The study mission has come to an end.. Time flew in these 2 weeks running from one company to another, listening to very inspirational people, asking zillions of questions and setting s direction for ourselves. All of us are at the peak of motivation, everyone has a dream for which they want to work relentlessly [...]

Given the fact that we’d heard a lot about Google’s cool company culture and lavish employee benefits, our trip to Google was one of the most anticipated activities on our SV itinerary. Excitement ran high as we got off at the Googleplex along Amphitheater Parkway and entered building 43, which was the headquarters where the [...]

This is a challenge…i have to keep my blogs shorter than those in twitter

1. Cindy hurt her leg but she is still going strong.
2. Babu (NavSemi) was here with us to share his experience. He talk alot more about the bad side of entrepreneurship. It’s time for a reality check.

This is what i call nano-blogging.shorter [...]

Lyon has been coming over to fix my laptop so often that i think he has become quite skilled at trouble-shooting & diagnostics.

Cisco is a wonderful company in my opinion. They are so damn good at vertical integration via Merger and Acquisitions (M&A). It just leads me to wonder why they have so much little [...]

i am gonna try micro-blogging now.

Kiva is a good company in my opinion. They should innovate on intangible benefits (network & donations synergy, public relations just to name a few) to help drive their revenue model and create social awareness and entrepreneurship. Matt seems to lack experience in the operational characteristics of non-profit social organizations [...]

We have been exposed to a lot of successful entrepreneurs these days, I don’t know how these intelligent people do their reflection, but some of the points they made are really worth thinking. Basically, I feel that I learnt more from speakers’ sharing sessions than visits to established companies. We visited Cisco today, and experienced [...]

On the first day of company visits at SV, I was totally inspired by the wise words flowing out of the entrepreneurs’ mouth. But gradually, I began to realise that those are their experiences and opinions and they may not be applicable to all businesses. For instance, what makes a good start-up? Is it the [...]

Having grown up in a conservative Asian society, the land of freedom smells of newness and bewilderment. We were welcomed by the greenery, soft puffy clouds, clear blue skies, wide spacious roads and numerous short bungalows. The most distinctive difference is the cold temperatures sending chills down our spines each time the wind blows.
Welcome to [...]

I found out that:
1) Some people buy things by impulse (virtual goods make that even easier). With a quick, easy UI (like Zong), it just doesn’t give them the reason to blame on bad transaction services. We have been demonstrated on how a competitor carrier had many more layers of information that needs to be input, involved re-clicking and the [...]

Ken is the founder of GetQuick, a 2.5-year-old startup we visited on Friday. The business itself is not quite innovative, being some kind of food delivery agency for other companies.

However, its success is a live story of how a smart entrepreneur can lead to the realization of his dream. Some of the sharing that [...]