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F1 Recreation: the right fit for growth

Focusing on productivity has helped e-commerce brand FitLion.com grow sustainably

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Published Thu, Sep 3, 2015 · 09:50 PM

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    FAILURE is the mother of success, says a Chinese saying. For Tan Tse Yong, director of F1 Recreation Fitness Management, that statement could not be more true.

    The 35-year-old, who co-founded the company behind the brand name FitLion.com, an online retailer of fitness supplements, found his true calling as an entrepreneur only after failing to enter university.

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