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Home Is Where The App Is
8 Days
|October 20, 2016
Girlbander turned marketing manager-turned entrepreneur RACE WONG went from being fawned over by fans to distributing flyers when she first founded the Carousell of the property market.
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8 DAYS: You went from singer to marketing manager to founding a property app. How did the transition come about?
RACE WONG: After my showbiz career, I went on to do finance for two years ’cos I needed something more in my life. I like reading and am constantly improving myself. Finance is the fastest way to learn about all industries. Now, I’ve gone into the property app industry ’cos a lot of today’s businesses are about solving problems and connecting people. With OMH, we aim to connect buyers to sellers, and tenants to landlords.
This story is from the October 20, 2016 edition of 8 Days.
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