Tag Archives: e-commerce

Playing keyboards – from the piano to the computer… With his new venture, Toby is now empowering people to communicate! What’s your story? I play keyboards. First piano, and now computer. I began my entrepreneurial journey by building a lighting company in Germany, then co-founded an e-commerce company in New …

Thierry Tea has had a successful and dynamic corporate and entrepreneurial career. From aviation to e-commerce, he is focusing on his latest start-up, WeCube. What’s your story? I was formerly a corporate senior executive, entrepreneur and I am now an investor across 4 Asian countries. I was experiencing dynamic progress …

Travelling the world lead Darren to his entrepreneurial destiny, a tech business in Asia. What’s your story? I was programming from an early age and not terribly academic. At 16 I left a laborious college IT course to get a full time job in web development. These were the days …

Adrien Pierson is excited to launch his new business in Singapore. He admits Singapore was his chosen city as inspired by his father’s stories and photos. Yourgolfworld.com, will launch next month and will apply his passion and experience in this new and exciting business venture. What’s your story? After 15 …

Are you epicurious about wine? Clement Hochart was seduced by the wine industry. He now lives in Singapore and has launched a useful wine lovers app. What’s your story? Originally from France, I started my career in India, where I was commissioning site manager for a year at Fives Stein, …

Alexis, the ideas man kickstarted his business in Asia because of a student frustration when buying and choosing wine in-store. What’s your story? I’m an engineer and ideas man at heart, who loves building things, with a penchant for travel, adventure and a good bottle of wine. I initially walked …

Damien Bos has been busy since arriving in Hong Kong 8 years ago. He shares his story from his arrival, to finding employment to pay the bills, venturing into a start-up which he went on to sell, and most recently publishing a book, “Online Business in Asia.” What’s your story? …

Addicted to new technologies. Murray has a digital business in Hong Kong he runs with his partner Fantanely. What’s your story? My business partner Fantanely and I run a boutique digital design studio named Digital Penguin which is based in Hong Kong. We do beautiful web graphic design and build …

A love for high-end fashion has led Stephanie Crespin to Singapore to start her own luxury fashion business. What’s your story? Born in Japan, I’m a Belgo-French entrepreneur that spent most of my life between Tokyo, Bangkok, Paris and Brussels, shaping my love for fashion. Owner of a double master’s …

Serving customers a “whole notch better!” Luke Chong has a ‘sizzling hot’ retail business based in Singapore. What’s your story? During my first year stint in NUS Overseas Colleges, Stockholm, I travelled extensively throughout Europe and came across many innovative and creative products. To me, back in 2008, the gifts …