Productivity Hacks for Startup Founders & Tips on Incorporation in Southeast Asia - Melvin Yuan
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| tim@nextbigwave.co | Season: 1 Episode: 6 |
In this episode of Next Big Wave, Tim speaks to Melvin Yuan, the founder of Stellar, a company that helps founders start and scale their businesses in Singapore and the US.
Melvin shares his journey from being in the military to becoming a founder and discusses how his military experience has influenced his approach to entrepreneurship. They also discuss the experience of going through the Iterative accelerator program and the pros and cons of incorporating a business in Singapore.
Melvin highlights the importance of good governance in Singapore and the access to capital and talent that the country offers. He also suggests that while Singapore is a great place to establish a business, it can be expensive to live there, and entrepreneurs may consider living in neighboring cities to extend their runway. In this conversation, Melvin and Tim discuss their experiences living and working in different parts of the world, including Southeast Asia and Silicon Valley.
They also exchange some of their favorite productivity hacks which are extremely practical and will help almost any founder!
Here are the highlights for this episode!
0:00 Intro
0:37 Getting to know Melvin
3:40 Being in the military before becoming a founder
7:40 Working in Public Relations
9:10 Starting a company
14:32 The difficulty of taking a sabbatical as a founder
15:40 Melvin's perspective of the Iterative Startup program
18:05 Startup programs taking back money?
22:15 What are the pros and cons of incorporating up in SG
28:35 Juicy stories in South East Asia
30:41 Juicy stories in Silicon Valley
35:23 What brought Tim to the Philippines
41:11 What Melvin loves about being a founder
43:20 How to succeed as a founder
47:06 How to quantify improving 1% a day
49:20 Dealing with feeling like you aren't doing enough
50:00 Morning pages mindfulness practice
53:16 Surprising life hacks for productivity
57:28 What would Melvin work on if he weren't working on his startup
58:15 Next guest Q&A
1:00:04 Outro
#NextBigWave #productivity
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In this episode of Next Big Wave, Tim speaks to Melvin Yuan, the founder of Stellar, a company that helps founders start and scale their businesses in Singapore and the US.
Melvin shares his journey from being in the military to becoming a founder and discusses how his military experience has influenced his approach to entrepreneurship. They also discuss the experience of going through the Iterative accelerator program and the pros and cons of incorporating a business in Singapore.
Melvin highlights the importance of good governance in Singapore and the access to capital and talent that the country offers. He also suggests that while Singapore is a great place to establish a business, it can be expensive to live there, and entrepreneurs may consider living in neighboring cities to extend their runway. In this conversation, Melvin and Tim discuss their experiences living and working in different parts of the world, including Southeast Asia and Silicon Valley.
They also exchange some of their favorite productivity hacks which are extremely practical and will help almost any founder!
Here are the highlights for this episode!
0:00 Intro
0:37 Getting to know Melvin
3:40 Being in the military before becoming a founder
7:40 Working in Public Relations
9:10 Starting a company
14:32 The difficulty of taking a sabbatical as a founder
15:40 Melvin's perspective of the Iterative Startup program
18:05 Startup programs taking back money?
22:15 What are the pros and cons of incorporating up in SG
28:35 Juicy stories in South East Asia
30:41 Juicy stories in Silicon Valley
35:23 What brought Tim to the Philippines
41:11 What Melvin loves about being a founder
43:20 How to succeed as a founder
47:06 How to quantify improving 1% a day
49:20 Dealing with feeling like you aren't doing enough
50:00 Morning pages mindfulness practice
53:16 Surprising life hacks for productivity
57:28 What would Melvin work on if he weren't working on his startup
58:15 Next guest Q&A
1:00:04 Outro
#NextBigWave #productivity
