When we first started Glints, we were living and working out of a shophouse (known locally in Indonesia as a “ruko”). Here...
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Oswald’s All Hands Address to Glintstars
This morning Oswald delivered the following address to Glintstars: My fellow Glintstars, Today is a difficult day for us all. As a company, we have always believed in persevering through challenges and being resourceful in the face of adversity. But as we stay optimistic, we must also face the brutal reality in front of us. It is with [...]
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Growing Beyond Borders: From a Local Shophouse Operation to a Series D Funded Regional Talent Ecosystem
When we first started Glints, we were living and working out of a shophouse (known locally in Indonesia as a “ruko”). Here are some of my favorite photos from our journey at Glints so far: This is a photo of one of our first product managers holding a product meeting. The team was growing rapidly and there weren’t enough [...]
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Glints Raises US$50 Million to Scale Regional Talent Ecosystem for 120 Million Professionals in Southeast Asia
Singapore, 30 August 2022 – Glints, the most trusted and active end-to-end regional talent ecosystem in Southeast Asia for career development and recruitment, raised US$50 million in a Series D oversubscribed round co-led by DCM Ventures, Lavender Hill Capital, and returning investor PERSOL Holdings. “Our mission at Glints is [...]
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New funding, new beginnings – getting more done to empower the 120 million professionals in SEA
Like for many startups out there, 2020 was a challenging year for Glints. Fortunately, thanks to some market tailwinds for our products and the hard work of the Glints team, by year-end, we managed to scale up to having over 4 million professionals visit Glints’ platform every month in pursuit of career development, and have served [...]
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Glints Raises Series B – What’s Next?
“Hey good news we have closed our first sale!” “Great! Now you can send the customer an invoice..” “Huh what’s an invoice? Ok let me google…” “….” That was way back in 2015, when we first left college to launch Glints. Glints was not only our first company, but our first work experience. So there were many [...]
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How this Startup’s Founders Broke Up, Stayed Friends and are still Going to Bali Together
It’s the dreaded after-lunch dessert conversation. Hearts thumping, saliva swallowing, and a bittersweet feeling that no amount of sweet raspberry cheesecake seemed to help. “It’s not you, it’s me” “What could we have done differently?” “Can we still be friends?” The breakup conversation. It’s the founders breakup [...]
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DebDialogues with Chrys
Moments after I sat down at my table, a figure shot past me in a blur and then reversed (just as fast) before ending up right in front of me. “I’ll be with you in a minute, let me put down my bags”. That was Chrys. A self-proclaimed Jack Of All Trades, and content marketer for Glints, she basically takes care of anything [...]
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Client Success Manifesto
Client Success Manifesto We relentlessly focus on results Our clients pay us for results, not activity. We build strong relationships People don’t work with businesses. People work with people. Our clients work with us, not the company. We respond fast Prompt responses bring about satisfaction. We reply all emails within 24 hours and [...]
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