Zenos Schmickrath and Yoan Kamalski are the founders of Hmlet​ (pronounced Hamlet) – a housing and lifestyle service that originated in Singapore.

Zenos and Yoan discuss why services like AirBnB or regular apartment rentals fail at providing ideal living situations for today's mobile, international workforce. They share their company's origin story in Singapore, their lowest point in their business journey so far, and how they overcame financial obstacles to scale their non-tech startup.

Zenos is a tech entrepreneur who has lived and worked in Shanghai, Tokyo, Singapore, Mexico, and the US.Yoan is a trained civil engineer who grew up in France and Spain and studied partially at Konkuk University in Korea.

**Recommended Resources**The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey (bit.ly/sk_7habits_book)The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé (bit.ly/sk_tintin_book)HMLET (bit.ly/sk_hmlet)

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