Jackie Tan Yen

I want to get better at prototyping ideas really quickly, like say over a weekend, using no-code tools @yeshaswini

Tailoring your explanation of a concept or product to suit an audience, and not losing them halfway.

In my previous startup, how I struck out with a media feature in a local newspaper was emailing a reporter who covered a company in the same vertical. She declined, but we kept in touch and over a year later she followed up and asked for more details. Not too long later we got our feature. That said, I would caution the allure of shiny media because most of the users that you acquire through...

Hello hunters! 👋 I'm Jackie, co-founder and CEO of UpLevel, based in Singapore. Really excited to share with you the story behind UpLevel, what exactly we're trying to solve here, and why we're so excited at this particular juncture in our adventure (scroll all the way down for goodies if tl;dr). ️‍🔥The main problem️‍🔥 If you learned Python and data science through MOOCs, short/crash courses,...

The Twitter API is pretty good (https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs)

I enjoy Lunchclub - simple, fuss-free, and it has been pretty good in expanding my network. I usually don't go outdoors for coffee meetings unless it's really necessary.