Build What Matters｜Find What’s Worth Doing and Make It Happen

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🟪 Future Frontiers #001 As everyone can create things faster, it becomes more important to discern what is worth doing. If you were to start an AI product today, what would be your biggest bottleneck? Finding direction, validating ideas, building a workflow, finding users, or starting to charge, all are possibilities. On August 8, we invite three guests with diverse entrepreneurial and professional backgrounds to discuss from the perspectives of Direction, System, and Operation how to evaluate whether an idea is worth investing in, how to make AI workflows into real working systems, and how an individual can build a sustainable career. This is not just a talk about tools and trends. We want to discuss the real issues that arise in the creative process: how to make decisions, how to ensure delivery, and how to keep a project ongoing. 🎙️ Guests for this session 🙋 Frank Ji｜Founder and CEO of Yalotein Bio 2023 Forbes China 30 Under 30 nominee, alumni of Qiji Innovation Forum, and Ph.D. in Computational Biology from Yale University. He has over ten years of research and industry experience in the intersection of data science, life sciences, and artificial intelligence. 💡 Sharing Topic: AI Human-Machine Collaboration to Achieve Key Project Decisions from Ideas 🙋🏼 Tengye Neo｜AI Native Entrepreneur Master in Machine Learning, lived in Berlin for seven years. Leveraging AI to manage a cross-border e-commerce brand, achieving a total sales of $80,000 on Etsy, while continuously exploring what kind of global business can be supported by “One Person + AI.” ⚙️ Sharing Topic: One Person Company: How to Make AI Workflow a Real Working System 🙋🏻‍♀️ Shirlene｜Freelancer and Connector in the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Former tech media journalist, interviewed hundreds of startups, organized hundreds of developer events, with ten years of freelancing and rich OPC practice experience. 🔗 Sharing Topic: From Writer to Router: How I Help Entrepreneurs Connect More Opportunities 👥 Who is it for? This event is suitable for students interested in AI products, tools, entrepreneurship, freelancing, and OPC. We also welcome builders, product people, independent developers, entrepreneurs, and anyone actively creating. You don't need to come with a mature product or a complete business plan. Just bring an unresolved question with you, and that’s enough. 🗓️ Event Agenda 13:30–14:00 Registration 14:00–14:10 Opening 14:10–15:10 Three Thematic Presentations 15:10–15:25 Break 15:25–16:15 Open Q&A 16:15–17:00 Free Networking 📍 Event Information 📅 Date: August 8, 2026 (Saturday) 14:00–17:00 🕜 Registration: Starts at 13:30 🏛️ Venue: Shanghai Innovation and Creative Design Research Institute (Former Site of Leida Institute) 📌 Address: Room 103, No. 505 Dongchangzhi Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai ⏰ Registration Deadline: August 6, 20:00 🎫 Participation: Limited registration, results confirmed by notification 🌍 About Future Frontiers Future Frontiers is a continuous series of events for creators initiated by cre&. We focus on AI, Crypto, open-source, and cutting-edge technology, as well as those who are actively creating. Each session may be a talk, workshop, meetup, or hackathon, but will always start from real problems, allowing experiences to be shared and ideas to move forward.