StartupX
In a hackathon last year organised by StartupX and the Ministry of Culture, Community, and Youth (MCCY) called Mission:Unite, teams were tasked to explore solutions for how to connect people with diverse racial and religious backgrounds to encourage social cohesion.
Youthopia spoke to two out of the ten finalist teams of the hackathon to find out more about their youth-led projects.
The term “Kint” comes from the Japanese word Kintsugi, which represents the art of repairing broken pottery with gold lacquer.
Whenever Elisa Goh returns home with kilograms of pre-loved clothing for her online thrift store The Kint Story, her father jokingly laments that his daughter has become a karang guni.
Childhood friends turned startup dream team, Outside is connecting businesses and individuals by providing a secure one-stop platform for both finding paid opportunities and obtaining labour for services.