{"id":4500,"date":"2020-06-06T10:54:41","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T02:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dollarsandsense.sg\/business\/?p=4500"},"modified":"2021-03-16T16:57:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T08:57:17","slug":"5-questions-with-brent-wong-founder-the-desk-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dollarsandsense.sg\/business\/5-questions-with-brent-wong-founder-the-desk-station\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Questions With\u2026 Brent Wong, Founder, The Desk Station"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5 Questions With\u2026<\/strong>\u00a0is an initiative to feature local entrepreneurs and give you a glimpse into their daily lives \u2013 how they live, work, and play.\u00a0This week, we speak to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/brent-wong-44a413ab\/\">Brent Wong<\/a>, Founder of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thedeskstation.com\/\">The Desk Station<\/a>, a company that specialises in building customisable PCs and work stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still only an undergraduate in Nanyang Technological University, Brent has been exploring various business ventures since his Polytechnic days. He is also a fitness enthusiast and has competed in powerlifting and strongman competition previously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"5-things-that-are-always-in-your-daily-routine\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">5 Things That Are Always In Your Daily Routine<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hitting the gym<\/li><li>Planning my meals (either takeaway or home cooked<\/li><li>Building PCs&nbsp;<\/li><li>Studying really hard<\/li><li>I have always been working ever since my poly days<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"4-apps-you-cannot-live-without\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">4 Apps You Cannot Live Without<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Besides the usual social media apps, I can\u2019t go without&nbsp;<strong>BBC News<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>FSMOne<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Apple Music<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Yahoo Finance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"3-favourite-tech-websites-that-you-love\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">3 Favourite Tech Websites That You Love<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Without a shadow of a doubt,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Apple<\/a>\u00a0would top the list. Just because I also work there.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At number two would be\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">TechCrunch<\/a>\u00a0followed by\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Verge<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"2-entrepreneurs-you-look-up-to\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">2 Entrepreneurs You Look Up To<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My two favourite will always fall under the category of having big dreams, fighting for mankind technological progress and advancement. The two awesome people are Elon Musk and Steve Jobs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"1-piece-of-advice-for-budding-entrepreneurs\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">1 Piece Of Advice For Budding Entrepreneurs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Keep on moving. There\u2019s no one industry that is \u201cthe best\u201d. Every industry and businesses have their hardships. However, just keep on pushing no matter what.<br>The only time you fail as an entrepreneur is<br>when you give up your ambitions.<\/p><cite>Brent Wong<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you found this instalment interesting, you check out our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dollarsandsense.sg\/business\/tag\/5-questions\/\">previous interviews<\/a>. While you\u2019re at it, do consider&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dollarsandsense.us11.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=9d2b8d35b934d40fd739264a4&amp;id=c0335733d4\" target=\"_blank\">subscribing to Business Pass<\/a>, where we bring you weekly news roundups and other exclusive content for entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meet Brent Wong, a undergraduate who also runs his own business owner building custom PCs and workstations.\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[729,94],"tags":[462,287,288,107],"class_list":["post-4500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-questions-with","category-entrepreneurs","tag-5-questions-with","tag-brent-wong","tag-desk-station","tag-entrepreneurs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO 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