INTERVIEWS ST Chua, CEO of Predictry ST Chua, the CEO of Predictry is a seasoned co-founder and business developer. His experience includes founding and successfully exiting a hospitality business and developing a multi-million online daily-deal business across 29 countries globally for Rebate Networks, based out of Germany. Prior to that, he played an integral part of Maxis’ corporate strategy division where […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Zachary Lai, Founder of glomp! As an entrepreneur in the digital space, Zachary enjoys seeing new innovations spread. Here’s hoping his new digital venture, glomp! will spread. What’s your story? I’m a serial entrepreneur from Australia. I made Asia my base in 2001, firstly in Singapore and for the past 8 years in Hong Kong. I was trained as a […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Petrina Loh, Owner of Morsels A transition from banking to cooking, led Petrina to her new venture, her partner and happiness. What’s your story? I was in private banking for 8 years. I did my undergrad in Finance with a Masters in Wealth Management. I decided that I didn’t want to continue with my banking career. During the period when […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Gerben Visser, Co-Founder of The Singapore FinTech Consortium Gerben Visser calls himself a technopreneur! His company, The Singapore FinTech Consortium is a financial technology incubation platform for clients in the region. What’s your story? My passion for technology, internet and finance led me to co-found “The Singapore FinTech Consortium.” In addition, I co-founded IncubAsia Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm. I am […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS Life Lessons I Learnt From “Bollygarchs” Bhiku & Vijay Patel Life eh? It’s a funny conundrum at times when it comes to success and aspiring to achieve. Is success based on some degree of luck? Hard work? Or maybe a little bit of both? Is it 99% inspiration and 1% perspiration, or possibly the other way around? Do you need lots of money to start […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Alexandre Pini, Founder of Braseiro For this entrepreneur it is the thrill of starting a new business which drives him. Alexandre Pini work travelled the world, researching business ideas and settled in Singapore to launch his venture, Braseiro. What’s your story? My name is Alexandre Pini, I’m 26 years old and the founder of Braseiro. After graduating from engineering school […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Carey Wee, President of the Amtel Pte Ltd Staying relevant is important to Carey Wee an entrepreneur in the tech sector. What’s your story? Follow your gut and make changes! When you know what you are good at, you fly. For close to 20 years I worked in the finance industry. I now work in information technology (IT). I have had many roles […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ENTREPRENEURSHIP Future in Infrastructures: Taiwan & Hong Kong As Asia’s economies rapidly expand, many eyes turn to the region’s emerging economies: Taiwan and Hong Kong, both nicknamed “Asian Tiger” economies, have shown tremendous progress in expanding their economies as well as the general infrastructure. Taiwan Situated conveniently near many of the major Asian ports and cities Taiwan acts as a center of trade […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS STRATEGY 5 Tips for Older Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurship is not just a young person’s game. There is no reason why older people can’t start their own business too, even if they have no previous experience of entrepreneurship or if they have already passed retirement age. We are all living longer these days and we most likely will have to work longer as […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS Vithya Nagarajan, Spice Entrepreneur Being a mother of one, and a Co- Director of Raj Food Industries (S) Pte Ltd, is a great challenge in my life. Exceptional motivation and support from my husband, I went through these challenges so that my family’s business would be carried on for generations and not just for years. Having majored in […] 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