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
ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Izwan Zakaria, Managing Partner of Izwan & Partners Izwan & Partners is a Kuala Lumpur based corporate and technology law firm focusing on advising technology companies, early stage startups, and investors do business and raise capital and today, we have the honour of speaking to the founder, Izwan on his story. What was the defining moment that led to the birth of Izwan […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Anjali Nihalchand, Founder of Pollination Projects With a background in hospitality, Anjali Nihalchand started a Brand Marketing, Communications & PR business to help medium size hospitality and lifestyle brands. What’s your story? I’m a Hong Konger of Indian heritage who’s lived in California and Paris, and travelled to countless countries both for work and personally. My story is effectively the collection […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Eating Like the Rich (Crazy) Asian Entrepreneurs One has to admire how entrepreneurs create businesses and generate new jobs wherever they go. Not every person can build a product or a service and make it an empire, as it takes one to have great personal strength and interpersonal gifts. Many of the wealth amassed in Asia before the Tech and CEO celebrities […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Understanding Innovation with Dr. Leslie Liu, Vice President of JD Group Today, The Asian Entrepreneur has the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Leslie Liu who is the Corporate Vice President of JD Group, Head of JD Cloud Ecosystem. JD Cloud, an innovative and rapidly developing business division of JD.com. Of course, JD.com needs little introduction, founded in China in 1998, JD has grown to become one of the world’s […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
FINANCE Baybars Altuntas Helping the Next Generation of Great Companies Move Forward In light of a new partnership between the World Business Angel Forum and AsianEntrepreneur we are kicking off with an interview of founder and chairman Baybars Altuntas. A very successful entrepreneur, published author and celebrity in his home country of Turkey, Baybars is now committed helping […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Women on Top in Tech – Monica Kang, Founder/CEO of InnovatorsBox (Women on Top in Tech is a series about Women Founders, CEOs, and Leaders in technology. It aims to amplify and bring to the fore diversity in leadership in technology.) Here is our interview with Monica Kang, an Asian American entrepreneur based in Washington DC, who focused on empowering people with creativity. Monica is the CEO […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Vinay Menon – Founder, Meratiffin Please write us a short bio of yourself. A very easy paced entrepreneur. Strong believer in delegating power and creating sense of ownership within the organisation is vital to its success. Teams can make or break a business. I am very aspiring and believe every problem can be solved and larger the problems bigger the […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS Subrata Ghosh, Founder of Redstone Learning. Subrata Ghosh started Redstone Learning in US with an Indian offshore center in early 2014. Prior to Redstone, Subrata founded and ran an Ed-tech startup in India from 2007-2013, and it was recognised as the youngest company among the top 5 in ‘Project Management’ training in India in the year 2012. Before embarking on the entrepreneurial […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS INTERVIEWS Joewin Tan, Founder of Linear Dots Production What’s your story? I grew up in a humble family with 5 siblings. Growing up wasn’t easy. My father was the sole breadwinner and even simple things like soft drinks or a doughnut was a luxury. My best possessions were items I picked up from what my neighbours throw out. I always felt embarrassed about […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Understanding The Sunk Cost Fallacy Key Takeaway: The sunk cost fallacy is a common tendency where people make decisions based on past costs rather than current events or future events. This can lead to high-stakes decisions and can affect choices that have bigger consequences for our lives. For example, Bob might base his decision on the original price of a […] Written by Empirics Asia November 28, 2023November 28, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What Modern People Get Wrong About Stoicism Key Takeaway: Stoicism, a philosophical school popular in ancient Rome, is often associated with happiness and productivity. However, Stoic TikTok, a popular social media platform, often misinterprets its ideas. Stoicism was traditionally divided into three branches: ethics, physics, and logic. Stoic TikTok focuses on knowledge through reading quotations or practicing mental exercises, but it doesn’t […] Written by Matthew Duncombe November 27, 2023November 27, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Does Music Manipulate Our Memories? Key Takeaway: Studies in psychology are beginning to understand how music helps people remember films, scenes, and characters. Music can help us understand characters, create deeper emotional links, and create mood-congruency effects when the music and movie both make us feel the same way. Irony and mood-incongruity effects occur when music and movies make us […] Written by Empirics Asia November 21, 2023November 21, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Secrets Of Our Mental Dictionary Key Takeaway: Your mental lexicon is a unique and personalized collection of words, influenced by your educational, professional, cultural, and other experiences. It varies in size from person to person and according to age, with the average American English speaker being around 42,000 words richer at 20 than at 60. The brain’s memory is dynamic […] Written by Empirics Asia November 20, 2023November 20, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Inside The Minds Of Magicians Key Takeaway: A study examining the mental health of magicians found that they exhibited similar traits to people with mental illnesses like schizophrenia and autism. Magicians, who both create and perform their own shows, require precision and technical skills to entertain the audience. They scored lower on nearly every psychotic symptom compared to the general […] Written by Gils Greengross November 16, 2023November 16, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How Netflix Has Been Growing Itself Key Takeaway: Netflix, a streaming giant, experienced a decline in subscribers in 2022 due to competition from Disney and Amazon Prime. However, it has since rebounded, adding 8.8 million subscribers in Q3 2023. The company’s success can be attributed to its international approach, with over 70% of its subscribers coming from outside the US. It […] Written by Jean Chalaby November 15, 2023November 15, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Is Time Travel Possible? Key Takeaway: Time travel, the idea of moving between different points in time, has been a popular fantasy for centuries. However, the question of whether time is reversible remains unresolved in science. The second law of thermodynamics suggests that the universe can either remain the same or become more disordered over time. Albert Einstein’s theory […] Written by Adi Foord November 14, 2023November 14, 2023 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
