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Throwback to Futsal For Hope 2024 - Many youths supported by Beyond Social Services (we had Under12 and Under17 teams) turned up and had a great time :) On behalf of ASN, we would like to thank everyone for supporting Angels Arena and making Futsal For Hope 2024 possible! We would like to also thank our volunteers Andrew Tan Natalie Goh Elise Tan Yee Ling Benjamin Chee, Darrell Su, David Chen, Wendy Hong, Diego TAIRA, Jack Leow Thai Chee, Rahul Thayyalamkandy, Jonathan Cai, Celeste Tang and Joe Low for helping out and braving the hot sun on 14th. Many thanks to our sponsors Yeo's and Edith Patisserie for sponsoring drinks and vouchers for our winning teams respectively.

Unleash Your Potential with our Transformation Workshop The time between Christmas and New Year's Eve is the perfect period to reflect on the past year, leverage all the learnings, and close cycles before you start a fresh new year. This unique time provides a wonderful opportunity to pause, assess, and prepare for the future. We invite you to join our transformative workshop, designed to equip you with powerful tools and techniques to make 2025 a GOLD year of transformation. Our comprehensive Guide2GOLD framework will help you start the year with a Growth Mindset, smash your limiting beliefs, set powerful Objectives, and gain clarity on the person you aspire to become in 2025. Workshop Highlights ·      Reflect on 2024 and close cycles! ·      Growth Mindset: Learn how to cultivate a growth mindset that will empower you to embrace challenges, persist in the face of setbacks, and see effort as the path to mastery. ·      Setting Powerful Objectives: Reflect deeply on who you want to be in 2025, and create a vivid, inspiring vision for your future. Gain insights into setting clear, compelling objectives that align with your vision and drive meaningful progress. ·      Leadershifts: Identify the essential leadership shifts you need to make to transform yourself ·      Delight: Deeply nurture yourself physically, emotionally and mentally. Focus on self-care and create meaningful experiences and create the most delightful year ever! Guide2GOLD Tools and Techniques Take advantage of the Guide2GOLD tools to get yourself the best guides and launch a new version of yourself! Our workshop combines the most powerful elements of reflection, manifestation, deep self-awareness, and belief systems with highly efficient habits, discipline, and resilience. Embrace the Light and Create a GOLD 2025 Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to reflect, grow, and prepare for an extraordinary year. Now that the days are becoming longer again, it is the perfect time to start looking towards the light, letting more light into your life, and creating a GOLD 2025. Join us and start looking towards a brighter future today!

Criticism is easy. Building something new is hard. I know this firsthand because I review and critique many impact startup ideas at SUSS Entrepreneurship. Earlier this month, however, I found myself on the other side of the table at Asia Startup Network’s pre-founder bootcamp. Pitching my own idea reminded me how vulnerable it feels to carve out something new—especially when it's something you care about deeply. In navigating feedback from ASN's network of founders and investors, I came to appreciate how much clarity and courage it takes to stake claim as a founder. I'm working on an idea to help educators (like me!) integrate real-world education into their classrooms while building their professional development. It's exciting but also messy—like any untested idea, it's filled with uncertainties. The bootcamp wasn't just about refining the concept; it was about building my resolve to advocate for the impact I want to create. Here's what the experience clarified for me: ideas are just hypotheses. The real work is in equipping founders with the tools and resilience to navigate feedback, refine their thinking, and advocate for what matters. Founders don't need perfect ideas; they need to become skilled at championing their cause even when the path is unclear. If you're working on something new and are feeling unsure, keep going. Seek out people who will challenge you constructively and help you sharpen your thinking. Let them push you to grow into someone who can lead your vision forward. _ _ _ A huge thank you to Elise Tan and Andrew Tan for fostering a supportive learning space at ASN. Special mention to Tse-Kai H., who patiently helped me with my deluge of unstructured thoughts. And to anyone looking for a space to grow your idea (and themself), do consider finding community with the Asia Startup Network!

#ACEingLeadership: “The purpose of life is a life of purpose.” 💪    Meet Andrew Tan, Founder of Asia Startup Network and Country Manager of Wantedly Singapore, who exemplifies what it means to create impact through passion and purpose.     Andrew’s journey is nothing short of inspiring. From being honored as one of EDGE’s 35 Under 35 to co-founding Asia Startup Network during the pandemic, his mission has always been clear: Build ecosystems that empower people to help others.     Discover how Andrew is shaping the future of startups and HR Tech with passion and purpose. 👇    Elise Tan Yee Ling   Vivian Lee | Evangeline Leong | Charleen Phor | Linda Nguyen Schindler | Yan Ting Kek | Zelia Leong   #startups #AsiaStartupNetwork #WantedlySingapore #entrepreneurship 

"It took us months to plan and execute the 2 events but seeing the smiles on the youths' faces at Futsal For Hope made it worth all the while." We successfully organised our inaugural Futsal For Hope last Wednesday, thanks to the partnership of Beyond Social Services! Over the past three years, together with our amazing community, we have tirelessly raised donations totaling nearly $180,000. However, until now, we hadn't had the opportunity to personally connect with our beneficiaries and make a different and direct impact. At this futsal friendly competition, nearly 30 members from the #startup, #tech and #VC community teamed up with 20+ youths aged 13-17, under the care of Beyond Social Services. Eight teams passionately engaged in a round-robin 4x4 futsal tournament to vie for the coveted top title. We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Team 3 youths and Diego TAIRA for emerging victorious and clinching the top prize! Despite the rain trying to dampen our spirits, our participants, boys and girls had great fun - the event was an absolute blast! We would like to express our deepest gratitude to everyone who supported and generously donated at the ASN Angels Arena event. Your contributions, totaling over $4,300 in net proceeds (after eventbrite deductions), played a vital role in making the Futsal For Hope event a reality. Additionally, the surplus funds have been graciously donated to Beyond Social Services to further their noble cause. Thank you Decathlon for sponsoring the court, Google for Developers space for sponsoring the venue for Angels Arena, NVPC - Towards a City of Good, NUS Alumni Ventures (NAV) and many others such as our speakers Jeremy Au 区汉辉, Lim Qing Ru, Zed for helping bring Angels Arena and Futsal For Hope to fruition. If you're eager to be part of our next Futsal event, please feel free to leave your comments below! Your continued enthusiasm and support are greatly appreciated. We also deeply appreciate our supporters including Beyond Social Services, SportsCare and S17 by The Saturday Movement (F&B), all our volunteers, especially Jack Leow and Aamir El-Edroos for making sure futsal event operations run smoothly, Sarah Tan for designing the shirt, Jeremiah Goh for designing the cheque and Francois de Moulliac for his kind sponsorship for #ASNAngelsarena. Thanks for joining us Khairu Rejal, Ernest T., Albert Rodríguez Fernández David デビッド Yeng イェン Aleks Farseev Leon Yip Ang Jing Zhe Thomas H. Andrew Tan Elise Yee Ling Tan