Singapore-based job app seeks to fill the gap that LinkedIn has overlooked
LinkedIn has long been a great tool that has helped connect professionals with one another. While it’s been proven to be a successful medium for employers to find staff directly, the fact remains that the online platform has mostly catered…
How Start-up TheSmartLocal Disrupted Lifestyle Publishing in Singapore
Hidden in a corner of Towner Road is the headquarters of TheSmartLocal. As one of the fastest rising online publications, their growth has been phenomenal since their inception in 2012. Edutaining us with viral articles such as 16 Secret Things…
This is what you missed at #HRTechTank Singapore
HR Tech has grown phenomenally since early 2015. According to data from CB Insights, financing deals in the HR Tech space has grown from $305 million over 77 deals in 2011 to $2.4 billion over 383 deals in 2015. That’s a 8x…
Helping Singapore SMEs to Dominate Their Niche
Meeting Sant for the first time was akin to meeting a celebrity. He was the one that did the copy for Adam Khoo’s advertisement when they first launch and created their original marketing system. It helped the company grew exponentially…
Inspiring Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders
LadyBoss. That’s the kind of name that would get your attention. It sure got mine. I first read about them on facebook. They were having an event and one of my friend Elisha was a speaker. A few weeks later…
StaffOnDemand Christine Liu: her journey from banking to recruitment tech
In my never-ending quest to find the best applicant tracking system (ATS) out in the market, it brought me to learned about a startup – StaffOnDemand. If you have been following my blog, you would remember the review post on…
Leveraging On The Internet To A $5 Million Business
Alvin and I met slightly more than two years ago. We were invited to a coffee session by Entrepreneurs’ Organization to learn more about it and the application criteria. I was drawn by the name of his company and in typically…
This Is How You Accelerate Your Tech Recruitment
When I did my first hire for my previous recruitment business back in 2005, it took us a good 6 – 8 weeks to get from putting together the job description to having our hire sign off on the employment…
Why I Stop My Self-Help Books Addiction
In the 11 years of running my first business, I didn’t read a single management book. That’s right. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Unless you want to count the one I placed on the bookshelf just behind my desk. That was a…
After a successful digital agency exit, he is looking disrupt the finance industry
I first heard of Prakash from my friend Clement. He was aware of my interest to share my knowledge with the younger local entrepreneurs community and told me that I should get in touch with ACE. ACE stands for Action…