CALLUM CONNECTS INTERVIEWS Christopher Lim – Managing Director of Marano Furniture This article was originally published here: Christopher Lim – Managing Director of Marano Furniture The path from the education sector to producing high end furniture is not a well worn one, but it is the path Christopher Lim took. What’s your story? During my career in the education sector, I was tasked to handle my […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS INTERVIEWS Brian Kow – Co-Founder and Managing Director at Nic & Wes Builders This article was originally published here: Brian Kow – Co-Founder and Managing Director at Nic & Wes Builders The experience of improving his own home made Brian Kow decided to help others improve theirs. What’s your story? My wife, Jude, and I were homeowners ourselves going through the same problems other homeowners have gone through […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS INTERVIEWS Jesse Cai – Founder & Chiropractor of Square One Active Recovery This article was originally published here: Jesse Cai – Founder & Chiropractor of Square One Active Recovery Few entrepreneurs start a business with the intention of making themselves redundant to their clients, but that is what Jesse Cai has done, and he has made a success of it! What’s your story? When I moved back […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS INTERVIEWS Deb Chisholm – Founder & CEO Deb Chisholm This article was originally published here: Deb Chisholm – Founder & CEO Deb Chisholm Deb Chisholm has taken a childhood belief that everyone should be included and turned it into a business empowering people. What’s your story? My story begins on the playground of my elementary school. I was the kid who made sure everyone […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS INTERVIEWS Jeffrey Liu – Co-Founder & CEO of Jenfi This article was originally published here: Jeffrey Liu – Co-Founder & CEO of Jenfi The desire to help others grow their companies through increased funding is what motivates Jeffrey Liu What’s your story? I’m the co-founder and CEO of Jenfi, a fintech company that provides revenue based financing to digital native companies in Asia. In […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS INTERVIEWS Bracha Goetz – Owner of The Goetz Bookshop This article was originally published here: Bracha Goetz – Owner of The Goetz Bookshop Bracha Goetz produces picture books to benefit all ages. What’s your story? I write the books I wished for as a child. My picture books explain life’s deepest concepts in a clear and joyful way. This way children can gain the […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS INTERVIEWS Cathy Nesbitt – Founder of Cathy’s Crawly Composters This article was originally published here: Cathy Nesbitt – Founder of Cathy’s Crawly Composters Cathy Nesbitt environmental beliefs led her to start a worm business but her major focus now is improving people’s lives through laughter. What’s your story? I am a Health and Wellness Advocate. Founder of Cathy’s Crawly Composters (est 2002), Cathy’s Sprouters […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS INTERVIEWS Dylan Quarles – Founder & CEO Rainier Augusta Independent Publishing LLC. This article was originally published here: Dylan Quarles – Founder & CEO Rainier Augusta Independent Publishing LLC. After becoming a successful author, Dylan Quarles has made the transition to publishing. What’s your story? I am an award winning, bestselling author with over 100,000 readers worldwide. My fans will tell you that I write fast-paced page-turners […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS INTERVIEWS X Yuossima Diamond Rose – CEO of The Trauma Sanctuary This article was originally published here: X Yuossima Diamond Rose – CEO of The Trauma Sanctuary What’s your story? How do I do this in a 100 words? Firstly, I am not my story. I think we all become very attached to the path we have walked and create the illusion of who we think […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Hazarizq, Founder Of Insporeum Hazarizq (‘Rizq’ to his friends) is a creative entrepreneur hailing from Malaysia. Describing himself as a man with big dreams, he dropped out of his studies in International Business and started Ten Points Up, a successful creative production company and have worked closely with notable brands such as Good Vibes Festival, Urbanscapes Festival, Red Bull […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Democratising Finance Through Artificial Intelligence Key Takeaway: Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing investment by making professional financial insight and portfolio management accessible to everyone. AI-powered robo-advisers, such as Betterment and Vanguard, are democratizing investment and providing tailored advice to a new generation of investors. With 31% of gen Zs and 20% of millennials using robo-advisers, the financial industry is adapting […] Written by Heather He March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Final Frontier Of Forensic Science Key Takeaway: Nasa’s Artemis program is set to return astronauts to the Moon and establish a permanent orbiting laboratory by the end of the decade. As humanity’s footprint expands, a new field emerges: astroforensics. Space presents a unique and harsh environment for forensic investigations, with altered gravity, cosmic radiation, extreme temperatures, and oxygen-providing climate systems. […] Written by Zack Kowalske March 18, 2024March 18, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Future Of Spacesuits Key Takeaway: The Polaris Dawn mission, which includes the first spacewalk organized by a private company, has been delayed due to complications with the design and development of a suitable spacesuit. Moon suits are a key element of Nasa’s Artemis lunar programme that have yet to be delivered. Spacesuits are no longer expected to be […] Written by Yang Gao March 11, 2024March 11, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Why We Will Never Master The Financial Markets Key Takeaways: Stock market enthusiasts often claim to predict financial market trends with great accuracy, but this is not possible due to the uncertainty and unpredictable nature of the environments in which we make daily decisions. Human cognition tends to favor a reductionist approach to information processing, sometimes called “tunneling,” which can lead to biased […] Written by Benoît Béchard March 8, 2024March 8, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Is There Life On Europa? Key Takeaway: The Juno mission has sampled Jupiter’s atmosphere for the first time, revealing that Europa’s icy surface produces less oxygen than previously thought. Europa has an ocean below its icy surface with twice the amount of water as Earth’s oceans and an ocean floor in contact with rock, enabling chemical water-rock interactions that produce […] Written by Andrew Coates March 7, 2024March 7, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Halo Effect Key Takeaway: A recent study suggests that the “halo effect” is more complicated than previously thought, as attractive people may receive more help from strangers, higher wages, and more job opportunities. This can lead to more favorable treatment in life, such as lighter prison sentences. However, in court, jurors show biases, and more attractive defendants […] Written by Robin Kramer March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Secrets Of The Queen Bee Key Takeaway: Bees, including honey bees, are important pollinators of many crops and plants. However, most bees do not have queens, and most live without them. Instead, a single female lays eggs in a simple nest, providing pollen and nectar. Bees have a social structure with thousands of workers who support the queen. Bee queens […] Written by Phil Starks March 5, 2024March 5, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Rethinking Education Key Takeaways: The Industrial model of education that fueled the modern era and its dizzying reach did its job incredibly well. In his writing, Flynn illustrates study after study, spanning nations and decades, in which modern educational gift of abstraction — a transcendent sign of intelligence, as we saw in Raven’s Matrices — has been […] Written by Anthony Fieldman March 2, 2022October 19, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How China Is Transforming Its Economy Through Learning I highly recommend reading the McKinsey Global Institute’s new report, “Reskilling China: Transforming The World’s Largest Workforce Into Lifelong Learners”, which focuses on the country’s biggest employment challenge, re-training its workforce and the adoption of practices such as lifelong learning to address the growing digital transformation of its productive fabric. How to transform the country […] Written by Enrique Dans February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Why You’re Not Seeing Success With Influencer Marketing With the new year around the corner, now is a good time to re-evaluate your past marketing strategies and gear up for the year ahead. For some businesses, influencer marketing has simply not seemed to live up to its lofty promises of genuine engagement, credibility, and transparency. Some have claimed that it has been failing […] Written by Michael Tan January 14, 2021January 15, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A New Philosophy of Business I’m about to ask you to take a mental leap. For the next 8 minutes, suspend your notions of what a business is, and I’ll propose a new lens for you to look through. There are a lot of questions asked around what “community” means for business. “Where should community fit in my organization?” and […] Written by Empirics Asia September 5, 2018September 5, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked