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. Read the rest of this entry »

It seems i had been a little too short sighted with an earlier post (now removed). I apologise to everyone who was named and any businesses that could have been embarrassed by it

The opinions were all my own and probably should have been a little bit more sensitive. Oh well…

I can’t help but wonder how powerful this medium has become that it could bring giants to their knees… the pen is indeed mightier than the sword.

Michael

Cool pic of the gang at Geek Terminal (55 Market Street. Nearest MRT - Raffles Place).

All the Blog Reports here:

• Check out the food at Keropok’s website.
• Check out Ben’s and DK’s review of Geek Terminal.
• Read abt it at Nicole’s blog.

Update: See how the Ping.sg coffee is made here!

Michael

Read this before you sign-up: https://www.12epay.com/buybuttons/NewRegistrationStep2.aspx

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. Read the rest of this entry »

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. Read the rest of this entry »