CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Rebecca Duckett Wilkinson, Founder of Owen Rebecca Designs Rebecca believes in getting back to nature and sharing these experiences with family and friends. Hence her private properties, Tiger Rock on Pangkor Island, their boat, Tiger Blue and China Tiger in Penang encourage family connectedness and getting back to nature. What’s your story? I’m a Malaysian artist, my mother is from Johore, my planter […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS Posterscope India uses “pixel-led technology” for Hitachi Refrigerator The core objective of the campaign is to build awareness and thereby, increase sales. The one-month-long campaign is aimed at reaching out to the affluent population – confident urban dwellers with a modern, progressive and open-minded outlook. Building on the brief, Posterscope crafted a campaign that resulted in a media mix delivering both impact and […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS Brosnan C. Hoban, Christian Evangelist & Political Commentator At a young age Brosnan C. Hoban was always creating, whether it be writing, videos or products. At age 18, Brosnan started his own LLC involving consumer goods called Logos Design LLC, where Brosnan and his father would invent various products for consumers. Brosnan later channeled that creativity to what he was passionate about, which […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS Marko Stout, Founder of Marko Stout Enterprises The critically acclaimed New York artist Marko Stout is considered by many to be the coolest and most relevant multimedia artists working today! The Huffington Post calls Stout’s work, “exciting and inspirational” with his sculptures, prints, films and installations exhibited at numerous high end international galleries of fine art and museums- and as best expressed by the […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Hiring a Co-Founder For many solo entrepreneurs finding a co-founder is at the top of their list of priorities. We hope to see the entrepreneurs that we back find a co-founder within the first three months. The rationale for finding a co-founder is simple – it is good practice to to find a genuine peer that can challenge […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP The Story of Elon Musk In a hundred years, when most people reading this and the person writing this are long gone, Musk’s cars and rockets will still be circling the Earth and the skies. How can such a person get started against all odds is the question I ask here. And, more importantly, what can we learn from him? […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Bernard Golstein, Founder of VivaLing Born in Sweden with family roots in Eastern Europe and North Africa, Bernard Golstein was the fortunate recipient of a classic French education and immersed in French humanistic values. Foreign people and lands have casted a spell on Bernard as he is now proudly married to a South-African musician and the father of two India-born […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Emma Maxwell, Owner of Emma Maxwell Design Emma Maxwell is one of Asia’s top restaurant interior designers. Since moving to Singapore she has not looked back. What’s your story? I’m an interior designer who specialises in restaurant and bar design. I have my own firm, Emma Maxwell Design. I’m based in Singapore, originally from Melbourne, Australia. I graduated from RMIT in sculpture. […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Meet Singapore’s Buffet King Singapore’s “Buffet King”, Mr Neo Kah Kiat, PBM. is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Neo Group Limited. Since its beginnings in a shared kitchen in Joo Chiat spanning 2000 sqft, Mr Neo envisioned his catering business to eventually become the Number One catering company in Singapore. To do so, he armed himself with a […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS Living with Integrity My friend recently turned down what many would consider a ‘massive’ opportunity. He was invited onto a show followed by millions. This would’ve tripled his exposure and income. But it challenged his principles and values, and rather than compromise, he declined. That’s integrity. The mirror turned onto myself—would I have made the same decision? I […] 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