EDITOR'S PICK POLITICS TECHNOLOGY The Air-conditioning Paradox A timely article in Fast Company, “ACs are bulky, loud, and terrible for the environment. Is there a better version in our future?”, discusses the problems posed by air conditioning, a key technology responsible for increasing productivity in many areas and absolutely essential for human survival in a future characterized by increasingly frequent and intense […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Chitransh Sahai – Director & Co-Founder of GoComet ChitranshSimplifies End-to-end Logistics to Reduce Freight Costs for Companies What’s your story?I am a Graduate of IIT Delhi and my previous startup, Plat (Broker Marketplace), was acquired by Housing.com in 2015. I worked with Housing for a year handling pre-sales for secondary markets (ReSale and Rental), and managing a team across 7 cities. Just for […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Valerian Fauvel, Co-founder of Jumanji Studio Valerian Helps Build Businesses with Credible Solutions to Environmental Issues What’s your story?I was born in France, came to Asia in 2008, and pretty much have never left. What drives me is helping entrepreneurs build companies that shape a better world. The bulk of my career was spent as part of the team that built […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Veronique Machharam, Founder of Bohème Veronique Machharam has been traveling the world for the last 20 years, including Barcelona where her love for fashion began. What’s your story?I have travelled the world since an early age, and have discovered amazing places within Asia, Europe and Africa. Post graduation, I left France and relocated in Barcelona where “La movida” was in […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Lucia Del Vita, Managing Director of Verbivis Pursuing her dream of becoming an entrepreneur, Lucia Del Vita founded VerbiVis, a translation company providing high-quality language services. What’s your story? I am Italian, born in a small town near Florence, daughter of entrepreneurs. I had a dream: exploring the world; an interest: humanity; an ideal: a united Europe, where citizens could live in […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Woman on Top in Tech – Sonal Jain, Chief Data Officer, Validus Capital (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.) Sonal Jain is the Chief Data Officer of Validus Capital. She brings over 14 years of experience in analytics and risk management in the payments and […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Cheryl Talam Hansen, CEO of CT Hansen International Pte Ltd Cheryl has been establishing businesses in Asia, Europe, and Australia for the past 20 years and has been awarded numerous accolades on entrepreneurship in those countries. What’s your story?An entrepreneur at heart, I have owned several businesses for the past 20 years ranging from countries in Asia, Europe and Australia. Currently the CEO/owner of C. […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Kamal Karmakar, CEO of CitiXsys Kamal Karmakar has many years of experience counselling executives and companies to achieve better strategy and bottom-line improvements. What’s your story?I’m the founder and promoter of CitiXsys. I have been responsible for the company’s evolution to be a specialist provider of software products for the retail segment. Headquartered in New York City, we operate from […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Sonalie Figueiras, Founder of Green Queen Media Sonalie Figueiras’ mission in life is to make it easy for consumers to make green choices every day. What’s your story?Over a decade ago, I was struggling with a range of health conditions for which there was no cure. Allopathic medicine was of no help. After many years of my own research, I made the […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS EDITOR'S PICK ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS STRATEGY Look Beyond: The Future of Cities Cities are rapidly expanding in size, wealth and power, with some now larger than nation states. Smart city solutions and strong global urban networks are developing to manage massive urban growth. However, cities exist within a wider system and it may take more than technological advances, innovation and city autonomy to develop a sustainable urban […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How Will ChatGPT Transform Philosophy Key Takeaway: In 1950 English mathematician Alan Turing proposed an “imitation game” where a judge entered into a typed dialogue with an AI pretending to be human as a way of testing if the AI was intelligent. Lex.page is an AI-enabled writing tool that can generate text or answer questions. In 2018, Google unveiled Duplex, […] Written by Geoffrey Rockwell January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What Ancient Wisdom Can Teach Us About Finance Key Takeaway: The rate of species extinctions as a result of human activity is at least 1,000 times higher than the natural rate. The effects of business on our climate are also clear, with 71%of the world’s fossil fuel emissions coming from just 100 multinational corporations. They aim to work within the nature and limits […] Written by Atul Shah January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Why Amazon Became So Successful Key Takeaway: Amazon with a market capitalization of over $1.5 trillion and net revenue of $386 billion in 2020. Customer Service and Convenience is one of the key factors that has contributed to its success. Amazon’s focus on customer service and convenience has played a major role in its success. Innovative Business Model is another […] Written by Andreas Lehmann January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What The Art Of David Hockney Can Teach Us About Life Key Takeaways: David Hockney is the great modern mark-maker. He brings new joy and richness to the very act of seeing, writes art critic Richard Brinsley Wylie. David Hockney’s latest book, My Window, is a visual diary of what he observed from his bed. At the age of 72, he started using iPhone and iPad […] Written by Martin Kemp January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Cats In The Medieval Ages Key Takeaways: In the middle ages, men and women were often identified by the animals they kept. Keeping an animal that was lavished with attention, affection and high-quality food in return for no functional purpose – other than companionship – signified high status. Pets became part of the personal identity of the nobility. The 14th-century […] Written by Madeleine Killacky January 6, 2023January 6, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Look At The Global Economy In 2023 Key Takeaways: EU energy ministers have capped gas prices at €180 (£159) per megawatt hour (MWh) for this winter. The cap is an attempt to control the unruly market forces that saw gas prices spike to nearly €340/MWh last summer. Political intervention risks repeating mistakes made by the US during the 1970s oil price shocks. […] Written by Adi Imsirovic January 5, 2023January 5, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What We Can Learn From Kanye West And Adidas Key Takeaways: Brand collaborations are strategic partnerships between two or more brands. When done well, the collaboration helps both partners grow their brands and amplify a shared message. But just like any marriage, it doesn’t always go well; recent examples include Yeezy’s breakups with Gap and Adidas. Adidas has ended its partnership with Yeezy after […] Written by Pankhuri Malhotra December 28, 2022December 28, 2022 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
