CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Chevonne Cheng, Editor of ZULA Chevonne Cheng is a social media influencer. She enjoys what she does and loves the excitement of living in other people’s shoes as she creates meaningful content for brands and people. What’s your story? On LinkedIn, I’m an editor/marketer. On Instagram, I’m an influencer with a ‘lowkey famous dog.’ On Facebook, I’m a girl who […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Conscious Business Leadership – Manish Chandra, founder/CEO of Poshmark (This is one in a series of articles and interviews about conscious business leadership, which is about leaders creating and promoting workplaces of understanding, honesty, and compassion, for the betterment of their employees, their community, their organization and world.) I recently met Manish Chandra, the founder and CEO of Poshmark, the mobile marketplace for women to buy […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Women on Top in Tech – Damini Mahajan, CEO/Co-Founder, We Make Scholars Women on Top in Tech is a series of Women Founders, CEOs & Leaders in Tech. It aims to amplify and bring to the fore diversity in leadership in technology. Damini is the CEO and co-founder of We Make Scholars (http://www.wemakescholars.com), a “Not-just-for-profit” organisation addressing a major social issue: “Lack of reliable and transparent information” in the […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Raphael Danilo, CEO of Yobs Raphael Danilo is doing it all: Studying with a degree from three different universities, travelling the world and CEO of a funded tech company. What’s your story? I’m an 18-year-old French student and internet entrepreneur doing college and business a little differently. I travel and learn whilst running a company thanks to the World Bachelor […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS TiEcon 2016 – Anthony Chow, CEO/Co-founder of Igloohome Before leaving for Santa Clara to attend TiEcon 2016, I met many of the startups at a practice pitch at IE Singapore, put on by TiE Singapore and SPRING Singapore. One such startup was Igloohome, which has its origins in an idea for an integrated smart locks and sensing technology at a Singapore hackathon in […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS TiEcon 2016 – Suchet Bhasin, VP of Innovation of Thingz Before leaving for Santa Clara to attend TiEcon 2016, I met many of the startups at a practice pitch at IE Singapore, put on by TiE Singapore and SPRING Singapore. One such company was Innovation of Thingz, a hot Singapore-based technology startup. Started by entering a hackathon in 2012 in which they created a parking […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS STARTUPS TiEcon 2016 – Scaling Startups with Bob Kruger, CEO Apakau (Part 2) I went to TiE Conference 2016 with an agenda. I wanted to know what does it really take to scale a startup. TiE (http://tie.org/) is known for its deep pockets of experience, investments and talent. So if we had all that, what could be needed or lacking in the people and leadership systems? I spoke to […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS STARTUPS TiEcon 2016 – Scaling Startups with Bob Kruger, CEO Apakau (Part 1) I went to TiE Conference 2016 with an agenda. I wanted to know what does it really take to scale a startup. TiE (http://tie.org/) is known for its deep pockets of experience, investments and talent. So if we had all that, what could be needed or lacking in the people and leadership systems? I spoke to […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS STARTUPS “How do you know if you are a good fit for a startup?” – Marion Neubronner with Hamzah Hassan (Perx) (This is part of the series “What are Gen Ys looking for at Work?”, in which I interview Gen Ys, Gen Xs, and others regarding multi-generational issues in the workplace.) Perx (www.getperx.com) is a Singapore-based startup that was originally launched to provide a replacement for traditional paper loyalty cards. Over the years, it has evolved into a […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS STARTUPS “How has the leadership at a startup turned you on?” – Marion Neubronner with Hamzah Hassan (Perx) (This is part of the series “What are Gen Ys looking for at Work?”, in which I interview Gen Ys, Gen Xs, and others regarding multi-generational issues in the workplace.) Perx (www.getperx.com) is a Singapore-based startup that was originally launched to provide a replacement for traditional paper loyalty cards. Over the years, it has evolved into a […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
TJ Neathery – Founder & CEO Best and Niche Marketing This article was originally published here: TJ Neathery – Founder & CEO Best and Niche Marketing Being a storyteller who constantly asks why has led TJ Neathery into a career in marketing. What’s your story? I’ve always been fascinated with connecting people through storytelling. My academic journey led me through film studies toward an MFA […] Written by Callum Laing 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
Uncovering One Of A.I.’s Deepest Mysteries The black box problem is a profound mystery surrounding AI. It says that we may understand the input, we may understand the output, but the AI’s decision-making process which bridges these two is a black box we can’t seem to peer inside. When given the task of helping diagnose patients, for example, why might an […] Written by Ella Alderson May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Why Data Is The Future Of Healthcare A growing number of studies around the world show that healthcare is steadily evolving into a science based on the analysis of mass data, on detecting the signs that make it possible to know, evaluate and eventually treat a person’s health problems preventively. This is a transformation that will fundamentally affect the development of science […] Written by Enrique Dans May 6, 2022May 6, 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