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Pearly Kee loves sharing her culture and cuisine with travellers to Asia. In fact, her cooking classes are so popular now, she can’t leave the house without being recognised! What’s your story? I love Asian cuisine. 8 years ago, I decided to teach people how to cook Asian cuisine, given …

Gabriel Chan, serial entrepreneur is revolutionising telephone and customer service industry with his new app, Skipmenu. What’s your story? I graduated from Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo in Canada. I am an inventor and serial entrepreneur. Among the technical startups I co-founded and led were social bookmarking …

Brendan is helping connect businesses through his venture, Qontak which boasts the largest verified contact database in Asia. What’s your story? I recently moved back to Asia and founded Qontak.com.  Qontak is a VC backed platform which helps sales and marketing teams accelerate growth by providing the most accurate and …

Sam Allen is a multinational individual who is inspiring an interest in the arts in Singapore. What’s your story? A multipotentialite from the UK, from an Australian and West Indian background.  I’ve lived in London, Australia, Nicaragua, Portugal over the last ten or so years and I’ve been in Singapore …

Arthur Le enjoys the always evolving FX market. He set up his own Asia focused brokerage in 2014 and only wishes he’d done so earlier. What’s your story? I’m a native Californian who grew up on both coasts of the US. My first experience in Asia was during university when …

Preston Smiles is all smiles when it comes to inspiring people on their journey through life. What’s your story? Author, founder, speaker, conscious content creator and leader in the emergent wisdom movement, are a few of the ways in which people know me. But the “me” they know has not …

Prachi Saini is an olfactory artist. She runs perfume workshops for clients but especially enjoys creating new and different scents. What’s your story? I started my life as an architect/construction coordinator. I completed my business education and continued working in the corporate world until I had had enough. Now, I …

Abbas Ng with his venture Onelyst is empowering people to make informed financial decisions. He is inspired by his hard working father who is the best in his field. What’s your story? I was pursuing my degree at Nanyang Business School. I left without graduating and started Onelyst together with …

A typical banker turned entrepreneur story. What’s your story? Started off in investment management, good money and all, but I found it wasn’t fulfilling. Moved on and built my first business (a food trading company in the early 2000s) and exited a few years later. I went back to MNC …

Edwin is focusing on an honest and trustworthy business with his venture, Herbabytes – repairing, buying and selling electronics. What’s your story? After getting my Bachelors in Accounting and Finance from the Australian National University, I took the CPA and completed a Masters in Applied Finance. I was well on …