My cofounder and I were rivals at hackathons. At 21, I've put college on hold to build a startup with him.
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He was accepted into Singapore's top university, but had to request a leave of absence before his first day to build a startup in San Francisco.
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Raymond Loong Ng put his college plans on hold to build a startup in San Francisco.Provided by Raymond Loong Ng.At 21, Raymond Loong Ng put college on hold after his startup raised $250,000 from VC firm Afore Capital.He and his cofounder spent two months in a program in San Francisco, working on their startup.A subsequent investment brought their total funding to $1 million, and they're now back in Singapore awaiting O-1 visas.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Raymond Loong Ng, 21, the cofounder of Makeable, a San Francisco-based startup. It's been edited for length and clarity.I was born in Vietnam and moved to Singapore when I was 9. As a kid, I always had some kind of side hustle. In school, I sold toys, snacks, in-game currency, and sneakers to my classmates — anything that might earn me a little extra pocket money.When I was 16, I did an internship at an auditing firm, where I had the chance to speak with a lot of business owners. I began to see technology as…