BUSINESS & ECONOMICS EDITOR'S PICK SOCIOLOGY STARTUPS The Relationship Economy Terry Mollner — whose Calvert Impact Capital funds are the world’s largest, at $9 billion (or $12 billion, depending on what source you cite) — is one of the great pioneers of a new economy based on meaningful relationshipsand the common good — a conceptual framework that is increasingly called ‘Game B’ these days, as an alternative to the prevailing […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Mo Dirani, Managing Director of Plano Dr. Mo Dirani, a research entrepreneur, successfully spun-off a health tech company to save sight and empower lives. What’s your story? I am a PhD graduate (2006) from the University of Melbourne, Department of Ophthalmology, where I developed the world’s largest twin study to better understand the aetiology of myopia (or short-sightedness). After spending almost […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Women in Tech: Movers and Shakers – Shiyan Koh from Hustle Fund I met Shiyan Koh at the Women in Tech Singapore 2018. Koh was the VP of business operations and corporate development at personal finance company NerdWallet. She formerly worked as an investment professional at Bridgewater Associates and Institutional Venture Partners. She is now at Hustle Fund; a pre-seed firm founded by former 500 Startups partners Elizabeth […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS TiEcon 2016 is coming – are you missing out? TiEcon 2016 is coming in less than 2 weeks. Ranked alongside Demo, TED and World Economic Forum among the top 10 conferences worldwide for ideas and entrepreneurship by Worth magazine, TiEcon attracted 4600 professionals from over 22 countries in 2015. Over a two-day period, TiEcon 2016 will once again focus on the hottest areas of […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Health is Wealth Series – The World of Health Tech What happens when a serial entrepreneur falls gravely ill? He uses his best talent of business creation to create a health solution that saved his own life and may save yours. I intend to angel invest in Health Tech and have been consciously following health tech developments and startups. I used to be Assistant Director […] 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
