Tag Archives: Jack Ma

Eugene Is A Valuable Resource For Leaders and Their Teams What’s your story? On 14 Nov 2013, I was retrenched from a high-paying banking job. It was very painful as I was the sole breadwinner in a family of 5. For the next 12 months, I looked for a job but …

Kelvin Is Funding Societies In Southeast Asia What’s your story?I feel fortunate to have grown up in the small town of Senai in Malaysia. I moved to Singapore at age 15 on the ASEAN scholarship and spent a year at UPenn on the NOC entrepreneurship program, then graduated as valedictorian …

Rob Chong’s passion for technology led him to found a company focusing on AR and VR in anticipation of the changes coming to society. What’s your story? As the founder of a tech company, I am not a developer. I have been in multiple industries, from an aircraft engineer in the …

Eric Is A Key Player In The Sharing And Rental Ecosystem What’s your story?When I started Sharent, in Singapore, many told me the business model would not work. Traction was slow in the beginning. We started with the idea of C2C and B2C rental to reduce overconsumption and waste. But …

Clement Created a Novel Platform to Connect Businesses to Millennials What’s your story?I am the founder of AllForU and also an undergraduate majoring in Biological Sciences at NTU. My company, AllForU, is a platform that connects student clubs with corporate sponsors. Starting AllForU was an accidental journey that began in …

Meet Asia’s First, Pets Only, Influencer Advertising Agency – Woof! What’s your story?My background was in advertising. Fast forward, I left after 3 years feeling burnt out, depressed and tired. I was at a point where I was feeling really lost and often turned to pet accounts on Instagram as …

Steven Heng is doing what he set out to do, represent a business in the APAC region. He is the Managing Director of VoxSmart and is expanding its global presence with a regional office in Singapore. What’s your story? After leaving the Financial sector (10 over years with BGC partners …

Janson Chan believes in the importance of agriculture for self-sustenance which is why he left his job at a bank to pursue a life of an agropreneur in the agriculture industry. What’s your story?Food safety and security are growing issues globally, and according to the United Nations (UN), by 2050 …

Ascend Now was founded to bridge the gap between academic and psychological support, helping students discover themselves. What’s your story? I am the founder of an education company called Ascend Now. Working with elementary, middle, and high school students, Ascend Now adopts a holistic pedagogical approach. We focus, first and …

Han Sing wanted to make education more affordable and accessible which lead him to start Tueetor, a fully-automated, location-based free service platform that enables users to instantly find tutors and trainers for a wide range of academic and non-academic subjects. What’s your story? It was in 2012 when I learned …