Day 34 of 100 · Mobility

Grab

It was a business school class assignment that won second place.

Started atHarvard Business School
Founded2012
FoundersAnthony Tan & Tan Hooi Ling
CountrySingapore / Malaysia

How it started

MyTeksi was written for an HBS business plan contest. It became Southeast Asia's largest super-app.

The lesson for your campus Second place in a classroom, first place in a continent.

Why every campus needs an Innovation-Hub

Why we are telling this story

The next company on a list like this one has not been founded yet. Right now it is a student in a lecture hall with an idea nobody has asked about, and no room to build it in. Innovation-Hub is that room: a permanent space inside your institution where students from every department explore, experiment, collaborate and prototype.

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Pick a question — or write your own — and get a grounded answer about how Grab was actually built.

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The next one comes from your campus

Innovation should not be an annual event. It should be a permanent room where students are allowed to build. Bring an Innovation-Hub to your institution.

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