Sharon is currently pursuing her final semester at the Singapore Management University, and co-leads the StartupRoots Singapore programme 2012. Apart of these formal pursuit, she's fascinated with the harmonization of separate components to form palatable creations. Current raves include UX, customer development, architecture/space design, and cooking. Spot her at her blog and @sharonlourdes.
February 1, 2012 by Sharon Lourdes Paul
This is the fourth article from the “Mistakes made, lessons learnt” series. Check out all the articles here.
Company & founder: Gina Romero
Biggest mistake made: Failing ask for help from others when confronted with an unexpected big offer
Most memorable setback: Missing out on a potentially big deal – to be the main wireless Internet infrastructure supplier for a housing estate. Read more
October 30, 2011 by Sharon Lourdes Paul
This is the third article from the “Mistakes made, lessons learnt” series. Check out all the articles here.
Biggest mistake made: Assuming that everyone will think highly of his idea and participate.
Most memorable setback: Having only two clients in the first year of business. Read more
October 3, 2011 by Sharon Lourdes Paul
This is the second article from the “Mistakes made, lessons learnt” series. Check out all the articles here.
Biggest mistake made: Not having a clear business model right from the start
Most memorable setback: Having to shut down the service totally after a year’s work.
Before PropertyGuru and iProperty dominated online property search in Singapore, there was Homespace.sg, a portal which connected property buyers with sellers (see articles on the website here and here). Although packed with an impressive suite of features, they eventually failed to live up to expectations. We met with co-founder Vinod to glean from his experiences. Read more
July 20, 2011 by Sharon Lourdes Paul
This is the first article from the “Mistakes made, lessons learnt” series. Check out all the articles here.
Over the past few years, Singapore enjoyed some small celebrations in its startup scene. There has been some prominent acquisitions, as well as the setting up of new VC funds and places of gathering for like-minded entrepreneurs.
However, the brutal truth is that behind every news of success is a story of failure. As such, we decided to roll out a series called: “Mistakes made, Lessons learnt”. At SGE, we hope to do our part by enabling start-up members to learn from each other and collectively help put Singapore on the world map. Read more
