Sports fanatics: may I have your attention, please. Have you ever thought ‘if there was a Wall Street for sports, I know I’d be the Gordon Gekko of that stock market‘…? If you’re as passionate as my boy Dave West professes to be, then I may have found your dream-come-true. Meet StarStreet: the stock market [...]
Do you know how much energy I have right now? One post certainly won’t do justice to how pumped I am about the redesign Matt Ackerson, Paolo Roa and the PetoVera team did for my blog, ‘The X Factor’. I am fired up. Motivated. This is only the beginning. Thank you, thank you, thank you. [...]
Welcome to The X Factor’s brand new illmatic redesign! Let’s just say….thanks a MILLION to Petovera Design. As an aspiring entrepreneur myself, I think one of the best ways to learn is to go directly to the source and study the stories of founders building startups. Wait ’til you read Natalie’s interview. Natalie Kaminski was [...]
THE BACKGROUND Around 2005, Sam Bensalem dropped out of college to pursue his dreams as an entrepreneur. After becoming frustrated looking for a developer, he took up the challenge of teaching himself how to code. Today, he is the Founder of VeVite – a startup that notifies its users when anyone that they are following [...]
“The Problems with Today’s Entrepreneurs”: Singapore VC Nicholas Chan Explains from John Exley on Vimeo. NOTE: **Warning About Video: at the 1:30 mark in this video, something is messed up with my camera (or perhaps my file?) for about 4 seconds and initially when reviewing the video it caught me off guard so I hope [...]
Singapore’s Entrepreneur-turned-”Accidental” VC Nicholas Chan on Investing in Asia from John Exley on Vimeo. NOTE: **Warning About Video: at the 4:43 mark in this video, something is messed up with my camera (or perhaps my file?) for about 7 seconds. Initially when reviewing the video it caught me off guard so I hope you aren’t [...]
How Singapore Entrepreneur-turned-”Accidental” VC Nicholas Chan Won Over Mentors As a Teenager from John Exley on Vimeo. Fearless. Different. Stirring up the pot is not a foreign concept to Nicholas Chan. In a culture like Singapore’s where authorities are followed without question and open confrontation is almost nonexistent, the 31 year old serial entrepreneur turned [...]
Singapore’s Entrepreneur-turned-”Accidental” VC, Nicholas Chan: The Early Days from John Exley on Vimeo. It’s 1995. 17-year old Nicholas Chan is about to make a decision to capitalize on his technical skills and fight for his life. The serial entrepreneur turned “Accidental” venture capitalist (more on ‘accidental’ in segment 3) started an IT solutions company and [...]
The Future of Singapore: Entrepreneur Benny Lee Shares His Vision from John Exley on Vimeo. BEGIN. “The easiest place in the world to do business.” (For 4 years in a row, according to the World Bank) “Located at the center of a burgeoning Southeast Asia startup boom.” “A dynamic global city.” “The most competitive country [...]
Singapore’s Benny Lee: How To Do Business in China from John Exley on Vimeo. This interview will intrigue you. Why? The world is changing fast, and Asia is at the forefront of exponential growth and increased importance in the world economy. Famed Venture Capitalist and early stage investor Dave McClure recently took his “Geeks On [...]