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Vulcan Post Vulcan Post is a Singapore-based business and economy explainer platform. Today, Vulcan Post connects the founder journey with the bigger economic picture.

We help people understand how businesses, founders, policies, and economic forces shape life and work in Singapore — especially when official narratives don’t seem to match. We started by telling founder stories: the risks they took, the decisions they made, and the realities behind building companies in Singapore. Over time, we realised those stories only fully make sense when you also understand

the system around them: capital, incentives, regulation, labour markets, and consumer behaviour. We help people understand how businesses, founders, policies, and economic forces shape life and work in Singapore, especially when official narratives don’t always reflect lived experience. We explain:
- why some founders grow companies without hiring,
- why startups succeed, or quietly fail,
- why job markets feel tight even when the economy is growing,
- how policies and business decisions show up in everyday life. Founders remain central to our coverage. Not as untouchable heroes or hype, but as real people navigating real constraints. Their wins, failures, and trade-offs often reveal more about how the system works than any press release or headline. Our work is grounded in data, context, and local reality. We focus on Singapore first, while drawing lessons from global trends where relevant. Vulcan Post is for people who are curious, thoughtful, and trying to make sense of change, whether you’re a founder, a professional, or simply someone navigating an increasingly complex economy.

05/06/2026

Earning money from turning your home into a Shopee collection point sounds easy enough. But with strangers at your door and parcels piling up, is the tradeoff actually worth it?

Cheese in a curry puff sounded weird. Half a million dollars later, maybe not.
05/06/2026

Cheese in a curry puff sounded weird. Half a million dollars later, maybe not.

Cheese in a curry puff sounded weird. Half a million dollars later, maybe not. Here's the story behind What The Puff.

04/06/2026

Over 300 companies in Singapore are already weighing a move across the Causeway. Is this a sign of trouble for the city-state?

Singapore's best ideas aren't coming from boardrooms. They're coming from everyday people.
04/06/2026

Singapore's best ideas aren't coming from boardrooms. They're coming from everyday people.

Build for Good is a citizen engagement initiative that aims to empower Singaporeans to make the city-state better in their own ways.

If you’ve just graduated and are stressed about your starting salary, you’re not alone.
03/06/2026

If you’ve just graduated and are stressed about your starting salary, you’re not alone.

A MOM survey found that graduates across most disciplines are earning less than they expected when entering the workforce.

03/06/2026

"Why is the MRT always under maintenance?" It's a question many commuters ask.

But the answer isn't inefficiency. It's that Singapore is trying to upgrade and renew a live rail network while millions continue relying on it every day.

"People talk about AI reducing jobs. Complete nonsense."
02/06/2026

"People talk about AI reducing jobs. Complete nonsense."

"People talk about AI reducing jobs. Complete nonsense." As AI becomes profitable, Jensen Huang claims companies are hiring more engineers.

The most generous industries gave an average of two months' worth of raises over the past two years.
02/06/2026

The most generous industries gave an average of two months' worth of raises over the past two years.

The most generous industries in Singapore gave an average of two months' worth of salary raises over the past two years.

Pop Mart's shares plunged 20% overnight, despite posting 185% revenue growth in 2025. Is this the end of the Labubu make...
31/05/2026

Pop Mart's shares plunged 20% overnight, despite posting 185% revenue growth in 2025. Is this the end of the Labubu maker?

The Labubu maker just posted 185% revenue growth in 2025 but stocks came crashing by over 20%. Is it over for Pop Mart?

Singapore saw slower wage growth in 2025 as inflation sharply eased. MOM expects wage growth to remain positive but mode...
31/05/2026

Singapore saw slower wage growth in 2025 as inflation sharply eased. MOM expects wage growth to remain positive but moderate in 2026.

Fewer firms gave salary increases amid geopolitical uncertainty and easing inflation.

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