Episode Description

In this captivating episode of Intrigued to Innovate, host Dr Jovan Tan sits down with Lee Seung Jun and Aditya Satish Nalini, two NUS Innovation & Design Programme (iDP) students who dared to reimagine men's grooming retail.

What began as an ambitious vision to create an AI-powered razor recommendation system nearly ended in complete failure — until a desperate cold email turned out to be their salvation.

This episode reveals the messy, unglamorous side of innovation that nobody talks about — dead ends, false starts, and the moment when staying silent becomes more dangerous than asking for help.

From ChatGPT failures to AI tools that struggled to distinguish a nose from a blemish, Seung Jun and Aditya's journey exemplifies resourcefulness, resilience, and humility.

They learn ...