Raising Capital, Generating Revenue, and the God Damn Exits! [PREVIEW]

Steven Goh, co-founder and CEO of mig33, is one of the most talked-about names among entrepreneurs and mobile folks in Southeast Asia. Having experience building his mobile social network empire in both the western and eastern markets, Steven is in a good position to comment on Asia vs Silicon Valley, or specifically on Singapore’s startup environment wearing both his hats. Initially, I wanted him to talk about mig33’s journey at Startup Asia Singapore. But Steven thought that wouldn’t bring much value.

Opting out of the chance to publicize or “storify” his company, Steven told me that we should talk about how startups can get from pre-revenue to capital raising and post-revenue stages. That, he feels, is more useful for entrepreneurs in Singapore. Of course, I agreed and his session is thus titled: Raising Capital, Generating Revenue, and the God Damn Exits! (see the full list agenda here)

A few of the questions I’d like to ask him:: How can a startup find the right investor in Singapore? Are Singapore-based startups, in general, attractive to investors? What’s the needed mentality/actions, in his opinion, in each of the phases mentioned? And most importantly, why are there so few exits in Singapore and what can we do as entrepreneurs to improve our chances?

On exits, I will surely be asking what Steven has in mind for mig33 in the long term. As for the short term, I’m hearing a lot of exciting things about mig33 lately. But Steven remains mum about what his company is working on. So let’s see if we can get him to reveal something live on stage. It should be fun.

Meanwhile, feel free to leave questions which you think we should ask in the comments section below.