In 2013, I started working with Blake Larson and Alex Le in building Easy Taxi, a Rocket Internet company, in Southeast Asia.
It was a sugar rush, building product, operations, marketing, data/business intelligence, and financial control/compliance, with little experience and little guidance. That was also the reason that many of us became close friends, as we were in the trenches figuring out things together.
After that experience, we went on our separate paths. Blake led the international expansion of Lalamove, grinding across the world for almost 8 years; Alex had multiple entrepreneurial journeys across Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore; I built Momentum Works and associated ventures.
We gathered in Singapore a few days ago to reflect on entrepreneurship, leadership, business culture, navigating Southeast Asia’s fragmented markets, and how to reconcile with ourselves in this lonely journey.
We recorded part of the discussion for the community, and published it through 3 episodes of the Impulso Podcast. Here you go:
E91: Founders walk a lonely road,
E92: Impact of Rocket Internet in fragmented markets
E93: Life after Rocket Internet.
We hope you enjoy these discussions, and welcome any comments/thoughts/reflections.