Melvin Poh's articles BUSINESS & ECONOMICS EDITOR'S PICK ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS STRATEGY TECHNOLOGY The Future Of Entrepreneurship After The Pandemic The coronavirus pandemic raging across the world has taken a huge toll on global lives and economies. Already it is being seen as the most consequential global crisis since the Second World War. To date, the pandemic has forced countries around the world to take unprecedented measures ranging from effectively shutting down their borders shut, […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked ENTREPRENEURSHIP Why Startup Financing Is So Difficult Okay, let’s get serious and talk private equity. The process of realising and growing a business venture inevitably raises the important question of how to finance it. This consideration is a particularly significant one for many growing ventures, as their founders tend to possess only a finite amount of personal funds that may not fully […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ENTREPRENEURSHIP FINANCE P2P and the Future of Finance P2P is now an utterance that commonly haunts and regularly hangs by the mouths of both pin-stripe suited financiers at Wall Street as well as hoodied entrepreneurs at Silicon Valley when deep discussions happen over the future development of financial services but what exactly is it and more importantly, what ramifications does it hold for […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked ENTREPRENEURSHIP How I.P. Fits Into Netflix’s Business Model As part of its overall strategy, Netflix actively employs intellectual properties in its attempt to innovate and secure its long term competitive advantage. Reflecting the nature of its business model which sees several different service offerings, rather than focus on a particular intellectual property strategy, Netflix utilizes a variety of different intellectual properties in its […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked ENTREPRENEURSHIP What Makes Warren Buffett So Successful Did you know that if you invested $10,000 in Berkshire Hathaway (Warren Buffett’s company) in 1945, your investment would’ve grown into $30M by 2005? (At the time of writing this piece, the price for a single share stands at $ 190,000.00). In contrast, if you invested the same amount in the S&P 500 in the […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ENTREPRENEURSHIP A Guide To Angel Investments In my time working in the financial sector in London, the financial capital of the U.K., I have come to learn first-hand how the mainstream financial services are generally not designed to cater to the needs and realities of budding startups. More often than not, young entrepreneurs often meet a “funding gap”. There are a multitude […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ENTREPRENEURSHIP Understanding Blackberry’s Business Strategies Blackberry’s business-level strategies can be best understood and appreciated with a careful analysis of its strategic development to date. Importantly, in early 2007, when Apple introduced the world to the iPhone, Blackberry maintained and pursued strategies that did not account for the true disruptive nature of the smartphone. At the time, Blackberry was a highly valued company […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked ENTREPRENEURSHIP The Strategic Ingredients Of LEGO When you think back to your childhood, what do you remember most? Like many, my childhood is coloured by wonderful memories of countless afternoons spent playing with LEGO bricks and physically constructing the figments of my imagination. As a child, I’ve always been enthused by LEGO and the creative possibilities it offered. As an adult, I am […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ENTREPRENEURSHIP Do Startup Accelerators Help? The business accelerator model was first introduced 10 years ago, when Y Combinator was launched in the U.S. Since then the model has been widely replicated and accelerators have proliferated throughout the world. As of 2015, there are approximately 416 accelerators in U.S. and 100 in Europe. At its core, accelerators aim to support firms […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked ENTREPRENEURSHIP FINANCE Crowdfunding, the future of Startup Financing? It is not hard to fathom the ramifications that crowdfunding pose towards the existing funding gap. To begin with, compared to traditional funding methods, the barriers to access crowdfunding are not high and many platforms are essentially open to anyone. Potentially, anyone with computer and internet access can access these platforms and begin using their […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS How To Come Up With Great Business Ideas One of the joys of being in Business School, is that you encounter many entrepreneurs and business owners with great businesses. Many of these businesses are incredibly viable, scalable and even largely successful. However, the greatest joy lies in listening to the way they project and speak about their businesses and how they were conceived. […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS EDITOR'S PICK ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS STRATEGY TECHNOLOGY The Future Of Entrepreneurship After The Pandemic The coronavirus pandemic raging across the world has taken a huge toll on global lives and economies. Already it is being seen as the most consequential global crisis since the Second World War. To date, the pandemic has forced countries around the world to take unprecedented measures ranging from effectively shutting down their borders shut, […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Why Startup Financing Is So Difficult Okay, let’s get serious and talk private equity. The process of realising and growing a business venture inevitably raises the important question of how to finance it. This consideration is a particularly significant one for many growing ventures, as their founders tend to possess only a finite amount of personal funds that may not fully […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ENTREPRENEURSHIP FINANCE P2P and the Future of Finance P2P is now an utterance that commonly haunts and regularly hangs by the mouths of both pin-stripe suited financiers at Wall Street as well as hoodied entrepreneurs at Silicon Valley when deep discussions happen over the future development of financial services but what exactly is it and more importantly, what ramifications does it hold for […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP How I.P. Fits Into Netflix’s Business Model As part of its overall strategy, Netflix actively employs intellectual properties in its attempt to innovate and secure its long term competitive advantage. Reflecting the nature of its business model which sees several different service offerings, rather than focus on a particular intellectual property strategy, Netflix utilizes a variety of different intellectual properties in its […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP What Makes Warren Buffett So Successful Did you know that if you invested $10,000 in Berkshire Hathaway (Warren Buffett’s company) in 1945, your investment would’ve grown into $30M by 2005? (At the time of writing this piece, the price for a single share stands at $ 190,000.00). In contrast, if you invested the same amount in the S&P 500 in the […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ENTREPRENEURSHIP A Guide To Angel Investments In my time working in the financial sector in London, the financial capital of the U.K., I have come to learn first-hand how the mainstream financial services are generally not designed to cater to the needs and realities of budding startups. More often than not, young entrepreneurs often meet a “funding gap”. There are a multitude […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ENTREPRENEURSHIP Understanding Blackberry’s Business Strategies Blackberry’s business-level strategies can be best understood and appreciated with a careful analysis of its strategic development to date. Importantly, in early 2007, when Apple introduced the world to the iPhone, Blackberry maintained and pursued strategies that did not account for the true disruptive nature of the smartphone. At the time, Blackberry was a highly valued company […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP The Strategic Ingredients Of LEGO When you think back to your childhood, what do you remember most? Like many, my childhood is coloured by wonderful memories of countless afternoons spent playing with LEGO bricks and physically constructing the figments of my imagination. As a child, I’ve always been enthused by LEGO and the creative possibilities it offered. As an adult, I am […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ENTREPRENEURSHIP Do Startup Accelerators Help? The business accelerator model was first introduced 10 years ago, when Y Combinator was launched in the U.S. Since then the model has been widely replicated and accelerators have proliferated throughout the world. As of 2015, there are approximately 416 accelerators in U.S. and 100 in Europe. At its core, accelerators aim to support firms […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP FINANCE Crowdfunding, the future of Startup Financing? It is not hard to fathom the ramifications that crowdfunding pose towards the existing funding gap. To begin with, compared to traditional funding methods, the barriers to access crowdfunding are not high and many platforms are essentially open to anyone. Potentially, anyone with computer and internet access can access these platforms and begin using their […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS How To Come Up With Great Business Ideas One of the joys of being in Business School, is that you encounter many entrepreneurs and business owners with great businesses. Many of these businesses are incredibly viable, scalable and even largely successful. However, the greatest joy lies in listening to the way they project and speak about their businesses and how they were conceived. […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked