I just feel like sharing my thoughts on being courageous and fearless at this very moment – to gain the understanding that you can have all the great ideas in the world, but all ideas are free until you decide to act on them. Continue reading
Tag Archives: entrepreneurship
[Perspective] It’s Strange How We All Want Attention
I could be generalising, and I don’t mean to be offensive – just speaking from personal perspectives: As a woman, I just need more attention. I don’t mean that we are screaming princesses who are constantly throwing tantrums. It’s just that we need to feel reassured, acknowledged and appreciated more often, and perhaps in a more apparent way than our male counterparts. I don’t know about you, but I find it hyper-frustrating that men and women resolve issues in such different ways, and this is expressed in the strengths and skillsets we generally exhibit. Continue reading
Ready Or Not, People Are Going To Let You Down
People, just like you, are going to let you down. You’re going to sow into someone’s life so completely, and realise one day that it was a one-way street. That while you can choose to give unconditionally of your time and of yourself, it may just be an entitlemnet to someone else. So here are the questions I am going to ask myself from today onwards… Continue reading
How I went from no degree to managing $X0,000 contracts
Originally posted on Growth Hacks For Geeks:
Disclaimer: a lot of what I have so far done has been possible only because I stood on the shoulders of Giants like Joelle Pang and Ciaran Lyons (a friend and mentor to both Joelle and I). Joelle has a fantastic blog documenting her entrepreneurship journey and I…
[STARTUP ASIA] An Open Letter to Southeast Asian Founders
In order to create more Southeast Asian success stories, new startup founders need to “wake up” to a three key things. We share these awesome (and very real) tips with you. Continue reading
My Best Piece Of “Career” Advice
The best advice I can give is really to just take it easy in our first few jobs. Most of us don’t end end up being the lucky few who hit the career jackpot and retire in the same company as the one they first joined. Also, you’ll be in for a rude shock when you realise amost nothing you learnt in university is applicable or that useful at work, and also that your “dream” job feels quite like one of the nightmares you only read/hear about. Continue reading
3 Things I May Never Understand
I know everyone has different philosophies when it comes to running a business, or what kind of employee they want to be. I can go on for at least 100,000 words on the things I don’t agree with, but in the essence of time, here are just three that I really don’t get when it comes to the work place, with a focus on startups. Continue reading
A “Blogshop for Beautiful Affordable Furniture”?
Being an online boutique owner for some years, e-commerce has became something that is quite close to my heart. I’ve been keeping an eye on the trends happening in the e-commerce space, and you can imagine my surprise when I came across Just Enjoy Life (JEL) which brands themselves as “the online home for beautiful affordable … Continue reading
The New Generation Of E-ntrepreneurs
Everyone’s an entrepreneur nowadays. With the rise of e-commerce businesses spreading like wildfire since the hay days of Amazon and eBay made their rounds, it’s easier than ever to own a business of your own. In fact, what used to be an occupation reserved for the elite in our society now seems to be a … Continue reading
Bamboobee.. And The Circle Of Life
Note: Article originally published on Poached Mag. We had the chance to be part of the Clean & Green Hackathon that took place on the weekend of 26 to 28 April, and while there was seriously an amazing amount of speaker content and workshops, the one presentation that left the deepest impression on me was by … Continue reading