Callum Connects Interviews Joelle Pang – General Manager at FastJobs Asia March 14, 2021March 14, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked This article was originally published here: Joelle Pang – General Manager at FastJobs Asia A commitment to equal opportunities has driven Joelle Pang to develop an employment platform primarily aimed at helping blue collar workers find jobs. What’s your story? My personal mission is to enable creation for contribution to communities. I believe there is […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Sulayman Tun-Ismail – Entrepreneur December 20, 2020October 20, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Sulayman Has Pioneered Completely Digital Business Cards What’s your story? I grew up and was educated in Australia before returning to Malaysia to join a big regional bank. The first year, when I received my business cards, the printed details were smudged on most of the cards. It was pretty annoying having to manually mark every […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Bradly Ng – Director of Sky Matters Limited October 3, 2020September 25, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Bradly’s DIY Platform Provides Interactive Marketing Solutions What’s your story?Starting at a young age, I always wanted to set up a business where I could interact with people. I was fortunate to study and live in The Netherlands and Canada for over 15 years which gave me the opportunity to explore and understand the European […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Zhou Wenhan, CEO of Smart Walkie Talkie August 5, 2019August 5, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Wenhan started his career in the mobile space back when apps where something on Nokia (dumb)phones. Now he is looking ahead to bring mobility to underserved enterprise workers. What’s your story?My career has been built around the mobile space. I got into mobile (2009) really early by trying to create a J2ME/WAP app for a […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Edric Lin, Country Director of Wanted.Jobs November 21, 2018November 20, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Edric Lin heads up the team at Wanted.Jobs – Asia’s first recruiting platform powered by social referrals. What’s your story? Having been a market launcher at three other startups within big data and MarTech – I specialize in bringing disruptive technologies into new markets. I also spent 2 years at LinkedIn – helping companies in […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Bent Rye, CEO & Chairman of Temasys November 9, 2018November 27, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Bent Rye has broad experience in direct and partner sales, scaling of business operations and large deal management. What’s your story? I have been part of building the Internet for almost 20 years with Cisco – first in Europe, then worldwide based at Cisco HQ in Silicon Valley. It was a tremendous experience to be […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Jeffrey Liu, Co-Founder & CEO of GuavaPass September 5, 2018September 4, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked With such a robust startup ecosystem in Singapore, Jeffrey decided to launch GuavaPass, a fitness-based app focusing on high-quality, boutique studios and group fitness. What’s your story? I started my career on Wall Street before moving to the West Coast to join a women’s fashion e-commerce startup. The lifestyle in Santa Monica was infectious and […]
Business & Economics Entrepreneurship Startups Strategy Science is the Next Big Thing in Startups July 18, 2018July 18, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked From pharmaceuticals to petrochemical processes: Newcomer companies and investors and investors alike are setting their sights on science. How the start-up scene moves beyond the mobile apps bubble… For the last two years Silicon Valley analysts and venture capitalists are anticipating the burst of yet another bubble. This time, under the risk are the mobile […]
Editor's Pick Entrepreneurship Startups Strategy Technology Building Yelp: A History Lesson June 19, 2018June 19, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked In the fall of 2004, Jeremy Stoppelman caught the flu. He had just arrived in San Francisco that summer, so he jumped online in hopes of finding a recommendation for a doctor. Instead, all Stoppelman found were bare bones directories and useless information. But this gave him an idea. He and Russel Simmons were in […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Nicholas Lim, Business Development of Eatsy February 12, 2018January 29, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Nicholas Lim started Eatsy, a food and beverage app, with an old friend over a meal of sushi… What’s your story? After 4 years in Singtel serving corporate clients, and with the big three O (30 years old) looming, I could no longer hold back my desire to do something more challenging and meaningful. My […]
How Should Tomorrow’s Economy Look Like? A few days ago, thanks to my algorithmic recommendations — not from the sources I usually read, but selected on the basis of subject matter of interest to me — I came across an article about a 57-year-old American who after being released following a 37-year jail term, was asked about his impressions of something as commonplace as a smartphone, or the […] Written by Enrique Dans April 6, 2021April 6, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Sharing Economy: Capitalism’s Last Stand? Access over ownership. After decades of excessive consumerism, this prospect sounded revolutionary. At first. Now that the sharing economy has become mainstream, more critical voices are appearing. So, what will it be? Empowerment or exploitation? A revolution or business as usual? Before getting to the heart of the matter, I’d like to set something straight: […] Written by Our World April 2, 2021April 6, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Discord And Microsoft: How Do You Create Momentum? The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft is talking to Discord about acquiring the social audio company created in 2015, that has more than 250 million users and has so far focused primarily on creating communities of video game fans. The trigger for these talks has been the surprise success of Clubhouse, which is even smaller than Discord, but […] Written by Enrique Dans March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Just How Feasible Is A Warp Drive? It’s hard living in a relativistic Universe, where even the nearest stars are so far away and the speed of light is absolute. It is little wonder then why science fiction franchises routinely employ FTL (Faster-than-Light) as a plot device. Push a button, press a pedal, and that fancy drive system – whose workings no […] Written by Universe Today March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Conservation In The Time Of Pandemic As I write, we don’t yet know the full socioeconomic impact of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic on people and places around the world. But we know from conversations we’ve had with colleagues and partners globally that cultural heritage places and the many people who rely on them for their livelihoods have been, and continue to […] Written by Getty's Blog March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 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