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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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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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An Ode to Comrades

June 1, 2009 Musings
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I‘ve always hated saying goodbyes.  No surprises then, that my last day at Infocomm Investments should go by without any fanfare – no parting gifts, no warm embraces and certainly no teary farewells.  The rest had left the office by 5pm as last Friday was ‘Eat with your Family Day’.  I sat in the empty [...]

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Singapore’s Uncoordinated Initiatives for Entrepreneurs

May 15, 2009 Musings
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Earlier this afternoon, I came across SGentrepreneur.com’s post on Wong Meng Weng‘s map of Venture Capital in Singapore (good job Meng Weng!) and couldn’t help but notice Bernard’s comment on how it’s highly unlikely for entrepreneurs to find funding via the traditional venture capital route amidst the turbulent and challenging climate. (off-topic) Bernard, I really [...]

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Thoughts on Socialwok

May 7, 2009 Startups & Entrepreneurship
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I‘ve been a really bad friend these days.  Apart from putting off my farewells to friends and business contacts I’ve made over the past 3 years, I’ve also put off my friend Ming’s request for my thoughts on his latest project for the past 3 weeks.  Since I was on leave, I decided to give [...]

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Silicon Valley: 7th – 13th Dec 2008

December 14, 2008 Life
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I’m lazy, so I think I’ll be skipping breakfast to grab brunch later at the airport. It’s been a while since I posted an entry or two, so I thought I’d play catch-up and take stock of my short 1 week trip to the Valley. This trip has been a fruitful one – we began [...]

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Talk Your Way out of a US$371 Ticket

October 18, 2008 Life

We Chinks have this silly superstition that misfortune would befall us if we gloat over others’ misfortune or brag about our good luck. As I type this entry, my wrists are firmly planted on my wooden table top (touchwood!) for good measure – I wouldn’t want to jinx my perfect driving record because I was trying to [...]

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Silicon Valley: 21 Sep – 15 Oct

October 15, 2008 Work

This time round, I have spent an inordinate amount of time out in the field, meeting countless startups and VCs. Although it was too long to be away from my loved ones, my job gives me an excuse to meet all sorts of cool startups and catch a glimpse of what they’re up to. Here’s [...]

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