EDITOR'S PICK ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS STRATEGY TECHNOLOGY China and its A.I. Dream: What We Get Wrong There’s this assumption that because you have an AI plan, you’ve solved the problem. Whereas actually central forecasting, and planning about complicated, uncertain technological developments is oftentimes flawed and doesn’t solve anything. It may actually be counterproductive. Jeff Ding The State Council of China’s 2017 AI plan was the starting point of China’s AI planning; […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS What Kind Of World will China Lead? An article in the Financial Times by Mike Moritz, a senior manager at Sequoia Capitalcalled “Silicon Valley would be wise to follow China’s lead” has set the cat among the tech pigeons: the billionaire investor advises workers in Silicon Valley to stop arguing about the length of paternity leave, unlimited vacations, free massages or the imperative need for a rehearsal room at work to […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS EDITOR'S PICK ENTREPRENEURSHIP PHILOSOPHY STRATEGY Lessons from Chinese Companies and Chinese Consumers This is a story documenting the observations and learnings from the Fynd team’s week in Shanghai & Beijing in July 2018 The points written here are purely our opinions and observations based on our conversations and experiences from our one week in Beijing and Shanghai. They no way reflect the company’s opinion. It is a […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP The Secrets of China’s Tech Industry China is a rather mysterious country, there are plenty of things that you probably don’t know. Here are some Chinese tech facts that you certainly must know! China has 1.3 Billion people, but half of them don’t have the access to Internet According to one recent research study, 47.9% Chinese people are not online. Interestingly […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS Hui Wing Mau, Chairman of Shimao Group Mr. Hui Wing Mau is the Chairman and Executive Director of Shimao Group. He holds a number of social functions, including CPPCC Economic Committee’s Deputy Director, Vice Chairman of China Federation of Returned Overseas, Chinese Chamber of Commerce Investment Enterprises Association’s Executive Vice President, United World Chinese Entrepreneurs Association’s President, Hong Kong’s New Home Association’s […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP The Untold Story Of Chinese Restaurants in America Virtually every American community has Chinese restaurants — and the story of how this came to be is fascinating and highly revealing about the often unintended impact of U.S. immigration rules. This ethnic food industry started to grow rapidly in the early 20th century, at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was pervasive. How did these […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Self-made Success Story: Hon Kwok Lung of Citychamp Mr. Hon Kwok Lung was born in 1955 in Fuqing, a city located in the north-central part of Fujian’s seacoast. He is the Chairman of Citichamp (Holdings) Limited, the Chairman of Citychamp Watch & Jewellery Group Limited (00256.HK), and the Chairman of Citychamp Dartong Co., Ltd, (600067.SH). He is currently the Committee Member of the […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Will Entrepreneurship Be China’s Next Growth Engine? Should China want to remain an international economic superpower, it will need to substitute its current growth model – one largely based on abundant, cheap labor – with a different comparative advantage that can lay the foundation for a new, more sustainable growth strategy. Chinese policymakers are hoping now that an emerging entrepreneurship may fit […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Why Are Rich Chinese Entrepreneurs Leaving China? Chinese entrepreneurs are leaving China. According a survey, conducted by China Merchants Bank and Bain & Co., 27% of entrepreneurs worth over 100 million RMB have already emigrated and 47% of them are considering moving abroad. The growing trend is nurturing resentment towards wealthy emigrants among Chinese citizens. And the recent exposure of a prominent businesswoman […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Yamilette Cano – Founder & Confidence Maker of LOUDER Global This article was originally published here: Yamilette Cano – Founder & Confidence Maker of LOUDER Global After years of being a professional ballet dancer, Yamilette Cano decided to use her creativity to help other people find, and promote, theirs. What’s your story? Hi, I’m Yamilette, an entrepreneur, multilingual speaker, coach, confidence maker, content creator, & […] Written by Callum Laing July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Phil Friedrich – Financial Advisor at Northwestern Mutual This article was originally published here: Phil Friedrich – Financial Advisor at Northwestern Mutual Not daunted by his youth, Phil Friedrich started his financial planning practice whilst still in his teens and helping others generate wealth remains his mission. What’s your story? At 19 years old I started a financial planning practice. Today I run […] Written by Callum Laing July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Does The Stock Market Extract Wealth? Many of us see the stock market as an investment engine for building companies and generating wealth, but the truth is that the stock market works more like an extraction engine. It depletes corporations while contributing to the concentration of wealth. The Stock Market is an Aftermarket Our distorted view of the stock market starts when we believe that buying shares in a publicly-traded company actually invests […] Written by Gideon Rosenblatt July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
3 Things Philosophy Can Teach Us About Love Love can seem a primal force, an intoxicating mix of desire, care, ecstasy and jealousy hard-wired into our hearts. The polar opposite of philosophy’s measured rationality and theoretical speculations. Yet if you take any topic in the world, and keeping asking deep questions of it, you will ultimately wind up doing philosophy. Love is no […] Written by The Conversation July 22, 2021July 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Tokyo 2021: An Olympics Without Crowds? The Tokyo 2021 Olympics will be the first Games to take place with no spectators. The sight of sparsely populated stadiums and arenas has, of course, become common during the pandemic – and sports economists have studied the impact this has had on athletic performance. But the Olympics are different. For so many athletes, reaching the […] Written by The Conversation July 21, 2021July 21, 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
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
