A concern for the wellness of others took Larry Tang from digital marketing to SLOW food. What’s your story? Prior to founding my own investment and consultancy firm in food, sustainability and wellness, I was the Asia Pacific Managing Director for Digitas & Razorfish, the world’s two largest digital marketing agencies, …
Read More »Kai Chua – Founder & CEO of Linkstuffs
Mechanical Engineer Kai Chua did not like being disturbed during the night to resolve breakdowns when the robots under-performed so he found a way to anticipate breakdowns. He then turned this into a satisfying business. What’s your story? I graduated as a Mechanical Engineer. After graduation, I worked for a manufacturing …
Read More »Ivan Yong, Co-Founder of Nanyang Angelz
Ivan’s Start-up Innovation Model Has Become Popular In Established Corporations What’s your story?Nanyang Angelz was founded with the purpose of making impact investments into startups with innovative business models that can bring positive disruption to society and the environment. We believe that startup founders are the catalyst to change and …
Read More »Coen Tan, Strategic Business Storyteller
Coen Helps Leaders, Professionals, and Educators Express Themselves Compellingly What’s your story?Since I was a little child, I have been aware that I was highly sensitive to the emotions of people around me, and I would often internalise these emotions. I struggled to deal with all the “emotional information” that …
Read More »Peter Kim, CEO of NaOClean Asia
Peter Has Effective Solutions For Airborne Sanitation and Air Purification What’s your story?Before I decided to relocate to Singapore, my life was too hectic. I hardly had any downtime. My career began as a journalist working for a Los Angeles based Korean newspaper. Following my stint as a journalist, I …
Read More »Max Dautresme, Founder and Creative Director at Substance
Max Creates Inspired Works of Substance What’s your story?As a multicultural human trying to thread my own roots, everything in my life started with passion and curiosity about different cultures. My colourful childhood helped me develop a keen eye for beauty and culture.This, combined with my desire to constantly move …
Read More »Dima Shvets, Co-founder of RefaceAI
Dima is Changing the Face of Business What’s your story?I am Dima Shvets, and for five years I was a managing Partner of a seed-stage venture capital fund. I was an early investor in 39 tech startups operating worldwide: Allset, RetargetApp, Kwambio, DelFast, InstantApi, and Publicfast. I contributed to furthering …
Read More »James Lim, Lead-Thrive Synergist & Founder at Emmaus Strategies
Helping Individuals, Organizations, & Communities Thrive What’s your story?Motivated by people who had “invested” effort into my life, to help me grow as a person, and also wanting to do something to help people in need, I made the decision to pursue my university degree in Social Work. Upon graduation, …
Read More »Ian MacLeod, Founder of Nirvana Strength
A world traveler with a passion for learning, Ian MacLeod settled in Bali where he opened a gymnastics strength training gym focusing specifically on injury prevention, longevity, helping all individuals. What’s your story? I was in a military family, so we moved every 3-4 years. I played American football as …
Read More »Larry Van Ooyen, Principal of LVO Associates
Larry Van Ooyen is a hospitality consultant with over 35 years of global career experience designing bar, café, restaurant and hotels concepts. What’s your story? When I was growing up during my teens, I thought I was going to be a teacher. But then when I was studying, I was …
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