Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Eugene Seah, Resource For Leaders December 14, 2020October 21, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Eugene Is A Valuable Resource For Leaders and Their Teams What’s your story? On 14 Nov 2013, I was retrenched from a high-paying banking job. It was very painful as I was the sole breadwinner in a family of 5. For the next 12 months, I looked for a job but did not find a […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Kelvin Teo – Co-Founder and Group CEO of Funding Societies November 4, 2020October 30, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Kelvin Is Funding Societies In Southeast Asia What’s your story?I feel fortunate to have grown up in the small town of Senai in Malaysia. I moved to Singapore at age 15 on the ASEAN scholarship and spent a year at UPenn on the NOC entrepreneurship program, then graduated as valedictorian at NUS, before serving as […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Rob Chong – CEO of RADX November 2, 2020October 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Rob Chong’s passion for technology led him to found a company focusing on AR and VR in anticipation of the changes coming to society. What’s your story? As the founder of a tech company, I am not a developer. I have been in multiple industries, from an aircraft engineer in the Singapore Airforce to leading sales […]
Business & Economics Editor's Pick Entrepreneurship The Rise Of Jio July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Google is in negotiations to invest $4 billion in Jio Platforms, an Indian digital conglomerate spun off from a huge multinational company, Reliance Industries, led by Mukesh Ambani, the richest man in Asia, with an estimated fortune of $71.4 billion. Google’s projected investment would be part of the more than $15.2 billion the company has raised in the last nine weeks, with participation […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Eric Tan, Founder & CEO of Sharent June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Eric Is A Key Player In The Sharing And Rental Ecosystem What’s your story?When I started Sharent, in Singapore, many told me the business model would not work. Traction was slow in the beginning. We started with the idea of C2C and B2C rental to reduce overconsumption and waste. But we pivoted to B2B and […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Startups Clement Fan, Chief Executive Officer at AllForU March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Clement Created a Novel Platform to Connect Businesses to Millennials What’s your story?I am the founder of AllForU and also an undergraduate majoring in Biological Sciences at NTU. My company, AllForU, is a platform that connects student clubs with corporate sponsors. Starting AllForU was an accidental journey that began in 2015 as a hobby. We […]
Business & Economics Editor's Pick Entrepreneurship Startups Strategy Technology Learning about Asia’s FinTech Boom March 16, 2020March 27, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked After reading Alibaba: The House that Jack Ma Built with a friend, we decided to get together for a discussion with the old #StartupCoffeeKL group to go over some of our learnings. For me, the biggest takeaway was the impact Alibaba was having on the financial world. As Mary Meeker points out in the 2018 Internet Trends report, eCommerce is […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Jane Peh, Co-Founder of The Woof Agency February 22, 2020March 6, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Meet Asia’s First, Pets Only, Influencer Advertising Agency – Woof! What’s your story?My background was in advertising. Fast forward, I left after 3 years feeling burnt out, depressed and tired. I was at a point where I was feeling really lost and often turned to pet accounts on Instagram as my happy pills. I became […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Steven Heng, Managing Director of VOXSmart September 17, 2019September 20, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Steven Heng is doing what he set out to do, represent a business in the APAC region. He is the Managing Director of VoxSmart and is expanding its global presence with a regional office in Singapore. What’s your story? After leaving the Financial sector (10 over years with BGC partners and Royal Bank of Scotland), […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Janson Chan, CEO of Aggree March 13, 2019March 21, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Janson Chan believes in the importance of agriculture for self-sustenance which is why he left his job at a bank to pursue a life of an agropreneur in the agriculture industry. What’s your story?Food safety and security are growing issues globally, and according to the United Nations (UN), by 2050 with the world population is […]
Loneliness In The Era Of COVID 19 COVID-19 is proving to be a particularly cruel disease not just because of its pathophysiology but also due to its potentially devastating consequences for engendering loneliness. From the outset of the pandemic, we have learned of countless individuals having to die alone or loved ones not being able to grieve by providing burial services (Miller, […] Written by Frontiers Publishing January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Future Generations And Their Moral Significance Most people think we should have some concern for future generations, but this obvious sounding idea leads to a surprising conclusion. Since the future is big, there could be far more people in the future than in the present generation. This means that if you want to help people in general, your key concern shouldn’t be to […] Written by 80,000 Hours January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Understanding The Hikikomori Phenomenon Hikikomori, which originated in Japan, refers to the condition where youths withdraw into the home and do not participate in society for an extended period of time. Recent updates on hikikomori presentation within the region were exchanged at a Hikikomori Round Table and Regional Symposium (HRTRS) discussion late 2017, leading to this perspective paper. Hikikomori […] Written by Frontiers Publishing December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Economics Of Airbnb Airbnb just went public in a debut that’s been widely celebrated. We dug into the company’s prospectus and learned some interesting facts about their business and travel trends. Cash flow is highly seasonal. ABNB makes all it’s money in Q3. As you can see, that’s pretty much the only quarter in which the company is comfortably […] Written by Empirics Asia December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Commodification of Truth in the Era of Disinformation As children, we’re told bedtime stories to help us fall asleep at night. Stories about mythical creatures, princes and princesses, and unsung superheroes take us to an alternate reality, a more comfortable reality. There, everything is better — we’re more adventurous, life is more exciting, and we always win the battle between good and evil. But what happens […] Written by Empirics Asia December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 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
