Charles J Phua
Consultant, Entrepreneur, and Startup Advisor in Singapore
Charles J Phua
Consultant, Entrepreneur, and Startup Advisor in Singapore
Charles J. Phua is a serial Entrepreneur, Business Consultant and Author in Singapore. He enjoys creating partnerships and has an unhealthy obsession with cats.
Despite his early financial success, Charles remains as hungry and motivated as he has ever been.
He is a businessman to his bones, simply addicted to the deals which brought him to where he is today. He is determined to continue building up his companies and so always has his eyes open for a new opportunity and another chance to test himself.
This is how Charles has achieved so much already – by setting himself challenges and overcoming them. Yes, he takes risks and some more traditional investors are not used to this approach. But every risk Charles ever takes is calculated right down to the most tiny detail: he does not gamble when he cannot win which is why he is known as one of the shrewdest entrepreneur around.
Charles studies a stream of business plans which are put to him every week; he relishes investing in start-up businesses and funding up-and-coming entrepreneurs. Such things are his passion and explain why Charles never relaxes. Even though he enjoys his enviable bachelor lifestyle, Charles's mind is always on business.
Charles is hard but fair, pushes his companies’ interests as far as he can and likes to win every time. But if he loses, Charles learns his lesson and moves on – there is no point looking back as you cannot change the past. A quiet life is not for him.
In his early 20s, he joined an e-commerce and helped grow it from $20,000 - $40 million dollar revenue business within few years. During this time, he also built and sold several other businesses, such as G[CHARGE], one of Singapore's first lifestyle mobile accessories brand.
In 2012, he started 360 Night & Day. A social-media-marketing digital company that helps SMEs and brands tell their stories and drive their business results. Currently found in 4 locations: Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar, Shanghai
He have been also been profiled on The Straits Times Singapore, Yahoo! Singapore, OMG Magazine, Marketing Institution of Singapore and KaraZine.