Sometimes, having years of experience does not lead to success. In the cutthroat world of entrepreneurship, experience alone doesn’t cut it — you also need business acumen, an entrepreneurial mindset, and the all-important element of getting a business off the ground: capital. Goh Boon Peng, founder and CEO of MyStartr, learnt that lesson the hard way, when he himself went through a turbulent start to his own entrepreneurial journey. Although today he has helped more than 1,000 startups achieve their business dreams through digital equity crowdfunding (ECF), things were far from rosy in the beginning.