Launchbyte Podcast

This week Chris and I talk about SaaS. We take reference from this article here about the opportunity of Sass and the possibility in the change in business model for Saas.

We shared our views on the following:

* The return to desktop apps

* Self-hosted cloud applications

* Pay once web apps

* All-in-one

* Micro SaaS built on bigger platforms

Pick of the week

Bryan: A wooden desktop stationery rack from Taobao. Cheap and good. Kinda of copy Muji in design, but it works great.

Chris: If you support local, this is a project that you should be supporting too. These guys from Arc Boards EV are building the next cool thing that you can use for city commute. The best p

In this show We talk to Minh who is the director of communication from Vertex Venture. Minh shared with us his thoughts on the startup scene in vietnam and our local startup scene. We also talk about his side project which is a series of open source google docs that detail the startup ecosystem in respective countries within South East Asia.

Show notes

* Minh’s Profile

* Minh’s Medium

* Vertex Venture

Welcome to another Episode of Launchbyte. I am your host Chris Cai and with me with my regular cohost Bryan Lee. This is a podcast where we talk about entrepreneurship in Singapore and other random things that interest us. In this show we talk about the big F word. Failure. As a start up, especially in Singapore, we tend to shy away from the topic of Failure. How should we deal with it.

Reference:

Why Acceptance of Failure is Critical to Startup Success

Pick of the week!

Chris: Tortuga Daypack

Bryan: Laptop Stand, best buy at only $12

This week we talk about how a developer can become a better developer. It is not all about learning new languages nether it is about working round the clock. We round it up with this motto:

* Make it work

* Make it right

* Make it fast

Reference

Link

In this show we talk about Chatbots. Are Chatbots the future of Human Computer Interaction? Or is it just a pipe dream?

Reference:

Bots won’t replace apps

Moving Away From Chat: Hard-Earned Lessons

The Complete Beginner’s Guide To Chatbots

Our latest podcast on is also on Telegram!

In this Reunion Show! we talk about the following:

* How do we hire on a budget, especially hiring in Singapore

* How do we communicate better

* Finally what have we been doing?

An year end episode.

Chris and I talks about the recruitment woes.

There are much gossips inside too.

Love to hear your thoughts.

 

This week we read an article on New York Times that strongly provoked our thoughts. We thought it would be great to share this with everyone.

This is a quote from the article.

 Is it more important to you to have little, accomplish little, yet be relaxed and happy and spend time with family? Or is it more important to you to work hard, use your talents, perhaps start a business, maybe even make the world a better place along the way? via How to Live Wisely

So what do you think? Is it necessary to lead a life that create a dent in the universe?

It’s been a year since we did up our podcast and we are finally back. This is the start of Launchbyte 3rd series. The format is once again change 😛 like our lives always do. This time round we are doing like a talk show. We dived into a topic and we go deep. This time, we love you to join us too. (Check out the venue below)

This week we talk about why you might not need an app for your business. There are so many apps out there, by introducing another app, does it make any more sense to your business?

Also we look at #pap4sg, a new app by the People’s Action Party to engage the public during the election period. Is it worth it? Maybe they could have just use Facebook? We love to hear your comments.

Podcast Location

Blk 79 Ayer Rajah Crescent 

#02-23 S(139955)

Friday 9am. 

We talk tech in asia.

Reading is important we all know that, however many of us failed to read at least a book in a year.

Why is this so?

Simply because the Internet has taken over most of our times. Remember the times when Internet wasn’t so prominent, the leisure activities involves much more engagement and interactions. Playing over at the playground, just plain running around with friends, watching some TV and also visiting the library.

Furthermore, we are chasing after time now. We like to see results in the shortest possible time. We enjoy online articles because they are shorter and easier to consume. Article like “14 Things Every Successful Person Has In Common” in list form is better than reading any successful person’s biography that is 2000 pages long.

I’m not sharing that online articles are not good. I’m writing one now mys