Millennials in China: EP12: Entrepreneurship and Surviving Tough Times ft. Victor Lee

EP12: Entrepreneurship and Surviving Tough Times ft. Victor Lee

Jun 7, 2020

In this episode of the Millennials in China podcast we interview Victor Lee, a Malaysian entrepreneur who spent 13 years in China. Victor started his China journey back in 2007 after getting a job offer in customer service IT. He had been hustling all his life and was already assembling a team and building tech apps while still working full time. Now he is back living in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, and is the Founder and CEO of Bitcurate, a blockchain data analytics startup.

Show Notes:

Victor introduces himself and how he came across the opportunity of moving to China.
Victor’s first job in China working in customer service IT for an American company, and how he soon started his own side hustle, even employing a couple of part-time software developers.
Victor recounts how he was already hustling and selling insurance back in Malaysia, and how the sales skills he learned coupled with his product development expertise helped him jump into a career building financial technology products at Standard Chartered Bank.
How Victor was able to use his resources wisely and be able to pay salary to part-time employees while himself having a day job.
How Victor was attracted to the concept of decentralized governance and falling into the blockchain rabbit hole.
What inspired his new company, Bitcurate, and what it does.
How skilled labour is no longer cheap in China, and how Victor decided to move back to Malaysia to utilize the cheaper talent available.
Victor’s golden tips on having the entrepreneur mindset but also having the grit and frugality to survive and outlast difficult times.

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