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In 2020, the e-bike trend was turbocharged under lockdown. This resulted in 50% of bicycles sales in the Netherlands last year being e-bikes.
However, these electromobiles have yet to achieve full market penetration due to its steep price tag.
Founders of Swugo saw the opportunity to tap into the e-bike market by this "scalable" way...
Learn more here: https://meet-global.bnext.com.tw/articles/view/47446
【Lesson #7 - Zoom in, zoom out】
For the last post in this mini-series of "7 lessons from 7 early-stage founders" I spoke with Jackson Aw, the founder & CEO of Mighty Jaxx (AW#20), the region's leading platform to purchase limited edition collectibles. With over 8 years of experience as an entrepreneur, Jackson touches upon the danger of short-term thinking, especially when it comes to decision making, while highlighting the importance for founders to both "zoom-in and zoom-out."
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As founders, we often speak of vision and long-term thinking, but seldom put it into practice. With the amount of years that I’ve spent in entrepreneurship, I’ve come to learn that every single decision you make eventually comes back around.
Establishing distribution and finding channels to expand our products’ reach has been my core focus at Mighty Jaxx. A few years ago, I was looking to expand our company into Country X (anonymized for sensitivity purposes) in response to increasing inbound interest. Given the nature of the market, we needed to find a local partner but unfortunately none of the big fish wanted to work with us. Desperate for any way possible to get our foot in the door, I settled with the first partner that responded to our proposition.
The deal was inked immediately, closing in just a few days with haphazard terms that recently came back to bite us in the butt. With 65% of our sales now coming from Country X, we far outgrew the original partnership and our partner was no longer suitable to handle our future growth. Unfortunately, the terms of the deal didn’t allow for any clean way to get out of the arrangement and we quickly found ourselves stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Ultimately, money was used to resolve the issue. Looking back, I would have structured the deal more carefully, thinking at least 3 steps ahead and projecting multiple scenarios, particularly ones with more upside and optimism. But as a founder you tend to get caught up with the day to day fights, losing track of the bigger picture.
How I approach decision making is worlds apart now. Anytime we’re doing new distribution deals, we’ll have 3 - 4 sessions with the C-level, collecting information from each department to provide a 360 of the company, sometimes taking upwards of 4 months. But, of course, execution speed is an important consideration for startups; that’s where Colin Powell’s principal comes in handy: pull the trigger on a decision when you have anywhere between 40% to 70% of the information available—nothing more, nothing less.
Calling all founders targeting SEA, AI/IoT, or Blockchain/Defi, applications for AW#22 are open till January 4 -> https://bit.ly/3hrPQFE
What an incredible achievement. Bangkok Foodies had the opportunity to visit the organic urban farm in Chiang Mai where Wild Nature Artisan - An Edible Memoir of Chiang Mai products are produced. These two sisters had the brilliant idea to develop an urban farm right at their neighborhood, just beyond Chiang Mai's local airport.
They sisters developed a range of organic urban farm salts, artisanal jams and organic herbal infusions highlighting the region's incredible produce. Their urban farm managed to acquire the organic certificate by the authorities, to which now they offer their certified organic products through online sales and distributors throughout Chiang Mai and Bangkok.
Because, not only are these products fresh and sustainable but they taste absolutely fantastic, but you should try for yourselves. The products are also beautifully packaged to make the ideal gourmet gifts for friends and family. We love the Banoffee Dreams, Magic Mint herbal infusion and Love Chiang Mai #1 Herbal Salt.
People are also welcome to visit their farm for a tour or workshops with the Wild Nature Artisan founders. Book with them in advance.
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This week, The Thirsty Sisters are back with their thoughts on the recent Population Census 2020 survey, where it was reported for women to be more educated than their male counterparts! Why are people on Facebook angry about this increase? Are women really smarter than men? ? We got Sylvia and Nina to react to all these—tune in to hear all about it!
Link to The Straits Times article: https://str.sg/34Sk
Link to the Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/129011692114/posts/10157967528802115/?d=n
00:00 Intro
01:39 Topic of the day
03:18 Key statistics from the article
04:23 'Its a women problem'
06:27 Why we are having less children
11:00 How women balance work and family
13:30 Coping with your own and your child's issues
15:19 Are we ready to have children?
18:32 The new vs old mindset on single parenthood
21:34 Supporting women regardless of their decisions
22:50 Women are getting harder to get along with?!
26:42 Men have to pay on dates?
29:58 Not taking these comments at face value
32:46 Conclusion
Sylvia and Nina are not your typical influencers; they give it to you raw and real! Join them as they quench their never-ending thirst for wisdom, trends, success and men.
They explore hot and pressing issues you never thought you needed to know in this extremely in-depth podcast. Sisters, brothers and everyone in between or beyond; jump in and be thirsty!
*Disclaimers*
The legal age for sex in Singapore is 18. While being comfortable with your bodies is a must, please protect yourselves by using protection ?
https://singaporelegaladvice.com/law-articles/legal-age-for-sex-in-singapore/
Our views in this podcast include only our own experiences as heterosexual women in Singapore, we respect everyone’s views regardless of genders, gender identities and sexual orientations.
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Featuring:
Sylvia - https://www.instagram.com/sylsylnoc
Nina - https://www.instagram.com/ninatsf
Brand collaborations/features:
sales@noc.com.sg
The Thirsty Sisters TEAM
Co-Founders: Sylvia Chan | Nina Tan
Executive Producer: Sylvia Chan
Crew/Editors: Jade Liew | Winston Tay
Motion Graphics Designers: Bryan Seah | Kher Chyn
Sound Engineers: Nah Yu En | Mabel Leong
Digital Strategist: Winston Tay
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Dan Lok has been viewed more than 1.7+ billion times across social media for his expertise on how to achieve financial confidence. And is the author of over a dozen international bestselling books.
Dan has also been featured on FOX Business News, MSNBC, CBC, FORBES, Inc, Entrepreneur, and Business Insider.
In addition to his social media presence, Dan Lok is the founder of the Dan Lok Organization, which includes more than two dozen companies - and is a venture capitalist currently evaluating acquisitions in markets such as education, new media, and software.
Some of his companies include Closers.com, Copywriters.com, High Ticket Closers, High Income Copywriters and a dozen of other brands.
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Your results are dependent on many factors… including but not limited to your ability to work hard, commit yourself, and do whatever it takes.
Entering any business is going to involve a level of risk as well as massive commitment and action. If you're not willing to accept that, please DO NOT WATCH DAN’S VIDEOS OR SIGN UP FOR ONE OF HIS PROGRAMS.
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Getting our Tarot Cards Read is all the buzz right now, yes?
The Thirsty Sisters are back with another episode this week, this time with Geraldine—a Tarot Card Reader and we forced Sylvia to have her Tarot Cards read. How does life after the divorce look for her, and has she moved on from it? What about her ex-husband? What do the cards say about it all? Tune in to find out ?
Geraldine has also kindly offered a very HUAT rate of $88 (U.P. $99) exclusively for our TTS community ? This offer is valid till 30 June 2021 or till she's fully booked so fastest fingers first!
Check out Geraldine on Instagram @friendlyneighbourhoodwitchsg
Timestamps
00:00 intro
01:14 Topic of the Day
02:54 Why Nina isn't getting a reading
03:52 Get to know a tarot card reader
07:26 How to prepare before a tarot reading
08:12 Theme of today's reading: Sylvia's divorce
09:18 Sylvia picks her cards
11:28 Was Sylvia's divorce hard to decide?
14:18 Is Sylvia on the right path?
16:00 A difficult decision is on the way?
18:15 Wedding bells for Sylvia?!
21:20 Will Sylvia fully step out from her divorce?
22:12 How good is Sylvia's reading?
24:30 Can Nina ask questions on Sylvia's behalf?
25:41 How does Ryan feel about Sylvia?
28:05 Is Ryan happy with Sylvia?
29:46 Is Mandy happy with Sylvia's body size?
31:38 Questions from the TTS community ?
32:01 Will COVID-19 end this year?!
33:34 Will TTS make any impact?
34:56 Is Nina and Sylvia Chio Bu SG?!
37:10 How does tarot card reading empower us
38:46 Thoughts on the whole experience
42:05 Does Nina want a reading too?
43:07 Surprise for our TTS community
44:15 Shoutout to small female-owned businesses ?
45:22 Conclusion
Sylvia and Nina are not your typical influencers; they give it to you raw and real! Join them as they quench their never-ending thirst for wisdom, trends, success and men.
They explore hot and pressing issues you never thought you needed to know in this extremely in-depth podcast. Sisters, brothers and everyone in between or beyond; jump in and be thirsty!
*Disclaimers*
The legal age for sex in Singapore is 18. While being comfortable with your bodies is a must, please protect yourselves by using protection ?
https://singaporelegaladvice.com/law-articles/legal-age-for-sex-in-singapore/
Our views in this podcast include only our own experiences as heterosexual women in Singapore, we respect everyone’s views regardless of genders, gender identities and sexual orientations.
Follow The Thirsty Sisters on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Instagram!
https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/the-thirsty-sisters/id1509379792
https://www.instagram.com/thethirstysisterstts
https://open.spotify.com/show/5yx8txjfb7dMkosumEv6lQ?si=5Ew1dv6wRlCayZ0TQfo-Ug
Featuring:
Sylvia - https://www.instagram.com/sylsylnoc
Nina - https://www.instagram.com/ninatsf
Brand collaborations/features:
sales@noc.com.sg
The Thirsty Sisters TEAM
Co-Founders: Sylvia Chan | Nina Tan
Executive Producer: Sylvia Chan
Crew/Editors: Jade Liew | Winston Tay
Motion Graphics Designers: Bryan Seah | Kher Chyn
Sound Engineers: Nah Yu En | Mabel Leong
Digital Strategist: Winston Tay
