Tag Archives: emerging designers

It never stops

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Landed in New York last Tuesday at 10pm. Unpacked a little, read over questions for a tech chat for Silicon Dragon the next day. Attended speakers’ luncheon and promptly entered food coma…cut out early to nap before the actual event. Snoozed twice before rushing to midtown to make it in time for my slot. Did 3 TV interviews and then went on stage. Wore hat to cover up bad bangs, threw on some makeup to look alive. Executed tech chat with no major glitches. Stayed afterward and met a gazillion promising contacts. Success.

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Hunt Gone Awry

Escaping the rain with a LUXE guide and Vietnamese iced coffee in L'usine, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Escaping the rain with a LUXE guide and Vietnamese iced coffee at L’usine.

Our first day in Ho Chi Minh City revolved around escaping the heavy downpour, mastering how to cross the traffic light-less streets in one piece, communicating with our hands/facial expressions and scoping out boutique stores.

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5 destinations, 3 weeks, 1 goal

Korean sunglasses at PMQ, Central, Hong Kong.

One of the amazing things about pivoting ZAOZAO to a travel-inspired shopping site is the opportunity to travel on a regular basis. I split my time between New York, Singapore and Hong Kong, and travel to South East Asian countries every 6 months or so to scout new designers. Imagine jetting to exotic places that are just as breathtakingly beautiful in person as they are in photos, treating your tastes buds to interesting local flavors, losing yourself in local attractions, exploring the local design scene and meandering busy streets all in the name of work. Pretty sweet right?

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Laid Back Fridays

Met with the co-founder & CEO of e27 this afternoon.

Only one meeting on today’s agenda. #laidbackfridays

Was connected with the co-founder & CEO of e27 a few weeks ago after meeting with one of INSEAD’s faculty members. Have been meaning to sit down with him to give him a sneak peek of our new site and introduce the new features, but because of my utterly manic travel and work schedule, it only happened today.

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Freedom

Boutique hotel on Ann Siang Hill, Singapore.

Scarlet, a pre-war shophouse turned into a boutique hotel on Ann Siang Hill.

One of the perks of running your own startup is the freedom that comes with it. Everything goes. Working in al fresco cafe while sipping wine in the afternoon, setting up Skype meetings in bed, discussing collaboration opportunities over a polo match, turning happy hour drinks with potential clients into an impromptu bar crawl, turning designers meetings into window shopping sprees… you get the (awesome) picture. As long as you get the job done, it doesn’t really matter how or where you do it.

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