Hsu Ken is the Founder and General Partner at Iterative, a YC-style accelerator focused exclusively on Southeast Asia. Before that, he was the Chief Product Officer of Workmate, an on-demand blue-collar staffing platform in Southeast Asia. In 2014, he was VP of Product at Weave (YCS14). In 2009, he started Decide.com an early machine learning company that predicted the future price of consumer goods. It was acquired by eBay in 2013. Hsu Ken has a BS in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Washington.
Key Takeaways
How Hsu Ken got started in startups
Origin story of Decide.com, a price comparison website co-founded by Hsu Ken and acquired by eBay in 2013
How and why Decide was able to raise funding pre-product
Highs and Lows of building Decide
Why the team decided to sell Decide to eBay and about the acquisition process of Decide
Challenges of building a product for professional networking and his experience building Weave
Why he decided to build Iterative, a YC-style accelerator focused exclusively on Southeast Asia
What he looks for in startups applying for the Iterative program and the importance of quickly validating your hypothesis while building products
Hsu Ken shares why he is excited for Southeast Asia tech ecosystem and his vision for how Iterative will add value to the tech ecosystem in the region
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