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Founder Playbook 2025: The Most Useful Insights From Our Podcast (Year-End Recap)

Founder Playbook 2025: The Most Useful Insights From Our Podcast (Year-End Recap)

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 We hit publish in October this year with a simple goal: have honest, operator-level conversations with founders building real businesses across Asia. Today’s episode is a rewind of the moments that stayed with us: building through pivots, the realities of raising money, hard decisions, and what it takes to scale across markets and time zones. Expect standout takeaways on AI learning and product validation, global payments and stablecoin rails, business lending, automotive marketplaces, and closing protection gaps through embedded insurance.💡 What You’ll Hear About* AI education before the hype, and what “AI” actually meant when most people were not paying attention * Personalized learning at scale, including why tailoring to each student matters when resources are tight * Building through constraints and pivots, from adoption friction to making tough resets when the model has to change * AI in eye health and clinical trust, and what it takes to win over conservative medical stakeholders where safety is non-negotiable * Fintech execution in Southeast Asia, and why business lending is an on-the-ground operating problem, not just a product thesis * Scaling a car platform beyond classifieds, including how financing and insurance become real growth levers * Payments infrastructure and stablecoin rails, built for real-world merchants without the “crypto experience,” plus operational realities* Lessons learnt: leadership under pressure, including the hardest calls founders make, the emotional cost, and how teams rebuild and grow⏱️ In this Episode0:00 – Introduction0:36 – Joleen Liang - “AI” before it was a buzzword: adaptive learning and scalable education 2:07 – Kevin Choi - Eye health + AI: earning clinician trust when safety comes first 2:54 – Kelvin Teo - Harvard-to-Southeast Asia: why fintech opportunity is real, but execution is everything 7:02 – Aaron Tan - Building in an “unsexy” category: why cars can still be a massive business 10:48 – David Isaac - From idea to real business: validation, A/B testing, and scenario thinking 14:48 – Rob Schimek - The future of insurance: protection gaps, distribution, and what actually scales18:07 – Joleen Liang - Going global in edtech: the US market, localization, and teacher capacity constraints 21:44 – Eric Barbier - Stablecoins without the crypto experience: global merchants, time zones, and real use cases 26:17 – Aaron Tan - Scaling into new countries: team first, local realities, and avoiding expensive mistakes 28:39 – Kevin Choi - Fundraising reality check: “money is cold” and what that teaches founders 30:07 – Eric Barbier - How VCs think: incentives, expectations, and the founder–investor mismatch 31:12 – Kelvin Teo - Timing and conviction: raising when it matters, and what investors look for 32:32 – Rob Schimek - Proving you are worth backing: partners, differentiation, and defensibility 36:47 – Neo Zhizhong - The hardest leadership decision: letting people go and living with it 37:56 – Kevin Choi - Hiring and HR mistakes: what Kevin regrets and what he learned 39:34 – Aaron Tan - Expansion lessons: what did not go to plan and how to recover fast (Aaron)41:36 – Joleen Liang - “Rising from the ashes”: regulatory shock, revenue collapse, and the pivot 48:00 – Eric Barbier - Leadership style: autonomy vs micromanagement, and what teams need 49:25 – Aaron Tan - Talent and culture: why people should come and go, and what that signals 52:38 – Joleen Liang - Female leadership: strength, softness, and how influence actually works 53:43 – Managing Work-Life Balance📚 References (Mentioned in the Episode)People* Miro Lu — https://www.linkedin.com/in/mirolu* Aaron Tan — https://www.linkedin.com/in/aarontan/* David Isaac Mathews — https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidisaacm/?originalSubdomain=sg* Neo Zhizhong (Neo) — https://www.linkedin.com/in/zzneo/* Dr Joleen Liang — https://www.linkedin.com/in/joleen-liang-70b11ba4/* Derek Haoyang Li — https://www.linkedin.com/in/derek-haoyang-li-076432173/* Kevin Choi — https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinchoi-mediwhale/* Kelvin Teo — Co-Founder & Group CEO, Funding Societies | Modalku — https://www.linkedin.com/in/tkelvin/* Reynold Wijaya — Co-Founder, Funding Societies | Modalku — https://www.linkedin.com/in/reynoldwijaya/* Eric Barbier — CEO, Triple-A.io — https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericbarbier/* Rob Schimek — https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-schimek-59b37a1/* Peter Thiel — https://thielfoundation.orgCompanies and Organizations* Carro — https://carro.co/sg/en* AIPath.one — https://www.aipath.one/* Geniebook — https://www.geniebook.com* Squirrel Ai Learning — https://squirrelai.com/about/* Mediwhale - https://mediwhale.com/* Funding Societies | Modalku — https://fundingsocieties.com* Triple-A.io — https://triple-a.io* bolttech — https://www.bolttech.io* Trip.com — https://www.trip.com* Lego — https://...
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