ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS 7 Tips To Create A Startup Without Initial Investment Stop wasting time looking for investors and focus on your customers. Surely one of the tips you’ve heard more if you want to create an entrepreneur or startup. But what is needed to launch a new company from scratch and with your own money? In this post we would like to clarify some of the […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Crystal Chua, Founder & Director of My Private Chef Never thinking of herself as an entrepreneur, Crystal Chua has started two businesses now and is very passionate about her latest venture, the food industry. What’s your story? I graduated with a finance major in a business degree. Everyone around me was applying for jobs in the banks but I wasn’t sure if I was […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2016 – Thailand Fourteen entrepreneurs and business leaders from Thailand were honoured as winners of the prestigious Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2016 at the glittering gala dinner at the Bangkok Marriott Hotel Sukhumvit, Thailand. Over 300 attendees were present at the by-invitation only event, comprising of industry leaders, leading entrepreneurs, dignitaries and the who’s who of the business […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Paul Chan, Co-founder of Walk in Hong Kong Paul Chan enjoys more than ever, sharing his hometown Hong Kong with people from ‘all walks of life.’ What’s your story? My backpacking trip to Europe in 2004, the first long trip ever in my life, changed my fate forever. It ignited my burning desire for travelling, (I have visited 85 countries so far) and […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Raymond Chu, Assistant Director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Raymund Chu loves helping young startups get a start in life. He works with Hong Kong Polytechnic University at the Institute for Entrepreneurship offering education and seed funding to young people. What’s your story? After spending almost 20 years in various different industries including banking and finance, healthcare and Chinese medicine, I ended up joining […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Shu Yar Cheng, Partner of Uniform & Shentonista After receiving a Facebook email from an old school friend, this young entrepreneur is now working in her dream job. What’s your story? My background is in finance and the arts. After graduating, I tried a couple of banking internships and realised that while I could do it, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ENTREPRENEURSHIP Zen Lessons for Investing Wisely What is “zen personal finance”? Is it a new-age thing? Is it a type of meditation? Is it a new way of looking at our personal finances? It might be none of those things, or it might be all of those things and more! Now that I’ve been out on my own for a while, […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Thierry Tea, Founder & CEO of PhilJets Group Thierry Tea has had a successful and dynamic corporate and entrepreneurial career. From aviation to e-commerce, he is focusing on his latest start-up, WeCube. What’s your story? I was formerly a corporate senior executive, entrepreneur and I am now an investor across 4 Asian countries. I was experiencing dynamic progress in my corporate career with […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP How Overconfidence Influences Entrepreneurship Overconfidence among entrepreneurs has been documented in the work of many researchers. In a sample of 2,994 entrepreneurs, 81% of them, approximately 2,450, believe that their chances of success are at least 70%. Of the sample, 33% believe in an absolute 100% chance of succeeding, while 75% of new businesses will fail shortly after inception […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP What Makes Warren Buffett So Successful Did you know that if you invested $10,000 in Berkshire Hathaway (Warren Buffett’s company) in 1945, your investment would’ve grown into $30M by 2005? (At the time of writing this piece, the price for a single share stands at $ 190,000.00). In contrast, if you invested the same amount in the S&P 500 in the […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Humility Is The Secret To Leadership? Key Takeaway: A study has found that humble leaders can become more promotable by growing others through a “humility route”. Human capital theory suggests that employees’ value can be enhanced by investing in their knowledge, skills, and abilities. Humble leaders focus on the learning and growth of their followers, creating human capital value for themselves. […] Written by Elsa Chan April 18, 2024April 18, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Did Ancient Scientists & Philosophers Believe In Aliens? Key Takeaway: In 17th-century Europe, there was a debate about the existence of life on other planets due to the transition from a Ptolemaic view to a Copernican view. This led to the idea that if we were more like other planets and moons close to us that revolved around the Sun, they were more […] Written by Philip Almond April 17, 2024April 17, 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
When Will Quantum Computers Actually Become Practical? Key Takeaway: Quantum computing, which uses entanglement to represent information, has the potential to revolutionize everyday life. However, the development of quantum computers has been slow due to the need to demonstrate an advantage over classical computers. Only a few notable quantum algorithms have been developed, such as the BB84 protocol and Shor’s algorithm, which […] Written by Adam Lowe April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Predicting China’s Economy In 2024 Key Takeaway: China’s leaders have declared a GDP growth target of 5% in 2024, despite facing economic problems and a property crisis. The country’s rapid economic growth has been attributed to market incentives, cheap labor, infrastructure investment, exports, and foreign direct investment. However, none of these drivers are working effectively. The government’s determination to deflate […] Written by Hong Bo April 3, 2024April 3, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Future Of Human Computing Key Takeaway: Neuralink, founded by Elon Musk, aims to implant a brain-computer interface (BCI) in people’s brains, allowing them to control computers or phones by thought alone. This technology holds the promise of alleviating human suffering and allowing people with disabilities to regain lost capacities. However, the long-term aspirations of Neuralink include the ability to […] Written by Allan McCay April 2, 2024April 2, 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