'We didn't take a salary at first and worked 16 to 18 hours a day.'
Potential presidential candidate and businessman George Goh greets supporters at the Elections Department in Singapore. presidential hopeful George GohThe 63-year-old relishes the time he gets to spend talking with his children when he fetches them from point to point.
It is this sincerity to forge a human connection that he believes has in part made him a successful entrepreneur. "It is not about how smart you are. It's about sincerity and convincing them that you would treat their intellectual property well, that you are sincere in helping them," Goh said. "They must trust you."
"We did pre-orders. When we received orders for 20 or 30 pairs, we would have the money to buy the materials to produce the shoes. After we delivered our orders, we would get more orders, and so on," Goh recalled. "We didn't take a salary at first and worked 16 to 18 hours a day."
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