Daylon Soh

Co-creator / Organizer
at
CreativeMornings SG
when interviewed in
February 2018

Daylon Soh builds products and communities. One of them is CreativeMornings Singapore which he co-founded. In 2012, he and his crew received permission to open a local chapter of CreativeMornings, a free monthly breakfast lecture series for creatives that originally started in Brooklyn, New York.

In our interview, Daylon reflects on how he runs CreativeMornings, the lessons he has learned along the way and he shares his thoughts about the future as well as what he would do if he were Prime Minister.

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“Running CreativeMornings changed my life. It opened up an entire world for me, I never knew that there were so many people in Singapore that were as excited as I am about the creative industry and the talent around here.”

Interview

Part 1

CreativeMornings | Early days | What to expect | Lessons learned | Sense of mission | Regrets

Part 2

As Prime Minister… | Model answers | The stigma of failing

Part 3

Startups | Scaling as a startup | Hypergrowth | VCs | Importance of college

Part 4

Future outlook | Optimistic? | Technological solutions | 2050 wish

Part 5

Singapore tech scene | Growing pains | Importance of coding | Government subsidies | Tech careers | Talent equilibrium

1/
5

CreativeMornings | Early days | What to expect | Lessons learned | Sense of mission | Regrets

2/
5

As Prime Minister… | Model answers | The stigma of failing

3/
5

Startups | Scaling as a startup | Hypergrowth | VCs | Importance of college

4/
5

Future outlook | Optimistic? | Technological solutions | 2050 wish

5/
5

Singapore tech scene | Growing pains | Importance of coding | Government subsidies | Tech careers | Talent equilibrium

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