Steve Jobs, chief executive of Apple, believes 'a company chief executive should think like a designer'. And perhaps he is right as Chris Ng Sui-wang appears to think along similar lines.
Mr Ng founded his design and product development business - Fadtronics Innovation - in 2005. He started out designing electronics products for clients and has worked on his own projects ever since.
With a higher diploma in industrial design from the Hong Kong Technical College and a master's degree in design from Polytechnic University, Mr Ng has worked on a wide range of products alongside major corporations such as VTech, and Hanzawa Hong Kong.
Mr Ng was the winner of the Hong Kong Design Centre's 2005 Young Design Talent Award and, before starting his own business, he worked for four months as an intern at Ziba Design, a renowned design consultancy firm in the United States. But his entrepreneurial qualities came to the fore and inspired him to start his own business.
'In making the leap from being a designer to an entrepreneur there were so many things to learn, ranging from preparing products, receiving orders, making shipments, to managing cash flow. They are all part of my responsibility now,' said Mr Ng, the company's director.
The young entrepreneur quickly adapted to the entrepreneurial world, mingling with business associates from production lines, assertively searching for investors through his networks, figuring out logistics and ways of securing capital, and seeking advice from experienced mentors.
