Attended the Asia Leaders Summit over the recent weekend. Fantastic job by Honma-san (General Partner, Incubate Fund), Jeffrey Paine and Vinnie Lauria (Founding Partners, Golden Gate Ventures) in organising the conference! A shout out to you guys, thank you for … Continue reading
I stated earlier that in going through entrepreneurship, it is vital to keep your cost low and explained why So, how do you keep your cost low, Mr Entrepreneur? FOUNDER SALARIES Peter Thiel famously stated in 2008 that a low … Continue reading
PERSONAL RESILIENCE Once you are clear about your vision, once you are clear about making a positive impact – then your odds of being resilient, determination to survive your entrepreneurship journey has just gone up. Necessary but not sufficient, I … Continue reading
BE A VISIONARY I deliberately placed this point right after Data Driven. This is crucial for entrepreneurship An entrepreneur that sees a future world coming together in his space, not constrained by what the facts/people currently tell him, BUT YET … Continue reading
Over the past 8 years, many people have approached me to ask about running a technology start-up, and what it is like Decided it would be good to share my thoughts on this over this year, in a series of … Continue reading
Got mentioned in a really cool publication in Seattle that connects with the world Ruchika – Thanks for the shout out, and stay in touch!
After several weeks on the road in the US, am finally back in Singapore! It was a great, insightful trip. Humbled to have met so many inspiring people, and even better to have learnt from them. I also had a … Continue reading
Since I was young, the US has always been THE country to visit for me. The passion, the innovation, the creativity, the start-ups – it is just so inspirational. So here I am, on another journey to the US where … Continue reading
Heading out soon to the US West Coast for SG Buzz – an innovative platform to engage Singaporeans living overseas and connecting them back to what is going on back home. This time round, I will be speaking in San … Continue reading
When I quit my public sector job in 2006 to start HungryGoWhere, a food website with user reviews, the technology start-up ecosystem was very tough. Getting seed funding was difficult, employing good, reliable people to work in start-ups was virtually … Continue reading
After having gone through several years of entrepreneurship and learning so much about the ups and downs of life, I realised it is timely to start sharing about entrepreneurship, the exciting roller-coasters that come with it and the amazing world … Continue reading