Christopher Quek

And when you want to talk about his life, his lifestyle is just outrageous, extravagant. But he did tell me one time that he feels that he doesn't know who he is. And I think this was just something that if you ask me to reflect back, was there a common theme? Yes, it's about every season. It's about discovering a new part about yourself that... you did not realize.

And when you want to talk about his life, his lifestyle is just outrageous, extravagant. But he did tell me one time that he feels that he doesn't know who he is. And I think this was just something that if you ask me to reflect back, was there a common theme? Yes, it's about every season. It's about discovering a new part about yourself that... you did not realize.

And not only every season, I will set a very high bar or a very high vision for myself. Like when I started off running the incubator, at a point in time, Southeast Asia and Singapore were a cowboy town when it comes to the startup ecosystem. And I decided that I wanted to change all of that.

And not only every season, I will set a very high bar or a very high vision for myself. Like when I started off running the incubator, at a point in time, Southeast Asia and Singapore were a cowboy town when it comes to the startup ecosystem. And I decided that I wanted to change all of that.

I wanted to say, let's just pay it forward, give free advice, build this ecosystem up so that we get fantastic entrepreneurs that start to grow out of this ecosystem and make real change for Southeast Asia. And I think that was my personal goal at that time. And it's changed. I will feel free to ask me, but how has it changed? But I think it's just to give you a little bit of the element of...

I wanted to say, let's just pay it forward, give free advice, build this ecosystem up so that we get fantastic entrepreneurs that start to grow out of this ecosystem and make real change for Southeast Asia. And I think that was my personal goal at that time. And it's changed. I will feel free to ask me, but how has it changed? But I think it's just to give you a little bit of the element of...

What at every stage is about really discovering yourself, which is really an exciting journey. You don't realize that you have actually a lot of things about yourself that you haven't discovered.

What at every stage is about really discovering yourself, which is really an exciting journey. You don't realize that you have actually a lot of things about yourself that you haven't discovered.

Yeah, so it was quite an interesting season in 2015 where Singapore celebrated its 50th birthday as a nation and it somehow triggered me a lot about how Singapore was evolving itself. Singapore evolved itself out of necessity where it built a whole nation, a workforce of engineers, scientists, bankers, lawyers, doctors, specialists, if you want to call it, you name it, they are there.

Yeah, so it was quite an interesting season in 2015 where Singapore celebrated its 50th birthday as a nation and it somehow triggered me a lot about how Singapore was evolving itself. Singapore evolved itself out of necessity where it built a whole nation, a workforce of engineers, scientists, bankers, lawyers, doctors, specialists, if you want to call it, you name it, they are there.

But what actually happened was we started losing a whole generation of entrepreneurs

But what actually happened was we started losing a whole generation of entrepreneurs

Yeah, so it was quite an interesting season in 2015 where Singapore celebrated its 50th birthday as a nation. And it somehow triggered me a lot about how Singapore was evolving itself Singapore evolved itself out of necessity, where it built a whole nation, a workforce of engineers, scientists, bankers, lawyers, doctors, specialists, if you want to call it. You name it, they are there.

Yeah, so it was quite an interesting season in 2015 where Singapore celebrated its 50th birthday as a nation. And it somehow triggered me a lot about how Singapore was evolving itself Singapore evolved itself out of necessity, where it built a whole nation, a workforce of engineers, scientists, bankers, lawyers, doctors, specialists, if you want to call it. You name it, they are there.

But what actually happened was we started losing a whole generation of entrepreneurs. When I did just back of envelope, just checking around with people, next-gen families, I found that they're very successful entrepreneurs, had children who are doctors or lawyers or bankers. And I was like, then who's going to take over your business? And they themselves had no clue.

But what actually happened was we started losing a whole generation of entrepreneurs. When I did just back of envelope, just checking around with people, next-gen families, I found that they're very successful entrepreneurs, had children who are doctors or lawyers or bankers. And I was like, then who's going to take over your business? And they themselves had no clue.

And one of the biggest challenge that Singapore is going to face is the lack of entrepreneurial, lack of entrepreneurship, if I might say. Entrepreneurship drives economic activity. Entrepreneurs are the ones that pool resources together and generate that economic activity.

And one of the biggest challenge that Singapore is going to face is the lack of entrepreneurial, lack of entrepreneurship, if I might say. Entrepreneurship drives economic activity. Entrepreneurs are the ones that pool resources together and generate that economic activity.

When you look at Singapore many years ago when it was founded in 1819, it was the merchants that plied the trade and entrepreneurial trading was the biggest thing. A lot of merchants were there, a lot of entrepreneurs were there, were generating economic activity.

When you look at Singapore many years ago when it was founded in 1819, it was the merchants that plied the trade and entrepreneurial trading was the biggest thing. A lot of merchants were there, a lot of entrepreneurs were there, were generating economic activity.