Asia Tech Podcast

EP 187 - Evan Wong - co-Founder and CEO at Checkbox - How Do We Democratize Software Development?

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The Asia Tech Podcast was pumped to have Evan Wong, a co-Founder, and CEO at Checkbox(dot)ai on the show.  Checkbox is a no-code platform that allows users to build their own business apps for process automation.

If you talk to Evan, you can hear the boundless energy in his voice and one can not help to get excited about the business he is building at Checkbox.

Some of the topics Evan covered:

  • Starting his first business, Hero Education, while still at university
  • Fell in love with entrepreneurship and started another company after graduating
  • Mom is an accountant and Dad is a business analyst
  • Building business relationships early and getting great feedback
  • How he met (already knew!) one of his co-founders
  • The importance of having great investors and the unfair advantage it provides
  • Why no-code matters and what has changed since Checkbox was founded in 2016
  • Creating continuity and minimizing key-person risk
  • Googling "list of software terms you should know"
  • Expanding into a global business
  • Building a remote team and the extra effort it requires
  • Expert Process Automation (EPA) and the competitive landscape

    • Some other titles we considered for this episode:

    1. Are You Sure?
    2. Every Single Company Is Going to Have Its Own Unique Path
    3. They Come On the Journey With You
    4. We Met When We Were 12 Years Old
    5. It Takes a While to Build a Good Company

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