Life beyond Radford
Moses Lo
- Forbes 30 under 30
- Bachelor Degree, UNSW Australia, Information Systems and Finance
- Masters, University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), MBA
- CEO, Xendit.co, 2015-2017
- Retail Leadership Internships
- Associate
What does life look for you now?
I founded a startup that provides payments in Southeast Asia, with primary operations in Indonesia. We went through YCombinator out of Silicon Valley and raised funds from the US to build out a business in Indonesia. We have been growing 30% every month for the last 2 years which means life is fast, fun and always changing.
I married an American I met whilst in New York and she is kind enough to traverse with me across the globe as a partner in crime.
Tell us what you are passionate about?
Startups - how to help others go through the startup process in a much faster, simpler wayTeaching - demystifying achievements and helping others ramp up the same way I did
When you were young, what were you hoping to be when you grew up?
A business owner
What is your favourite Radford moment?
Friends gathered and memories built that have lasted till this day!
- Year 9 camp with Outward Bound
- Winning debating tournaments
- Representing Australia for MUN based on coaching of others before me
Do you have a particular role model or inspirational figure from Radford or now?
Now
Justin Kan - founded Twitch, a $1b company that sold to Amazon
Philip Ingelbrecht - built Shazam $1b valuation
Rob Chandra - Venture Capitalist for 30 years, Forbes Midas List 5x, humble and wise
Radford
I always admired students a few years ahead of me that seemed to win everything and have everything put together yet were humble and kind enough to spend time with me
How easy was it to decide what to do in life?
Pretty easy - I knew I wanted to do business and startups. Just needed to get out of Canberra, then out of Australia so I could go find where the best start
Did your further study or career go exactly as you'd planned?
Roughly.
- Got to study in Sydney
- Lucky to get into The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
- Got to do MBA in USA and work at Amazon
- Got to startup a Silicon Valley style startup and raise funding
What do you know now, that you wish you'd known when you were at Radford?
Marks are less important than soft skills. Learn soft skills as early as possible.
What advice do you have for current students?
- The world runs on power law distributions, not normal distributions
- The difference between Gold and Silver is often less than half a second, same in life
- Success = f(luck, work ethic and smarts). The only real input we control is work ethic
- Life isn't linear, in fact, the most interesting ones ostensibly appear random
- Do co-curricular outside the classroom and experiment. Peak after high school
- Radford friends are true friends so cherish them
Anything else that you would like to share?
LOVED RADFORD!
I didn't get email about 10 year reunion. I'm hoping somehow this will help me get on future event lists.