EDITOR'S PICK INTERVIEWS Andrea Loubier, Co-founder of Mailbird Andrea Loubier has a firm background in market research, social science, project management, and content building for software. Through her work, she established solid business relations with major clients which include Proctor and Gamble, KAO brands, Ubisoft, General Electric, Kraft and more. Andrea has a real passion in communications networking and making people happy through […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS Fail at negotiating? Here is how to make it work. The ability to negotiate is one of the key factors that can make the difference between success and failure. Here are the top 10 ways to succeed: 1. Want something? Ask for it. Be assertive and challenge everything. Being assertive means taking care of your own interest and also maintaining the respect the interest of others. Let people […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS Do you have what it takes to be successful? Most new entrepreneurs ask themselves what it takes to succeed at least once. Studies have revealed that there are certain characteristics that are common among entrepreneurs who are successful. Those characteristics are described below. Self-Motivation. Most people wait until someone else tells them what to do. That’s the way our society is organized. If you examine truly […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS Discover the secret to patience Do you think that entrepreneurs launch their own businesses because they are too impatient to tolerate bureaucracies or the dawdling process of climbing the corporate ladder? Steve Ballmer of Microsoft told Fast Company magazine that products and businesses all go through three phases: Vision, patience, and final execution. He observed that people enjoy the vision and final execution phases, […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS Ever wondered how long will your customers wait? Ever gone to customer service training and been asked “how long do you think your customers are willing to wait in line?” Most people answer with “it depends” response. As in – it depends on: how bad the customer wants the product or service, how long the line is, when their coupon expires, how long they have […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
STARTUPS 8 Ways You Can Hurt Your Brand Everyone understands that brand development is one of the most important aspects of business success and sometimes many business owners allocate a substantial amount of resources on this aspect. Nevertheless, there are some simple things that hurt brands that we can avoid. Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS Why Some People Almost Always Hire the Right Person? One of the biggest challenges confronting managers hiring for any position, is that out of work candidates have plenty of time to prepare for the interview, often more than the managers doing the interviewing. In addition, many interviewers tend to do most of the talking. A good rule of thumb is that a good interview […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS Who comes to mind when you think of inspirational entrepreneurs? Everyone in the business world – especially an entrepreneur – needs a role model, a mentor, a source of inspiration. According to a recent survey by blur Group which covers more than 1000 entrepreneurs from over 75 countries, 28 percent picked Richard Branson as the most inspirational entrepreneur. The main reason for choosing Branson is his ideas […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Is Finance A Binding Constraint For SME Participation In Trade In Asia? Is finance a major constraint for entrepreneurs and SMEs in Asia? Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
STARTUPS Habits Of The World’s Wealthiest The world’s wealthiest people have more in common besides wealth. Could there be an ultimate thread to success? 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
The Greater Secrets Of Stonehenge Key Takeaway: A project involving archaeologists, astronomers, and photographers from English Heritage, Oxford, Leicester, and Bournemouth universities, as well as the Royal Astronomical Society, aims to study the lunar alignment at Stonehenge. The project aims to identify the layout of certain stones and the major lunar standstill, which occurs when the northernmost and southernmost moonrises […] Written by Fabio Silva April 22, 2024April 22, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Building Blocks Of The Universe Key Takeaway: Peter Higgs, the creator of the Higgs boson, has died at the age of 94. Higgs, a great scientist in particle physics, discovered the Higgs boson in 1964 after reading a paper by American theoretical physicist Philip Anderson. This led to the development of the Standard Model, which explained how fundamental particles and […] Written by Harald Fox April 16, 2024April 16, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Inherent Risks Of A.I. Key Takeaway: Leading scientists and technologists often make terrible predictions about the direction of innovation, leading to misalignments between a company’s economic incentives to profit from its proprietary AI model and society’s interests in how the AI model should be monetised and deployed. Focusing on the economic risks from AI is not just about preventing […] Written by Mariana Mazzucato April 15, 2024April 15, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Psychology Of A Gentleman Key Takeaway: The Gentlemen, a TV series by Guy Ritchie, reimagines the age-old trope of a “gentleman” based on Middle English and French. The term originated from Middle English, referring to the English gentry, a class below nobility but above farmers. The concept of a gentleman is associated with higher competence, warmth, and positive connotations […] Written by Jayden Greenwell-Barnden April 12, 2024April 12, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Discovering Your Money Attachment Style Key Takeaway: The current economic climate is particularly concerning for young people, who are often financially worse off than their parents. To overcome this, it is important to understand one’s financial attachment style, which can be secure, anxious, or avoidant. Attachment theory, influenced by childhood experiences and education, can help shape one’s relationship with money. […] Written by Ylva Baeckstrom April 9, 2024April 9, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Proven 5 Steps To Psychological Wellness Key Takeaway: Wellness culture, which claims to provide happiness and meaning, has been criticized for its superficial focus on superficial aspects like candles and juice cleanses. Psychological research suggests that long-term wellbeing comes from a committed pursuit of both pleasure and meaning. Martin Seligman’s Perma model, which breaks wellbeing into five pillars: positive emotions, engagement, […] Written by Ben Gibson April 8, 2024April 8, 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