This week we are talking about Building a Team for your Start up. What are the skills you need in your team? Can you outsource some of these roles? Why would having it done internally be better? All this and more coming up in the show. Mp3-Listen Here Here are some of our sharing? What kind of talent are you recruiting? * Developers? * Sales? * Growth Hackers? * Designers? We believe that it depends on the stage of startup you are in. At the start it is likely your focus would be on the develope...
Jul 06, 2014•49 min
This week Chris and I discuss about startup game plan. It is not a 20 pages kind of business plan but rather a single page plan that sets the direction and vision of the company. This game plan we believe is the building block of building a company. You may have a great idea but with execution done wrong. Everything would go to waste. But can a game plan guarantee the success of your startup? The answer is no but it can certainly help you is building your roadmap. What are the things needed in a...
Jun 29, 2014•38 min
If you are planning to start your own business, you would usually be faced with the issue of raising capital. Many of my friends who are starting out faced the same issues too and they usually have the following questions in mind: * Should I bootstrap or should I be raising capital? * If I raised capital, how much equity should I give out? * How do I value my company now? * Who are the investors? * Will I lose control of the company? These are some of the questions that you have in your mind too...
Jun 21, 2014•46 min
This week Chris and I go crazy with WWDC. We tear down the features and discuss what it means for both developers and users. * Listen Here Shownotes * WWDC : The Verge has come up with a 10 minutes video covering all the gist of the keynote. * iOS : Lifehacker gives the most concise summary for all the new stuff on iOS 8. I love the new Photos app on iPhone and it does steals away a bit of limelight from Googleplus photos. * Yosemite : From Lifehacker, everything you need to know about OS X 10.1...
Jun 08, 2014•57 min
This week, we have Tomboy Tarts and Weileen to talk about how we can grow our audience with SEO. * Listen Here * Google Hangout Tools used for SEO * Mozbar * WooRank Tools used for Content Marketing * See how your blog post turns up on Facebook *...
May 31, 2014•1 hr 19 min
This week, Chris and I shares our view on the coup in Thailand and how social media is affecting the situation. We also talked about Facebook is rolling out a “Privacy checkup” feature which I just caught it on my feed. If you have a moment, I love hear your views about how we do? Good, bad or should we stop doing this to break your ears. Tweet us Listen Here Tech News Of The Week * Facebook gets serious about privacy with “checkups” for all, change to “Friends only” setting * Big surge in mobil...
May 25, 2014•31 min
This week, Bryan attended his first overseas wedding on Sat, so we had our podcast recorded late. We put our focus on Microsoft in Home Automation and Xiaomi “The China Apple”. Listen Here Tech News Of The Week * Microsoft * Flappy Bird * Xiaomi * Apple * GrabTaxi Hosts Chris...
May 18, 2014•37 min
This week, we talk about the rumours on Apple buying Beats, Google Maps update and Should I continue with Nightly now that Yahoo came up with a News Digest app. Listen Here Tech News Of The Week * From BBC Apple ‘in talks’ to buy Beats for $3.2bn 2 . From Google Google Maps adds Uber * From TechInAsia Yahoo News Digest * From Vulcan Harvard grad wows the world with 3D make-up printing. * From Twitter Opinion...
May 10, 2014•29 min
This week, We talk about the Facebook F8 Developer Conference, Is the tablet market dying?, how about Twitter’s growth? Is it more important to make money or to have user growth? And finally, using reddit to express your feeling and emotions. Listen Here Announcement We are launching a new video podcasting channel. Check out some of the background works in place . Tech News Of The Week * From Cnet – Samsung launched new audio products * From Ben-evans – iPads and tablet growth * From VulcanPost ...
May 03, 2014•39 min
This is the last episode of the Bootstrappers series. Previously, we talked to Ian Tay from Pixaroll about finding users who would pay for your product, Kyaw Lin Oo from EventNook about working on side projects to boost your confidence, and Jerome Chan from Ideas Incubator and Petfie about following your heart. Last but not least, let’s talk about the money. Bootstrapping is particularly difficult because founders need to survive on the little money that they have. For Vincent Teo and Ang Qian L...
Apr 30, 2014•17 min
This week, We talk about the support of Series A investment from our local government. Facebook becoming your breaking news source, Apple adds Siri to Apple TV and the status of Project Ara. Download Mp3 Here Tech News Of The Week * From Facebook – Announcing FB Newswire, Powered by Storyful * From 9To5Mac – iOS 7.1 code indicates Apple working on Siri for Apple TV * Vulcan Post – Google making a smartphone you can build at home * From Apple – Better * From e27 –...
Apr 26, 2014•34 min
Two weeks ago, we brought you the chat we had with Ian Tay Pixaroll, and last week, we spoke to Kyaw Lin Oo EventNook. Both entrepreneurs had started their companies from scratch without a single cent of external financing. This week, we have Jerome Chan from Ideas Incubator, who talks about following your heart and allowing passion to fuel your idea forward. Say Hello to Chan, the Co-founder of Petfie, a social network for pet lovers. Listen Here SoundCloud You can find her on Twitter at @_oscu...
Apr 24, 2014•9 min
Last week, we announced that e27 has entered the audio space with our very first podcast series Bootstrappers. We loved our chat with Ian Tay, Co-founder, Pixaroll! To recap, he spoke about how entrepreneurs who are on the path of self-funding should find a market and understand how to make money before anything else. This week, we are rolling up our sleeves with Kyaw Lin Oo, a Burmese entrepreneur in Singapore who has founded EventNook . Here he talks about the value of friendship when working ...
Apr 17, 2014•11 min
This week, Big announcements from Dropbox. Zopim got brought for $30M. Starhub launches new crowdsourcing platform and Alibaba into content businesses? Download Mp3 Here Hot This Week * From Forbes: Dropbox * From Techcrunch: Zopim * From Vulcan Post: Starhub launches new crowdsourcing platform * From CNET: Heartbleed bug...
Apr 12, 2014•40 min
This Bootstrappers series is brought to you by E27 and Us. The series consists of four episodes with four founders who have all gone through the entrepreneurship journey without a single cent of external funding. Listen Here This week, e27 Correspondent Elaine Huang will chat with Ian Tay, Co-Founder, Pixaroll about starting up challenges like finding a market and not going for government grants. You can find her on Twitter at @_osculate...
Apr 08, 2014•12 min
This week, we are going for a change! Instead of the regular tech news. We talk about the local podcast scene and we have fellow podcasters Tomboy Tards with us. We talk and we laugh so hard that this episode reach over an hour. But if you are planning to start a podcast or wonder what podcasting is all about. This is the episode for you! About Tomboy Tarts Tomboy Tarts is a lifestyle brand helmed by two co-owners; Raven Lim and Persis Shanker . Why Tomboy? Classic tomboy greats like Katherine H...
Jan 19, 2014•1 hr 3 min
Google Reader dead, really? Here are some of the alternatives we are using * feedly * digg reader But if you are the kind of guy, who hates being tied to a particular platform – this is for you. Go Read works and act exactly like Google Reader yet you own all the data. nodejs or rails ###problem: I’m looking to learn web development, after researching around, I narrowed down to rails and nodejs but which is the better one for starter like me? Below are some of the references we used in our discu...
Jul 06, 2013•35 min
This week, we discuss about the productivity tools we use particularly to ToDo-Lists. There are so much Todo-list apps out there and many times, after downloading it, we often failed to complete the task we set for ourselves. If you faced the same problem as us, you will find this podcast interesting. launchbyte-ep03:MP3 Link Some of the other stuff that we discuss about and their relevant links. sharing our experience of building the first app Chris’s very first app was create for Audi, but bec...
Jun 28, 2013•32 min
haze monitoring apps beside the “beautiful design” NEA app, here are some apps from the our local developers * pee_S_ai by @anttyc * psi by dev house replaid * sg spi by dashsell This is the official for you to get data not sure if you will find it useful NEA API because they are updated either monthly or daily. interesting events/initiative started due to haze * The PSI Is Right * Group Purchase For N95 we have no links with alldealasia, and we do not take any form of commission. we just find i...
Jun 21, 2013•36 min
And we are back! We here at Launchbyte talk about news that we think are of interest to the tech community in Singapore and discuss the local tech start up scene. We are back stronger and plan to make launchbyte a success. Links We Share About DIgital, creative and marketing jobs pay less in Singapore but why? http://e27.co/2013/06/13/digital-creative-and-marketing-jobs-pay-less-in-singapore-but-why/ Amobee opens new Asian HQ in Singapore http://e27.co/2013/06/12/amobee-opens-new-asian-headquart...
Jun 16, 2013•38 min
