Welcome back to the 4th (very noisy – sorry!) segment of my interview with the Founder and CEO of Socialwok, Ming Yong! Socialwok is a collaborative social feed built on Google apps. This is a story about what Socialwok learned from its private beta, and how it changed the way they thought about their initial [...]
Welcome back to the 3rd segment of my interview with Ming Yong, Founder and CEO of Socialwok; the collaborative social feed built on Google apps. Thousands of users. Praised by Robert Scoble. Winner of TechCrunch50′s Demopit Award. A growing track record of working with Google. A global presence achieved from being started in Singapore, having [...]
Branding advice from Ming Yong, CEO of Socialwok from John Exley on Vimeo. Welcome back to segment two of my interview with Ming Yong, Founder and CEO of Socialwok; the collaborative social feed built on Google apps. It was the summer of 2009. The Socialwok founders – based in Singapore – were planning to fly [...]
Interview with Ming Yong, CEO of Socialwok (Intro) from John Exley on Vimeo. Unforgettable. I still remember when I first discovered Socialwok. I was in Singapore’s Supperclub for the the iMATCH Launchpad event, standing behind a panel of investors that included former BitTorrent Founder and President (and current partner at early stage startup program i/o [...]
“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 [...]