Matthew Low on stumbling into entrepreneurship, finding the right business partner, co-founding a chatbot tech startup with no technical background and advice on joining startups and making career moves
Description
If you are curious about joining the tech startup scene 🧑💻, aspiring to be an entrepreneur or thinking about making a big career change 💼, do not miss this episode.
Matthew Low started his career at Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), a statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Singapore in 2009 before moving on to Resorts World Sentosa (RWS). He stumbled into entrepreneurship which led him to build a content marketing agency. In 2016, he became cofounder at AiChat, a chatbot 💬 solution for enterprises and spent the next 4.5 years being the Chief Marketing and Investment Officer.
In 2021, he joined Universal Aquaculture Singapore, a company whose mission is to build global food systems of tomorrow, producing sustainable seafood 🦐. He served as its Chief Commercial Officer.
Time Stamp:
01:25: Matthew’s role as Chief Commercial Officer at Universal Aquaculture
07:07: First job at Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
09:47: How Matthew stumbled into entrepreneurship with his passion for photography
18:54: What made Matthew expand his business to a content marketing agency
20:47: Finding the right business partner
24:35: Becoming co-founder of AiChat (chatbot solution for enterprises)
29:59: Considerations of joining AiChat
41:28: Advice to get a job at a startup
58:25: Going from entrepreneur to being employee
01:01:59: Leadership style
01:06:45: Advice for people considering entrepreneurship or career switch
Episode show notes on podcast website here.
This podcast episode was recorded in Sep 2021.
About the host John Lim:
Currently based in Singapore, I’m a husband, father and a curious business and tech enthusiast. Bulk of my career so far has been centered around business development, technology, entrepreneurship and startups. I have made rather huge career switches across diverse and unfamiliar industries. You can learn more about my career journey here.
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