Founder Insights

There is a hungry ghost inside every ambitious founder.

There is a specific kind of silence that happens in an office at 9:00 PM. The team has gone home. The cleaners are vacuuming the carpets. The air conditioning h

Barack Obama wore the same blue or gray suit every day for 8 years. Steve Jobs wore the black turtleneck. Mark Zuckerberg wears the gray t-shirt.

Failure is hard to handle. But surprisingly, success is harder.

Mike Tyson famously said, "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth."

Open social media, and you will see "wellness influencers" preaching about work-life balance. They tell you to work 4 hours a day, meditate for 2, exe

In Malaysia and Singapore, we live in a culture of abundance and connection. If you are doing even reasonably well as a founder, your WhatsApp will start blowin

If you walk into any boardroom in Kuala Lumpur, from the glass towers of KLCC to the shophouse offices in Damansara, you will see confident CEOs. They project s

Scroll through LinkedIn or Instagram, and you’ll see the highlight reel of the Malaysian startup scene. The launch parties at swanky bars in Bangsar, the signin

We all know the feeling. It’s 2 AM on a Saturday. You’re sitting at a Mamak stall in SS2 or a late-night spot in Geylang. You’ve just sketched out a new product

It is 5:58 AM. The alarm hasn't gone off yet, but I know it's coming. The room is dark. The air conditioner is humming that perfect, sleep-inducing whit