SINGAPORE - Mr Anthony Chow used to rent an Airbnb property in Singapore to live and work in during the early days of his start-up. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The start-up scene is packed with flashy funding announcements, but what really goes on behind the glitz and glamour? In this new series, The Straits Times sits down with Singapore’s start-up founders to discover how they developed their ideas, and what it takes to ride the roller coaster of entrepreneurship.Anthony Chow is the CEO and co-founder of igloo, a Singapore smart lock start-up.
Keys, he proposes, ought to be obsolete by now, given that they have been around for thousands of years. Its smart locks are also utilised in elderly care and assisted-living facilities, to enable faster entry by family members, caregivers and emergency services. In August, Igloo sent eight of its smart locks to outer space and unlocked them from Earth. PHOTO: IGLOO
Currently, igloo has 35 employees at its headquarters in Singapore, located at start-up hub Block71 in Ayer Rajah Crescent. It also has regional offices in eight countries and employs more than 100 people worldwide. “That experience was one of the first crucial lessons in my entrepreneurial journey. It taught me that the best-laid plans don’t always work out as you’d expect,” he said.
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