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Joined March 2009
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grew up poor.
A slum in Rugby, Cape Town. apartheid-era South Africa. one of an estimated 400,000 poor whites ; a statistic most people don't know exists.
no safety net. no family money. just the belief that building something was the only way out.
This is my story
Beneath the glass towers and the polished rules, the real Singapore lives in the smoke. It's in the char of satay, the burn of sambal, and the quiet pride of people who feed you like it's the only thing that ever mattered. #Singapore
Singapore doesn’t ask you to understand it. It asks you to eat.
A city where Chinese, Malay, Indian and a dozen other cultures collide over plastic tables, steaming bowls and conversations that last long after midnight.
The real Singapore isn’t found at the top of a skyscraper.
It’s down in the hawker centres, where a few dollars buys you a meal someone has spent a lifetime perfecting.
It’s hot. It’s humid. It’s loud. It’s gloriously obsessed with food.
And somewhere between the first bite and the last cold beer, you realise something.
Singapore will sell you the best four-dollar meal of your life, then hand you a fine for littering the napkin
It’s been a blast.
Thank You for having me .. and the invite and all the meetings and conversations..
The biggest theme of this events wasn’t simply new technology
It was turning AI and scientific breakthroughs into profitable, scalable businesses.
And I saw a few #Startups
Singapore is showing us what the next decade of business looks like at #SWITCH2026. 🇸🇬
🤖 AI agents replacing entire workflows
💰 S$150M investment in AI
🚀 Startups competing for S$2M+
🦾 Robotics entering the workforce
🧠 AI accelerating scientific discovery
My biggest takeaway?
The future belongs to founders who use technology to build businesses, not bigger teams.
More leverage. Less overhead. More freedom.
#AI #Entrepreneurship #Singapore
Will I be seeing you at @SwitchSingapore tomorrow or @PlugandplayAPAC ?
Let’s start the day .. spooky
Writing my weekly newsletter in a lovely little Korean spot in Singapore 🇸🇬 this morning between breaks at @SwitchSingapore
#Unconventionalbuilders
Anyone going to this event #Powertoinnovate #Singapore wanna meet up?
I’m going to do a consulting gig for two startups and then gonna mooch around 😅 @SwitchSingapore #Founders
A life is not a ledger
A pulse is not some KPI
Only the self - enslaved
Believe that their value
Is the product of minutes
And
Metrics
Want to become known for something?
Start at the end. Work backwards.
What outcome do I want?
What must I be known for?
What must I do to earn that reputation?
What must I learn to do it?
Then reverse it:
Learn → Do → Be Known → Achieve.
That’s the roadmap.
