{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62a91f99e42bfa00128a2c8c/64468c17dcef590011e2fd1d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"#Origins | Launching Rocket Academy beyond the shores | Kai Yuan Neo | Rocket Academy Founder","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62a91f99e42bfa00128a2c8c/1682346550131-da610a44ca8be00ba88ca921887a82a7.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Episode 3 of the&nbsp;#Origins series has launched. 🚀 </p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, we had <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/74366470/admin/#\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Kai</a>, founder of <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/74366470/admin/#\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rocket Academy</a>, a coding bootcamp that helps mid-career switchers land on their first tech role. 👨‍💻 👩‍💻 </p><p><br></p><p>His journey as a founder did not start with Rocket Academy. After Kai caught the entrepreneurial bug at Silicon Valley while taking Computer Science at <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/74366470/admin/#\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Stanford University</a> and working at <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/74366470/admin/#\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Nuna Inc.</a>, he started <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/74366470/admin/#\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Project We Forgot</a> in the healthcare industry before founding #RocketAcademy to help people become #SoftwareEngineers almost 4 years ago.</p><p><br></p><p>After helping Tech folks land jobs in top tech companies in Singapore, in the likes of <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/74366470/admin/#\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Grab</a>, <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/74366470/admin/#\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Circles.Life</a>, <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/74366470/admin/#\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">foodpanda</a> and <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/74366470/admin/#\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Decathlon </a>, Kai is on with the next big thing, to #expand beyond the shores of the Red Dot, to Hong Kong, his second home! 🇭🇰 </p><p><br></p><p>He also shared with host <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/74366470/admin/#\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Eric</a> about:</p><p>- Key #pivots of Rocket and how the decision was made</p><p>- Importance of #teamwork, especially as a sole #founder</p><p>- \"It’s more important to have 100 users who love the product than 1000 users who kind of like the product.\" </p><p><br></p><p>#rocketship #techjobs #learncoding #singapore #hongkong </p>","author_name":"Eric Chan"}