People are weird sometimes, when they need something from me, they only care about what they want to get. If I don’t help them for some reason they don’t understand why. If we replace this with they and me vice versa. If you think it still makes sense then probably you have some issues Wake up

Arguably, one of the best ways to ruin your #startup would be raising all salaries whenever an A-player leaves your company. While I understand why some companies do this—they want to maintain stability and prevent an exodus But … Eventually, you will have tons of high paid idiots in your company and no one will leave the company until the company is dead. Pay more if you want to keep your A-player, but here’s the catch: ...

Among startup hashtag#founders, one of the saddest categories would be ‘first-time solo founders with strong domain knowledge’. When I applied to one of the well-known startup programs from the UK around 10+ years ago, there were 3 categories of founder types: Business/Tech/Domain. I needed to choose which one was my identity as a founder. Usually, I would pick tech as a founder, but I thought I have strong domain knowledge in the automotive domain and product-related ones as I worked the domain over 10 years, so it seemed domain founder could also be the top pick. ...

Sometimes I think Singapore’s startup system may be in danger(?) than other countries. As I worked at several startups as CTO, and occasionally received calls from unknown recruiters. (now I don’t pick up any calls if I don’t know the number) They would simply ask my current salary and suggest applying for a senior engineer position that required 3 to 5 years of experience. LOL I had that role around 20 years ago. ...

One of the old topics in the startup world, we often talk about whether we need co-founders or not. Arguably, You need co-founders because in most cases you can’t afford to pay salary for your employees. Most startups in the early stage, it is critical to manage their burn rates. if you don’t have co-founders. You will have to hire someone, burn your savings or your progress will be much slower than others. ...

One of the funny things I’ve noticed in the hashtag#AI and hashtag#customer support domains is that many people/startups claim to build a smart, human-like customer support AI tool. It makes sense that I don’t like talking to AI or something that feels like AI—it’s often a huge pain and doesn’t solve anything. But here’s the catch: no one actually wants to contact customer support. If you’ve ever had to hold your phone waiting for the first message, like ‘Hello, how may I help you?’, you know the frustration. ...

I’m not a big fan of building an MVP, especially a nice demo quality but, in fact, cheap and poorly production-ready. Engineers extremely hate to build those, but probably some sales or CEO like that. While that approach is common, everyone seems to follow the same path. Here’s my suggestion if you have no other choice: Build your MVP with just one thing—only one thing that is bug-free and better than your competitors. ...