A seasoned entrepreneur, on today's pod, we spoke to Haoming, the managing director of Huggs Coffee. Prior to joining Huggs Coffee, Haoming was the co-founder of Artbox Singapore and brought Shilin Night Market to local shores too, which we are sure many of us have gone to at least one of their events. When speaking to Haoming, we were intrigued by the way he approaches creative ideas and business models and the many mentions of "first principles" thinking. This podcast is a must-listen for entrepreneurs wanting to make things happen. 

In today's episode, we covered: Haoming's entrepreneurship journey with Artbox and Invade, and how he managed to convince partners, the government, and consumers to join in on these lifestyle events. How Haoming joined Huggs Coffee and what were the impactful opportunities that he saw then at the heart of the COVID-19 lockdowns. The action plan and strategies for turning Huggs Coffee around and digitalizing the brand through tapping on digital platforms, working on brand and value perception, and more. How Haoming positions Huggs Coffee and fends off "competitors" like Starbucks and Coffee Bean by creating its own niche. Haoming's first few hires to turnaround Huggs Coffee, the advantages of local brands, a unique way of thinking of the franchising business model, and more! 

Reach out to Hao Ming:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/haominglee/

Learn more about Huggs Coffee:

https://www.huggscoffee.com/

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Today on the pod, we speak to Kai Yuan, the CEO & Founder of Rocket Academy. Rocket Academy is an online coding boot camp that aims to help people become software engineers and has a 100% job placement rate. A highly experienced programmer himself, the podcast episode entails a lot about the intersection between coding and entrepreneurship. 

In today's episode, we covered: Kai Yuan's journey and experience working at Facebook/Meta, Alibaba, Nuna, and Dana Cita as a software engineer. What is the most important and underlooked skill of software engineers, how Rocket Academy fights off competitors by not focusing on them, how did Rocket Academy capture its first few customers and partners, how someone should learn to start programming and why the focus on algorithms and Javascript, how to identify if coding is appropriate for someone, the benefits of fundraising from venture capital firms, what he is looking out for in the Edtech space, how he built and scaled the team and more! 

Reach out to Kai Yuan: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaiyuanneo/?originalSubdomain=sg

Learn more about Rocket Academy and its offerings: 

https://linktr.ee/rocketacademy

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Today on the pod, we have the privilege of speaking to Ondy Ma, the founder of Surfwheel and DataHunt. Ondy is a startup/innovation/product guru with more than 5 global utility patents to his company and his name. With one of the boys having some prior experience as a product manager, speaking to Ondy really helped enhanced our product knowledge game and perspective. 

In today's episode, we covered: The essence of product management, upstream vs downstream marketing, processes of building MVPs/prototypes, and knowing when it is market ready. How Surfwheel found its first customers and ended up in Target, the manufacturing process of hardware tech products, how to build a great product, how he examines distribution channels and LTVs of his product, how COVID inspired the founding of Datahunt, when to kill a product and the importance of super fans in accelerating product adoption growth. 

Reach out to Ondy:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ondyma/

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Today on the pod, we have the privilege of having Alvin from Watch Jelly back on the podcast (p.s. Alvin's our first repeat guest!). Besides running Watch Jelly, Alvin actually works full-time in Wealth Management at a Bulge Bracket bank. As compared to most bankers, Alvin actually worked and lived in both Hong Kong and Singapore. Today, he joins the pod to share more about the major differences in both Financial hubs. 

In today's episode, we covered: Why Alvin chose to enter Wealth Management, the major differences between working and living in Hong Kong vs Singapore, What aspects of Finance Hong Kong specialise in, and why is Hong Kong lagging in the tech and crypto space. What trends to look forward to in 10 years in Hong Kong, the commodities industry in Hong Kong, and how the COVID situation is being handled there. Lastly, Alvin shared more about the possibility of watch price arbitrages and what to consider for your first milestone watch. 

Reach out to Alvin's channels: 

Check out his youtube channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXKEKkJMgJGmM3SvSfFDs2g

Follow him on IG here: @watch.jelly https://www.instagram.com/watch.jelly/?hl=en

Follow his BilliBilli here:【WatchJelly的个人空间-哔哩哔哩】

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Today, we have Samuel Ong on to share more about the intricacies and details of the affiliate and email marketing world. From discussing the details of email service providers, iOS 14, Google Adsense, ClickBank, and Facebook Ads, this pod is definitely a masterclass for people who are interested to learn more about this niche and profitable space. 

In today's episode, we covered: Samuel's journey or how he transitioned from being an insurance agent to generating leads for them, dropping out of NUS Business School, and running his own agency. Alternatives to Facebook ads such as TikTok. The power of an email list and why everybody should seek to collect and monetize them. Dropshipping and why it's an extremely difficult game to play. How to deal with shadow bans, risk of email marketing, and more!

Reach out to Samuel:

https://www.instagram.com/samuelongcy/

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Today on the pod, we have a close friend joining us to share more about his perspective on Thailand and its economy. Deviating from the atypical Singaporean millennial who typically focuses more on equities listed on the Nasdaq or the S&P 500, Jordan has an acute interest in the Thai equity markets. This greatly aligns with his interest in Thai culture as well, having traveled vastly across the country, interning and living there for a period. 

In today's episode, we covered: How Jordan managed to secure internships in Thailand and what drew him there, why the Thai economy has a ton of potential, how he analyses Thai equities, the importance of both technical and fundamental analysis, the dangers of blindly following the media and how he would recommend beginners to get started, and more

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Today we dive deep into the direct-to-consumer (DTC) space in eCommerce. We have Xenon, the ex-founder of HeavenLuxe, one of the fastest-growing eCommerce brands in Singapore, on the podcast to share more about the space. Currently acting as an advisor to HeavenLuxe after selling the business to Rocket Internet, Xenon also advises/coaches DTC brands to aid them in reaching the 6-digits monthly revenue mark. 

In today's episode, we covered: Xenon's entrepreneurship journey, transitioning from drop shipping to DTC, the cons of drop shipping, need vs to want products, how he scaled HeavenLuxe, Xenon's 3 principles that DTC owners must have to get things going, HeavenLuxe's sale to Rocket Internet's process and more. 

Reach out to Xenon: 

https://www.facebook.com/xenon.tan

https://www.instagram.com/xenonx_/

https://coaching.10xecommerce.asia/book-call

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Today on the pod we have with us, Faith Wu. Faith is the founder of Sniff & Bark, an eCommerce company based in Canada that provides dog accessories such as collars and harnesses that are designed and manufactured with love for dog moms who would do just about anything for their dogs. Besides scaling Sniff & Bark, Faith has transitioned into providing consulting for people who would love to level up their TikTok and social media game by utilizing her proven marketing/creative strategies and experience.

In today's episode, we covered: How Faith got into entrepreneurship, transitioning from Finance & a CFA to a full-time entrepreneur, how did Sniff & Bark start, and how Faith scaled the company. How did Faith deal with operations, building her team, distribution, a large variety of SKUs, inventory, processes, and S.O.Ps. Faith also touched heavily on her marketing strategies and why influencer marketing did not work out well for her and what did.  

Reach out to Faith and her businesses: 

Sniff & Bark: https://sniffandbark.com.co/

Join Sniff & Bark's Ambassador Programme for exclusive discounts and rewards: https://sniffandbark.com.co/pages/ambassador

@sniffandbark on Instagram 

Faith's Instagram and TikTok: @itsfaithwu

Interested parties can also reach out to her on Instagram or TikTok for consulting-related advice 

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Today, we have the privilege of hosting Alvin Poh as a guest on the Podcast. Alvin is a serial entrepreneur who founded and sold Vodien for $30m back in 2017. Today, Alvin directs his efforts to guide serious and aspiring entrepreneurs to super-scale their ventures to the $100k+/Month profit mark. Particularly with a special focus on systems and building a productive team. Additionally, Alvin aims to solve the existing pain points of customers in the web-hosting space with CLDY. 

If you're an aspiring entrepreneur or a business owner, definitely go this episode a listen. 

In today's episode, we covered: Alvin's entrepreneurship journey and how Vodien transitioned to what it was. How Alvin and the team were able to acquire Vodien's first customers. The importance of systems in scaling, communications, and more. Alvin's 5E concepts. Exiting from Vodien, finding purpose again. Why did Alvin start Super Scaling and CLDY? 

Reach out to Alvin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alvinpoh/

Listen to his podcast where he shares about super scaling: https://open.spotify.com/show/0mJOvWw14GBUeeMifjXDSu?si=7f3d553fe6784dfb

Alvin's businesses: 

https://superscaling.com/

https://www.cldy.com/sg/

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Remember the other podcast episode where we butchered real estate (in a bad way)? We're here to correct that. Today, we have the privilege of having CeeKay on to share more and provide legitimate insights about the real estate industry. CeeKay is a real estate consultant that specializes in real estate investments and covers a broad range of property types. He also manages a team of 11, grooming them to be the future leaders of the industry like he is.

In today's episode, we covered: How CeeKay got into the real estate industry, the traits every successful consultant should have, addressing the golden question (can we really buy a property with no money down?), BTO vs going private, criteria to look for before investing in a property, how property consultants scale the businesses and how he plans to do so in the approach of building his team, is China investable today, and more! 

Reach out to CeeKay:

https://www.instagram.com/ceekay.sg/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp-8WU9BLFkgKcocecixieA

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