Month: April 2021

Ep 15: How Can You Leverage on Your Corporate Experience to Start a Business? – Gustavo Liu from Rescale Lab

Apr 21, 2021 | ,

In episode #15 of Chills w TFC, we bring on a high flying corporate banker who left his job and founded his own tech startup, Rescale Lab, a venture building ecosystem. Essentially, what they do is they help people start businesses lah and they built a software stack to facilitate this process. Join me as I chill with Gustavo Liu from Rescale Lab to discuss about the entrepreneurship. What are some main challenges people face when trying to become an entrepreneur? How does he go about choosing the right people to hang out with? What are some things he had to adapt to when transitioning from his corporate life to an entrepreneurial life? Tune to to find out!

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Ep 12: Commercial Strate Properties & the Important Matrixes Behind them – Jacqueline Wang from JMD

Apr 20, 2021 | ,

In episode #12 of Coconut Avenue, we are joined by Jacqueline, the Co-founder of JMD. JMD has built outstanding investment properties in Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Singapore. They’re headquartered in Singapore and their expertise focuses on major commercial properties with strong experience in the shophouse sector. Tune in as we discuss with Jacqueline about strata commercial properties. What are some qualities to look at for commercial strata properties? How does fragmented owners and location affect the demand of your commercial strata properties? How do you reverse engineer to estimate the demand of your commercial strata properties and better predict the rent structure? How is remote working affecting the demand of commercial strata offices and what direction is it heading? What are some advice she has for first time property buyers who are interested in investing in commercial strata spaces?

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Ep 86: What Are The Risk Factors that Matters to Retail Investors & How Do You Solve it?

Apr 19, 2021 | ,

In episode #86, we share 3 kinds of risks that matters to retail investors. In the grand scheme of things, there are many things that are uncertain, but not all uncertainties matter and not all uncertainties matter equally. Similarly, not all risk are equally important. And today, we will build on last weeks episode on the core understanding of risk to share with you the risk you should care about as well as those that you shouldn’t. Tune in as we share with you the more relevant risks you should care about. What are our objectives as retail investors? And what risks are relevant important given those set of objectives? What kind of risks are less relevant? How can you go about reducing those risks that are matters?

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Ep 14: What are NFTs & Why are Some Worth Millions? – Reuben Noronha

Apr 14, 2021 | ,

In episode #14 of Chills w TFC, we bring on crypto-enthusiast who has worked in Bain & Co, Zilingo and multiple start-ups. NFTs(Non fungible tokens) have been making their rounds in the media cycle. But, what do they actually do and what potential do they bring to the table? Join me as I chill with Reuben Noronha to dive deep into NFTs. How does NFTs work? What is going on in the space? What is the potential that it can bring to the table for the creator economy? What is the technology behind it? Can this be a potential latest investment tool out there today? How can you pick NFTs and how does that work? How are they priced? What are some risks in buying NFTs? Tune to to find out!

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Ep 11: What Are Some Important Matrixes & Thought Processes Behind Shophouse Investing? – Jacqueline Wang from JMD

Apr 13, 2021 |

In episode #11 of Coconut Avenue, we are joined by Jacqueline, the Co-founder of JMD. JMD has built outstanding investment properties in Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Singapore. They’re headquartered in Singapore and their expertise focuses on major commercial properties with strong experience in the shophouse sector. Tune in as we discuss with Jacqueline about commercial properties and shophouses. What are some matrixes and thought processes behind valuing and investing commercial assets or shophouses? Can these processes be applied for residential investing? How does the condition, fundamental land value, neighbouring land value and assets all affect the valuation process? What are some important questions to ask before investing in commercial or shophouse properties?

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