Business & Economics Startups Technology Who Will Win The Battle Of The Smart Home? February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked You may not realize it yet, but the tech giants are battling to gain entry into your home by making it smarter. So far, Amazon is in the lead but Google is fighting back. Apple, Samsung, Microsoft, and Intel all have bets in the “smart home” market as well, and a number of Chinese firms […]
Callum Connects Interviews Nikita Sachdev – CEO of LUNA PR February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked This article was originally published here: Nikita Sachdev – CEO of LUNA PR A fortuitous booking for model Nikita Sachdev, at a time when she was becoming disenchanted with the industry, introduced her to bitcoin and she has never looked back. What’s your story? After graduating with a chemistry degree, I decided my passion was […]
Callum Connects Interviews Rossana Llenado – CEO of AHEAD Tutorial and Review Center February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked This article was originally published here: Rossana Llenado – CEO of AHEAD Tutorial and Review Center Early entrepreneurial enterprises and a life time commitment to education have combined in Rossana Llenado, and she keeps on learning! What’s your story? I started my entrepreneurial journey very early in life. I like giving gifts but also came […]
Callum Connects Interviews John Astro Goh – Co-Founder of Urcliq Marketing Collective February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked This article was originally published here: John Astro Goh – Co-Founder of Urcliq Marketing Collective A variety of jobs which led nowhere sent John Astro Goh in the direction of online marketing, and now he is utterly committed to it. What’s your story? I was in a handful of different industries before; I was […]
Editor's Pick Entrepreneurship Strategy Technology The Secret Of Clubhouse’s Growth Model February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Clubhouse’s rapid growth has taken it to more that six million registered users (active users or those who have downloaded the app to reserve their name) as of February 1, putting it at the center of cultural phenomenon that takes social audio to heights of popularity that many years of podcasting apps and platforms have never […]
Business & Economics Sociology Technology The Future Of Work January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked John Maynard Keynes first introduced the idea of technological unemployment in the 1930s. By it, he meant job loss from technological innovation. It remains a controversial topic today. That’s because some people believe technology unleashes more new jobs than it destroys, while others don’t. One of the reasons for this disagreement is that we don’t […]
Editor's Pick Science The Egg-Freezing Gold Rush January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Louise Brown, the world’s first IVF baby, was born in 1978, the culmination of decades of research by Cambridge Nobel scientist Sir Robert Edwards. Since then, an estimated eight million babies have been born globally following IVF and other assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs). While many different personal journeys have led to these births, there has […]
Callum Connects PIYASAK UKRITNUKUN, MD January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Abandoning his hopes of studying for an MBA, Piyasak Ukritnukun has turned a relatively small lending company into a billion dollar financial inclusion company. What’s your story? I was born in the US and came back to Thailand to study at Thammasat Business School in 1999. After college, I spent two years with Boston Consulting Group […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews ALEX NG, Founder and Director January 4, 2021December 16, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Never one to be constrained by convention, Alex Ng has created Singapore’s first unstaffed store, powered by AI. What’s your story? Since I was young, I have had the habit of choosing less popular or niche decisions. For example, instead of playing computer games during my secondary school days, I found more enjoyment in selling […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews MINESH PORE, Co-Founder and CEO January 1, 2021December 16, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Minesh Pore has used his global trade expertise to create a ‘dating’ agency where buyers can meet suppliers and BuyHive does the crucial bits in the middle. What’s your story? BuyHive wanted to solve the problem of trust and transparency in sourcing to improve buyers’ outcomes, especially with the assumptions that the growing segment of […]
Samantha Sin – Founder of One Yoga & Samantha Yoga This article was originally published here: Samantha Sin – Founder of One Yoga & Samantha Yoga COVID and political instability have not blunted Samantha Sin’s passion for teaching yoga, she just turned to technology. What’s your story? The last time we spoke, we were just stepping into the 3rd year of our adventure. At the […] Written by Callum Laing February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Truth Beneath Our Complexity We are all guilty of it. When we are left to our own devices, we all, with rare exception, build incredibly complex and fictitious self-narratives, as a lens through which to interpret everything in our worlds. The reason we do this is simple: we have built the world around ego, against which we must now buttress our […] Written by Anthony Fieldman February 23, 2021February 23, 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
The Rule Of Truth: Fallacies & Pandemic Alongside COVID-19 as a viral pandemic, the World Health Organization was quick to declare COVID-19 an infodemic, a superabundance of online and offline information with the potential to undermine public health efforts. Here, Dr. Elinor Carmi, Dr. Myrto Aloumpi and Dr. Elena Musi discuss how philosophical fallacies can be instrumentalised in response to the COVID-19 infodemic and assist those […] Written by LSE Impact January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Problem With Maslow’s Pyramid Of Needs Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs implies a linearity, with self-actualization crowning our enlightenment, once the rest of the pyramid’s ‘baser needs’ are met. While powerful, it is a misguided notion. In reality, we need to start “at the top”. Here’s why. His was a brilliant piece of reflective — if intuitive — insight that gave […] Written by Anthony Fieldman January 25, 2021January 25, 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