CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Thibaut Carminho and Lou Campagna, Founders of Tartes & Pop 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, […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS KC Ng, General Manager of Collateral Damage Studios During his time in university, KC became involved in the comics and animation society, and illustration became a hobby. In 2013 after receiving an offer he could not refuse he left his day job and founded an internationally recognised illustration studio. What’s your story? Since I was a teenager, I have been passionate about anime […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Patrick Ngan, President & Co-Founder of QF Pay Patrick Ngan is connecting the world through mobile payment, one country a time with his business QF Pay. What’s your story? From being an investment banker to CFO of a HK-listed conglomerate and now a startup. Patrick Ngan is President and Co-Founder of QF Pay, responsible for overseas business expansion, connecting the world through mobile […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP The Current State of The Advertising Industry in India The global advertisement growth rate is around 4.5%, while the expansion rate in India this year was around 12%: Source Deciphering the above figures gives us the opportunity to understand the potential of the Indian advertisement market. And, the traditional media market is making the most of this particular boom. For instance, the revenue generated in […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Borislav Tatarov, Founder of Purified Marketing From Bulgaria to Asia, Borislav Tatarov mastered his SEO skills to return to Asia and set up a successful business. What’s your story? I was working various marketing related jobs in my home country – Bulgaria. However I really didn’t see myself living there. So in 2012, when I was 25, I decided to quit […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS Marketing Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When it comes to marketing, everyone wants to talk about the best ways to market or how to be a successful marketer. We tend to search for easy and proven ways. Why don’t we consider the basic marketing mistakes? No one can ever be a great marketer or, for that matter, any kind of an […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS Eli Garcia, Founder of Lamax Consulting Group Eli Garcia is a Canadian Chartered Public Accountant (CPA, CGA) and the founder of Lamax Consulting Group, a professional consulting firm that primarily focuses in helping small business owners and entrepreneurs to operate their businesses more efficiently and increase their profits through Market Positioning and Capital Optimization. Eli has extensive knowledge and direct experience managing […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS 3 Things Asian Startups Should Do To Avoid American Rejection The startup world has morphed into a global subculture with technology making us feel like we’re all the same – regardless of cultural or geographical differences. As a startup founder in Asia, especially if you’re based in a smaller consumer market like Singapore, you will likely include other Asian and/or global markets as part of […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS 7 Tips To Create A Startup Without Initial Investment Stop wasting time looking for investors and focus on your customers. Surely one of the tips you’ve heard more if you want to create an entrepreneur or startup. But what is needed to launch a new company from scratch and with your own money? In this post we would like to clarify some of the […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Top 10 Mistakes Young Entrepreneurs Make In a world where relying on one source of income is not enough and employment is increasingly scarce, a trend is growing as more and more young entrepreneurs have resorted to starting up their own businesses as a means of employment. Although a high number of young entrepreneurs are taking the plunge and going out […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Exploring Mandela Effect: The Mystery Of Shared False Memories Imagine the Monopoly Man. Is he wearing a monocle or not? If you pictured the character from the popular board game wearing one, you’d be wrong. In fact, he has never worn one. If you’re surprised by this, you’re not alone. Many people possess the same false memory of this character. This phenomenon takes place for […] Written by Deepasri Prasad September 27, 2022September 27, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Do Scientific Facts Last Forever? Astronomers once believed the Sun revolved around the Earth. In the 19th century, scientists thought the shape of a person’s skull could reveal their mental strengths or weaknesses. And in the 20th century, many scientists fiercely opposed the idea that continents drift. All views that have since been completely overturned. So can we trust the scientific […] Written by Peter Vickers September 26, 2022September 26, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Significance Of The Queen’s Funeral Great royal events in the United Kingdom are often a mix of old and new, and the commemoration and funeral of Queen Elizabeth II will be no exception. While there will be several strikingly new features, the seemingly traditional elements are not as old as they may appear. While some newer elements are revivals from […] Written by Philip Williamson September 19, 2022September 19, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How Pessimism Is Human Nature In today’s society, being happy and having an optimistic attitude are social expectations that weigh heavily on how we live and the choices we make. Some psychologists have pointed out how happiness has evolved into an industry. In turn, this has created what I call a happiness imperative, the social expectation that we should all aspire to […] Written by Ignacio Moya September 15, 2022September 15, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
5 Challenges Of Education In The Metaverse More and more colleges are becoming “metaversities,” taking their physical campuses into a virtual online world, often called the “metaverse.” One initiative has 10 U.S. universities and colleges working with Meta, the parent company of Facebook, and virtual reality company VictoryXR to create 3D online replicas – sometimes called “digital twins” – of their campuses that are […] Written by Nir Kshetri September 14, 2022September 14, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What Is Proof-Of-Stake? Proof-of-stake is a mechanism for achieving consensus on a blockchain. Blockchain is a technology that records transactions that can’t be deleted or altered. It’s a decentralized database, or ledger, that is under no one person or organization’s control. Since no one controls the database, consensus mechanisms, such as proof-of-stake, are needed to coordinate the operation […] Written by Scott Ruoti September 13, 2022September 13, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What Is Love? A Philosopher’s View Woven through Thor: Love and Thunder, Taika Waititi’s latest contribution to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is a sentimental and age-old commentary on mortality and love. In this intergalactic rom-com, the hammer-wielding Gods of Thunder face the shady “god butcher” Gorr in a race to the Gates of Eternity. Gorr has inherited his god-killing gift through […] Written by Oscar Davis September 12, 2022September 12, 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
