FINANCE Sandeep Verma, Director of Regulus Capital Sandeep Verma is part of one of the fastest growing alternative investment management firms in the Middle East, North Africa and South-East Asia (MENASEA) region, providing tailored solutions to its broad client base offering private equity across Healthcare, Education, Food & Beverages and Logistics sectors, based in Dubai. What’s your story? Born to a lower […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
FINANCE Tom Ellis, Investment Director of MAI Capital As the Investment Director at MAI Capital, Tom’s main focus is on investments in post farm gate agriculture and health. What’s your story? I grew up in a small country town called Paynesville in Australia and spent a lot of time reading and asking questions of people smarter than me. I moved to Melbourne to […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
FINANCE Eva Law Eva Law invests in businesses and people who share something she believes in and understands well. What’s your story? I serve affluent families, corporations and investors in Asia. I am well connected with entrepreneurs, wealth creators and the next generation who dream big. I offer my clients solutions which are contingent to their requirements. Apart […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
FINANCE Louie Pinto Louie Pinto swears by his tried and tested formula – the Billionaire Rule of 3. What’s your story? My name is Louie Pinto. I was born in the USA to immigrant parents with humble beginnings. In my 20s, I decided that I wanted more out of life and wanted to live an extraordinary life, so […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
FINANCE Georges Tchokoua Georges Tchokoua is connecting Africa’s fastest-growing entrepreneurs to global investors. What’s your story? My background is in statistical finance. I spent the early years of my career working in banking. After college in Paris, I started as a currency trader in London. After I graduated, I moved on to quantitative equity trading in New York, […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
FINANCE Emmanuelle Norchet Emmanuelle Norchet works with Golden Equator Capital. Her focus is on technology investments across the southeast region in the online travel, media and entertainment, digital health and financial tech sectors. What’s your story? I am currently working as an investment professional with Golden Equator Capital, a private equity and venture capital fund manager, with a […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
FINANCE Peter Stilli What’s your story? I have lived in Singapore since 2006 and I have been heading up a Swiss MFO since December 2016. Before that, I worked for Bank Julius Baer in Singapore and before that, for DB in Zurich. Today’s jobs offer you freedom to be creative and live the entrepreneurial spirit with great diversity. […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
FINANCE Shaheen Alkhudhari Shaheen Alkhudari experienced frustration, like a lot of us when paying rent, collecting rent and managing rental properties. So, he created Ajar Online to streamline rent payment and property management. What’s your story? I am a co-founder and CEO, and I hold a bachelor degree of Management Information Systems and a Masters of Business Administration. […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
FINANCE Victor Tan Victor Tan enjoys working in the start-up sector. His passion is to help SMEs and start-ups grow. What’s your story? I was born in Singapore. I moved to Australia for the majority of my life and I have now been back in Singapore for the past 6 years. Currently I am the CFO of Unity […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
FINANCE John Sharp John Sharp gets a buzz from bring something new into the world! What’s your story? I started my professional career as an orchestral arranger and composer in Adelaide, Australia. Software rendered my chosen profession obsolete within a few years and pushed me down the path of networking and software. I built a Chinese language TV […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Did Ancient Scientists & Philosophers Believe In Aliens? Key Takeaway: In 17th-century Europe, there was a debate about the existence of life on other planets due to the transition from a Ptolemaic view to a Copernican view. This led to the idea that if we were more like other planets and moons close to us that revolved around the Sun, they were more […] Written by Philip Almond April 17, 2024April 17, 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 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
When Will Quantum Computers Actually Become Practical? Key Takeaway: Quantum computing, which uses entanglement to represent information, has the potential to revolutionize everyday life. However, the development of quantum computers has been slow due to the need to demonstrate an advantage over classical computers. Only a few notable quantum algorithms have been developed, such as the BB84 protocol and Shor’s algorithm, which […] Written by Adam Lowe April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Predicting China’s Economy In 2024 Key Takeaway: China’s leaders have declared a GDP growth target of 5% in 2024, despite facing economic problems and a property crisis. The country’s rapid economic growth has been attributed to market incentives, cheap labor, infrastructure investment, exports, and foreign direct investment. However, none of these drivers are working effectively. The government’s determination to deflate […] Written by Hong Bo April 3, 2024April 3, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Future Of Human Computing Key Takeaway: Neuralink, founded by Elon Musk, aims to implant a brain-computer interface (BCI) in people’s brains, allowing them to control computers or phones by thought alone. This technology holds the promise of alleviating human suffering and allowing people with disabilities to regain lost capacities. However, the long-term aspirations of Neuralink include the ability to […] Written by Allan McCay April 2, 2024April 2, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Real Mystery Of Sand Dunes Key Takeaway: Sand dunes, primarily formed of quartz and feldspar grains, can also be formed from ash, snow, and gypsum. They can record a history of climate changes and can be enormous, with the largest being as tall as skyscrapers. Only a fifth of deserts are covered by sand dunes, and only about a fifth […] Written by David Thomas April 1, 2024April 1, 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