Category: Startup
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The True Cost of Building Mobile Apps
Background A little introduction about myself: I’m a Programmer and the Account Manager at Originally US. We build iOS & Android mobile apps and help people fulfill their dreams. Building iOS and Android mobile apps seems to be all the rage now. Start-ups are building apps, SMEs are building them and even large MNCs are…
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Top 6 Unexpected Perks When I Quit My Job To Be My Own Boss
Before you proceed…. Please know this. I was a blogger known for being a troll before NS unplugged me from the internet. I like to joke, I like to be sarcastic, and that’s the voice I was used to writing. I was a fan of Douglas Adam’s style too, and always tried to imitate his voice…
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Top 4 Bullshits That Startups Tell You
Before you proceed…. Please know this. I was a blogger known for being a troll before NS unplugged me from the internet. I like to joke, I like to be sarcastic, and that’s the voice I was used to writing. I was a fan of Douglas Adam’s style too, and always tried to imitate his voice…
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How I decide what I want to do after graduation
Upon graduation, I took a step back to ask myself what I really wanted. This is what I have decided: Freedom of time and financial freedom are most important to me. And I want that as soon as possible. Freedom of time is defined as being able to do what I want whenever I want.…
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10 Signs that a student startup will not work out
Students startups are all the rage now, given the easy access to government-based fundings. However, why do we not hear any meaningful success story out of that? From my own experience and by observing other student startups… I present to you… 10 Signs that a student startup will not work out: 1) More than half…
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8 Things To Look Out For When Engaging Vendors to Develop Your Android and iOS Mobile Apps
When I founded my first startup 3 years ago and wanted to build a mobile app, I was confused by the huge difference in price quoted by various IT Vendors. With such a huge collection of well-designed apps in the marketplace, users are spoilt for choice. If your app quality is just a bit lower,…
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The problems of being a small, disruptive startup
People who dreams of disruptive technologies or processes and have the balls to execute them deserve to be successful right? Na, wait long long. Just look at Lytro. They specialize in what they call “Light Field Camera”, whatever that means. Their really cool technology allows photographers to just snap a photo first, and then choose…
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3 Important Advice That Most Startups Ignore
[post_intro]Sometimes we ignore advice because we think we know better. After all, we are the misfits, the outliers, the ones who dared to be a little different from others. Why should we listen to what others say? There are, however, some advice that we really shouldn’t ignore. From my experience in running my own startups…
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Growth Hacking: How I Acquired 2,000 Sticky Users In A Day With a S$36 Budget
[post_intro]As shared in an earlier post, growth hacking is something that I think all startups should do. This is the story of one of my experiments.[/post_intro] I used to run a textbook marketplace (BookINBookOUT) that was used by more than 70% of all undergraduates at Singapore Management University. When I first started, there were just…
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The One Thing That All Entrepreneurs Should Know – Growth Hacking
[post_intro]You have an awesome idea. You think it will work and people will love it. 3 months later, you’ve built the product. But no one is coming. What’s missing? [/post_intro] Growth Hacking. What is “growth hacking”? Why the word “hack”? Is it illegal? Wikipedia defines it as [hl]”Growth hacking is a marketing technique developed by…