Thoughts on Internet Entrepreneurship & Investing

Thoughts on startup scene in South East Asia. While effort is made to be accurate in terms of numbers, i may sometimes get the data wrong. My purpose is to share what i know and what i have learned over the past 23 years. Feel free to leave comments or to email me. And if you are keen to learn more about Angel Investing pls visit https://www.angelcentral.co/investors/membership

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Mid year update on Startup portfolio + separation of wheat from chaff prediction

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Finally starting to see significant write downs on many startups last few mths. Will do my proper year end mark to market but offhand both V...
Sunday, January 5, 2025

Startup Portfolio Review 2024 - Bottoming out year but with no clear rebound in sight?

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(For context pls read 2023 , 2022 & 2021 updates. Also this post is all about the startup side of things, I also post a review of life i...
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Friday, December 20, 2024

2024 in Review - Leading a Purposeful Life

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2024 is the 10th year since Ning and I retired back in 2014 at 39. Looking back, the last 10 years certainly feels much longer and eventful ...
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Monday, May 13, 2024

Volunteering with SG civil service

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Time really passes in a flash. Have been volunteering with the Pro enterprise panel for 6+ years now and just stepped down.  I volunteer acr...
Thursday, May 2, 2024

Learnings from Portfolio Gains last 13 years.

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The last post i wrote in July 2023 analyzing and summarizing lessons from key losses was well received with close to 5000 views and a good ...
Tuesday, April 23, 2024

A tough act - navigating distressed sales and winding down

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My previous few blog posts have been about the ongoing funding winter , how later stage founders need to secure their compan y's future ...
Thursday, March 28, 2024

Behavior of investor directors on startup boards

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We have a front row seat watching the ongoing growth and trials of the asean tech ecosystem scene. Since 2013, we have personally invested $...
Monday, March 25, 2024

Is a good IPO on the cards for Carro?

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Carro latest fy ended March 2023 numbers.. Essentially they are now a car dealer + car marketplace + financing company. With some extras thr...
Friday, March 15, 2024

Year of reckoning for later stage startups

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( Read my older post for more context and detail but it looks like my prediction of cash crunch for middle to bigger startups is coming true...
Monday, January 22, 2024

Positive win win deal for AsianParent/ParentINC

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Recently more negative news from startup world than positive ones (Vizzio fraudulent founder, lomotif owner delisting/crashing, Live17 crash...
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