Milyon888 ICT Veteran Believes That Everyone Should Learn

ICT veteran believes that everyone should learn to work for him or herself and not depend on others for a living Spends time helping next generation of startups via Founder Institute Kuala Lumpur CHU Tzu Ming may not be the splashiest figure in Malaysia’s bourgeoning startup scene milyon888 but he is quietly making his presence felt, especially with the new generation of entrepreneurs. He is best known as the co-director and mentor of Founder Institute Kuala Lumpur, an entrepreneur training and startup launch programme that aims to create sustainable startup ecosystems around the world. A.

UK law graduate and Australian MBA holder milyon888 and also a veteran of the local ICT scene, Tzu Ming has spent the last 10 years helping build businesses in the Internet, mobile and technology sectors. His professional career began with stints as an analyst with leading management and technology consulting firms AT Kearney and Deloitte Consulting, where he was involved in Oracle applications and databases. Tzu Ming also counts some time as a venture capitalist in his résumé, having been a director and partner at Netrove Partners, a regional venture capital and corporate finance advisory.

Firm that provides critical capital and venture advisory services milyon888 between 2005 and 2009. The 38-year-old admits that his true entrepreneurial journey only began in late 2009, after he left his corporate post in the finance and venture capital world. “I would probably have been a better venture capitalist if I tried founding and creating a business myself. The only thing I knew reasonably well that constituted any meaningful vertical or industry expertise was in the Internet and software, where I had prior experience in. “So instead of doing something different like running a pub.

Or a fancy cafe I just looked at doing something I already had 
a reasonable footing in. We focused on data-driven media buying for e-commerce companies milyon888 ” he says. When not mentoring the next generation of would-be entrepreneurs, Tzu Ming is focused on his day job as director of Persuasion Technologies, an online analytics services firm specialising in e-commerce. “We are still a small company but I think we have had a good start and we managed to turn in a seven-figure business with a very lean team and completely bootstrapped,” he says when asked.