Be less unlucky since you cannot make yourself luckier

It started with a conversation with Khin Wai. Referring to a set of metrics to analyse SaaS and Fintech companies, he said “even with all these it is also a shot in the dark.” I went on to ask how much of investing...

December 16, 2019| CYH Read More

A vuja de situation at lunch

Today I did something different during lunch – I ordered from a stall that I have never patronised or expect myself to patronise. But I did. To amuse myself further, I noticed the adjacent stall which sells fruits...

December 16, 2019| CYH Read More

You have the power to choose your customers

Would you rather have bad apples or no apples at all? It is quite easy to choose the latter. How about choosing between bad clients and no clients? Most people would rather have bad clients than no clients. But...

December 12, 2019| CYH Read More

I’m an ambitious monk

For many years I have felt I was pulled in two different directions. On one hand, I wanted to be bolder in my actions so that I can grow the business and achieve greater results. Sometimes I felt I need to do things...

November 7, 2019| CYH Read More

Disrupting money changers

Ideas are cheap. Execution matters. I have plenty of ideas but I can only execute one at any one time. There’s a recent development that made me revisit one of the ideas I had in the past. The idea was to create a...

October 17, 2019| CYH Read More

Sell what people want, not what they need

I keep falling into the trap of building a business based on what the customers need, instead of just giving them what they want. It is the morality that I hold upon myself – I believe what the customers want is...

October 17, 2019| CYH Read More

The People Pyramid

Recently felt the hate stronger than ever. Instead of competing and doing better to serve the customers, they prefer to undermine by bad mouthing their competitors. Passive-aggressive people are irritating. The path to...

October 12, 2019| CYH Read More

Entrepreneurs and Investors are polar opposites

I am first an investor and thereafter an entrepreneur. I have met entrepreneurs who became investors after selling away their businesses. Having the experience of both domains, we realised that the desired traits for an...

September 30, 2019| CYH Read More

Facebook disrupted UX design

Facebook is well known for becoming the most important social network in the world. But little did people realise that Facebook has disrupted User Experience design when it comes to consuming information, especially on...

September 26, 2019| CYH Read More

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