Startups & Entrepreneurship

Singapore as a Tech Startup Hub, not by being Low Cost, but by being Capital Efficient

October 21, 2011 Musings
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I was involved in a 7-way conversation 2 afternoons ago at the JFDI office at Block 71. Meng and I had scheduled for 3 different meetings at the same time, and used the opportunity to introduce a whole bunch of people to each other while getting stuff done all at once. Apart from Neoteny Labs, [...]

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TiE Singapore – Engineering Management in Tech Startups

October 14, 2011 Events
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Earlier this year in August, I was invited to attend TiE Global’s annual retreat in Bali and experienced the camaraderie of the TiE network first-hand. I bonded with many other Charter Members over glasses of sake and got myself a new moniker; Ashok Rao (Chairman of TiE Global) thought “motochan” wasn’t snazzy enough and went on to [...]

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Supercharging Emerging Tech Ecosystems via “Hacker” Tourism

April 23, 2011 Startup Roots
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I‘ve been working on an idea to supercharge emerging tech ecosystems for a while now. The idea is in its 4th iteration, and I think I’ve gotten enough initial feedback to share it publicly, hopefully without making a fool of myself. I choose to share my idea openly to get further validation and possibly funding [...]

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Startup Roots Singapore Update

April 20, 2011 Startup Roots
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I just got off the team’s regular coordination call, and figured I’d take some time to update everyone on the momentum we’ve gotten behind Startup Roots Singapore after 2-odd months of work. For an overview, check out e27′s email interview with Derrick Ko. I learnt of Derrick and Zaizhuang’s plans for Startup Roots Singapore at [...]

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Indonesia Tech Startup Wrap-up: IMULAI & StartupLokal

April 10, 2011 Startups & Entrepreneurship
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Over the past year, the Indonesia tech startup scene has sprung out of nowhere to captivate the minds of investors and entrepreneurs alike.  There’s always been a base level of tech entrepreneurship in Indonesia, but its most recent breakout can be traced back to Koprol’s acquisition by Yahoo in May 2010.  East Ventures led the [...]

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“More funds on tap for start-ups”, so says The Straits Times

March 29, 2011 News
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I didn’t realize I was quoted on an article on the March 27 Sunday edition of The Straits Times until a co-founder we backed cued me in. More funds on tap for start-ups View more documents from James Chan I did say those words to Lester, and it’s really nice to be quoted on the [...]

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Perspectives on the SEA Tech Ecosystem

March 12, 2011 Musings
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I started on this journey of mine way back in July 2007 when I joined the team at Infocomm Investments (IIPL).  I was excited to be part of a skunkworks project to attempt to do the impossible – jumpstart the tech startup ecosystem in Singapore, by attracting and anchoring 100 R&D teams by VC-funded startups [...]

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Execution is Key

November 28, 2010 Musings
Execution is Key

This post was written for Josh Russell as a guest post at 24 Ways to Start. I know this sounds really cliché, but it’s really amazing how time flies when you’re having fun. I’m sure entrepreneurs around the world will agree. I embarked on the Neoteny Labs journey with Joi on December 1st, 2009.  That [...]

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