Should I have said something else?

Went for an important pitch this afternoon. The pitch flow was ok but the panelists had something else in mind for the directions of the company.

I did not quite agree with them as I always felt that as a company, providing better services at a cheaper rate would be how we gain market share instead of leveraging on other mechanics.

I stood firm to what I believed in and fought a tough battle together with my partner. Came out with only a 50/50 chance of getting the money.

Now..I am starting to think if I should have said something else. Maybe I will revisit this post couple of months down to road to see if I made the right decision.



The Young CEO

Start Work at 7am, End by 5pm

Been trying out a new routine instead of working late into the night.

I found that it works better as there are alot of distractions that pop up in the late morning to early afternoon. The Facebook posts, emails, articles. Most of them start when people reach the office at 9am and clear out their To-do list.

I think I am sticking to this routine. At least I am able to get in a full 2-3 hours of pure work each morning before the distractions appear all around. Willpower and concentration? It doesn't work out that well when clients start calling in or when the whatsapp comes in.

What do you do when feeling down? CAT NAP!

Had 3 pitches today and got caught in the rain while doing so. The first pitch pretty much took up the whole morning and it was terrible. Almost got into an argument with the panelist as we were looking at 2 different directions for the company.

I had pretty much put up a tough fight in terms of steering the way I want my company to grow. We shall see how it goes.

Left the place for the next appointment (back to back) which I had about an hour buffer time. It was raining really heavily and I braved the rain trying to look for a bus stop (I did not drive today).

After the 2nd appointment, decided on crashing home for abit before the 3rd appointment in the evening. Grabbed a hearty lunch (didn't have breakfast) and it was about 3pm before I ate anything today.

I had quite a number of things in my To-do List but decided on putting everything aside and taking an hour nap. Woke up and continued work for the next 3 hours before my evening appointment.

The cat nap worked wonders else I have already fallen sick from walking in the rain all afternoon.

The Young CEO

What would be a good add to the portfolio?

I have my eye on 3 stocks:
GSH
Super Group
Sembcorp

All 3 have good financial standings, are nowhere near their 52 weeks high and have good management teams.

Keeping an eye on them.

Anyone else has any watchlist on which to buy for Christmas?


The Young CEO

Bad Luck Brian

Do you believe in bad luck?

I try not to but sometimes I think some people are bad luck. Maybe it is just the energy between 2 people that makes me feel this way. It is days where everything goes wrong just because the 2 of you worked together. It is like the 2 of you can not work together.

Superstition? Or just not fated?

What do you guys think?

The Young CEO

Dividend Plays

I always believed in diversifying the income streams and thus have been investing in both dividend plays and growth stocks since I started working.

There was a site that compiled the list of SGX stocks which gave dividends. 

There are 234 SGX stocks that have been paying dividends regularly over the past 5 years.

Cleaned up the list for companies paying above healthy 4% annual dividends, have positive ROE of at least 5% over 5 years, reasonable PE ratio below 18 and a healthy Debt to Capital of under 0.4. We still have 55 companies left standing. Shall share the dropbox link below.

Enjoy~

Dividend Players [Disclaimer: Caveat Emptor. Lose money don't find me, make money please share with me]

The Young CEO

The A-Team

The team especially the starting team is really important. Who goes in or out will really determine if the company floats or flop in the initial phases.

Came across this article recently so decided on sharing

Hiring Talents
Steve often said, "Make sure you're hiring only A-players." Hire a few B-players, he said, and they hire B's and C's, and pretty soon the whole operation is going to pot. Obviously not everyone can afford to hire only A-players. So how do you find people who are exceptionally talented and a good fit? One of the greatest sources is your own employees. Really sharp people generally prefer the company of other really sharp people. When you need to hire someone, you ask the people on the team to recommend somebody they admire.


The Young CEO

Taking a break

The past week has been slow.

With the 2 recent Public Holidays (Hari Raya and Deepavali), our suppliers and developers took a longer time to provide updates. In addition, it so happened that the past week was my co-founders and my birthdays. Coincidence that all our birthdays fall within the same week or so.

We decided to pulling back on the rush hour slightly and working our butt off this week. It is going to be a busy week!

And...that's from me to all other Scorpios out there hahaha

The Young CEO