Building companies, backing founders, telling their stories.

Investing

Portfolio.

A selection of early-stage companies and funds I've backed as an angel investor, at Monk's Hill Ventures, through Orvel Ventures and as a limited partner. Each is tagged by how I was involved.

Orvel companies are from orvel.vc/portfolio. Dates, stages and amounts are intentionally left out.

Books

Books.

Speaking

On stage.

Fireside chats, panels and talks. Click any image for the full story.

Fireside chat · 2026Citi Commercial Bank Singapore Client Connect

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BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech PodcastThe Future Of DeFi: One Connected Global Marketplace | Lennix Lai (BRAVE E743)

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Let's Talk GeistLet's Talk Geist, Episode 1

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Tech in AsiaTech in Asia video podcast with HSBC Innovation Banking

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The Accidental VC (NonPublic)The Accidental VC, Episode 6: Stop Chasing Unicorns

Media

In the press & on the mic.

An archive of interviews, press coverage, writing and talks. Each entry has its own page with a summary of what was covered, plus links to the original and an archived copy in case the original disappears.

• 4 Dec 2026Speaking
  Asia Creator Summit 2026: two masterclasses

  Asia Creator Summit · Day 1, 4 Dec 2026
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• 29 Oct 2026Podcast
  Let's Talk Geist, Episode 1

  Let's Talk Geist
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• 28 Oct 2026Video
  The Future Of DeFi: One Connected Global Marketplace | Lennix Lai (BRAVE E743)

  BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech Podcast · E743
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• 22 Oct 2026Speaking
  Fireside chat at Citi Commercial Bank Singapore Client Connect

  Citi Commercial Bank Singapore · SKAI, 22 Oct 2026
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• 28 Sep 2026Speaking
  SuperReturn Asia 2026: listed speaker

  Informa Connect · Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
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• 24 Sep 2026Podcast
  The Offline Network SEA: live segment with Jeremy Au

  The Offline Network SEA · live Zoom segment, 24 Sep 2026
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• 17 Aug 2026Video
  Tech in Asia video podcast with HSBC Innovation Banking

  Tech in Asia · with HSBC Innovation Banking
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• 3 Jul 2026Podcast
  Navigating Southeast Asia: Jeremy Au on building, investing and career pivots

  Life Self Mastery · Rohit Malhotra
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• 2 Jul 2026Podcast
  Navigating Southeast Asia: Jeremy Au on Building, Investing, and Career Pivots

  Lifeselfmastery’s podcast (host Rohit Malhotra) · Spotify
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• 26 Jun 2026Podcast
  The Accidental VC, Episode 6: Stop Chasing Unicorns

  The Accidental VC (NonPublic) · host Milan Reinartz
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• 18 May 2026Press
  Singapore's start-up ecosystem needs more than growth capital to succeed

  The Edge Singapore
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• 22 Mar 2026Press
  悉看大势：本地播主开麦侃侃而谈 无奈市场太小赚钱太难

  Lianhe Zaobao
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• 11 Mar 2026Speaking
  Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition: buying and scaling Southeast Asia’s SMEs

  Harvard Business School Club of Singapore · SMU Greenhouse, 11 Mar 2026
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• 22 Oct 2025Speaking
  Keynote panel: building a culture of innovation in Asia

  Accounting & Business Show Asia 2025
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• 19 Sep 2025Speaking
  The great re-pricing: private markets post valuations reset

  SuperReturn Asia 2025 · Main Conference Day Three, 19 Sep 2025
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• 10 Jun 2025Speaking
  Moderator: Horizon Quantum session

  Echelon Singapore 2025 · moderator
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• 3 Apr 2025Press
  From venture capital to cancer biotech COO: how Jeremy turned personal loss into purpose

  Singapore Economic Development Board (first published by the Singapore Global Network)
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• Dec 2024Podcast
  Ep 321: The hustle behind the BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech Podcast

  Hustleshare Podcast
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• 15 Nov 2024Speaking
  Moderator: Cross-border investment panel at GOAB

  Geeks on a Beach (GOAB) · moderator
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• 5 Oct 2024Speaking
  Moderator: Surviving the Shift in EdTech venture funding

  EdTech Asia Summit 2024 · moderator
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• Sep 2024Podcast
  The Funding Divide 2024 (DocSend)

  DocSend
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• 15 Aug 2024Press
  People Digest: Ex-Vertex exec is 17Live's new CEO; Lucence gets new COO

  DealStreetAsia
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• 5 Jun 2024Press
  A harder, longer fundraising process for much less money: The Funding Divide 2024 by DocSend

  Forbes
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• 5 Jun 2024Writing
  DocSend's 2024 Funding Divide report: the gap for underrepresented founders widens

  DocSend
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• 15 May 2024Speaking
  Moderator: two sessions at Echelon X

  Echelon X · moderator
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• 8 Apr 2024Speaking
  Fundraising and growth panel for Southeast Asian startups

  Singapore Exchange (SGX) Capital Markets with ACE · panel, 8 Apr 2024
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• Mar 2024Podcast
  Health vs Wealth (Ep 2)

  ALLSET
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• 26 Feb 2024Video
  Retrenchment in Singapore: How can you better protect your job?

  CNA Talking Point Forum · Jeremy as panellist
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• Feb 2024Podcast
  Unveiling Southeast Asia's startup goldmine

  The Guiding Voice · Naveen Samala
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• 28 Jan 2024Writing
  BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech Podcast: The Yin and Yang of AI and Crypto

  Yield Guild Games (Substack)
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• 24 Jan 2024Radio
  Radio interviews on CNA938 (93.8FM LIVE) and Singapore Today

  CNA938 · listed on BRAVE press page
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• Jan 2024Podcast
  Founders Doc

  Founders Doc · Rachel Wong
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• 28 Dec 2023Press
  Top 8 must-listen startup podcasts in Asia

  Tech Collective SEA
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• 6 Dec 2023Podcast
  Exploring Southeast Asia’s tech startup landscape

  Tiny Dragon podcast · host Elaine Ann
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• 28 Nov 2023Press
  How do you effectively transition away from founder-led sales and scale your sales motion?

  BackScoop
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• Nov 2023Podcast
  Asia Growth Forecast

  Asia Growth Forecast
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• Oct 2023Podcast
  #44: From co-founding two companies to VC at Monk’s Hill Ventures

  Ctrl Alt Career
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• 6 Sep 2023Podcast
  EP 293: In Southeast Asia, there is a lot of future to be built

  Asia Tech Podcast · host Michael Waitze
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• 31 Aug 2023Podcast
  The story behind the BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech Podcast

  Your Grit Story · Investor Series (52 min)
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• 14 Aug 2023Podcast
  The Indelible VC: Jeremy Au

  The Indelible VC · host Kevin Brockland · SEA of Startups Substack
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• 26 Jul 2023Podcast
  The Southeast Asia investment landscape

  Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong
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• Jul 2023Podcast
  EP.IC: Edric Poon In Company

  Podcasters Playground
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• 19 Jun 2023Podcast
  Rising Giants N.90: Cambodia’s startup ecosystem and what it means to be a founder in SEA

  Rising Giants · written up by Cambodia Investment Review
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• 15 Jun 2023Speaking
  Moderator: Beam Mobility fireside chat

  Echelon Asia Summit 2023 · moderator
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• 14 Jun 2023Speaking
  Moderator: Doctor Anywhere fireside chat

  Echelon Asia Summit 2023 · moderator
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• 9 Jun 2023Press
  Advice to founders: approach fundraising as a learning process

  e27 · Angel’s Advocate series (Pro content)
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• 6 Jun 2023Podcast
  EP7: The dos and don’ts of entrepreneurship and VC insights

  The Sponge Podcast with Joshua Wong (about 46 min)
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• Jun 2023Podcast
  Empires

  Empires
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• 22 May 2023Press
  How SEA firms can thrive in a high interest-rate environment

  e27
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• 21 Apr 2023Speaking
  Moderator: Southeast Growth Series at the e27 MeetUp

  e27 MeetUp Singapore · moderator
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• Mar 2023Podcast
  Start-up sales in a downturn (2 parts)

  Sales in Asia · Benny KP Tan
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• Mar 2023Podcast
  Ep 49: SEA ecosystem

  Business Podcast by Roohi
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• Dec 2022Podcast
  Ep 97: From vaccine research to Head of Strategic Projects in Asia

  So This Is My Why · host Ling Yah
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• 27 Oct 2022Speaking
  Moderator: Breaking away from the cash burning model

  Echelon Asia Summit 2022 · moderator
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• Sep 2022Podcast
  Tech winter is coming: how do we prepare for it?

  The Financial Coconut (3 episodes, Sep–Oct 2022)
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• 11 Aug 2022Writing
  Book excerpt: Singaporean tech leaders on the highs and lows of their entrepreneurial journey (BRAVE10)

  e27
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• 6 Aug 2022Press
  Stories of Singapore start-up founders told in new book

  The Straits Times
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• 15 Mar 2022Press
  #7 Asia business podcast

  Business Chief Asia
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• 11 Dec 2021Podcast
  Interview: social impact investor, building to last

  Better.sg · interview by Rovik Robert
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• Nov 2021Podcast
  Unlocked

  Unlocked · Ricky Willianto
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• Oct 2021Podcast
  #23: The balance between…

  The Masters of Cashflow · Andrew Senduk
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• Aug 2021Podcast
  Going beyond public speaking

  The A-Ha! Method Podcast
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• 17 Jun 2021Podcast
  Startup fundraising, founder leadership skills and dealing with failure

  Understanding VC
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• Jun 2021Podcast
  Growth Multiplier Podcast

  Growth Multiplier
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• 29 May 2020Speaking
  Deutsche Bank Speaker Series: building an entrepreneurial mindset

  Deutsche Bank · Speaker Series (virtual), 29 May 2020
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• 28 May 2020Press
  This GE: Let’s hear plans for a “new” Singapore

  Bertha Henson’s blog
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• 19 May 2020Writing
  Public Opinion & Political Choices in Singapore: A Survey by Quad Research

  Singapore Policy Journal (Harvard Kennedy School) · by Jeremy Au and Jovin Leong
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• 12 Mar 2020Press
  Higher Ground Education acquires nanny-sharing platform CozyKin

  Business Wire press release
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• 20 Jun 2019Press
  CozyKin: Boston’s favorite nanny-sharing service launches in New York

  New York Family (coverage of CozyKin, with co-founder Tatyana Gubin interviewed)
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• 20 May 2019Press
  CozyKin raises $6 million to expand its childcare offering

  Business Wire press release
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• 20 May 2019Press
  Nanny service startup CozyKin raises $6M to expand into new markets

  EdSurge
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• 6 Oct 2017Press
  These 5 high-tech startups have made it to MassChallenge’s final judging round

  Built In Boston
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• 5 Oct 2017Press
  MassChallenge names 26 finalists for $1.5m in funding

  The Boston Globe
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• 5 Oct 2017Press
  Meet the 145 Startups in the Harvard Innovation Labs Fall Cohort

  BostInno
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• 5 Oct 2017Press
  Here Are MassChallenge’s Top 26 Startups for 2017

  BostInno
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• 28 Jun 2017Press
  Uber for nannies and other startups to compete at MassChallenge accelerator

  Metro US
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• 23 May 2017Press
  Here’s the Full List of 128 MassChallenge Startups for 2017

  American Inno
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• 15 Mar 2017Press
  CozyKin: A Child Care Startup That Encourages Sharing

  The Wire (Olin College)
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• 23 Jan 2017Video
  Singapore Perspectives: What if non-economic indicators become the measure of a country’s progress?

  Institute of Policy Studies · conference video
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• 12 Jan 2017Press
  These 12 Startups Were Investor Darlings at Unpitch

  BostInno
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• 20 Oct 2016Press
  Harvard Business School Election Poll by the Harbus

  Huffington Post (from The Harbus)
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• 19 Oct 2016Press
  Harvard MBAs: Hillary By A Landslide

  Poets & Quants
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• 25 Feb 2016Press
  Singaporeans Who Made It To The First Forbes “30 Under 30 Asia” List

  Coconuts Singapore · profile
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• Feb 2016Press
  Future Tense (3rd edition)

  Singapore Ministry of Trade & Industry Futures Group · interviewee
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• Feb 2016Press
  30 Under 30 Asia (Social Entrepreneurs)

  Forbes · profile
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• 28 Sep 2015Press
  Nine questions with the team which predicted the GE2015 results

  The Middle Ground · by Jin Yao Kwan
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• 16 Sep 2015Press
  This Is The Research Team That Predicted The Outcome Of The General Elections

  Yahoo News & Vulcan Post · by Delfina Utomo
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• Sep 2015Press
  40 under 40 for 2015

  Prestige Singapore · profile
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• 1 Jun 2015Press
  Putting heart and mind into advising charities

  The Straits Times · profile
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• Jun 2015Writing
  Saying goodbye to Conjunct Consulting

  Medium · by Jeremy Au (letter first written June 2015)
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• 15 Apr 2015Writing
  Giving a Helping Hand: Celebrating Singapore’s Social Enterprises

  Joachim Sim · book profile (SG50 Celebration Fund)
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• 6 Feb 2015Press
  Giving Back – Pro-Bono Style

  Yahoo News · profile
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• 4 Jan 2015Press
  Companies partner help groups in ‘Scalathons’

  The Straits Times · news
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• 16 Sep 2014Radio
  Is Giving Worth It? Radio interview

  938LIVE
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• 3 Sep 2014Writing
  Is Giving Worth It?

  Richard Hartung · book profile
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• 17 Jun 2014Video
  Entrepreneurship Ambassador: Jeremy Au

  Global Entrepreneurship Week
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• 7 Apr 2014Speaking
  Overview of Singapore’s Social Sector

  Civil Service College · Foundation Course (presentation)
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• 10 Mar 2014Speaking
  Transforming Data for Sustainable Social Impact

  National Council of Social Service · Impact Seminar (presentation)
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• 21 Dec 2013Press
  Nine get President’s Challenge Awards

  Business Times, via SATA
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• 9 Aug 2013Press
  ‘Growing Wave of Empathy’ for the Larger Community

  TODAY
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• 14 Oct 2012Speaking
  Strategy with Heart

  Ignite Singapore (presentation)
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• 31 Jul 2012Press
  Conjunct Consulting: Transforming the Social Sector

  Studentry.sg · magazine
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• 4 Jun 2012Press
  CSR Breaks out of its Straitjacket

  Business Times
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• 21 Feb 2012Press
  Strategy with a Heart

  Singapore Memory · magazine
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• 19 Feb 2012Press
  Not a Penny for their Thoughts

  The Sunday Times (pp. 22–23)
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• 27 Jan 2012Press
  Jeremy Au

  We Are Singapore · interview
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• UndatedPress
  Brave10 book coverage

  Berita Mediacorp
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• UndatedPress
  Strategy with a heart: the founders of Conjunct Consulting

  SG Volunteer (c. 2011–12, early days of Conjunct)
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• UndatedPodcast
  #187 Work in Progress: growing a podcast with 60,000 listeners on top of a career and fatherhood

  The Thought Leader Club Podcast
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• UndatedVideo
  S1E2: The efficiency equation, balancing growth and resources in startups

  YouTube · with Rahul
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