Entrepreneurship Sociology Technology How Esports Became Mainstream February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Referring to eSports (electronic sports) as a professional athletic sport has been controversial right from the start. The idea of being a professional player of online video games always seemed to be fairly distant to what was considered the norm for a career in society. However, with the growth of internet connectivity and the popularity […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Dimitri Kouchnirenko – Co-Founder of Incomlend & LC Lite September 29, 2020September 26, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Dimitri’s Platform Improves Cash Flow and Finds New Investment Opportunities What’s your story?Originally from Russia, I immigrated to France when I was a child. After graduating from business school in 2000, I worked as a corporate employee in Europe and Asia. In 2015, I decided to start my own business in the trade fintech space. […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Nick Nerov, Entrepreneur June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Nick Is An Amazon Entrepreneur What’s your story?I was born in Belarus, raised in Canada from age 11, and I now reside in Thailand and travel the world. At 19, I started my first business running a window cleaning franchise. Since then, I have built and sold my home services company, started an Amazon brand […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Thibaut Carminho and Lou Campagna, Founders of Tartes & Pop March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Lou and Thibaut Built the Ultimate Good-Mood Boosting Franchise: Funky Music, a Friendly Staff and Delicious French Tartes What’s your story?Our story is simple and short. It’s the story of two best friends who couldn’t find a good French tart in Hong Kong, so they decided to open their own tart shop. We were both French, […]
Business & Economics Editor's Pick Entrepreneurship Startups Strategy Technology Humanising Machines August 26, 2019August 26, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked In the present age, Machine Learning is on the verge of transforming our lives. The need to provide intelligent machines with a moral compass is of great importance, especially at a time when humanity is more divided than ever. Machine Learning has endless possibilities, but if used improperly, it could have far-reaching and lasting negative […]
Business & Economics Entrepreneurship Startups Joseph Poh, Founder of WonderBrew June 10, 2019June 11, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked To Joseph Poh, entrepreneurship is a delicious undertaking as he has become one of the bold names synonymous with the exciting startups currently in the dynamic food and beverage industry in Malaysia. Born in Ipoh and raised in a family running its own business, Joseph Poh did the rebellious by forgoing his family business. Instead […]
Strategy Technology We The People’s Expansion in the U.S. April 4, 2019April 4, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked We The People (WTP), the global arm of the world’s only multichannel crowdfunding retail chain and community, today announced that it is seeking to expand its presence by offering franchise opportunities to open stores across the countrythrough its U.S. subsidiary Funded USA LLC. WTP established its first U.S.-based store in St. Louis in March 2019 and has plans to open more corporate locations before the […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Charlie Temple, Founder and CEO of Platinum Fitness August 30, 2018August 30, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Charlie’s passion for increasing awareness of the importance of living a healthy and balanced lifestyle lead him to found Platinum Fitness. What’s your story? Hailing from the international hub of Asia: Hong Kong, having studied abroad in New Zealand, I initially fell into the fitness game through my love of Tennis. Having held rank within […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Bryan Choo, Founder of TheSmartLocal.com March 21, 2018March 21, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Bryan Choo gets excited by executing great digital campaigns for his clients. What’s your story? Inspired by TripAdvisor and then later Buzzfeed, I created a hyper-local portal in Singapore 4 years ago. TheSmartLocal.com now reaches over half the population each month and we have over 100 employees. What excites you most about your industry? There’s […]
Business & Economics Entrepreneurship Technology Can the Japanese foster Innovation? January 16, 2018January 16, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Loftwork Inc., FabCafe, MTRL have created a support program and open community, COURIER, which assists innovators that target the global market. A meetup and presentation based on the topic, “Which city has the most global business opportunities?” was held on recently. At the event, nine business leaders knowledgable of the various regions in Japan shared […]
The Sharing Economy: Capitalism’s Last Stand? Access over ownership. After decades of excessive consumerism, this prospect sounded revolutionary. At first. Now that the sharing economy has become mainstream, more critical voices are appearing. So, what will it be? Empowerment or exploitation? A revolution or business as usual? Before getting to the heart of the matter, I’d like to set something straight: […] Written by Our World April 2, 2021April 6, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Importance Of Useless Knowledge In Business Although managing a business, or even a small part thereof, is a complex task, the solutions for solving problems often seem deceivingly simple. Managers resolve even the most complex issues with a two-by-two matrix or simple lists of steps. Most management books simplify the complicated world of business by providing attractive solutions with a high level of […] Written by The Lucid Manager April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Just How Feasible Is A Warp Drive? It’s hard living in a relativistic Universe, where even the nearest stars are so far away and the speed of light is absolute. It is little wonder then why science fiction franchises routinely employ FTL (Faster-than-Light) as a plot device. Push a button, press a pedal, and that fancy drive system – whose workings no […] Written by Universe Today March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Conservation In The Time Of Pandemic As I write, we don’t yet know the full socioeconomic impact of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic on people and places around the world. But we know from conversations we’ve had with colleagues and partners globally that cultural heritage places and the many people who rely on them for their livelihoods have been, and continue to […] Written by Getty's Blog March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Platforms Are The Future Of Intelligence As we organize human work and learning at fantastic scales, let’s strive for something inspiring. Through our relationship with machines, humans are building a new, synthetic intelligence. Organizations are the home for this part-human, part-machine intelligence. The topic to which we now turn is the role organizations play in coordinating the immense scale of work and […] Written by Gideon Rosenblatt March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 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