It was 7 Feb 2020...

LFPSG LLP was registered on 7 Feb 2020 with Raviyn, Jeremy and myself as we thought we found the perfect place to start our console gaming business. The initial concept we had in mind was a fusion of a cafe with a gaming side, and we were eyeing a huge premise near the Paya Lebar Kovan CC. We were off to a rough start as we were newbies to the tender process and missed out important documents which disqualified us from consideration. Thinking back, we were really lucky as we indicated an expensive rental amount in our proposal and Covid-19 struck the world shortly which would definitely derail our plans.

Our plans were postponed indefinitely, but once in awhile we did visit some potential locations, but they fell short of our expectations and price range. As a new startup, we wanted a "plug and play" location where minimum renovation was needed with a more relaxed landlord. It was a tough search process and all our shortlisted locations did not make the cut. But we had a breakthrough on 12 July 2020...