With three primary school-age kids, we took the plunge – and moved to Silicon Valley

The business opportunity was compelling. Adventure was calling.

If there was one thing we must do as parents to prepare our children for the future, inculcating such a mindset and living it ourselves topped that list, says the writer. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: PEXELS
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“You should be in the US,” a potential adviser remarked upon hearing my elevator pitch for investments in my firm.

The size of the business-to-business software market in a single state in the United States would overshadow the opportunities across South-east Asia, he added.

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