- Entrepreneur in her own right. started penniless; from a seamstress, borrowed $200 from fellow teochew clan and sold goods by the streetside, saved up gradually. Grandfather was the accountant (did nothing much except smoke opium and read sword martials novel)
-Ran a Provision shop (i believe that she was the earliest exporter of
birds' nest from indonesia) and single-handedly raised 8 kids and 12
granchildren
- smarts to invest in property in the slump from the dividends from
provision, and reap the upside.
Extremely astute in her prime
- biggest lesson i learnt from her was never argue with a customer. If
they haggle for a discount on 1kg of sugar, she would agree gracefully
and take 10 cent off but pinch off 50g of sugar on her scale (another
of her invention)
- shrewd businesswoman of industry.
- creativity - another foggy memory as a kid is that when i clamoured for
abalone, she had the acumen to cook lettuce as a substitute.
We need to be respectful of our elderly - without them, we would not
be where we are today.
--
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- Tan Yinglan
yinglantan@stanfordalumni.org
yinglan_tan@hksphd.harvard.edu
The Way of the VC: Having Top Venture Capitalists on Your Board (On Amazon)
http://tinyurl.com/wayofthevc
-Ran a Provision shop (i believe that she was the earliest exporter of
birds' nest from indonesia) and single-handedly raised 8 kids and 12
granchildren
- smarts to invest in property in the slump from the dividends from
provision, and reap the upside.
Extremely astute in her prime
- biggest lesson i learnt from her was never argue with a customer. If
they haggle for a discount on 1kg of sugar, she would agree gracefully
and take 10 cent off but pinch off 50g of sugar on her scale (another
of her invention)
- shrewd businesswoman of industry.
- creativity - another foggy memory as a kid is that when i clamoured for
abalone, she had the acumen to cook lettuce as a substitute.
We need to be respectful of our elderly - without them, we would not
be where we are today.
--
Sent from my mobile device
- Tan Yinglan
yinglantan@stanfordalumni.org
yinglan_tan@hksphd.harvard.edu
The Way of the VC: Having Top Venture Capitalists on Your Board (On Amazon)
http://tinyurl.com/wayofthevc
--
- Tan Yinglan
yinglantan@stanfordalumni.org
yinglan_tan@hksphd.harvard.edu
The Way of the VC: Having Top Venture Capitalists on Your Board (On Amazon)
http://tinyurl.com/wayofthevc
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