned journalists. Again, nothing happened. Here’s what I didn’t do: panic.

I’m lying, I did some, but then I got focused.

That situation of mine reminds me of what many new graduates are experiencing –- a crazy job market. The outlook is super bleak for college graduates and many are now living at home with their parents. As you may assume, the job market for people who didn’t graduate from college is markedly worse.

For many, and like me six years ago, this type of news is simply frustrating. You bust your butt for four to five years, accumulate loads of debt in the hope of bettering your life, and then, nothing.

If you find yourself in this position, here are a few recommendations to get through this patch — and thrive when you come out of it:

1. Do what you got to do. Here’s the deal. Unless you have a trust fund or substantial savings, you may have to take a short-term job that you don’t necessarily love. Why? To pay the bills and get by until the job you do want arrives. During rough patches early in my career, I worked temp jobs, retail, catering gigs, bartending gigs and more. What I didn’t do was take a staff job that was “good enough.” Those are the jobs you can get stuck in, and before you know it, two years have passed and you realize you’re not doing what you want to do. In the interim,do what you got to do.

2. Get focused. This down time without a job is a great time to get focused and really identify exactly what type of career that you want to pursue. This also includes defining your goals and vision for the life you want to lead, starting now. This is also a good time to identify what you  don’t want.

3. Networking 101. Like OutKast rhymed, “You got to get up/get out and do something/don’t let the days of your life pass you by.” Do all you can to network, meet new people, conduct informational interviews and get your face out there. The key is not to seem desperate. People can smell desperation from a mile away. It’s all about exposure and creating value. Also, make sure your personal brand is in order with your website, resume and more.

4. Work for free. If paid work is hard to come by, one thing that isn’t is volunteer work. I can’t tell you how many projects I’ve worked on for free, and the payoff has been pretty awesome. These gigs led to paid gigs and the expanding of my network and influence. Plus, it helps to add current projects to your resume. For those of you with a solid professional background, check out pro bono opportunities with Catchafire. Craving meaningful work? Check out ReWork.

5. Grab a team of supporters. When you’re not working, it can be tough, so it’s important to have a good supporting cast around you. This is your team that support you and vice versa. If you find yourself down, reach out for encouragement and return the favor. A solid team will get you though a rough patch and by the way, they’re also good when the sun is shining.

So stay optimistic, stay focused and most importantly, be proactive. Lastly, do your best to have enjoy yourself during your job search. When you do land that job and are working like crazy, you’ll wish you enjoyed this downtime more.

This post was originally published on YEC.

About Antoni Neves

Antonio Neves is a career coach, speaker and award-winning business journalist. He is the founder of THINQACTION where he works with young professionals to produce exceptional results in their careers.

The Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) is an invite-only nonprofit organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. The YEC recently published #FixYoungAmerica: How to Rebuild Our Economy and Put Young Americans Back to Work (for Good), a book of 30+ proven solutions to help end youth unemployment.

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5 lessons startups can learn from the American football film, Remember the Titans

Remember the Titans was put amongst the top movies of the year 2000 when it brought in over US$135 million while breaking numerous racial barriers through the game of football. Denzel Washington stars as Herman Boone, the new African American head football coach of the 1971 high school football team; the T.C. Williams Titans.

Throughout this Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer production, the Titans experience never-ending adversity due to the mixture of black and white players on the team. Not only did this film teach its viewers how people of different skin color resolved their differences in the 70’s, but another, more hidden, purpose to this movie was to provide insight on how to be successful for startups around the world. I know, that seems like a stretch, but there is no doubt that if you share the same mentality as Coach Boone and his Titan players, your startup will be growing faster than you can keep up with it.

1. “Attitude reflects leadership, Captain.” – Big Ju

- Big Ju, the strongest African-American defensive player on the team, gets into an argument regarding leadership with the Captain of the entire team Gerry Bertier, who is white. Bertier criticizes Big Ju’s attitude during practice declaring that he was lazy; Big Ju retorts that his actions reflect his own captain’s leadership skills.

- In a startup, having a strong, devoted leader is everything. Notorious for being difficult to get off the ground, startups need that one person who is willing to put in all the work necessary to become a successful company. There are two main things that a startup captain, or leader, must always be doing: accentuating teamwork and generating a positive work environment. There is no doubt that teamwork is an absolute necessity in reaching any final goal of a startup. In order to develop that sense of collaboration, you must make each employee feel as though each person is a vital facet to the company as a whole, and without them it simply would not work. In terms of the positive work environment, that is all it really takes, positivity in everything you do. Once your employees see that you conduct your daily work in a positive way, they too will do the same, day in and day out.

2. If you get knocked down, get right back up.

- Almost every single game that the Titans had to play in was refereed by a racist, or rigged by a wealthy opponent. There were countless times where the opposing team would commit blatant penalties, but the referees did not flag them because they were either racist or paid off. The Titans never let the continual cheap knockdowns stand in the way of their path to victory, and ultimately and undefeated season.

- As aforementioned, startups are difficult to get off the ground sometimes. In some cases it takes several months, and others several years. Regardless of how long it takes to close your first big deal or make your first sale, the key to being a strong entrepreneur is resilience. The definition resilience varies greatly, but my favorite is “being able to flex against outside forces, but not lose your shape”. This applies directly to startups because there will undoubtedly be things that are not in your control that will slow down your business. But, you cannot let these outside forces get you down, or get in the way of reaching your final goal.

3. “Mobile. Agile. Hostile.” – the Titan team

- In order to get his team on the right track and working together, Coach Boone takes the Titans to an extensive football camp away from home. During one drill he yells them the question, “What are you?!” Their answer: “Mobile, Agile, Hostile!”

- In some cases a startup must be mobile, most likely not hostile, but most importantly a startup must be agile. More relevant to the smaller startup nation, agility is key to reaching success at the highest level. In today’s world, everything is changing at a very rapid pace. This means that your startup must do the same in order to stay competitive. Whether it’s creating a Facebook page for your company, or something more drastic like performing a “pivot”, or changing a major part of your business. Whatever the case may be, if you and your startup is not agile, then it will be difficult to stay up-to-date, and relevant in your customers’ eyes.

4. Star power isn’t everything

- In Remember the Titans, the quarterback Rev gets injured due to poor blocking. Rev was the Titans’ star to their offense, but after he goes down and the back up went in, it was like Rev never left.

- Having a star doesn’t make you a star team. Every single person contributes in a startup, and every single person deserves to be treated the same. Once your startup gets off and running, it will attract more high-caliber employees. This is certainly positive, but does not mean you forget how you got that success in the first place: with your original team. Another key to every startup is the fact that you are only as strong as your weakest link. If one person is not pulling his or her weight in the startup, everyone will suffer because of it. A leader must recognize, and make changes to the company’s personnel as these problems arise.

5. “I am a winner. I am going to win.” – Coach Boone

- Coach Henry Boone of the Titans said to his team that he is going to win. There was no doubt in his voice, and his players recognized that. He demanded perfection and that is what they gave him. As a startup, everyone must have that winning mentality, always. When they do, and when everyone understands the final goal of their business, nothing is impossible for their startup.

About Peter Montesantos

Peter Montesantos knew that he loved journalism once he hit his sophomore year in high school. He joined radio, and put himself on the air, but most importantly he began writing for the Oracle. With a broad knowledge of sports, Peter went from staff reporter to Sports Editor by his senior year. In his free time, he enjoys playing pick-up basketball with his friends, eating at authentic Mexican restaurants, and spending time with his extremely large family. Moving forward, Peter plans on pursuing a career in broadcast journalism. Peter is currently completing his internship at Fetch Plus Inc.

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5 lessons startups can learn from the American football film, Remember the Titans

Remember the Titans was put amongst the top movies of the year 2000 when it brought in over US$135 million while breaking numerous racial barriers through the game of football. Denzel Washington stars as Herman Boone, the new African American head football coach of the 1971 high school football team; the T.C. Williams Titans.

Throughout this Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer production, the Titans experience never-ending adversity due to the mixture of black and white players on the team. Not only did this film teach its viewers how people of different skin color resolved their differences in the 70’s, but another, more hidden, purpose to this movie was to provide insight on how to be successful for startups around the world. I know, that seems like a stretch, but there is no doubt that if you share the same mentality as Coach Boone and his Titan players, your startup will be growing faster than you can keep up with it.

1. “Attitude reflects leadership, Captain.” – Big Ju

- Big Ju, the strongest African-American defensive player on the team, gets into an argument regarding leadership with the Captain of the entire team Gerry Bertier, who is white. Bertier criticizes Big Ju’s attitude during practice declaring that he was lazy; Big Ju retorts that his actions reflect his own captain’s leadership skills.

- In a startup, having a strong, devoted leader is everything. Notorious for being difficult to get off the ground, startups need that one person who is willing to put in all the work necessary to become a successful company. There are two main things that a startup captain, or leader, must always be doing: accentuating teamwork and generating a positive work environment. There is no doubt that teamwork is an absolute necessity in reaching any final goal of a startup. In order to develop that sense of collaboration, you must make each employee feel as though each person is a vital facet to the company as a whole, and without them it simply would not work. In terms of the positive work environment, that is all it really takes, positivity in everything you do. Once your employees see that you conduct your daily work in a positive way, they too will do the same, day in and day out.

2. If you get knocked down, get right back up.

- Almost every single game that the Titans had to play in was refereed by a racist, or rigged by a wealthy opponent. There were countless times where the opposing team would commit blatant penalties, but the referees did not flag them because they were either racist or paid off. The Titans never let the continual cheap knockdowns stand in the way of their path to victory, and ultimately and undefeated season.

- As aforementioned, startups are difficult to get off the ground sometimes. In some cases it takes several months, and others several years. Regardless of how long it takes to close your first big deal or make your first sale, the key to being a strong entrepreneur is resilience. The definition resilience varies greatly, but my favorite is “being able to flex against outside forces, but not lose your shape”. This applies directly to startups because there will undoubtedly be things that are not in your control that will slow down your business. But, you cannot let these outside forces get you down, or get in the way of reaching your final goal.

3. “Mobile. Agile. Hostile.” – the Titan team

- In order to get his team on the right track and working together, Coach Boone takes the Titans to an extensive football camp away from home. During one drill he yells them the question, “What are you?!” Their answer: “Mobile, Agile, Hostile!”

- In some cases a startup must be mobile, most likely not hostile, but most importantly a startup must be agile. More relevant to the smaller startup nation, agility is key to reaching success at the highest level. In today’s world, everything is changing at a very rapid pace. This means that your startup must do the same in order to stay competitive. Whether it’s creating a Facebook page for your company, or something more drastic like performing a “pivot”, or changing a major part of your business. Whatever the case may be, if you and your startup is not agile, then it will be difficult to stay up-to-date, and relevant in your customers’ eyes.

4. Star power isn’t everything

- In Remember the Titans, the quarterback Rev gets injured due to poor blocking. Rev was the Titans’ star to their offense, but after he goes down and the back up went in, it was like Rev never left.

- Having a star doesn’t make you a star team. Every single person contributes in a startup, and every single person deserves to be treated the same. Once your startup gets off and running, it will attract more high-caliber employees. This is certainly positive, but does not mean you forget how you got that success in the first place: with your original team. Another key to every startup is the fact that you are only as strong as your weakest link. If one person is not pulling his or her weight in the startup, everyone will suffer because of it. A leader must recognize, and make changes to the company’s personnel as these problems arise.

5. “I am a winner. I am going to win.” – Coach Boone

- Coach Henry Boone of the Titans said to his team that he is going to win. There was no doubt in his voice, and his players recognized that. He demanded perfection and that is what they gave him. As a startup, everyone must have that winning mentality, always. When they do, and when everyone understands the final goal of their business, nothing is impossible for their startup.

About Peter Montesantos

Peter Montesantos knew that he loved journalism once he hit his sophomore year in high school. He joined radio, and put himself on the air, but most importantly he began writing for the Oracle. With a broad knowledge of sports, Peter went from staff reporter to Sports Editor by his senior year. In his free time, he enjoys playing pick-up basketball with his friends, eating at authentic Mexican restaurants, and spending time with his extremely large family. Moving forward, Peter plans on pursuing a career in broadcast journalism. Peter is currently completing his internship at Fetch Plus Inc.

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