We are being imported (well… importing ourselves :))
The issue is that not many software entrepreneur’s/vc’s (in OZ & NZ) know of the SG tax/investment benefits (then again, not many of them would understand how to efficiently utilize tax treaties & _export_ their global income from OZ virtually tax free). Ironically, I only learn’t of the SG tax/investment benefits during a recent visit to your country. Its not like my local accountants/lawyers are going to tell me (or even know) & lose my bizo is it! :). As educated as they are (or might like to think), they’re hung up on SG being a dictatorship (which is kinda ironic given they’ve probably never visited SG themselves).

Some of you should be glad that you can get hitched below 30yrs. That’s something that is incredibly difficult down here. Also, once you start down the entrepreneurial track (as a single), its very difficult to find any time to date (let alone sleep), given we now live/work in a global market with a global timezones. Having said that, I have no doubt that a great wife can be very supportive, then again, where does one find a great wife???

For the less fortunate, there may be some truth in it but the fact that you are commenting on this blog should mean that you are learnt enough to judge for yourself if you want to take risks even if your parents disagree. All you need is the will power I’m sure before long, even you negative parents will buy into the idea.

If one does not have the courage to start a business, admit it. Please don’t shift the blame to you wife, parents, brother, uncles… etc…

I assure you that there will always be disagreements or will always have nay-slayers, but the successful are able to turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to those. Personally, these negative individual drives me on to prove that THEY ARE WRONG and not to whine at Confucius!

true enough Singaporean girls want to get hitched pre 30, but that’s not the real issue. If the girl assumes that she never has to earn a salary gain and the guy ahs to go out and earn that’s an issue stemming from marriage

actually it’s the parents who mercilessly badger their kids into taking the safe route. they force them into rote learning in school, badger them into getting jobs ASAP and whine when they are not seeing grandkids.

It’s not an Asian thing, it’s a Signaporean thing. i was having a chat with with a HK -based ang moh today who claimed that HK parents mercilessly badger their kids into starting business on the side while working.

Singapore has a curious brand of morality that seems to eb a hybrid between western christian sensibilities and confucian respect for the opinion of elders which essenntialyl stops both old and young from ever takign risks

when there is a change in government in SGP i.e. never then people might think different

but for now, it is simply NOT ALLOWED to take a chance. You will do as you are told by your parents and that is that.

there is no spirit of rebellion in singapore in either social, political or familial life. hence no-one is going to jump first. And as we all know, Singaporeans like being taken care of. Life’s too easy taking the handouts, so why change?

late (early) marriage vs entrepreneurship

only then we could say..

if not…

Keep up the great work!

Evan.

On a separate note, I’ll be migrating to http://www.whysgentrepreneurssuck.com. That’s quite a mouthful indeed heh.

BabeAroundU.com may sound interesting.