Tag Archives: the asian entrepreneur

Ryan is on a learning curve as a designer and design educator. He believes your best bet to succeed is to keep reinventing yourself. What’s your story? I’m Ryan, a designer and design educator based in Singapore. I’ve been an entrepreneur since I was 17. This drive led me from …

An entrepreneur from the age of 9, Alan Pierce was destined to be a creative business man! What’s your story? I have lived in Europe, the Middle East, America and South East Asia and have travelled to over 35 countries and picked up Indonesian, English, French and hopefully in the …

Evangeline Leong’s business, Kobe is ‘redefining marketing.’ What’s your story? Upon graduating from University, I realised that my lifelong passion did not lie in my first career when I started out in a bank, despite the fame and glory of working in a bank. All along, the idea of marketing …

Everything is negotiable – Azan’s mantra in business and life! What’s your story? I started my career on Wall Street, writing equity research reports for the buy – side. I then moved to fintech at Bloomberg and 5 years ago moved back to Singapore to manage their Southeast Asian research …

Min Chan was brought up surrounded entertaining parents… She’s now taken her childhood exposure on board and started her own hospitality businesses. What’s your story? I am New York born and a Singapore, Hong Kong and NYC-bred former diplobrat, raised by hospitality obsessed parents who are constantly entertaining. I opened …

Joshua and Sarissa love the nightlife. They have several entertainment businesses across Asia including cocktail bars and a nightclub. What’s your story? I have been in the food and beverage industry for as long as I can remember. My first job was working at an Italian bakery (ok, it was …

After being faced with witnessing a serious workplace accident, Dennis Heng helps put quality and safety at the forefront of all businesses. What’s your story? I develop systems, processes and people, and embed a company culture in quality and safety that helps eliminate the pain in business operations. Quality and …

Collin Seow is taking the emotion out of trading and helping punters invest and trade more wisely. What’s your story? 12 year ago as a new remisier, my client lost $250,000 in contra losses. The client decided to declare bankruptcy and didn’t want to pay for the losses. Though I …

A love of basketball led Bernard Williams to Asia. He now coaches kids in Singapore. What’s your story? I came to Asia with a basketball in my bag. I played professionally in Australia for Mount Gambier Pioneers. While in Australia I had the opportunity to coach children in community and …

Carrefour brought Adrien to Indonesia, and Luxola brought him to Singapore. In Singapore, Adrien Barthel saw a unique business angle to help businesses incorporate their company, and Sleek was born… What’s your story? I landed in Indonesia at the end of 2010 as the Head of Ecommerce for Carrefour Indonesia. …