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12-02-2017, 01:50 PM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
Malaysian chap goes to Harvard and come out with Grab. Singaporean chap goes to Harvard and invent bicycle helmets with turning signals.
1. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...g-apps-in-asia (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-23/friends-at-harvard-turn-rivals-over-ride-hailing-apps-in-asia)
2. http://www.straitstimes.com/singapor...l-design-prize (http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singaporeans-bicycle-helmet-bags-global-design-prize)
These kind of stories are repeated so often that we pretty much know the outcome. The Singapore entrepreneur will always win an award, there will be a patent but the product will not make much of an impact and it will die off.
This is despite we having similar roots.
Take the food industry for example. Singaporean entrepreneur will do something foreign like, Thai, Japanese, Korean, Cinnamon buns etc. Look at the Malaysian guys behind Pappa Rich. Its expanding like crazy and always packed.
http://papparichtarc.blogspot.com.au...terview-q.html (http://papparichtarc.blogspot.com.au/p/the-interview-q.html)
Everything works like clockwork. Customer using a clear and colourful menu ticks off the order in an order slip including any special request - less hot, no sugar etc, presses a buzzer, waitress picks it up and and returns with a clear bill so there is no misunderstanding. Food then arrives.
No patent required.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?240923-Malaysian-vs-Singaporean-Entrepreneurs&goto=newpost).
Malaysian chap goes to Harvard and come out with Grab. Singaporean chap goes to Harvard and invent bicycle helmets with turning signals.
1. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...g-apps-in-asia (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-23/friends-at-harvard-turn-rivals-over-ride-hailing-apps-in-asia)
2. http://www.straitstimes.com/singapor...l-design-prize (http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singaporeans-bicycle-helmet-bags-global-design-prize)
These kind of stories are repeated so often that we pretty much know the outcome. The Singapore entrepreneur will always win an award, there will be a patent but the product will not make much of an impact and it will die off.
This is despite we having similar roots.
Take the food industry for example. Singaporean entrepreneur will do something foreign like, Thai, Japanese, Korean, Cinnamon buns etc. Look at the Malaysian guys behind Pappa Rich. Its expanding like crazy and always packed.
http://papparichtarc.blogspot.com.au...terview-q.html (http://papparichtarc.blogspot.com.au/p/the-interview-q.html)
Everything works like clockwork. Customer using a clear and colourful menu ticks off the order in an order slip including any special request - less hot, no sugar etc, presses a buzzer, waitress picks it up and and returns with a clear bill so there is no misunderstanding. Food then arrives.
No patent required.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?240923-Malaysian-vs-Singaporean-Entrepreneurs&goto=newpost).