“Their world-record setting products and business run in their heyday, that remains firmly in tech history annals and continue to inspire future generations of entrepreneurs from our shores,” said founder and chief executive of local tech startup ION Mobility James Chan, 41.
"He challenged the audience to dream big. I recall some students coming forward after his talk and using the mic to share their BHAG. I hope they have succeeded,” added Mr Yee, who was a former Non-Constituency Member of Parliament for the Workers’ Party. Said former tech journalist Oo Gin Lee: “He’s the one that first put Singapore on the map for high-tech consumer products imagined and built in Singapore.
Agreeing, Ms Grace Chng, a former tech editor at news outlet The Straits Times, said that Sim had put Singapore on the map not by luck or happenstance, but with his sheer determination. The firm had also launched the Nomad series of portable audio players, which competed directly with Apple’s iPod and Sony’s digital Walkman.
Creative Technology was also the first Singaporean company to be listed on Nasdaq — America's tech-heavy stock exchange — in 1992.on Thursday, a three-month high.The company has also been losing money in recent years. Mr Leow said that when he worked overseas, he noticed how counterparts from other countries would somehow look up to those hailing from bigger markets such as Japan and the United States, while Singaporeans like himself viewed them as equals.