Hey friends, Having been asked by a number of people why I decided to transition from physics into data science, and eventually quit my job to build a startup, I'd love to share my story with you today to hopefully encourage you to keep exploring, and most importantly, inspire you to pursue your passion. You can't connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards. — Steve Jobs The truth is that I didn't know I wanted to become a data scientist when I was studying...
about 2 years ago • 4 min read
Hey friends, Hope you're having a great week. After much preparation, we finally launched Staq in Entrepreneur First Global Reveal last week. Spot us (Staq) HERE to watch our 2-min pitch with my cofounder! 😂 It was also my first time meeting many top VCs and investors at an exclusive meetup organised by EF. It was an epic night when we shared what we've been building at Staq. Excited, we even took a picture together! Taking a picture with investors As promised, I'll document my fundraising...
about 2 years ago • 5 min read
Hey friends, As we're fundraising at Staq, this week we had more than 10 investor meetings with constant pitching and fine-tuning of our pitch deck. It has been a crazy week. If you asked me if fundraising was fun a few years ago, I'd probably say YES. After being through the process myself, fundraising is definitely not an easy process although it's always exciting to speak with investors. 😂 Throughout this fundraising journey, I'll also share some lessons learned along the way with you to...
about 2 years ago • 5 min read
Hey friends, Hope you're having a great week so far. As you may have already known, we are preparing to fundraise at Staq, so things are pretty hectic this week. Personally, this is my first time doing fundraising. So I'm quite excited and will definitely share with you what we've learned along the way. This week, I'd love to share with you 3 things: 4 steps to ask the right questions as a data scientist How I was blinded by my own ignorance before pivoting Lessons learned to make the most...
over 2 years ago • 6 min read
Hey friends, Hope you're having a great week so far. This week has been a hectic week for me as we are building a new feature at Staq, pushing for commercial traction, and preparing for something exciting (shared below 😎)! By the way, we made a big mistake in our startup journey recently and I thought of sharing this with you. Hope you'd find it useful. Let's get started! 🚀 What's in the hub today? Tip: Generalist first, Specialist later Mistake: I thought I knew it all Learning: Never assume...
over 2 years ago • 4 min read
Hey friends, Hope you're having a great week so far. Thanks for sharing your kind words after reading the first issue last week - it means a lot to me. =) I still remember when I was studying Physics in college, my first programming language was Matlab. I was bad at coding, and I hated it. I couldn't even imagine a career where I'd code for a living, let alone data science. Four years after graduation, I love programming and I do it for a living, be it in data science or my startup. What...
over 2 years ago • 6 min read
Hey friends, Hope you're having a great week so far. Today, I'm excited for 2 reasons: I finally wrote my first newsletter 🎉 I'm thrilled to share this newsletter with you, because it's like my weekly journal where I share 1 tip, 1 mistake, 1 learning, 1 book, and 1 quote, that I've learned from my data science and startup journey. To give you a bit of my background, I graduated in 2014 as a Physics fresh graduate. Found my passion in data science, I started my career as a data scientist...
over 2 years ago • 6 min read