Tag Archives: the asian entrepreneur

Joshua Kevin is keeping up with trends in the HR industry. His new venture, Talenta is revolutionising human resource management using the latest technology. What’s your story? I started being involved in the Indonesian startup scene back in 2011, first as a volunteer at #StartupLokal (Jakarta startup community). You could …

Roy Wang, the graphic ‘magician!’ Roy has always been exposed to the art world and in 2009, he founded his own design studio, Factory 1611. What’s your story? From the age of three, under the influence of my father, who is an artist and practitioner in the advertising industry I …

Cindy Leong thinks something is missing in Singapore’s culture – meaningful relationships. Cindy co-founded Relationship Studio and Divine Connect to help people build more meaningful relationships. What’s your story? It all started when I was in university. I was casually coaching my classmates on how to be more charismatic, not …

Cam Adair is making small changes over time with his support community, Game Quitters for people with video game addiction. What’s your story? By the age of 21 I had been addicted to playing video games for over ten years. This addiction affected many areas of my life, including influencing …

Sandy knows noses. She started her own business 4 years ago in the perfume and aroma industry. What’s your story? I was exposed from the very early age to perfume, thanks to my mum who is a perfume junkie. She would never leave home without spraying perfume, sometimes four times …

What’s your story? Jina: Chloe and I were born two weeks apart with different yet complementary personalities and skill sets. I grew up in California and she grew up in Shanghai, then later Sydney. We first met in the summer of 2011 when we were both vacationing in Shanghai. I …

Andrea Olivato and business partner started Popular Chips, the world’s first influencer, analytics platform for Instagram. What’s your story? I started as a software developer in a web analytics company. I advanced pretty fast, becoming the CTO of Redation and Happyprice in two years. I stayed on as member of …

San is marrying ‘doing well with doing good’ in her business Edits Inc. What’s your story? I’ve always been a change-maker.  Throughout my 10 years working in several multinational companies, I always ended up in a role that sets things up, be it new supply chains, new processes, new systems, …

Adrian Lai is helping SMEs work smarter whilst juggling fatherhood in Hong Kong. What’s your story? I’m an ex-banking finance guy that jumped off the hamster wheel and left the cage. I started up a small advisory firm serving SMEs looking for smarter, more efficient ways to do business. I …

Stephen Barnes is taking advantage of the highly lucrative Hong Kong immigration market. If you want a Hong Kong visa, he’s your guy! What’s your story? Late developer, graduated law school at 32, specialised in Hong Kong immigration at 35, did well, ventured away from my core competency, three failed …