Jerry Chua's Linkedin Analytics

I've tried 10+ businesses. VC-backed. Angel-backed. Govt-backed. Bootstrapped. Crashed. Burned. Millions of dollars lost. Here is my life + business journey. 15 years ago. I quit GE's Financial Management Program. (FMP) A fast track to CFO. The journey between? Lessons I never expected. After 6 months at GE. I jumped ship. I leapt into self-employment as a Financial Advisor. Hit 6 digits in my 1st year 💰 Grew to $220k in my 5th year. But the entrepreneurship bug bit hard. In 2015, I dove into the deep end. Multiple businesses. No focus. Failed. For 3 years 😓 Lost over $1M of angel money. Eager to prove others wrong. In 2018, I launched a relocation tech startup. Hit $1M, $2.2M, $4M revenue YoY. Raised $7M from Angels, Govt, VC. COVID hit. Tight margins. Founders differences. Crashed and burned again. 🔥 Depressed for months. Asked, "Do I have what it takes?” Then, I chanced upon this quote: "𝑾𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚." - 𝑺𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒂 2022: Launched again. A SaaS tool for financial planners. Bootstrapped, faced compliance and tech issues. Failed again. 😩 Then... I revisited my core strengths. Building consistent qualified B2B pipelines. Started with a simple process: Volume × Trust × Timing = Pipeline Learned, iterated, productized, scaled. 🫶 8 months later: $15k MRR. Dec 23: $35k MRR. Jul 24: $50K MRR. Dec 24 $70K+ MRR 🚀 Bootstraped. Decent margin. High retention. Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast. 2025! Ready, Set, Go! "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆." — 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑮𝒐𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒔 My co-founder, Danielle, joined in Aug 2023. Super operator, great partnership. We understood: ☑️ Will to practice > Will to win. ☑️ Be obsessed with improvement. ☑️ Enjoy the journey (Pains + Struggles) No overnight success. Inputs > Outputs. "𝑩𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈." - 𝑴𝒆𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑬𝒄𝒌𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒕 P.S. I’m also a Liverpool supporter, proud husband, dad of two, and fitness enthusiast! 👊