Musings

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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A Redefined Meritocracy as the New Social Compact for Singapore?

May 16, 2011 Musings
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As I pondered over the contents of this post over the weekend, a new chapter in Singapore’s history was being written. On Saturday, 16 May 2011, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong issued a joint statement announcing their retirement from the Cabinet. “We have studied the new political situation and [...]

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Filtering and Tuning out Noise in Social Media & the Internet

April 2, 2011 Musings

Even though I consider myself an early adopter of consumer internet services, I have yet to find one that can help me prioritize, filter and tune out the less relevant amidst the ever-growing sea of noise on the Internet.  On top of email, I’ve pretty much consolidated my online activities around Facebook (less so) and [...]

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The Tin Pei Ling Incident is a Storm in a Teacup

March 30, 2011 Musings
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Since I first wrote this, Tin Pei Ling’s gaffes have gone from bad to worse, and she has become serious political deadwood to not just the Marine Parade GRC, but all of PAP’s contested wards in the upcoming elections. I’ve since made 2 edits to my article below in red to reflect my more informed [...]

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Neoteny Labs – 1 year later

March 27, 2011 Musings
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On April 2010, we opened Neoteny Labs‘ first fund (Neoteny Startup 1) to investors and capped the fund at US$5 million.  We didn’t want to raise more because we felt US$5 million, combined with the leverage from NRF, would suffice for an early-stage venture fund focused on consumer internet startups in Asia.  A month later, [...]

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Gone with the Bit

March 15, 2011 Musings
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I saw this article over at DailyTech, and was promptly transported back to 1993 for the video’s duration of 9+ minutes, to the start of my computing journey. I was 12 years old then. My first computer didn’t even come with a mouse. Back in the old days, my geeky (not nerdy) friends and I were jostling [...]

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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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