CEO Unplugged Seminar
Hon Sui Sen Auditorium, National University of Singapore
6.30pm - 8pm
18 October 2007
The guests invited this year are Mr Ivan Lee (CEO of Thai Express, Onyx Concept Restaurant, Pin Le, Xin Wang Hong Kong Cafe, New York New York) and Mr Adam Khoo (Executive Chairman, Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group).
Adam Khoo graduated from Business Faculty, NUS while Ivan Lee graduated with a double Major in Philosophy and Economics at Faculty of Arts and Social Science, NUS.
Sharing some key points that they mentioned:
Adam Khoo- Dare to dream and find out how to get there
- For goal setting, focus not on the amount of money you wish to have, but on creating value in doing what you love to do
- No idea is original. Everything is just an add-on to something else
- Knowing how to sell oneself is important
- Good marketing makes bad products die faster
- Making money is just one of many measures of success
Ivan Lee
- Never cast any philosophy in stone
- Ego and contentment will destroy you
- Business is all about being a leader and it is not a democracy
- Be pragmatic to the core
- Pay well, and give job satisfaction (Respect, Empowerment)
- Marketing research and R&D are important. Note: R&D = Rob & Duplicate
- Get people to like you and feel comfortable with you
- Fail in order to succeed, to gain more confidence
After a year of waiting, Start-Up @ Singapore '08 is finally here!