Young Singapore Ivy League dropouts attract $475,000 in funding for startup
By Cheryl Ong
SINGAPORE - Three young Singaporeans, who met at Hwa Chong Institution, have done what Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Apple's Steve Jobs and Microsoft's Bill Gates have famously done before - dropped out of their Ivy League universities to pursue their dream.
It's the stuff of many Singapore parents' nightmares.
Mr Oswald Yeo, Mr Seah Ying Cong and Mr Looi Qin En, all 21 years old, put their studies and scholarships on hold at the Wharton Business School and University of California, Berkeley, to help tackle the problems confronting the 75 million unemployed young people in the world.
But the enterprising trio have already secured $475,000 of seed money from venture capitalists and media agencies for their startup, Glints.
By Cheryl Ong
SINGAPORE - Three young Singaporeans, who met at Hwa Chong Institution, have done what Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Apple's Steve Jobs and Microsoft's Bill Gates have famously done before - dropped out of their Ivy League universities to pursue their dream.
It's the stuff of many Singapore parents' nightmares.
Mr Oswald Yeo, Mr Seah Ying Cong and Mr Looi Qin En, all 21 years old, put their studies and scholarships on hold at the Wharton Business School and University of California, Berkeley, to help tackle the problems confronting the 75 million unemployed young people in the world.
But the enterprising trio have already secured $475,000 of seed money from venture capitalists and media agencies for their startup, Glints.
