CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Karen French, Owner of Karen French Floral Designs Through knowing Karen I’ve been opened up to a whole new world of floral design I never knew existed. Great to watch what she is doing for brands in this space. What’s your story? I’m a global nomad and grew up in the Middle East countries of Bahrain and Dubai. For the past 2 decades […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Albin Lix, Digital Marketing Manager at Digital Business Lab What’s your story? My name is Albin Lix, I am a French Digital entrepreneur in Hong Kong. After 9 years of successful work in e-commerce project management for several big brands, an e-marketing agency and a digital consulting firm, I decided to move to Hong Kong to launch my own Social Media agency which focuses […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Steph Chu, Women’s Leadership Coach I’ve been lucky enough to start working with Steph on a couple of projects and it is great to see the energy and knowledge she brings to her work. What’s your story? I grew up in a small town in Sabah, Malaysia, which had 3 main roads and not much else. After completing university […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Jorn Middelborg, Managing Director of Thavibu What’s your story? I came to Bangkok more than twenty years ago to work with UNESCO. We were developing educational programmes in the region in non-formal education, literacy, and adult education. It was an exciting and challenging job, though in the end I felt I’d like to do my own thing rather than working within […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Noritaka Kobayashi, Founder & CEO of Diixi I have twice had the privilege to go and present at Noritaka’s event ‘Chaos Asia’. As the name suggests, it is chaotic, eclectic, but a lot of fun. What’s your story? In 2012, I came to Singapore and set up two companies called Diixi and Yourwifi. My mission is to create innovators. To achieve this […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Kim Inglis, Managing Director of Tour Spin Golf HSBC recently bought out a report stating: “The trends which will shape the future of golf are the same trends that are shaping the future of the planet: the shift towards Asia, the increasing feminisation of the public world, urbanisation, the spread of digital technology, and resource and sustainability pressures. What is striking is the […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Yod Chinsupakul, Founder of Wongnai What’s your story? My name is Yod Chinsupakul, born and raised in Thailand. For the last 5 years, I have founded and run Wongnai.com, a leading restaurant review website based in Thailand (we are like the Yelp of Thailand). Wongnai now has over 1.6 million members and 400,000 reviews across over 100,000 restaurants in Thailand […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Esvaran Subramaniam, Founder of CosmicFit Always good to see people helping others get their fitness and health back! What’s your story? I am certified fitness professional from American Council on Exercise. Before I became a full time fitness and health strategist, I worked in the Malaysian Corporate Sector for 17 years as an Information Technology Specialist and therefore I understand […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Marigold Duncan, Co-founder of Bakipa What’s your story? I am a banker turned entrepreneur and mum and I decided to combine my two new passions to create a mobile app for parents. The app is called Bakipa and it’s a marketplace for parents to buy and sell everything for the family (think strollers, toys, books). Originally from Australia, I have […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Hayma Malini Yugendran, Director of 23 Frames Pte Ltd What’s your story? Started out as a Singapore AIrlines Flight crew. Joined a pagent and won the MISS SINGAPORE INTERCONTINENTAL 1994, which introduced me to the media world. Became a Radio RJ and a TV host in Singapore and was head hunted to run a Radio station in Sri Lanka, where I met my Singer/Actor […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How To Tell If Conspiracy Theory Is False Key Takeaway: Conspiracy theories are prevalent and can involve various factors. People believe false conspiracy theories for various reasons, such as the existence of real conspiracies. However, unfounded conspiracy theories often lack evidence and substitute elements that should be red flags for skeptics. To vet a claim, one should seek out evidence, test the allegation, […] Written by H. Colleen Sinclair May 10, 2024May 10, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Surprising Discoveries About The Origin Of Life Key Takeaway: Recent research has focused on replicating the chemical reactions that constitute life as we know it in conditions plausible for early Earth around 4 billion years ago. However, the rise of experimental work has led to many contradictory theories. Some scientists believe that life emerged in deep-sea hydrothermal vents, where the conditions provided […] Written by Louise Gillet de Chalonge May 9, 2024May 9, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
NASA’s Search For Life On Mars Key Takeaway: NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance rover missions are investigating the planet’s evidence for life, known as its “biosignatures,” in unprecedented detail. The rovers are acting as extraterrestrial detectives, hunting for clues that life may have existed eons ago, including evidence of long-gone liquid surface water, life-sustaining minerals, and organic molecules. The Mars of today […] Written by Amy Williams April 30, 2024April 30, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Smartphones & The Source Of Our Anxiety Key Takeaway: Jonathan Haidt’s book, The Anxious Generation, calls for action to limit teenagers’ smartphone access and address the mental health crisis caused by the widespread use of smartphones. Haidt cites the “great rewiring” period from 2010 to 2015 as a time when adolescents’ neural systems were primed for anxiety and depression by daily smartphone […] Written by Hugh Breakey April 29, 2024April 29, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Should TikTok Be Banned? Key Takeaway: President Biden signed a US$95 billion foreign aid bill in April 2024, allowing TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app. If the law stands, TikTok will be blocked from any US app store or web-hosting service, affecting over 170 million US users, including 62% of Americans aged 18 to 29. Critics argue […] Written by Sarah Florini April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Being Thoughtful In The Age Of A.I. Key Takeaway: Concerns about AI’s potential roguehood and potential harm to privacy and dignity are a significant concern. AI’s algorithms, programmed by humans, are also biased and discriminatory. However, a psychologist’s research suggests that AI is a threat to making people less disciplined and skilled in making thoughtful decisions. Making thoughtful decisions involves understanding the […] Written by Joe Arvai April 24, 2024April 24, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Are Single People Happier? The Science Of Being Single Key Takeaway: A study published in the Journal of Personality suggests that long-term single people can be secure and thriving, possibly due to their attachment style. The research found that 78% of singles were insecure, with 22% being secure. Secure singles are comfortable with intimacy and closeness in relationships, while anxious singles worry about rejection […] Written by Yuthika Girme April 23, 2024April 23, 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