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Grit and passion is what sets award-winning entrepreneurs apart

Amala Balakrishner
Amala Balakrishner • 2 min read
Grit and passion is what sets award-winning entrepreneurs apart
“It takes a special kind of leader to ignore the critics and transform a blue-sky dream into a reality that contributes value and purpose beyond simple profits,” says Max Loh, EY’s Managing Partner for Singapore and Brunei.
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SINGAPORE (Mar 9): David Lee, CEO of IYUNO Media Group, a dubbing and subtitling service provider for movies and videos, was told that his business would not succeed in the United States because it was run by a non-American.

“Everyone told me, no way an Asian businessman can make it in the US,” he told The Edge Singapore in an interview last year. Lee did not pay these naysayers heed and went on to open IYUNO’s US office last year within three days. The business has been winning contracts there ever since.

“You start out with a great idea, and fail. You manage to sustain but when you scale, you fail,” says Lee.

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