Jackson Aw is the Founder and CEO of Singapore's Mighty Jaxx. They design and manufacture physical and digital collectibles and lifestyle products. Recently, they raised over $20M and made two new acquisitions.

👋🏼 How would you explain your job to someone outside tech?

I create products from pop culture that you love.

🧐 What's something about you or your job that would surprise us?

I cannot draw to save myself!

🏆 What has been the biggest highlight of your career so far?

From a business perspective, it would be when we worked with Warner Brothers for the first time in 2016. It opened a lot of doors for us in the space that we were working on.

On a personal level, it would be expanding our team to over 100 people. That was a milestone, and the ability to bring people together to focus on the same vision and belief is amazing!

🔍 What's a startup trend or space you're watching this year?

I've been watching the 3.0 space closely to understand where the landscape is heading towards, as it is a natural virtual extension of our business. The 3.0 space comes in a variety of forms, and I find it very intriguing.

💼 What advice would you give someone starting out in your industry?

Don't do so much thinking and do more building; Love what you are building because it is going to be a long journey.

🗣 What's one thing you can keep talking about for hours?

The simulation games that I play where I build worlds.

🎥 What's your favorite movie/TV show?

Favorite TV show - Netflix's Stranger Things (also one of our IPs that I'm very excited about).

Favorite movie - Inception

🍨 What's your go-to ice cream flavor?

Chocolate mint!