Being a huge fan of Popcap games (especially Bejeweled Blitz), I was feeling really excited on the way to the Shanghai’s Popcap office. Questions such as “How would the Popcap office look like in China?” and “How did Popcap succeed in China?” were running rampant in my head as my heart pumped faster with each [...]

On 15th December 2009, the 4th batch ileaders met up with the founder and CEO of ilemon, Jouni Keranen and Calvin Ng. I was the one in charge of presenting to the iLemon’s presenter. I made a mistake by presenting to Calvin, who was helping Jouni to set up his laptop, and missed Jouni, who [...]

Shanghai provided a welcome change to the tide of IT that swept us away in Beijing. An exciting array of companies was on the itinerary, but the most intriguing companies on offer were the ones revolving around the rapidly growing society of social entrepreneurs (pun intended).
The 15th of December had a surprise in [...]

I was sleeping like a log on the bus ride to Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) as it was a 1-hour ride from the previous company, Suntech Power Holdings, which is in Wuxi. When I opened my eyes, high-rise buildings in neat clusters and clean streets greeted my eyes, and for a moment, I thought I [...]

ILead batch 4 finally had our first VC company visit – Vickers Venture. This company visit was going to be different from the previous companies that batch 4 had visited. The past visits presented views from the eyes of the entrepreneur. This time, it would be from the eyes of an investor. [...]

On 18 Dec Friday, it was the last day of company visits in China for iLEAD. We had a discussion session at 7pm with pizza dinner, and sharing about our experiences and lessons learnt from the two-week OSM, and how it impacted our entrepreneurial aspirations. =) Listening to all my friends in i4 as well as the [...]

It was Wednesday 16th of December 2009, the third day of the iLEAD batch 4 Overseas Study Mission in Shanghai. We would be visiting Suntech Power Holdings, the largest solar PhotoVoltaic (PV) module maker in the world and Suzhou International Science Park. This time around it was my turn to represent the iLEAD [...]