ENTREPRENEURSHIP Everything You Ever Really Needed To Know About Personal Finance A few days ago, I had lunch with an individual who is considering hiring me to give a multi-hour seminar to a business convention on personal finance. This person knows me from the local community and is a reader of The Simple Dollar and he felt that I might be the right person to give […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS Khye Yuh Hiew, Co-Founder of M.V.P Today, The Asian Entrepreneur has the pleasure of interviewing and speaking to Malaysian entrepreneur Khye Yuh Hiew who is currently working with his co-founders on innovating the drinking scene in Malaysia! Khye Yuh Hiew credits the drive for his entrepreneurship journey to the ‘entrepreneurial culture’ he was exposed to back in college when he was […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS Marlon Kobacker, Director of Sustainable Future Group Marlon Kobacker is the director of Sustainable Future Group, an advisory, technology, and finance firm specializing in the development and implementation of environmentally sustainable solutions capable of reducing operational costs for businesses across all sectors. One of the field’s most respected advisory professionals, Marlon has worked with property developers, builders, business owners, and asset managers […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS Datuk Kumar, Founder of Giga Shipping Anyone who has had the pleasure of becoming Datuk Kumar’s friend will know that he is a very private man. In a classic story of rags to riches, his is a case of the business neither handed to him nor one that needed a university degree to make him an entrepreneur. Born and bred in […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP 21 Entrepreneurs Share Why You Should Launch A Startup In Asia Are you an entrepreneur? Or secretly building your startup and soon to be the next entrepreneur? When considering where to startup, you might want to consider Silicon Valley. Building a new startup in Silicon Valley certainly is the golden path every aspiring entrepreneur take; however, the Valley also isn’t the only place for every tech startup. […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS Mario Berta, Founder of FlySpaces Mario Berta is the founder and CEO of FlySpaces.com, a tech-start up that empowers SMEs to get access to flexible office and retail space. Mario is a professional Speaker with more than 5 years of experience in helping Corporation with their digital transformations. Previously, Mario served as a Senior Consultant to PLDT Global and had […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS Justin Fraction, Founder of Justin Possible Voice Overs Justin Fraction studied film and video production at Penn State University and after moved to New York City where he worked in television production before deciding to focus on a career as a voice over actor. During those initial years Justin worked as a paralegal for several large law firms and in finance at a […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Why Startup Financing Is So Difficult Okay, let’s get serious and talk private equity. The process of realising and growing a business venture inevitably raises the important question of how to finance it. This consideration is a particularly significant one for many growing ventures, as their founders tend to possess only a finite amount of personal funds that may not fully […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Starting A Trucking Business in Asia Asia having a legitimate part of it harboring a natural port and being one of the main hubs of receiving an exodus of imports and exports obviously needs a well-developed infrastructure and an efficient transport facility to do the needful. The ever growing marketplace has made it a genuine need to safely and securely transport […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS Anna Haotanto, Managing Director of The New Savvy Anna Haotanto is the Managing Director of The New Savvy and Director at Tera Capital, a private investment firm. Anna is the President of the Singapore Management University Women Alumni. She is passionate about finance, education, women empowerment, and children’s issues. Previously, Anna has been featured in CNBC, Fast Company, Business Insider, The Straits Times, […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Hidden World Of Plankton Key Takeaway: Plankton, microscopic algae and animals found in Earth’s oceans, seas, and lakes, are critical to marine ecosystems and humans. They produce about half of Earth’s oxygen and form the base of the marine food web. Zooplankton, tiny marine animals that eat phytoplankton, include copepods, krill, and blue whales. Life cycles vary, with some […] Written by Abigail McQuatters-Gollop May 13, 2024May 13, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How To Tell If Conspiracy Theory Is False Key Takeaway: Conspiracy theories are prevalent and can involve various factors. People believe false conspiracy theories for various reasons, such as the existence of real conspiracies. However, unfounded conspiracy theories often lack evidence and substitute elements that should be red flags for skeptics. To vet a claim, one should seek out evidence, test the allegation, […] Written by H. Colleen Sinclair May 10, 2024May 10, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What Is Meaningful Work? Key Takeaway: Work is a crucial aspect of modern life, with 82% of employees stating that creating meaningful work is a top priority. Meaningful work requires an objective feature that connects the worker with a larger framework that extends beyond themselves. This feature is social contribution, which is the positive difference made by the work […] Written by Caleb Althorpe May 2, 2024May 2, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
NASA’s Search For Life On Mars Key Takeaway: NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance rover missions are investigating the planet’s evidence for life, known as its “biosignatures,” in unprecedented detail. The rovers are acting as extraterrestrial detectives, hunting for clues that life may have existed eons ago, including evidence of long-gone liquid surface water, life-sustaining minerals, and organic molecules. The Mars of today […] Written by Amy Williams April 30, 2024April 30, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Smartphones & The Source Of Our Anxiety Key Takeaway: Jonathan Haidt’s book, The Anxious Generation, calls for action to limit teenagers’ smartphone access and address the mental health crisis caused by the widespread use of smartphones. Haidt cites the “great rewiring” period from 2010 to 2015 as a time when adolescents’ neural systems were primed for anxiety and depression by daily smartphone […] Written by Hugh Breakey April 29, 2024April 29, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Should TikTok Be Banned? Key Takeaway: President Biden signed a US$95 billion foreign aid bill in April 2024, allowing TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app. If the law stands, TikTok will be blocked from any US app store or web-hosting service, affecting over 170 million US users, including 62% of Americans aged 18 to 29. Critics argue […] Written by Sarah Florini April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Being Thoughtful In The Age Of A.I. Key Takeaway: Concerns about AI’s potential roguehood and potential harm to privacy and dignity are a significant concern. AI’s algorithms, programmed by humans, are also biased and discriminatory. However, a psychologist’s research suggests that AI is a threat to making people less disciplined and skilled in making thoughtful decisions. Making thoughtful decisions involves understanding the […] Written by Joe Arvai April 24, 2024April 24, 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
