Journal Politics The Politics Of Intellectual Property March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Introduction: This Article argues that we need a politics, or perhaps a political economy, of intellectual property. Using the controversy over copyright on the Net as a case-study and the history of the environmental movement as a comparison, it offers a couple of modest proposals about what such a politics might look like — what theoretical […]
Callum Connects Interviews Peter Reid – Founder of Paradise Home March 23, 2021March 23, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked This article was originally published here: Peter Reid – Founder of Paradise Home Airline sales to interior design is not a conventional route, but it is the one Peter Reid took and he loves what he is doing now. What’s your story? Having started my working life in sales for an airline, I was able […]
Entertainment & Culture Journal Technology Life After Esports? February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Esports has experienced unprecedented growth recently and with it, the proposition for aspiring gamers to pursue a professional esport career has become increasingly attractive. “Esports” are video-games played competitively (and often professionally) through the means of cyberspace (Campbell et al., 2018) and are an important fixture in the overall gaming industry, which is estimated to […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Rohit Nanwani, Co-Founder of LVL Life August 14, 2020August 13, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Rohit’s Superfood Company Makes Healthy Eating Easier For You What’s your story?I started as a fourth-generation member of a family business that sells noodles in emerging markets, like Africa, while on a personal journey to become much healthier and fitter. I soon realized the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle and decided to “walk the […]
Editor's Pick Entrepreneurship Startups Strategy Technology Automated Self-Service is Taking Over: Here’s How it Happened November 25, 2019November 25, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked The seeds of our primary interface with machine intelligence rest in the humble origins of the vending machine. Here is the brief story of this evolution of self-service. The Process and Technology of Self-Service Not that long-ago, shop clerks pulled merchandise for us from high shelves behind a counter. Today, we push squeaky, wheeled, metal […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Jan-Cayo Fiebig, General Partner of 3B Ventures March 14, 2019March 14, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Cayo Fiebig has lived in 12 countries and thrives to be the Chief Happiness Officer of his own life. What’s your story?I am the outlier, the foreigner, the curious one. High in energy, speaking against the stream. Pragmatic and idealistic. Young in age, old in spirit. My agenda is to leverage tech for good and […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Eric Lim, Founder & CEO of Edallianz January 15, 2019January 15, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Edallianz is an Educational business found by Eric Lim, in Singapore, providing learning platforms for students. What’s your story? I spent 12 years in a technology business before I started two education companies in Singapore. One company deals with children’s fitness and the other organises events to equip parents with the right wisdom to become […]
Entrepreneurship Interviews Startups Technology Amit Gupta, Co-Founder & CEO of Yulu bikes January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Tell us about yourself and how Yulu was born: I grew up in Kanpur, my family was, and till date remains business oriented, I was the first to be given the liberty to pursue my higher studies. I happened to go to IIT Kanpur which taught me many things including how to be independent. I […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Jegathesan Thanabal, CEO & Co-Founder of Maddox Technologies December 28, 2018December 28, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked In 2017, Jegathesan Thanabal established Maddox, a data management solutions provider specialising in helping businesses experience seamless data management and securing their data. What’s your story? Back in University at Nanyang Business School where I majored in Marketing, I never expected to be a part of the Data Security Industry. I started my career in […]
Business & Economics Editor's Pick Entrepreneurship Lifestyle Startups Strategy The Unsplash Story: From almost Broke to 5 Million Visitors September 25, 2018September 25, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked How could you go from almost no traction and running out of money, to getting millions of visitors to your website? You could do like Crew accidentally did with Unsplash. Create an open source side project that directs millions of visitors to your paid product. At the beginning, when they were starting a marketplace for […]
How Should Tomorrow’s Economy Look Like? A few days ago, thanks to my algorithmic recommendations — not from the sources I usually read, but selected on the basis of subject matter of interest to me — I came across an article about a 57-year-old American who after being released following a 37-year jail term, was asked about his impressions of something as commonplace as a smartphone, or the […] Written by Enrique Dans April 6, 2021April 6, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Sharing Economy: Capitalism’s Last Stand? Access over ownership. After decades of excessive consumerism, this prospect sounded revolutionary. At first. Now that the sharing economy has become mainstream, more critical voices are appearing. So, what will it be? Empowerment or exploitation? A revolution or business as usual? Before getting to the heart of the matter, I’d like to set something straight: […] Written by Our World April 2, 2021April 6, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Discord And Microsoft: How Do You Create Momentum? The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft is talking to Discord about acquiring the social audio company created in 2015, that has more than 250 million users and has so far focused primarily on creating communities of video game fans. The trigger for these talks has been the surprise success of Clubhouse, which is even smaller than Discord, but […] Written by Enrique Dans March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Just How Feasible Is A Warp Drive? It’s hard living in a relativistic Universe, where even the nearest stars are so far away and the speed of light is absolute. It is little wonder then why science fiction franchises routinely employ FTL (Faster-than-Light) as a plot device. Push a button, press a pedal, and that fancy drive system – whose workings no […] Written by Universe Today March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Conservation In The Time Of Pandemic As I write, we don’t yet know the full socioeconomic impact of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic on people and places around the world. But we know from conversations we’ve had with colleagues and partners globally that cultural heritage places and the many people who rely on them for their livelihoods have been, and continue to […] Written by Getty's Blog March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 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