Author: Hoeur
Hoeur
Hoeur is the co-founder of TheTipsLab and Dream Garden Koh Chraeng Island, bringing 15 years of hands-on horticulture experience. Starting as a general garden worker in 2008, he built one of Cambodia's most unique garden tourism attractions from the ground up—surviving two failed businesses and learning countless lessons along the way. At TheTipsLab, he shares real, practical advice for anyone who wants to build an outdoor business from scratch.
I’ll never forget the gut-wrenching thud of the boxes hitting my office floor. It was the smell that hit me first—that intoxicating mix of fresh ink and cardboard that meant our new book was finally here. We had printed 1,300 copies of our most anticipated title, Mindset Maters. I grabbed a box cutter, sliced through the tape with a grin, and pulled out the first copy. The cover was beautiful. The layout was crisp. And the title, in big, bold letters, read: Mindset Maters. My heart didn’t just sink; it plummeted. A single, stupid typo. My first instinct was to…
It was a quiet afternoon on Koh Chraeng Island. I was sitting on the ground with my dog Dudo beside me, fixing up a small corner of Dream Garden. As I looked around at everything we had built, I opened my laptop and started writing. I wanted to share the real story behind this place. The struggles, the lessons, and the honest truth about what it really takes to start a small garden business from home. Everyone dreams of being their own boss. But here is what nobody tells you: before you launch any garden business, you need to prepare…