Business & Economics Editor's Pick Entrepreneurship Startups Strategy Technology The Future Of Entrepreneurship After The Pandemic July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 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, […]
Entrepreneurship Interviews Manoj Tulsani, Co-Founder of Rayna Tours July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Rayna Tours is a one-stop provider for top quality Destination Management services and today we have the honour to speak to its co-founder, Manoj Tulsani on his entrepreneurship journey. How did you come up with the idea of your startup? I met my co-founder and friend (Kamlesh Ramchandani) while working with Safeer Group of Companies. […]
Business & Economics Entrepreneurship Startups Founder Melvin Poh officially listed on Forbes April 2, 2019November 22, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked This week Forbes has officially announced and unveiled its prestigious list for “30 Under 30” and it is with great joy that we have discovered that one of our founders at The Asian Entrepreneur, Melvin Poh has made the cut as one of Forbes’ featured entrepreneurs in 2019. Being selected as one of the honourees […]
Editor's Pick Entrepreneurship Darren Chan, Founder of TheSugarBook November 29, 2017November 29, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked So what’s the real story behind Darren Chan, the founder of Asia’s first sugar daddy dating site? Definitely much more than meets the eyes, Darren graduated with a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. During his time there, he collaborated with fellow peers and was exposed to the F&B, music and […]
Entrepreneurship Interviews Amit Gupta, Co Founder & President at InMobi November 5, 2017November 5, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Amit is one of the Co-Founders of InMobi and is currently based in the San Francisco office. After running the Revenue and Operations function for many years globally, he has taken up the responsibility to grow InMobi’s dominance and market share in North America region. Amit is also leading an ambitious initiative for InMobi which […]
Interviews Meet the 13-year-old founder of Not Before Tea, Henry Patterson. November 4, 2017November 4, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Henry Patterson is the founder of children’s brand Not Before Tea. Henry started his business journey at the age of nine, when he launched a collection of sweets including edible mud and worms. Henry went on to write a children’s story book entitled The Adventures of Sherb and Pip and bought all the characters to […]
Interviews Gwi Terk Chern, Founder of Dinez-in June 14, 2017June 14, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Like most Malaysians, Gwi Terk Chern started his professional life in the corporate world. For 3 years, he toiled as a management associate for Astro before quickly climbing into a senior executive in the strategic finance department. Despite, establishing himself comfortably in the corporate world, Terk Chern felt a greater calling at hand. Being a […]
Entrepreneurship Interviews Women on Top in Tech – Navneet Nayyar, Associate Vice President and Regional Business Head SEA at Sterlite Technologies Limited. May 24, 2017June 8, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked (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 my interview with Navneet Nayyar, Associate Vice President and Regional Business Head for South East Asia and SAARC at Sterlite Technologies Limited. An avid speaker […]
Entrepreneurship Women on Top in Tech – Sue McLean, Of Counsel at Morrison & Foerster. May 3, 2017June 8, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked (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 my interview with Sue McLean, Of Counsel of Morrison & Foerster. Sue McLean is an Of Counsel lawyer in the London office of international […]
Entrepreneurship Interviews Women on Top in Tech – Bárbara Ximénez Bruidegom, Founder at Shutta April 5, 2017June 8, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked (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 my interview with Bárbara Ximénez Bruidegom, Founder of Shutta. Shutta allows you to scroll through your videos and live photos, frame by frame, to capture […]
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