Sim Wong Hoo: Singapore’s Sound Card Pioneer Who Beat Silicon Valley
In 1981, Sim Wong Hoo was repairing calculators and electronic organs in a tiny workshop in Singapore. He had a technical diploma but no formal engineering degree. Singapore was a manufacturing hub, not a technology innovation center. The idea of a Singaporean company competing with American and Japanese tech giants seemed absurd. But Sim had […]
Ritesh Agarwal: Building India’s OYO from a College Dropout’s Dream
At 17, Ritesh Agarwal dropped out of college and left his small hometown of Rayagada, Odisha, with a backpack and a dream. Traveling across India on a tight budget, he stayed in hundreds of budget hotels and guesthouses. The experience was consistently terrible—dirty rooms, unreliable service, and no quality standards. He realized India’s $40 billion […]