BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS Malaysia’s BIGGEST Start Up Party of the year is back and happening this month! With 300 tickets snapped up within 8 hours of launch, KL’s Largest Startup Party hosted at themost exclusive nightclub in KL – Kyo, Mandarin Oriental is off to a flying start. Brought to you by Drinkentrepreneurs Malaysia, this event is co-hosted together with key communities from the Malaysian startup ecosystem such as Techstars, LinkedIn, World […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP DrinkEntrepreneurs K.L. is Celebrating 4 Years of Malaysian Entrepreneurship Born in Paris, DrinkEntrepreneurs has since gone global, with events organized in 40 cities such as Shanghai, London, San Francisco, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong and our very own Kuala Lumpur! This 29th March (Thursday), key players from the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Malaysia will gather for KL’s Largest StartUp Party at Kyo, Mandarin Oriental! As entrepreneurs […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS It has been 3 Years for DrinkEntrepreneurs K.L. Initially launched in Paris, DrinkEntrepreneurs has since gone global, with events organized in 40 cities such as Shanghai, London, San Francisco, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong and our very own Kuala Lumpur. As entrepreneurs and professionals gather for DEKL’s 3rd anniversary event, we wanted to know how a monthly event could sustain itself for 3 […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS Lingesh Thayala & Ganesh Mahendranathan, Founders of Drinkentrepreneurs Malaysia Today, The Asian Entrepreneur speaks to two bold and driven Malaysian entrepreneurs who are currently on a mission to improve Malaysia’s startup scene by introducing Malaysia to Drinkentrepreneurs, a global startup movement that is driven to make local startup ecosystems more connected via monthly events. Lingesh Thayala is the Founder and Managing Partner of Drinkentrepreneurs Malaysia overseeing […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Drinkentrepreneurs taught me how to deal with networking in Asian startup world. One month path but the epic Echelon Thailand 2014 Afterparty still remains strong in my memory – Amarit Charoenphan, CEO of Hubba Thailand & Co Organizer of ECHELON Thailand. We all agreed that ECHELON Thailand 2014 was fantastic, but , one month after, something that became the talk of the Bangkok town was its After […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP DrinkEntrepreneurs – Bangkok The Asian Entrepreneur speaks with Popp Polpat and Djoann Fai about DrinkEntrepreneurs Bangkok. In your own words what is Drink Entrepreneurs? We are a social business ecosystem accelerator. We are monthly social event that gather passionate entrepreneurs, coders, designers, investors, corporate managers and media around a drink. It’s where different parts of the business ecosystem meet and […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
EDITOR'S PICK ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Philipp Kristian Diekhöner, Singapore Organiser of DrinkEntrepreneurs Blending an ecletic range of skills from design thinking and innovation consultancy to brand and design leadership in a whirlwind career, Philipp is best described as an integrative thinker who loves to create, facilitate and curate beautiful alternatives to the status quo. A colourful melange of east and west with an infectiously optimistic vision of […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
STARTUPS Partnership With DrinkEntrepreneurs Singapore Launched early 2013 in Singapore, DrinkEntrepreneurs – the world’s largest startup networking event series organised 100% by volunteers – is further building its reach within Southeast Asia through a strategic partnership with The Asian Entrepreneur. “Over the past year or two, we’ve seen great resonance and secured key partnerships for our events in Singapore and […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Ray Kua – CEO & Founder of SwimRay This article was originally published here: Ray Kua – CEO & Founder of SwimRay Ray Kua realised that he and his partner had water skills greater than most, so they set about creating a business to pass on their skills. What’s your story? We met as basketball teammates in Jurong JC. Jay is a competitive […] Written by Callum Laing May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What Caused 2022’s Crypto-Crash? If you had invested £100 (US$122) in the cryptocurrency Luna a month ago, you might have been quietly confident you’d made a sensible bet. But Luna’s value has since fallen drastically – at the time of writing, that £100 is worth around 4p (5¢). Luna was by no means the only victim in a week […] Written by Gavin Brown May 17, 2022May 17, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Secret Trouble Of Disney The family-friendly, controversy-averse Walt Disney Co. has walked into the buzz saw of the American culture wars, version 2022. In April, officials at Disney objected to a Florida law prohibiting instruction in sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis responded by signing a bill revoking Disney’s self-governing status, a unique arrangement […] Written by Thomas Doherty May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
5 Ways Big Data Is Changing The World The primitive era had land — rich wilderness upon which the first civilizations were built. The industrial era had giant steel machines capable of carrying humans across the globe to expand our influence. And what about this age? What will we use to change the world? The answer, of course, is data. Information made of […] Written by Ella Alderson May 12, 2022May 12, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Definition Of Living Who am I? It seems like such a simple question. Most of us wouldn’t hesitate. We would answer by referencing our cardinal points of orientation—things most of us will tell you “define a life”. We give them labels to point toward our lineage, contexts and shared rituals. The most powerful of these identity-givers are our […] Written by Anthony Fieldman May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Rethinking Education The Industrial model of education that fueled the modern era and its dizzying reach did its job incredibly well. Its prime accomplishment was the expansion of our ability to abstract the world. Until then, pragmatism reigned, limiting most people’s thoughts and interactions primarily because we lacked the tools to extrapolate information, to wield it for things that lay beyond obvious […] Written by Anthony Fieldman March 2, 2022March 2, 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
