This month's event is designed for AI builders, product tinkerers, and curious technologists who want to move from spark to shipping—and do it smarter, not harder.
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Session One - Ship
In today’s world of AI-powered development, building a product is no longer the hardest part—understanding your users, finding your unique positioning, and getting people to care is. In this 30-minute session, Xin will walk through the real-world journey of turning an idea into a product, drawing from hands-on startup experience. This talk is especially valuable for technical builders looking to bridge the gap between development and market traction.
We’ll explore:
• Where Ideas Come From – Identifying real problems worth solving
• From Insight to UX – Translating problems into user-facing solutions
• Positioning – What Makes You Different
• Prototyping & Testing – Validating with Users
• Launch – Letting Real Feedback Guide Your Next Step
About the Speaker
Xin Yuan is a startup founder and consultant who works with early-stage tech founders to shape product direction from a user and market perspective. With a background in marketing strategy and cross-border project execution across Asia-Pacific, she brings a grounded, practical lens to product positioning and early-stage idea validation.
Following Xin’s “From Idea to Launch” playbook on turning a spark into a product people care about, this session zooms in on the AI side of that journey: how to wield Perplexity as your research, validation, and ideation engine.
Session Two - Search
Whether you’ve just mapped out your market positioning or you’re still sketching a prototype, Perplexity can shave hours off the grind and surface insights you’d otherwise miss. Join Erran Su—long‑time Perplexity and power user—for a fast‑paced, demo‑driven workshop that takes you from first prompt to advanced workflows. Beginners will gain a solid foundation; intermediate users will pick up pro‑level tricks that plug straight into the product‑launch process Xin just walked us through.
What You’ll Learn
- Prompt‑engineering patterns that yield clear, source‑linked answers
- Multi‑step research loops for digging deep and cross‑checking facts
- Persona‑based prompting to flip Perplexity between coding coach, market‑research analyst, and creative co‑writer.
- Workflow hacks & integrations—how Perplexity pairs with Notion, Obsidian, or your favourite dev tools to keep momentum from idea to launch.
- Common pitfalls (hallucinations, scope creep, citation traps) and simple guardrails to avoid them.
- Rapid‑Fire Perplexity Hacks
About the Speaker
Erran Su is a senior data analyst and AI enthusiast who treats emerging tools as a personal R&D lab. Since Perplexity’s launch, he’s folded the platform into a wide spectrum of workflows—rapid research, coding sprints, content creation, and even day‑to‑day decision‑making. He’s passionate about sharing practical, hands‑on techniques that help builders of every stripe weave AI seamlessly into their work—and their lives.
As always Pizza and Drinks will be provided at the venue.
Agenda:
- 5:30pm - 6:00pm: Check-in and Networking
- 6:00pm - 7:30pm: Presentations
- 7:00pm Onwards: Open Discussion and Networking
