CoFounder, Avium | (Ind) Partner, MSW Ventures | Paladyn Group. Building the next creator economy for user-generated gaming content
I laugh at (mock) people who wear $10k watches, expensive branded wear and ridiculously priced luxury goods. Or at least, I used to. I used to think that these meant nothing, miss the bigger things in life, and were stopgap fillers for people trying to find their identity. Actually, till today, I’m sure that that's true to some extent. But as I’ve grown older, the more important thing I’ve come to appreciate is this – everyone is walking on their own journey. And different paths come with their own set of potholes you must cross and mountains you must climb. And that there is no glory in having your right answer alone, if all you do with it is to mock another who is finding his answers. It’s a bit rich to tell someone from a less fortunate position that “money isn't that important”; It’s a bit rich to tell someone who was bullied from young to just “not bother about what other people think of you”; It’s a bit rich to tell someone to just “have more confidence in yourself” when they grew up being told they weren’t good enough. I am strongly resolute that there are some right answers in life. But I’ve come to learn that the road towards it is always going to be wrongly imperfect. Severely imperfect at times. So the best thing you can do is not to laugh at someone crossing their potholes. But with love and grace, do whatever you can to help another human being cross his obstacles, while navigating your own. That is fundamentally, what I want to achieve building Avium. We’re not a typical startup-gaming-web3 company. I’m not selling pipe-dreams, answers to a get-rich-financial-free scheme, or filling your identity in life. But what I am trying to do is to bring together the broken and fragmented game industry in Asia. I have a firm business thesis that UGC gaming platforms, which allow the creation for decent-quality video games at a fraction of time and costs, will enable the rise of the creator economy for the video gaming space. And they will do for the gaming industry what Youtube did for aspiring video creators – where everyone can be empowered to create their own games, publish their own games, and earn a meaningful income participating in the UGC economy. And that together, we will embolden, uplift and empower this gaming creator economy in Asia, and improve the livelihoods of the many in this region. Building Avium is my journey. With my own set of potholes to cross, and mountains to climb. It’s going to be a long, imperfect journey. I’m going to need a lot of help from a lot of people to achieve what I want to do. So if this journey resonates with you, and you see value and purpose in what I am trying to do with Avium, I invite you to connect with me. I’ll be sharing more about what I do, the challenges I face, and the imperfections in my own journey. And along the way, I hope, for everyone who reads what I write, that in me navigating my journey, you will find your own answers in your unique path as well.
Qin En Looi
9mo
I also laugh at people who wear $10K watches. Don’t bring those cheap things into my gaze. Talk to me when you’ve a real watch
C. B.
9mo
Nathanael Lim might consider to format your posts a bit more readable. Looks like at wall of text or word soup
Kenneth Ham
9mo
I can't wait to see you guys succeed!
Andrew Lee🐕🐈
9mo
#4a4a
Gregg Lewis
9mo
I wear watches because I like them. So much so that I learned how to make individual components and build a watch out of them. Sure some of them tend to be more pricey 😂 but not as a flex. Catch up soon bruh
Clarence Oh
9mo
I don't wear a watch. Lol.
Yiping G.
9mo
But many of those watches have a strong resale value / so not too bad, unlike the expensive cars ! Comments from an Apple Watch user 😽
#bitcoin & i told ya so
9modo you laugh at people with $10k pfp?