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| Immigrant entrepreneur: | Wai-Loong (Y) Lim |
| Company: | Y Studios LLC |
| Place of birth: | Malaysia |
| Employees: | N/A |
Show notes
Y came to United States when he was 29 years old. He was born and raised in Malaysia but immigrated from Canada. His entire life was spent doodling and drawing anything that comes to mind. He went into industrial design because that was really his passion and he never looked back.
He came out to Silicon Valley all because this was the place where products are born. He took an internship, but when that company went under he was forced into entrepreneurship, and Y Studios was born.
He ran his company out of his house so he constantly had employees in his house developing and creating products for his customers.
Y is extremely talented and saw that he could use his talent through entrepreneurship. Y Studios has been running for 20 years now and it’s thriving!
Quotes by Y
In a few months time I could make what I made in an entire year, so let’s keep this.
You find about yourself and you find out what you enjoy doing.
I didn’t know anybody when I arrived in the U.S.
I didn’t have an official website until 3 or 4 years after I started.
You have to learn from mistakes, you fall and you pick yourself up.. And you keep going again, and again.
No matter what, you’ll have to keep up or you get out of the way.
You gotta learn new techniques of getting business in.
It’s super hard to hang on to the dream. It’s hard work.
I believe it is possible.
I think the US can somewhat thrive on meritocracy.
If you do work hard, you can indeed unlock success the way you want to measure it.
Go at your own speed but be ready to change.
Be ready to embrace opportunities and changes when you run into it.
It is still possible, and achievable but do it on your own speed.
Surround yourself with like minded people.
If they are not like minded, they will hold you back.
Stay focused.
Where to find Y
Links mentioned
Book: Immigrant Hustle
(Amazon affiliate link included)
