Acknowledgements by Richard Ong

by Richard Ong

I must thank my beautiful wife, my cheeky little girl and my loving parents for supporting me all the way. To my sister who took the time to read my thoughts and correct my writings. You will always be my inspiration. To all my giants– Low Chin Kuan, Sam Chong, Philomena, Dr Hendry, Matt Van Leeuwen and Samuel Hungsoo Kim for their guidance. To Stephanie Ping, Andrew Yeow and the rest of the WORQ team for their warm support. For Pixie, Isabelle and Fahmy for helping and inspiring me to write this book. A big shout-out to the wonderful entrepreneurs at WORQ who believed in this project and for taking the time to discuss this book with me. To all my super fans for your endless support, thank you.

Richard Ong

Richard believes in living a passionate and purposeful life. A former consultant and manager at a multinational IT company, he left his corporate life behind to pursue his passion for technology and education. He spends most of his time building web applications and writing books for communities.

Richard can be contacted via email. richard.ong@roptcreate.com

In this book, Richard Ong offers his personal thoughts on life and business as he pursues his entrepreneurship journey. Introducing them through his own words and illustrations, he cleverly combines them together with his warmth and humanity that he believes will help you ignite your very own entrepreneurial journey.

“Soul-baring without a barrage of words. Each illustration fittingly paints a thousand words.” - Dr Hendry, Victoria University MBA Programme

“You are an honorable man.”

- Samuel Hungsoo Kim, Center for Asia Leadership Initiatives

“You’ve ignited a fire and WORQ’s community wouldn’t be the same without you.” - Community Team, WORQ

Inspired and Backed by US $9, MY RM35