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Launchbyte Podcast

By Bryan Lee & Friends

Be knowledgeable, not informed. We speaks out the challenges and joys about building your own thing. No Entrepreneur porn here.
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LB61 – More money, more talent?

Launchbyte PodcastDec 04, 2015

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LB77 Well defined leads to well designed

LB77 Well defined leads to well designed

Nov 10, 202046:44
LB76 Set your objectives

LB76 Set your objectives

This week, I shared with Chris that I also resigned from my workplace.  I also shared with him some stories behind how I got to this place. Chris talks about his goals and what will be his YouTube channel name. 

Oct 31, 202035:41
LB75 Experiment, or Losing Focus

LB75 Experiment, or Losing Focus

Oct 13, 202042:36
LB74 The New Launchbyte

LB74 The New Launchbyte

It has been a long time, the last podcast that we recorded together was on Oct 2018. 

Now 2 years later, we are coming back, hopefully able to maintain a biweekly schedule. 

We talk all things in our interest. This renew episode we start off casually talking about the how you can read faster by listening to an ebook and reading it at the same time. Also Chris shared some of his personal OKRs.


Sep 29, 202035:47
LB73 - Let’s talk Product Market Fit

LB73 - Let’s talk Product Market Fit

Oct 21, 201838:58
LB72 - A new talk show format

LB72 - A new talk show format

Hello everyone! Welcome to Launchbyte.

Today we are trying out something different :) we are having a mini talk show format and we have two good friends with us. Weileen and Cheng.

The topic we are taking about: Gaming and Price anchoring.

Links we discussed on the show:
- www.esportsearnings.com/games
- www.cnbc.com/2018/08/23/fortnite-revenue-twitch-youtube-gaming-money.html
- vulcanpost.com/636880/singapore-esports-team-flash-fifa-gold-medal/
Sep 17, 201844:07
LB71 – Traveling in Gobi desert with a Drone

LB71 – Traveling in Gobi desert with a Drone

Jul 31, 201753:02
LB70 – High Fat, Low Carb diet? How does it work?

LB70 – High Fat, Low Carb diet? How does it work?

What are your thoughts on High Fat, Low Carb diet?<br />
This week we talked about<br />
<br />
* What is a Keto Diet?<br />
* Why you might like to quit your job right now?<br />
* Chris’s new toy: The Zhiyun Z1 Smooth C 3-Axis Electronic Handheld Gimbal<br />
* Are you actually a gentlemen?<br />
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Jun 25, 201758:12
LB69 – Nanyang Coldbrew is the best

LB69 – Nanyang Coldbrew is the best

Jun 12, 201759:58
LB68 – A brand new year

LB68 – A brand new year

2017!!! Happy New Year everyone!
How was the New Year celebration for you all? For me, it’s more of a stay at home “family time”. It’s been a long time since Chris and I do up a show. So since we are free, we decided to a show together.
The topic of the show is “Past, Present, Future”. We talk about our past, the present and how we see the future. Here are a list of topics that we talked about.

* Find out what crazy decision I made in 30 Dec 2016 and what I’m looking to do in the coming year
* Find out what is Chris’s goal for Sphere in this brand new year
* Chris and I predict tech trends

* Live streaming
* AR/VR
* Chatbots
* Insurance Tech


* Arc Board EV: Chris got a Arc Board EV, produced by a group of Singapore. It is a kickstarter project. And you got to give them a hand because they are not doing this full
Jan 02, 201701:01:02
LB67 – Are we at PEAK SaaS?

LB67 – Are we at PEAK SaaS?

This week Chris and I talk about SaaS. We take reference from this article here about the opportunity of Sass and the possibility in the change in business model for Saas.
We shared our views on the following:

* The return to desktop apps
* Self-hosted cloud applications
* Pay once web apps
* All-in-one
* Micro SaaS built on bigger platforms

Pick of the week
Bryan: A wooden desktop stationery rack from Taobao. Cheap and good. Kinda of copy Muji in design, but it works great.
Chris: If you support local, this is a project that you should be supporting too. These guys from Arc Boards EV are building the next cool thing that you can use for city commute. The best p
Aug 14, 201647:21
LB66 – Chat with Anh-Minh Do

LB66 – Chat with Anh-Minh Do

Jul 16, 201655:26
LB65 – Really, I cannot afford to fail

LB65 – Really, I cannot afford to fail

Welcome to another Episode of Launchbyte. I am your host Chris Cai and with me with my regular cohost Bryan Lee. This is a podcast where we talk about entrepreneurship in Singapore and other random things that interest us. In this show we talk about the big F word. Failure. As a start up, especially in Singapore, we tend to shy away from the topic of Failure. How should we deal with it.
Reference:

Why Acceptance of Failure is Critical to Startup Success
Pick of the week!
Chris: Tortuga Daypack
Bryan: Laptop Stand, best buy at only $12
Jul 08, 201633:43
LB64 – How to become a better developer

LB64 – How to become a better developer

Jul 01, 201627:32
LB63 – Let’s talk about bots!

LB63 – Let’s talk about bots!

Jun 24, 201627:30
LB62 – The Reunion Show

LB62 – The Reunion Show

Our latest podcast on is also on Telegram!
In this Reunion Show! we talk about the following:

* How do we hire on a budget, especially hiring in Singapore
* How do we communicate better
* Finally what have we been doing?

May 01, 201629:40
LB61 – More money, more talent?

LB61 – More money, more talent?

An year end episode.<br />
Chris and I talks about the recruitment woes.<br />
There are much gossips inside too.<br />
Love to hear your thoughts.<br />
<br />
Dec 04, 201533:28
LB60 – Live Wisely

LB60 – Live Wisely

Sep 02, 201527:30
LB59 A Year

LB59 A Year


It’s been a year since we did up our podcast and we are finally back. This is the start of Launchbyte 3rd series. The format is once again change 😛 like our lives always do. This time round we are doing like a talk show. We dived into a topic and we go deep. This time, we love you to join us too. (Check out the venue below)
This week we talk about why you might not need an app for your business. There are so many apps out there, by introducing another app, does it make any more sense to your business?
Also we look at #pap4sg, a new app by the People’s Action Party to engage the public during the election period. Is it worth it? Maybe they could have just use Facebook? We love to hear your comments.
Podcast Location
Blk 79 Ayer Rajah Crescent 
#02-23 S(139955)
Friday 9am. 
We talk tech in asia.
Aug 23, 201522:13
LB58 Reading is important

LB58 Reading is important

Reading is important we all know that, however many of us failed to read at least a book in a year.
Why is this so?
Simply because the Internet has taken over most of our times. Remember the times when Internet wasn’t so prominent, the leisure activities involves much more engagement and interactions. Playing over at the playground, just plain running around with friends, watching some TV and also visiting the library.
Furthermore, we are chasing after time now. We like to see results in the shortest possible time. We enjoy online articles because they are shorter and easier to consume. Article like “14 Things Every Successful Person Has In Common” in list form is better than reading any successful person’s biography that is 2000 pages long.
I’m not sharing that online articles are not good. I’m writing one now mys
Oct 16, 201423:32
LB57 What Is Keeping You Awake At Night?

LB57 What Is Keeping You Awake At Night?

There are a thousand and one things for us to worry about but when you are an entrepreneur, you have to double that list because the business is you and you are the business.
In “How to startup a startup” Lecture 3, Paul Graham shared the following:
startups are all-consuming. If you start a startup, it will take over your life to a degree you cannot imagine. And if your startup succeeds, it will take over your life for a long time: for several years at the very least, maybe for a decade, maybe for the rest of your working life. So there is a real opportunity cost here. via Link
I can testified on it. Starting a company, be it a venture funded startup or a bootstrapped business. I believe that it would consume your life. The reason is simple, its like having a kid, you see the business grow and you are attached to it.
Ever work started a proj
Oct 13, 201430:25
LB56 Be Original, Find Your Voice In Blogging

LB56 Be Original, Find Your Voice In Blogging

In this show we continue talking about originality and some tips to differentiate yourself. If you have any feedback or questions leave us a note at launchbyte.com/ask. If you want to find today’s show notes, go to launchbyte.com/56
We start this show with a quote from Dr. Maya Angelou. She is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature and as a remarkable Renaissance woman.1 In the video, she shares on finding her voice.
Why having your own voice?
I have been writing for 8 years now. From writing about my daily life to sharing my thoughts starting up a business. There are many articles out on the web that highlights the importance of content. I’m sure having great content helps. But many times, it is the personality that draws in the audience.
Oct 09, 201420:17
LB55 How Not To Copy

LB55 How Not To Copy

In this show we chat about originality, copy cats and some tips to differentiate yourself. If you have any feedback please tweet at us @launchbyte, email us at hi@launchbyte.com or ask us anything here. We would love to hear your opinions about what we talk about and if you have an interesting topic you want us to discuss.
We started talking about originality because of this particular incident. Derek Low is traveler & Engineer. He was the guy who created the Ridiculously Automated Dorm during his freshman years in Berkeley.
Recently he wrote an article sharing his experience flying in the first class suite on SIA which cost him S$23000 if he had not exchanged it with his miles. There were lots of amazing photos and it was a pretty detail write up
Oct 06, 201429:17
LB54 Who We Do Not Want!

LB54 Who We Do Not Want!

If your startup is looking to hire, how would you be writing your job description?<br />
What would you think of this?<br />
<br />
This is only some parts of the image crop because we are not able to capture the full screen. So today, Chris and I talked about this issue in this podcast.<br />
As developers this is the part that I think have gone over-board = Who we do not want<br />
You are a shallow social climber whose dream is to work for Goldman Sachs because it “looks good on your CV”. You went to an Ivy League university because it would “look good on your CV”. But you couldn’t get into Goldman Sachs (or Citibank, or HSBC) because you actually have no passion for finance, just like how you want to buy that Louis Vuitton bag (because it will “look good on your social CV”) despite having no passion for design and craftsmanship. Guess what? If you were rejected by Goldman Sachs, you will be rejected by us too. For exactly the same reasons.
Sep 29, 201418:08
LB53 Say what you wanna say

LB53 Say what you wanna say

We are Rebooting! We are Rebooting! We are Rebooting!
Why Rebooting  and How are we doing things differently?
First of all, both of us love podcasting and we been getting feedback. However we like to do more, we like to reach out to more entrepreneurs because we know entrepreneurship is a hard journey. Many things that you like to share, you would not want to share it in public. And all the entrepreneur porn that you read online are mainly written by journalist who aren’t entrepreneurs themselves.
Every once in a while, friends ask us. Why do this?
We want to be the real conversation for entrepreneurs. You know to talk read problems we faced and share business tips on how we can be better. Plus starting up and building a business is a tough process and we need to talk. Otherwise, it is easy to fall into startup depression.
If you are a business owner
Sep 27, 201416:46
LB52 The Good And Bad Of Remote Working

LB52 The Good And Bad Of Remote Working

This week we talk about working remotely. What are some the benefits of working remotely? What are some ways to help your team work remotely and remain accountable? Would we recommend working remotely?
Also I like to add if you are wondering what is Singlish all about. Here is the link.
‘Singlish,’ Singapore’s unique brand of colloquial English, is the linguistic product of a society whose official common language is English, but which comprises ethnic Chinese, Malays, and Indians in a ratio of roughly 7:2:1. Borrowing freely from various dialects for its vocabulary, grammatical structures and spoken accent, Singlish has evolved into a creole that often leaves uninitiated outsiders laughing, or reeling from incomprehension. Link
And finally, before you click the listen button. This is our episode, which also means that Chris and I have been podcasting for a year. Than
Aug 17, 201438:48
LB51 Startup Worklife Balance

LB51 Startup Worklife Balance

This week we talk about work life balance. What are some of the myths we hear from people about the life style of an entrepreneur? Is it really possible to maintain this balance if you want to succeed as a business? And we share our tips for keeping yourself from burning out too quickly. All this and more on today’s show.
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Resources
Startup Misconceptions – Entrepreneurs Have a Better Work-Life Balance: Myths about start up work life balance?

* Myth #1: Entrepreneurship is the road to happiness.
* Myth #2: You can work whatever hours you want.
* Myth #3: You’ll have lots of time for your personal life.

Is it possible to maintain this balance: Silicon Vall
Aug 03, 201442:44
LB50 Mobile First Or Web First

LB50 Mobile First Or Web First

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Questions we ask ourselves

* Who are the audience
* Where would they use the app?
* How would they use the app?
* Does the user require a native experience?
* Do we have the necessary resources?
* Can web app be a start?

Resources

* Mobile First Design: Why It’s Great and Why It Sucks
* Why Mobile-First May Not Be The Best Strategy After All
* Why Android First is a Myth
* If Android is so popular, why are many apps still release
Jul 27, 201443:07
LB49 Vetting Your Business Ideas

LB49 Vetting Your Business Ideas

Jul 20, 201433:02
LB48 Should You Be Blogging On Your Startup

LB48 Should You Be Blogging On Your Startup

This week we are talking about whether you, as an entrepreneur, should you be blogging. Why blog? Who are some interesting blogger/entrepreneurs? Does it affect your start up? All this and more coming up in the show.
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An entrepreneur should blog
Chris and I believe that entrepreneurs should blog because:

* It can act as record of your thoughts: If you blog and you make an attempt to read back your old posts, you might be laughing off right now, thinking what were you thinking at the time of writing. A blog can be like a history book, learning from your mistake.
* An opportunity to build conversations and relationships with the readers: Blogging is a great channel to build feedback, but I would like highlight that it is a fine line between writing a good piece vs always promoting your content. Readers are looking for stuff that can hel
Jul 13, 201434:47
LB47 Building The Founding Team

LB47 Building The Founding Team

This week we are talking about Building a Team for your Start up. What are the skills you need in your team? Can you outsource some of these roles? Why would having it done internally be better? All this and more coming up in the show.
Mp3-Listen Here
Here are some of our sharing?
What kind of talent are you recruiting?

* Developers?
* Sales?
* Growth Hackers?
* Designers?

We believe that it depends on the stage of startup you are in. At the start it is likely your focus would be on the developers. As you moved you, you might like to get marketers and sales staff.
We believe the challenge is not in determining the talents that you need but more to finding the right team member?
Where do you find them?

* Events, would be a great place to start.
* Facebook Group, such as
Jul 06, 201449:00
LB46 Startup Game Plan

LB46 Startup Game Plan

This week Chris and I discuss about startup game plan. It is not a 20 pages kind of business plan but rather a single page plan that sets the direction and vision of the company. This game plan we believe is the building block of building a company.<br />
You may have a great idea but with execution done wrong. Everything would go to waste.<br />
But can a game plan guarantee the success of your startup? The answer is no but it can certainly help you is building your roadmap.<br />
What are the things needed in a game plan?<br />
<br />
* Vision: To be the largest social network for pets?<br />
* Financial Projections: To prepare for 18 months or have a 5 year plan?<br />
* Goals: Different goals at different stages?<br />
* Resources: Your team? money? and connections?<br />
* Time frames: Build a company to sell, exit in 3 years? or to build a one hundred years company like Evernote?<br />
* Stages of a Start up: Product building stage? Sales stage? or Growth stage? Different tasks a
Jun 29, 201437:43
LB45 Should I Be Raising Venture Capital

LB45 Should I Be Raising Venture Capital

Jun 21, 201445:39
LB44 WWDC Special

LB44 WWDC Special

This week Chris and I go crazy with WWDC. We tear down the features and discuss what it means for both developers and users.

* Listen Here

Shownotes

* WWDC: The Verge has come up with a 10 minutes video covering all the gist of the keynote.
* iOS: Lifehacker gives the most concise summary for all the new stuff on iOS 8. I love the new Photos app on iPhone and it does steals away a bit of limelight from Googleplus photos.
* Yosemite: From Lifehacker, everything you need to know about OS X 10.10 “Yosemite”.

Hosts
Chris Cai – @anttyc Bryan Lee –
Jun 08, 201457:02
LB43 Grow Your Audience With SEO

LB43 Grow Your Audience With SEO

May 31, 201401:19:05
LB42 Secret Message

LB42 Secret Message

May 25, 201430:33
LB41 Overseas Wedding

LB41 Overseas Wedding

May 18, 201437:17
LB40 Skate Scooter Is Fun

LB40 Skate Scooter Is Fun

May 10, 201429:18
LB39 Facebook Is Changing

LB39 Facebook Is Changing

May 03, 201439:27
Bootstrappers Series 04

Bootstrappers Series 04

This is the last episode of the Bootstrappers series. Previously, we talked to Ian Tay from Pixaroll about finding users who would pay for your product, Kyaw Lin Oo from EventNook about working on side projects to boost your confidence, and Jerome Chan from Ideas Incubator and Petfie about following your heart.
Last but not least, let’s talk about the money. Bootstrapping is particularly difficult because founders need to survive on the little money that they have. For Vincent Teo and Ang Qian Ling, who used to work in advertising firms, having a budget is really important, especially when they have few resources. Here, e27 chats them up about being selective when it comes to new ideas, and the constant wonder if they could grow any faster if they have more money.
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SoundCloud
You can find h
Apr 30, 201417:16
LB38 From Viddsee Studio

LB38 From Viddsee Studio

Apr 26, 201434:03
Bootstrappers Series 03

Bootstrappers Series 03

Apr 24, 201409:26
Bootstrappers Series 02

Bootstrappers Series 02

Apr 17, 201411:12
LB37 We Are Proud Of Zopim

LB37 We Are Proud Of Zopim

Apr 12, 201439:36
Bootstrappers Series 01

Bootstrappers Series 01

This Bootstrappers series is brought to you by E27 and Us.
The series consists of four episodes with four founders who have all gone through the entrepreneurship journey without a single cent of external funding.
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This week, e27 Correspondent Elaine Huang will chat with Ian Tay, Co-Founder, Pixaroll about starting up challenges like finding a market and not going for government grants.
You can find her on Twitter at @_osculate
Apr 08, 201412:28
LB25-Chat With Tomboy Tarts

LB25-Chat With Tomboy Tarts

This week, we are going for a change! Instead of the regular tech news. We talk about the local podcast scene and we have fellow podcasters Tomboy Tards with us.
We talk and we laugh so hard that this episode reach over an hour. But if you are planning to start a podcast or wonder what podcasting is all about. This is the episode for you!
About Tomboy Tarts
Tomboy Tarts is a lifestyle brand helmed by two co-owners; Raven Lim and Persis Shanker.
Why Tomboy?
Classic tomboy greats like Katherine Hepburn, Coco Chanel, Marlene Dietrich and Amelia Earhart embodied the true meaning of what being a tomboy was. They were women who oozed a free spirit with confidence and style. Women who straddled both their feminine and masculine sides with ease. Women who embraced their unique style with courage and grace without having to confo
Jan 19, 201401:03:02
04-Confused Developer

04-Confused Developer

Google Reader dead, really?
Here are some of the alternatives we are using

* feedly
* digg reader

But if you are the kind of guy, who hates being tied to a particular platform – this is for you.

Go Read works and act exactly like Google Reader yet you own all the data.
nodejs or rails
###problem:

I’m looking to learn web development, after researching around, I narrowed down to rails and nodejs but which is the better one for starter like me? Below are some of the references we used in our discussions.
Ruby-On-Rails References

* What is Rails
* Rails Tutorials
*
Jul 06, 201335:19
03-messed up

03-messed up

This week, we discuss about the productivity tools we use particularly to ToDo-Lists. There are so much Todo-list apps out there and many times, after downloading it, we often failed to complete the task we set for ourselves. If you faced the same problem as us, you will find this podcast interesting.
launchbyte-ep03:MP3 Link
Some of the other stuff that we discuss about and their relevant links.
sharing our experience of building the first app
Chris’s very first app was create for Audi, but because it is an corporate app there is no link for download.
Bryan’s first app – pomchek go where

So happy that people started using >
Instagram vs Vine
Video on Instagram

Jun 28, 201332:09
02-It’s Hazy Here

02-It’s Hazy Here

Jun 21, 201336:25
01-Restart!

01-Restart!

Jun 16, 201337:37