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Never underestimate the power of networking, says CEO of innovation consultancy StartupX

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Despite little knowledge on organising hackathons, Mr Durwin Ho rallied together friends and volunteers to start Startup Weekend, now South-east Asia's largest hackathon.

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One word keeps cropping up when you chat with Mr Durwin Ho - networking.
"I've probably used the word 400 times in the last hour and a half," he says with a grin.
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