HPA Start-Up Talk 2026

HPA Start-up Committee has successfully organized the Talk by Khaw Kheng Joo who is our HPA Member.

Topic of the Talk was Razer - Scaling from Start-up to a Global Gaming Industry Ecosystem Leader.

On 11 June 2026 Thursday evening, 20 invited members were ushered in to 1Doc Medical Centre, Heartbeat@Bedok for a insightful talk cum light dinner since 6.45pm.

Khaw (Kheng Joo), speaker; is a veteran of HP with extensive leadership across technology, manufacturing and communications. From managing HP’s Asia Pacific PC manufacturing and Hand-held product development, he was later CEO of MediaRing and board member in many companies across Singapore.

Khaw is the COO of Razer since 2012. He shared his exciting and challenging journey in this role. This veteran IT leader was sharing his experiences, insights and learnings as he collaborated with its founders and investors in scaling Razer from a gaming start-up into a very successful Unicorn and eventually into a global gaming industry ecosystem leader.

One of the best writeup for that evening was contributed by HPA Secretary Michele Huang who attended the session.

Michele shared:

The best kept secret and privilege of being a part of the HP Alumni Singapore: 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗻𝗶! 🤫

An amazing feeling to be part of 16 founders and entrepreneurs who got to meet up close and personal 2 amazing business leaders 🏅 in Singapore: Lilian Koh - the Founder & CEO of 1Doc Medical Group and Kheng Joo Khaw - the Chief Operating Officer of Razer. Hosted at the 1Doc Medical Group's HQ, the evening's guest speaker Khaw gave us food for thought 💭 about new business dynamics like the rental economy and selling experiences.

One thing that resonated was about 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 and about the type of leadership that produces results - how the original silicon valley giant HP, was pioneered and built on leading with trust, empowerment and equality; 𝗮 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻, 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗱💖.

That was what created the 𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙃𝙋 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙮 𝙜𝙖𝙫𝙚 200% to make things happen. I recall, even on my last day in HP, I worked till 5pm with the same passion I had for 17 years....

What also struck me was that 14 years ago, Razer's founder Min-Liang Tan made the strategic decision to bring in seasoned industry veteran Khaw, to help scale the company. The 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 to recognise that what it takes to get a start-up off the ground and what it takes to scale it are totally different capabilities.

A timely reminder that leadership is not about having all the answers🤔- 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣.

Invited Guests were treated to the best kept secret!

Start up Organizing team members with Host Lilian Koh

Khaw the Speaker

Khaw and Michele