How do you communicate within your startup?

communication, less is more

YC sharing about ”skin and bones” architecture by Mies van der Rohe

Graduating from business school, I’m taught that communication among team is upmost important to a manager. Information should flow 360 degree, Managers should keep their team updated with latest development, the direction it is heading while collecting feedback from members about the problems they faced, etc etc.

This keeps the team in the loop and have them feel that they are part of company. But often not in the real world, this is not the case. Information flow among employees / managers are often limited or none. Maybe because everyone is too busy,maybe certain info are confidential, there are many reasons. Continue reading

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I’m a builder.

My Birthday App

This is a very simple app that I just build for my girlfriend’s birthday yesterday. A label to acknowledge her birthday and a button that plays a happy birthday song when pressed. I sent it to her via Testflight. Compared to 3 months ago, I could not do shit with Xcode and I would have went out to by something off the shelf yesterday. Of course this is nothing if you are an experienced programmer, but this to me is simply amazing. And I like to share with you how it started.

I have become a builder.

But first why learn programming?

Because now I have a little skill to build something that custom to my needs. I can solve my own problem. I can create an instant messaging between my girlfriend and I, I  also can create a table view of our travel pictures… (You know where I getting at, the sky is the limit) Continue reading

An app is not just an app, it’s much more.

Here’s a shout out to all startups out there,Happy Lunar New Year to all!! HUAT HUAT HUAT AH!!! 

And to all entrepreneurs,新的一年,生意兴隆,财源滚滚!

**non-chinese readers, it means I wish all of you prosperous in your ventures and make lots of money!

I actually wanted to skip writing this week because of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebration, but ever since I started my #apostaweek challenge it has become a habit. In fact, I love writing on Saturday night. I get to reflect on my work week and also to assess what have I accomplished / learn for my ever exciting startup journey.

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Uber Is Now In Singapore!

My @uber ride confirmation

My @uber ride confirmation

Uber Is Now In Singapore, and I tried it with my mom yesterday. Although the price is a bit on the high side (see pricing here), the service was great.

Chinese lunar new year (CNY) is coming and every year my mom would be busy preparing for the steamboat dinner that we are going to have this coming CNY eve. This year it’s a little different, we decided that we could have our Continue reading

David Cohen & Brad Feld say this helps them lose weight.

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David Cohen, Founder and CEO of TechStars, and Brad Feld, Managing Director of the Foundry Group, explain how the Retrofit Weight Loss program fits into their busy lives as venture capitalists. – http://bit.ly/UW3d0b

It might work for you too fellow busy entrepreneur :D

Are you, an entrepreneur in Singapore?

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Our very own song by local entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs in Singapore!

An exciting project produced by Express In Music together with the support from many fellow entrepreneurs. Shaun Koh , Bernise Ang , Alio Chan , Kevin Lim , Jake Ler Jun Hong , Bryan Ong , Michael Koh, Jerry and not to forget our very Intraix co-founder Darrell Zhang! * apologizes if I miss out any names.

Thumbs up!!! Proud of you people!

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