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Realising he did not fit into the conventional employee mode led Ross Lakin to becoming an entrepreneur and he has never looked back. What’s your story? For most of my life I have been self employed. The few years I worked full time eventually ended up with me quitting or …

30 years as an entrepreneur have not made Rajesh Jain complacent; rather it has taught him to always be on the alert for what is coming next. What’s your story? Growing up, I was inspired by my father’s entrepreneurial journey. In the 1990s, I wanted to become an entrepreneur myself. …

What’s your story? I wasted the first 30 years of my life. By all accounts, I was a loser. However, at age 30, I made several intense, life-changing choices that set me on a new path in life. I went back to college and earned a Bachelors degree. I picked …

What’s your story? Growing up, tuition was necessary for me. I went from an F to an A in Mathematics, and that helped me earn a good degree and good career options. That’s when I realized that finding the right tutor could change a person’s life as it did for …

Using his background in news broadcasting, Paul Carr has taken on the challenge of training others how to deal with the media. What’s your story? Media Interview Skills Coach who loves rehearsing media interviews or press conferences with company spokespeople. What excites you most about your industry? The fact that …

Frustrated in his work, Dana Blouin took the decision to change countries and direction and has never looked back. What’s your story? A decade ago I was a telecom engineer, unhappy in my dead-end job, and working in an environment and culture that actively suppressed innovation and creativity. I quit …

Learning to frame advice positively rather than negatively has enabled Saurya Velagapudi to enhance his clients’ opportunities. What’s your story? My family is the typical immigrant success story of America – we came with less than $300 to our name and 13 years later, I joined Google. I worked as …

A near death experience and its consequences have been the motivator for Lee McKing to help others resolve their problems. What’s your story? A lot of people think I became a hypnotist because of interest but the truth is further than you think. I nearly died in my sleep at …

Raymond Cho started a virtual reality organisation with the aim of improving learning options, a goal made more important by the pandemic. What’s your story? Globepoint was founded in 2012 for the purpose of developing special content. We started our business with the goal of developing distinctive types of platforms …

Samuel Tan Yap Sheng credits being self-employed in his teens as a driver for the confidence he has to take risks. What’s your story? I came from an average family, and a society that is perfect at cultivating workers – Singapore. I learned that in order to get out of …