Watched peers pull 6-figure monthly commissions while grinding through 18-hour days — years after being replaced by his own trainees.
Osome burned over $1M a month, nearly hit zero months runway, then rebuilt the business to reach S$26.6M revenue and move closer to profitability.
40 Singapore dealers built their own sgCarMart challenger, burned S$300K monthly for years, then sued each other into liquidation.
Evan Heng built Zenith Learning Group into a $30M tuition business — but hiring too fast and building too big nearly broke what made it work.
How a 50/50 cap table, the Terra/Luna crash, and a public co-founder feud collapsed Singapore's $1B DeFi unicorn from 1M users to a fire sale
How Korea's AI-driven streaming pioneer peaked at 1.33M users, trapped itself in â‚©49B of convertible bonds, and lost the content war to Netflix
Forced labour ban, RM140M alleged CEO fraud, 70% butadiene shock — how a 41-year glove empire supplying the NHS and 200 countries ended in 4,000 layoffs.
How Singapore's 30-year franchise collapsed under COVID labor crisis, failed expansion attempts, and an outdated service model
How the prestigious news channel collapsed under CNN licensing fees, COVID-19 advertising crash, and a market addicted to Tagalog entertainment
How Indonesia’s high-flying B2B wholesale startup raised $140M, served 100,000 warungs, and still couldn’t make the business model work.
A S$1.6M Singapore cocktail bar survived the pandemic — then collapsed from exponential costs, problematic staff, and an expansion that backfired.
From importing global TV content to buying Miss Universe — the rise and dramatic downfall of JKN Global Group after bond defaults, financial turmoil, and fraud investigations.
