I had always wanted to start a business catering to the small mom-and-pop stalls in the HDB heartlands. Thus, i christened my new business eNeighbourhoodStore (ENS).

The 2nd start-up was a little bit more tricky as i didn’t have anyone to help bankroll the operations. So i had to put my own money in - and be frugal about it.

Very early on, i realised that i cannot work from home. The multiplicity of temptations (fridge, TV, bed) is beyond what my weak mind could handle :). So i needed an office space - preferably in town cos all my clients will be from around here. Office rental in town area is not cheap… and i was a little apprehensive of sinking expenses even before i earn a single cent. (more…)

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If you review the terms and agreements of BuyButtonz, you’ll find a few clauses which are detrimental to SMEs / sole-proprietors. This is especially so for companies who are in need of immediate cashflow from products sold. (more…)

I turned to entrepreneurship as a necessity really. I dropped out of NUS as i was too engrossed with my part-time work at a web design shop (which didn’t take off by the way).

So at the end of 4 years (2002) of university life, i’m left without a degree, heaped in a mountain of debt (study loan) and without a career to speak of. Its a predicament i wouldn’t wish on anybody else. So please study as hard as you can while you can.

I turned to doing web design and PHP programming as it was the one thing i was good at. A kind friend from my JC days approached me one day about starting a web hosting business. I was interested in finding out about web hosting - cos we designers need a place to put our stuff. (more…)