Taking ideas to new highs
Mile High Club? Too passe. The cool thing to do now on board a flying aircraft is speed date, discuss ideas - or even invest in the next billion-dollar startup
LAST Friday, while on board a Jetstar Asia flight to Bangkok for a weekend getaway, I had my nose buried in the airline's inflight magazine. It was routine for me: I believe that beneath the wrinkled wornness of every magazine's cover, there is always something to be learnt.
That day, I discovered the "High Altitude Conference". It read like a standard tech conference at first, boasting the usual hallmarks such as a keynote speaker segment, quick-fire speeches, and a pitching and networking session.
Only it was way cooler than that.
The High Altitude Conference will be hosted on board a Jakarta-Singapore flight, at 36,000 feet in the air!…
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