Selected coverage on property, entrepreneurship, and building in Singapore’s fitness industry.
- Inside the gym industry: Why are mega gyms like True Fitness closing down? The Usual Place Podcast, Straits Times Singapore, September 2026
- I was on The Usual Place podcast with Natasha and Debby Lim from Dentons Rodyk to discuss the closure of True Fitness and True Yoga, why large-format gyms are under increasing pressure, the economics behind running a gym, why prepaid packages are so common, and what happens to consumers when a business shuts down. I also shared some of our own experience operating and closing gyms, and why our newer concepts have moved towards simple monthly payments with no long-term contracts. It was a useful discussion about where consumer protection should sit without making it unnecessarily difficult for businesses to operate.
- Property upgrading has built wealth for many, but what is the full cost of the dream? EdgeProp Singapore, April 2026
- Three-page feature on the hidden costs of the HDB-to-condo upgrade path, drawing on my personal experience choosing an executive apartment over a condo to preserve capital for business expansion.
- https://www.edgeprop.sg/property-news/property-upgrading-has-built-wealth-many-what-full-cost-dream
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- Why four businesses? Serial entrepreneurship in Singapore’s fitness industry Channel News Asia – Work It Podcast
- On scaling beyond a single venture, knowing when a business has plateaued, building synergies across related companies, and why systems thinking matters more than hustle.
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- How Arkkies runs five gym concepts under one roof Vulcan Post
- On the thinking behind Arkkies’ multi-concept model — Grit, Bloc, Liv, Move, and Pod — and how vertical integration shapes the business.
- https://vulcanpost.com/808132/arkkies-multi-concept-gym-singapore/
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- The good, bad, and ugly of running multiple ventures Vulcan Post
- On serial entrepreneurship, the realities of managing several businesses simultaneously, and what most people get wrong about it.
- https://vulcanpost.com/831552/serial-entrepreneurs-good-bad-ugly-running-multiple-ventures/
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- Can spiral of silence and civility predict click speech on Facebook?
- Computers in Human Behavior, 2016 Co-authored research paper examining how opinion congruency and message civility influence people’s willingness to express views on social media. Presented at an academic conference in Puerto Rico.
- https://dr.ntu.edu.sg/entities/publication/4651c172-6f7d-4dff-84fc-86ee17ea31cf
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Alumni Features
Profiled by both Singapore Polytechnic and Nanyang Technological University.
