CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Ho Chang Jun, Founder of Flide Pte Ltd and Gram Pte Ltd Ho Chang Jun is edutaining his clients’ prospects through animation and videos. What’s your story? My name is Ho Chang Jun and I love design. I graduated from Ngee Ann Poly studying business and I fell in love with design after my close friend, Eugene Cheng (now co-founder of Highspark previously known as Slide Comet), […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS Jamie Norris, Digital Marketing Manager of E-Blue International (North American Channel) Jamie Norris is the contracted marketing director who’s taking E-Blue into the North American gaming furniture and gears market. ”As a digital marketer and long time entrepreneur I was thrilled to be tasked with such an opportunity. Being a digital nomad and being able to work anywhere there is wifi” Jamie just couldn’t say no […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS Reed Gusmus, Director of Marketing at QASymphony A dynamic and award-winning digital marketing expert, Reed Gusmus is the visionary responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of digital marketing strategies for QASymphony, a company specializing in software testing tools and test case management tools. As director of marketing, Reed’s responsibilities require an approach in which a delicate balance is struck between abstract […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS Alexandra de Scheel, Founder of Delyric Entertainment Alexandra de Scheel is widely known by her artist name Delyric Oracle. She has spent ir majority of her younger life getting ahead in school, traveling between continents, where she ended up staying in Switzerland for high school longer than anywhere else, followed by undergraduate school in London where Alexandra attained two BAs in sociology and journalism. […] 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
INTERVIEWS Soumik Chakraborty, CEO & Founder of AAR Consultancy It’s a classic case of how your every failure, can make you stronger and you turn it around, to give more to the world. Was down in dumps, but definitely not out. Still fight was left in me. In that spirit, Singapore-based AAR Consultancy recently announced their launch offering online marketing consultant services, solutions, expert guidance […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS Varun Chandran, Founder of Corporate360 I am 33; I was born and raised in a small farming village called Padam in Kerala, India. I dropped out of college early. I was a national level footballer in India, captained Kerala youth and university football teams. I spent 10 years working for some of the world’s largest software companies such as SAP […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Patricia Lin, Director of Zion Global Marketing Patricia Lin aims to help grow small businesses across Asia through her digital marketing business. What’s your story? I started learning about internet marketing together with my then-boyfriend and now-husband, Calvin Woon in our second year of studies at National University of Singapore (NUS). That eventually led us to start multiple online businesses which generated […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Leroy Tan, CEO of BizGrow Interested in scaling your SME with working capital? What’s your story? I was born into a poor family together with a disabled younger brother; disfigured due to psoriasis at the age of 29. I have always been a misfit and have failed both in schooling and businesses. I have all the reasons and excuses anyone […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Data Cloud: Transformation In Marketing Data Industry The New Marketing-tech Fuelling CRM, Marketing Automation & Predictive Analytics tools. Marketers need to make decisions in a data-rich environment, where vast amounts of customer data are flowing not only from the company’s internal systems such as CRM, marketing automation and web analytics, but also from external sources such as social, mobile, and other sources […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Unlocking The Secret Language Of Honeybees Key Takeaway: Honeybees use a physical “waggle dance” to communicate the direction, distance and quality of resources to their nestmates. Bees are born with some knowledge of how to dance, but can learn how to dance even better by following experienced bees. This is the first known example of such complex social learning of communication […] Written by James C. Nieh March 10, 2023March 10, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Is Web3 A Fad? Key Takeaway: Web3 is an alternative vision of the web where the services are purely algorithmic things hosted by everybody, and has been called “the hyperfinancialization of all human existence”. Data is no longer easily accessible, making it difficult for entrepreneurs to acquire more users, leading to a stagnant cycle. Web3 startups have focused on […] Written by Eric Feng March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Art Of Receiving Feedback Good feedback, whether you are on the receiving or giving end, requires an attitude of curiosity and openness. Intentionally creating space for feedbackcan help, but even with the right space, receiving feedback can be really scary. Many organizations have formal systems of feedback in the style of mid-year and annual reviews. And it’s not uncommon for informal continuous […] Written by Andrea Mignolo February 27, 2023February 27, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The World After Oil Key Takeaway: The production and consumption of fossil fuels is on the rise, and expected to peak within the next decade. To consider alternatives to oil, we need to be aware of the scale of its integration into our lives. Caleb Wellum, an assistant professor of U.S. history at the University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada, […] Written by Nehal El-Hadi February 24, 2023February 24, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Secret Chemistry Of Chocolates Key Takeaways: Chocolate has been around for at least 4,000 years, and is now a trillion-dollar global industry. It starts out as a dull-tasting bean, packed into a pod that grows on a cacao tree, and requires two key steps: fermentation and roasting. Roasting is an art form, with different temperatures and times producing different […] Written by Sheryl Barringer February 23, 2023February 23, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Making Sense Of UFOs In The Modern Era Key Takeaway: UFOs are the term used to describe aircraft that aren’t easily identified or explained, and have been around since the late 1940s and early 1950s. In 2020, the U.S. Navy released multiple videos of unidentified aerial phenomena, sparking interest in the public and government. UAPs are more likely to be human-made, rather than […] Written by Wendy Cobb February 17, 2023February 17, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What Is Effective Altruism? Key Takeaway: Effective altruism is an intellectual and charitable movement that seeks to find the best ways to help others. It was inspired by the philosopher Peter Singer and has gained traction due to its popularity among some extremely wealthy donors, such as Dustin Moskovitz, who co-founded Facebook and the Asana digital work management platform. […] Written by Jacob Bauer February 16, 2023February 16, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Rethinking Education Key Takeaways: The Industrial model of education that fueled the modern era and its dizzying reach did its job incredibly well. In his writing, Flynn illustrates study after study, spanning nations and decades, in which modern educational gift of abstraction — a transcendent sign of intelligence, as we saw in Raven’s Matrices — has been […] Written by Anthony Fieldman March 2, 2022October 19, 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
