ENTREPRENEURSHIP Globalization’s Impact on Tourism Globalization can be defined in several ways. One broad definition is: “A complex web of social processes that intensify and expand worldwide economic, cultural, political and technological exchanges and connections.” Globalization can also be simply described as the movement of goods, ideas, values, and people around the world. The term was first used in the […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Cloud Computing’s Future In Malaysia The past few years, thereโs been a strong buzz on โCloud Computingโ. You find many local businesses now offering โCloudโ services and applications. In America, virtually every technological product out there has the โcloudโ element in it. Even Adobe Creative Suite is now available on the cloud. Imagine, Photoshop and Illustrator now on the cloud! […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS Anna Haotanto, Managing Director of The New Savvy Anna Haotanto is the Managing Director of The New Savvy and Director at Tera Capital, a private investment firm. Anna is the President of the Singapore Management University Women Alumni. She is passionate about finance, education, women empowerment, and childrenโs issues. Previously, Anna has been featured in CNBC, Fast Company, Business Insider, The Straits Times, […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ENTREPRENEURSHIP 3D Printing: A Threat To IP? We seem to be in one of those cultural periods where messages of paranoia are rampant. Thereย is perhaps no more effective way to draw attention to oneself these days than to utter doom and gloom about your topic of interest. This trend (after all, isnโt the goal of any communicator to be able to say […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Stephanie Dickson, Co-Founder of The Wedge Asia Stephanie Dickson is on a rollercoaster of entrepreneurship, and loving it! Based in Singapore, Stephanie is enjoys being part of the start-up world. What’s your story? An Australian Scottish lass who grew up in Asia, which explains the hybrid accent and obsession with Asian food. As a third culture kid, I am fascinated by other […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Taiwanese Counter Strike Fanatic Who Sold His First Business At 20 Taiwan-based social media analytics startup QSearch pulled in $73,000 in revenue last year. This year, the ten-person team is on target to make $300,000 โ and next year cofounder and chief executive Roger Do is forecasting $1 million. Thatโs completely bootstrapped, with no outside funding to date. QSearch actually started out as a marketing analytics […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Zachary Lai, Founder of glomp! As an entrepreneur in the digital space, Zachary enjoys seeing new innovations spread. Hereโs hoping his new digital venture, glomp! will spread. What’s your story? Iโm a serial entrepreneur from Australia. I made Asia my base in 2001, firstly in Singapore and for the past 8 years in Hong Kong. I was trained as a […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS Raghav Gakhar, Editor-in-Chief of WittyFeed I am born and brought up in Jaipur. My college days from Hyderabad have taught me a lot in making the person I am today. One word which will best describe me is passion. ย I made my blog, www.defencelover.in, which is a defense blog.ย Thankfully, I got to know the immense potential of the internet and […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Howard Lo, Founder of Standing Sushi Bar I worked for Microsoft for 14 years; started on the product development team working on Excel based at their HQ in Redmond (Seattle). In March 2003 I transferred to Singapore into a regional developer evangelism and community management role. In 2008 I saw a standing sushi bar while in Tokyo and thought the idea would […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
EDITOR'S PICK ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Nadia binti Abdullah Hasbi, Founder of Liquido Malaysia. (pictured: Nadia binti Abdullah Hasbi, far left)ย Nadia is a highly motivated working professional, holds an MBA from Manchester Business School, one of UKโs top business schools. Experience across South East Asia, Europe and South America in both client facing and internal consultancy roles, coupled with a detailed understanding of strategy and business development. Have […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Surprising Discoveries About The Origin Of Life Key Takeaway: Recent research has focused on replicating the chemical reactions that constitute life as we know it in conditions plausible for early Earth around 4 billion years ago. However, the rise of experimental work has led to many contradictory theories. Some scientists believe that life emerged in deep-sea hydrothermal vents, where the conditions provided […] Written by Louise Gillet de Chalonge May 9, 2024May 9, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Science Of Ancient Egyptian Mythology Key Takeaway: A recent study has found an intriguing link between an Egyptian goddess, Nut, and the Milky Way. The Milky Way, a celestial body, is believed to be linked to Nut, the Egyptian goddess of the sky who swallowed the Sun and gave birth to it. However, attempts to map Nut’s body onto the […] Written by Or Graur May 7, 2024May 7, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Smartphones & The Source Of Our Anxiety Key Takeaway: Jonathan Haidt’s book, The Anxious Generation, calls for action to limit teenagers’ smartphone access and address the mental health crisis caused by the widespread use of smartphones. Haidt cites the “great rewiring” period from 2010 to 2015 as a time when adolescents’ neural systems were primed for anxiety and depression by daily smartphone […] Written by Hugh Breakey April 29, 2024April 29, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Should TikTok Be Banned? Key Takeaway: President Biden signed a US$95 billion foreign aid bill in April 2024, allowing TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app. If the law stands, TikTok will be blocked from any US app store or web-hosting service, affecting over 170 million US users, including 62% of Americans aged 18 to 29. Critics argue […] Written by Sarah Florini April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Being Thoughtful In The Age Of A.I. Key Takeaway: Concerns about AI’s potential roguehood and potential harm to privacy and dignity are a significant concern. AI’s algorithms, programmed by humans, are also biased and discriminatory. However, a psychologist’s research suggests that AI is a threat to making people less disciplined and skilled in making thoughtful decisions. Making thoughtful decisions involves understanding the […] Written by Joe Arvai April 24, 2024April 24, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Are Single People Happier? The Science Of Being Single Key Takeaway: A study published in the Journal of Personality suggests that long-term single people can be secure and thriving, possibly due to their attachment style. The research found that 78% of singles were insecure, with 22% being secure. Secure singles are comfortable with intimacy and closeness in relationships, while anxious singles worry about rejection […] Written by Yuthika Girme April 23, 2024April 23, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Greater Secrets Of Stonehenge Key Takeaway: A project involving archaeologists, astronomers, and photographers from English Heritage, Oxford, Leicester, and Bournemouth universities, as well as the Royal Astronomical Society, aims to study the lunar alignment at Stonehenge. The project aims to identify the layout of certain stones and the major lunar standstill, which occurs when the northernmost and southernmost moonrises […] Written by Fabio Silva April 22, 2024April 22, 2024 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 โ a transcendent sign of intelligence, as we saw in Ravenโs Matrices โ 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 Instituteโs new report, โReskilling China: Transforming The Worldโs Largest Workforce Into Lifelong Learnersโ, which focuses on the countryโs 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 Youโre 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 Iโm about to ask you to take a mental leap. For the next 8 minutes, suspend your notions of what a business is, and Iโll propose a new lens for you to look through. There are a lot of questions asked around what โcommunityโ means for business. โWhere should community fit in my organization?โ and […] Written by Empirics Asia September 5, 2018September 5, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked