PinnedLeigh McKiernoninStartup StashHow to Sell Your Startup and Still Keep Your Soul (Just Kidding, the Soul is Part of the Deal)Once upon a time, not in an enchanted forest or a kingdom far, far away, but in the bustling hubs of Southeast Asia — Singapore’s…10 min read·Sep 14, 2023--1--1
PinnedLeigh McKiernoninStartup StashWhen “Rocket-Ship Growth” Means Strapping Yourself to a Firework: A Founder’s TaleGet ready to take a sip of reality with that bubble tea in hand! Today, we delve deep into the tumultuous, thrilling, and at times…8 min read·Aug 16, 2023--1--1
PinnedLeigh McKiernoninStartup StashTech Titans Tussle: The Startup ‘Hunger Games’ South-East Asia EditionAs dawn breaks over the concrete jungle of the startup landscape, a fierce and peculiar brand of gladiators prepare to step into the arena…13 min read·Jul 26, 2023----
PinnedLeigh McKiernonSoutheast Asia’s Silicon Valley Sweepstakes: Who’s Next?Reports are sweeping in from every corner of the planet, faster than a typhoon riding the tailwind of a tropical storm. From the verdant…14 min read·May 17, 2023----
PinnedLeigh McKiernonThe Startup Circus: A World of Cash Jugglers, Rookie Ringleaders, and Angel InvestorsWelcome, to the mystifying parallel universe of tech startups in Indonesia, where cash burns with the ferocity of a forest fire in…11 min read·Apr 12, 2023----
Leigh McKiernonThe 2nd Annual Aplikaskars: Where Startups Celebrate Everything But Success11 min read·5 days ago--1--1
Leigh McKiernonCinderella CEO: From Rags to Riches, and Other Outlandish Corporate Fairy TalesOnce upon a time in a faraway corporate land, there lived the most inspiring myth of them all: the rags-to-riches fairy tale. The…8 min read·May 9, 2024----
Leigh McKiernonThe Mysterious School of Hard Knocks: The Most Elite Education You Never HadOh, you attended Stanford? How utterly charming. Harvard? That’s so last century. MIT? A snoozefest, truly. For the truly daring and…7 min read·May 7, 2024----
Leigh McKiernonSo You Want to Move Back to Indonesia: A Survival Guide for Globe-Trotting IndonesiansSo, there you were, luxuriating in your ergonomic office chair across the globe, showing off your latest tech gadgets that most people only…8 min read·May 7, 2024----
Leigh McKiernonDehumanization Capital: How Modern Work Policies Are Turning Us into Well-Oiled (But Soulless)…In today’s corporate world, it seems that companies cherish processes over people, like a parent favoring the robot vacuum over their…7 min read·May 1, 2024----
