CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Hossan Leong, Founder Of Double Confirm The ability for leaders to ‘tell a story’ has never been more important. Hossan not only understands story telling from an entertainment perspective, he has also built it into a business. Tell us about your business. Double Confirm Productions is here to complement all the other great theatre and entertainment companies in the industry. We […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS Chope, Asia’s Premier Restaurant Reservation Provider, Acquires Queuing Service The Chope Group, Asia’s premier restaurant reservations provider, today announced its acquisition of Appic Technologies and its popular Ticktokqueuing service, to add to its portfolio of time-saving technologies for diners. Building on its online reservations and marketing platform, Chope is teaming up with the young brand to offer phone-based queue monitoring to its restaurants and diners. Busy […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
STARTUPS Chope Partners with TripAdvisor to Bring More Diners to Singapore Restaurants [Singapore, 8 September 2014] – The Chope Group, Asia’s premier restaurant reservations provider, today announced a strategic partnership with TripAdvisorTM, the world’s largest travel site*, enabling TripAdvisor travellers to book tables at 300 restaurants across Singapore via Chope. The partnership will see TripAdvisor offering its large travel community of 280 million unique monthly visitors** immediate […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
STARTUPS Chope To Offer Online Restaurant Bookings In China With Ringier China The Chope Group, Asia’s premier restaurant reservations provider, today announced it is now available in China in a high-profile partnership with the China arm of leading international media company Ringier Media. Already a popular service in Singapore and Hong Kong that has sat over 10 million diners, Chope provides instant online reservations free of cost to diners, […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
EDITOR'S PICK ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Arrif Ziaudeen, Founder of Chope The Asian Entrepreneur speaks with Arrif Ziaudeen, Founder of Chope, Singapore’s leading online restaurant reservation site. Arrif is the Founder/CEO of Singapore’s leading online restaurant reservation site, Chope. In 3 years since launch Chope has sat over 5 million diners, received $4.4M of investment from VCs and Singapore Press Holdings and expanded into Hong Kong. Prior […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Chesline Pierre-Paul – CEO of Chesline Pierre-Paul This article was originally published here: Chesline Pierre-Paul – CEO of Chesline Pierre-Paul Chesline Pierre-Paul combines her disruptive instincts with lateral thinking to alter the perceptions of others. What’s your story? I am a unicorn. I am a disruptor, a media & language activist, poet, anti-colonialist, transformation coach, and social impact expert on innovation, economic […] Written by Callum Laing July 21, 2021July 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Space Tourism: Can It Be More Than ‘Space’ Joyrides For Millionaires? Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson and his team successfully flew to the “edge of space” on the Unity 22 mission aboard a Virgin Galactic plane on July 12. The event was hailed as the start of space tourism, narrowly beating the planned launch on 20 July by fellow billionaire business magnate Jeff Bezos and his firm Blue Origin. But does the 85km (53 miles), the altitude […] Written by The Conversation July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Racism In Sport: The Truth In the penalty shoot-out that saw Italy defeat England in the UEFA Euro 2020 final, the skill of the goalkeepers was overshadowed by the perceived failure of the English players who missed their shots. Three young players – Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka – were subjected to torrents of anti-black racist abuse. One of […] Written by The Conversation July 16, 2021July 16, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Why Are So Many Greek Statues Naked? A simple answer could be that the Greeks believed nudity was powerful, ideal, and beautiful. But like so many things from ancient life, there is no easy answer. Greek art—including sculpture, vase paintings, drinking cups, frescoes, and mosaics—is known for depicting nudity, especially male nudes. According to Shelby Brown, senior education specialist at the Getty […] Written by Getty's Blog July 15, 2021July 15, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Is Love Losing Its Soul In The Digital Age? Instagram users have taken to issuing “weekiversary posts,” where they diligently mark the duration of their romances. An article in The New York Times explained how weekiversary posts have the unintended – or very much intended – consequence of shaming people who are not in love. The article also noted that this phenomenon makes some doubt the intensity […] Written by The Conversation July 14, 2021July 14, 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
