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Look what I put together today. I have had my fingers busy this week, getting involved in the actual productization process in our next experiment. Programming gets me ticking. As a decent programmer, the progress of my work is obvious and predictable. Predictable progress in programming is why it is
The doomsayers lament that machines are coming for all our jobs. For all that is good and holy, everyone needs to calm down and let it happen.
My brother is in Dublin, working for the DynamoDB product under Amazon AWS. Before Amazon, he worked for Skyscanner. My brother is quite an engineer with an attitude, and he loves working with smart people who speak their mind sans political correctness. I love that. Then another friend recently jumped
I was pitching right up till I decided to stop working on Sapiengraph. Perfect setup for some awkward emails but it has to be done. This is the email that I sent: > Hi xxx! I want to follow up to provide an update. I sought out an introduction to
This is a technical post separated into two parts. One readable, the other not (to most). I will start with an introduction to Sapiengraph CCTV, and how we, as a company, sought out to add software smarts into a camera. In the second part, I will be copy-pasting the README
It is time for the next experiment after Sapiengraph. I have a few ideas, but there are two that I am studying. The first idea is to productize TMP, a task management platform that we built internally that has turned on the capability for us to operate with a remote
I received numerous feedback from people I care about that I might have given up too fast. This is not the first time I have heard of this. So let us address the elephant in the room. I have a short attention span. It is hard to stay interested in
As a boss, I allocate resources in initiatives that will provide a return. Just like how an investor in a venture capital firm would. Instead of financial capital, my resources are human capital. And I take significant risks, so long as they seem sound. With Sapiengraph, the company arrived at
A while ago, I wrote the specifications for a Trello-based CRM known as ZIC (zero input CRM) and tasked it to an intern. Nevertheless, the product's complexity meant that the result would be unstable. And it was unstable. In my experience, it will take a full-time developer a
Pornography has painted a world by which women have disproportionally large breasts. With startup porn, we have the same problem with almost everything. I want to talk about "hiring the best" today. Every CEO, including myself, claims to hire the best in their company. Statistically, that cannot be
Louis Vuitton, The Highest Value Luxury Brand, May Need To Balance Artistic Endeavor and Market Demand High-value luxury goods such as Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Burberry, Gucci, and Prada have high exchange value. Louis Vuitton (LV) is the highest value luxury brand of 2018, with a brand value of $28.4
Business is people, and humans are irrational. Getting things done in a B2B company is about managing this complex web of inter-human relations. I am going on a limb to say that if you are an introverted or aspie founder, you are better off working on a B2C product. In
I am doing something different this time compared to how I used to build ideate and build products. This time, I am not building anything until I see paying customers. And oh boy, it is unsettling to be selling anything without anything more than a brochure and a promise. Eureka
It is no secret that I fired my brother shortly after I hired him. And I dismissed him for two reasons. First, he was not a good programmer due to inexperience. Secondly, as a young company, I could not afford to have my brother learn under my dime. I think
Genetically, I gain fast-twitch muscles easily. I am no different at work. I drive large movements in the company. And sometimes we move so fast that I can't help but to look back and force myself to regroup.
The title of this article is a story of a guy that I tried fund-raising from as a doe-eyed fresh grad. A while ago, he low-key flexed that he had bought himself a plot of land in Tanglin to stay grounded. I think he failed to accomplish his dual-pronged message
Questions: 1. Are you a licensed CCTV provider? Ans: Yes. We are SSP (Security Service Provider) licensed by the Singapore Police Force. 2. What does your company specialize in? Ans: We are a 5-year-old tech company specializing in info-systems tech. 3. Why is this so cheap? Ans: This $50 deal
What perks are we offering at Sapiengraph? Sapiengraph gives you the best possible quality camera, priced cheaply. There are also benefits such as cloud storage and retail analytics (which will be further elaborated on in this post). Sapiengraph aims to provide retail analytics for those who consent to give out
I pride myself as a Product CEO because I build great software. And currently, I have two tiny project ideas written down in my todo list. A Chrome Extension to click on a number and open the number in Whatsapp Web I use Whatsapp Web almost exclusively because I do
But like most people, I am not connected, loaded, or pedigreed. But I have a brain and a grit.
As more policies and laws revolve around data protection, business intelligence departments are required to comply. Especially with transnational firms, researching the legal requirements of countries of operation is quite a cumbersome process. This post aims to provide you with the information needed to work hand in hand with the
By success, I mean I made money to support one person (myself). Most entrepreneurs do not even get this far. And what I do is no secret. For every new product I launch, I have to figure out how to get to the first $1000. And if I am unable
The real world frustrates internet geeks. In the real world, everything seems so much harder. In the real world, the geeks have to put on clothes. The geeks have to go to work. The geeks actually have to make money and pay for things. Luckily the geeks these days are
Inefficiencies irritate me. Most of the time, inefficiencies exist for a good reason. An economic reason such as cleaners being cheap makes R&D for self-cleaning toilets prohibitively expensive. A carpark attendant is still required because for some reason; asshole drivers won't take "no parking"
Disclaimer: This post is non-discriminative; other sectors are also able to use these tips to automate their sales as well. As anyone knows, it is difficult to transition into automation. You’ll have to have some technical knowledge to figure out how to automate your sales and try it out