Singapore

9 statements across 7 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Mar 4, 2021 by E-Ling Lim · said 129 times in 40 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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brought up most by Sean Weisbrot (73), Nick Jonsson (19), E-Ling Lim (9), Paul Ong (6), Simon Schillebeeckx (5), James Mays (3), Sherry Shannon-Vanstone (2), Michael Lazerow (2)

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Everything said about Singapore, oldest first

Mar 4, 2021 neutral
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Lim: Singaporean startups must expand overseas due to small domestic market
“In Singapore, for example, the market's really small. So for a lot of Singaporean startups, they are, they do have an ambition and, you know, even from a VC perspective, there is a need for them to expand overseas.”
E-Ling Lim Mar 4, 2021 ▶ 8:42 The Truth About Funding 2,400 Companies in 70 Countries
Mar 4, 2021 positive
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Lim: Asian Founders Solve Market-Specific Problems Rather Than Copying US Models
“The problems that you see in Indonesia, the problems that you see in Singapore, the problems that you see in Philippines or in Korea, they are all different. The market is different. The users is different. The habits, behaviors, everything is different. So fo…”
E-Ling Lim Mar 4, 2021 ▶ 15:06 The Truth About Funding 2,400 Companies in 70 Countries
Mar 20, 2021
Disclosure
Weisbrot: Singapore entity avoids hiring citizens to bypass local taxes
“We don't hire any Singaporean citizens, even though we're a Singaporean entity. So we can avoid a lot of the extra taxation and requirements that the government places on a company that hires a local citizen.”
Sean Weisbrot Mar 20, 2021 ▶ 18:08 France's Two-Tier System: The 1% Pay No Taxes Legally
Apr 13, 2021
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Weisbrot created a sunsetting founder share structure for his Singapore startup
“So what I did was I got my lawyer to research it cause it's not common in Singapore. So I got him to research it and we built a founders fund share system for me, but with the goal that if we go public, Upon going public, I instantly lose half the voting power…”
Sean Weisbrot Apr 13, 2021 ▶ 15:50 The Phantom Stock Plan Founders Use Before Going Public
Sep 27, 2022
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Weisbrot: Tech company is incorporated in Singapore with zero local staff
“My tech company is incorporated in Singapore actually, and we don't have an office and None of our employees are Singaporean.”
Sean Weisbrot Sep 27, 2022 ▶ 24:13 He Wrote the Book on Executive Loneliness After Losing a Friend to Suicide
Sep 27, 2022
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Jonsson: Startups can hire ten staff in Indonesia versus two in Singapore
“If you're starting up small and you have X amount of money, you can get the 10 staff in Indonesia or two, three sitting in Singapore.”
Nick Jonsson Sep 27, 2022 ▶ 24:36 He Wrote the Book on Executive Loneliness After Losing a Friend to Suicide
Dec 23, 2022
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Foreign Investment in India is Difficult Compared to Singapore
“Investing in India is little difficult because of some of the government norms people, people do find difficult in investing in India and in Singapore, it's quite easy. Because the process and the business why is they, they've set up themselves. So it's compar…”
Vaibhav Tiwari Dec 23, 2022 ▶ 10:13 Why a Weekly Email Changed What Founders Thought Mattered
Jan 18, 2023 neutral
Disclosure
Schillebeeckx: Handprint removed 'fundraising' from marketing to avoid regulatory liabilities
“We very recently had to do a massive sweep through our website, all of our sales materials. And so to make sure that the word fundraising does not appear in that in the, in that documentation, because it's very easy to explain to people that, This is, we work …”
Simon Schillebeeckx Jan 18, 2023 ▶ 26:33 3 White Male Co-Founders Noticed a Pattern and Changed It
Aug 11, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Dubois: Singapore Builds Multi-Story Factories Due to Land Scarcity
“There's actually a ton of manufacturing that happens on the island, which is crazy. I mean, they have to build up, not out because they don't have any land. So you'll have these large buildings where one floor they're making pharmaceutical ingredients. The nex…”
Brian Dubois Aug 11, 2024 ▶ 28:06 Lights Out Factories: When the Goal Is No Humans Inside
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