Sure, you have been brought on board for your expertise and direct experience. But don’t assume you are ready to jump into startup life. Please prepare! Startups function on principles that are typically the opposite of how mature companies function.

It’s every startup founder’s nightmare: you find the perfect candidate but once they join, they just are not fitting in. At this point, it may feel like you are the first startup founder who needs to let someone go.

With a strong base in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, Fave is on a mission to accelerate the offline world’s transition to the digital economy by putting growth at the centre of our merchants, our customers, our people and our partners because growth is good for everyone.

Founded in 2015, Fundnel is Singapore’s first Fintech company to provide private equity and equity-related investment opportunities to its network of investors. We sat down with Sng Khai Lin, Co-founder and CFO of Fundel to find out more about her entrepreneurial experiences.

Every hire is an important hire and that’s why hiring your first senior hire, whether an executive or a technical expert, can be a little daunting.

It’s the workplace that employees first look at to help them develop their potential. It’s also the workplace that business leaders look to apply their leadership skills.

Hustle. Crush it. Hypergrowth. Disruption. Do these phrases sound familiar? Commonly heard in the startup space, these words describe what we think of as the startup journey. Startups require people to constantly perform at their peak. This is “the hustle.” This is “crushing it.”

As hard as it is to hear, being a startup founder does not automatically qualify you to run a business. While it is likely that they would be CEO by default, founders should examine their strengths and capabilities and be honest about in their business or technical acumen. Admitting there are gaps is not a sign of founder incapability; it is the opposite.

Back in February, ConnectOne teamed up with iPrice Group, Southeast Asia’s leading price comparison and coupon platform, to conduct a team building workshop using Emergenetics® for their Leadership team in Malaysia.

In honour of Mother’s Day this month, we spoke to two startup founders, also mothers, who are at different stages of their startup journey.

Not all startups jobs are equal, and not everyone may be interested in the intense lifestyle that a startup job brings. So how do you know if you are ready to take the plunge?

The future success of your company now depends on more than just you. You need a team.

Why do candidates in Southeast Asia prefer cash to equity?If they’re so focussed on cash, doesn’t that mean they’re risk averse and unsuited to startups?

Not so fast.

Data Science is a hot topic now but who is a data scientist? This article discusses the differences between data scientists and analyst roles.