Marathon Series: The Y Combinator Alum who returned to Singapore to build Saleswhale

Gabriel Lim, Saleswhale, Customer Acquisition, International Founders, Marketing

Joining me is Gabriel Lim. He is an entrepreneur who went to Silicon Valley, who got funded by Y Combinator, and who of his own choice decided to come back to Singapore.

Gabriel Lim is the founder of Saleswhale, which uses AI to engage every lead over email, qualify them, and identify leads that are ready to buy.

I want to find out how he built up his business and why he decided to do it in Singapore instead of Silicon Valley.

Gabriel Lim

Saleswhale

Gabriel Lim is the founder of Saleswhale, which uses AI to engage every lead over email, qualify them, and identify leads that are ready to buy.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. I just startled you, didn’t I? I talk way too loud. I told you I grew up in New York. [Whitney 00:00:12] is here to help us out. Hey, there freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I am the founder of Mixergy where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses. I swear I try to tone down my energy. I really work on it so hard, and I can’t because I just love what I’m getting to do. I love entrepreneurship like the way that I did even as a 7-year old kid, 10-year-old kid, 15-year-old kid throughout my life dreaming one day of being an entrepreneur, reading endless books about entrepreneurship and actually being in it is more fun and also more heartbreaking and exhausting than I thought, you know?

So I try to tone down my energy level. I can’t. I can’t. I’m here in Singapore, which makes me super excited. I’ve gotten to meet so many people here and so many entrepreneurs and...

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