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Interview: Brownice – Vegan Ice Cream Like No Other

This is part of the Successful Businesses Interview Series, where I feature successful businesses that are making a difference in others’ lives.

Brownice Ice Cream

The 8th and last interview in our Successful Businesses Interview Series features Brownice, the vegan ice cream like no other. Brownice is the first vegan ice cream brand in Singapore and is well known among the local veg*n community.

I love Brownice. It’s my favorite ice cream. When I decided to turn vegan, I was totally okay with not having ice cream for the rest of my life. Then my veg*n friends kept telling me about Brownice, a vegan brand ice cream which tastes just like normal ice cream, if not better.

I thought “Okay”, but didn’t think much about it. After all, if I’m already okay with not eating ice cream at all, it doesn’t matter if vegan ice cream exists out there. I’m just not going to have ice cream. As simple as that.

One day (sometime March this year), I finally got to try Brownice while I was out with some vegetarian friends. Boy was I amazed. It tasted just as nice, if not better, than regular dairy ice cream. (IMO, it’s far better than dairy ice cream – the taste of cow’s…


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Published Jun 11 2011
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Interview: Groupon Singapore – Acquired for $24 Million in Less than 1 Year

This is part of the Successful Businesses Interview Series, where I feature successful businesses that are making a difference in others’ lives.

Groupon

The 7th interview in our Successful Businesses Interview Series features Groupon Singapore, the most popular deal-of-the-day website in Singapore, and part of Groupon conglomerate worldwide.

If you’ve not heard of Groupon, it’s taking the consumer market by storm. Launched only 3 years ago (2008), Groupon now serves more than 150 markets in North America and 100 markets in Europe, Asia and South America and has amassed 35 million registered users! (Wiki)

So how does Groupon work? Firstly, they negotiate with a merchant for a sizable discount on their product/service (usually 50% and above). Then, they promote the merchant’s product/service on their site Groupon.com, where consumers gets to purchase that item at that discounted price, on that day.

The deal is valid for 24 hours – When the day is over, the deal is over as well. The deal is only confirmed if a minimum number of purchases is reached. If the minimum quota is not met, the deal is called off. The consumers don’t get the deal and the merchants don’t sell anything. Hence, collective buying power is the key driving force behind Groupon’s concept (i.e. group coupon).

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Published Jun 8 2011
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Interview: Millionaire Entrepreneur Derek Sivers of CD Baby Fame

This is part of the Successful Businesses Interview Series, where I feature successful businesses that are making a difference in others’ lives.

CD Baby

The 6th interview in our Successful Businesses Interview Series features CD Baby – the largest online distributor of independent music. If you’re a musician, you’d most probably have heard of CD Baby. It’s one of the top 8,000 websites globally (Alexa). To date, it has brought in over $100M in sales for over 150,000 musicians around the world!

CD Baby is a company run by musicians, for musicians. There are no distributors or major labels involved – it sells only music that musicians sends them directly. Where in a regular record deal or distribution deal, musicians only make $1-$2 per album (if they’re ever lucky enough to get paid at all).

With CD Baby though, musicians get to make $6-$12 per album and get paid weekly. More reason to create and sell music independently, in a world where technology and internet are making it easier for new artists to get their music out there without a label (think Youtube and iTunes).

CD Baby was started by accident by Derek Sivers in 1998, when he was selling his own CD on his website, and friends asked if he could sell theirs, too….


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Published Jun 7 2011
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Interview: Dann’s Daily Cafe – Offering You Wholesome, Healthier Pescetarian Delights

This is part of the Successful Businesses Interview Series, where I feature successful businesses that are making a difference in others’ lives.

Dann's Daily Cafe

The 5th interview in our Successful Businesses Interview Series features Dann’s Daily, the only pescetarian cafe in Singapore. Pescetarian (pronounced as pes-ker-tay-rian) refers to a diet with no meat, but with seafood. Some people interested in veg*nism adopt pescetarian diets as a transition diet. Dann’s Daily prides itself at offering wholesome, healthier meal choices that are tasty at the same time.

Like Citrusox, the PR agency for Dann’s Daily contacted me for potential inclusion of Dann’s Daily in the Successful Businesses Interview Series. After checking out their website, I thought they have a wonderful concept and story behind their business, which will be great to share with all of you. And after getting their confirmation that they serve veg*n food too (it’s important to me since I’m a vegan, and I only endorse something that matches my personal philosophy), I decided to include them into the series! I’m glad I did as the owner (Christina) is such a wonderful, amazing lady. More on that later.

To acquaint me with their cafe and their creations, Chris invited me down to their cafe, near Bedok (Singapore):

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Published May 31 2011
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