CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Vincee Li, Interior Designer Contact Vincee For One-stop Solutions In Interior Design and Project Management What’s your story? After graduating from Swinburne University of Technology in Australia, with a Bachelor Degree in Interior Design, I worked in some prestigious interior design companies. I spent 18 years in various industries including, the fitting out/construction industry in Hong Kong, and joined […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Jessica Yeung, Mental Healthcare Provider Jessica’s Platform Is Making Mental Healthcare Accessible What’s your story? When I was a teen, I struggled with my mental health – I wasn’t sure what was going on or how to get help. The lack of information, accessible help, stigma, and high costs of therapy were all major blocks. Fast forward to today, the […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Brad Robinson, Founder and CEO of Ritual | The 30-Minute Gym Brad’s Mission Is to Help You Feel Better, Get Fit, and Live Longer What’s your story? I’m originally from a town of around 1,000 people in Oklahoma, USA. I spent a few years working in the American security industry, and eventually ended up moving to Asia with an organization to combat organized crime, piracy, and […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Eugene Seah, Resource For Leaders Eugene Is A Valuable Resource For Leaders and Their Teams What’s your story? On 14 Nov 2013, I was retrenched from a high-paying banking job. It was very painful as I was the sole breadwinner in a family of 5. For the next 12 months, I looked for a job but did not find a […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Leon Farrant, Effective Leadership Coach Leon Provides Effective Leadership to Start-ups What’s your story? I am a simple European Kenyan born Australian who, having grown up in the bush down under, grew up with a desire to help the community. After 15 years as a ferocious entrepreneur and leader in the energy services sector, I am now trying to apply […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Chowpo Kong – Experiential Marketing Specialist Chowpo Solves Tomorrow’s Problems Across Industries What’s your story? “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Adults often ask us this when we are kids. This was also part of my primary school English writing homework. At the time, the word “entrepreneur” popped into my mind. I wrote, I want to be a […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Sherina Kirpalani – Designer and Entrepreneur Sherina Designs Personalized Trend-Forward Gifts What’s your story? My passion for art and design began at a young age. It led me to the Rhode Island School of Design where I attained a degree in Graphic Design. I began my career in New York and after several years I returned back home to Hong Kong where […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Matthew Paterson – Coach Matthew Helps Young Children Experience A Variety of Sports What’s your story? I moved to Hong Kong, from London, at 7 years old, and was an extremely passionate football player at the time. All I wanted to do was to play football. I quickly discovered however, that my new set of peers possessed a far wider […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Eric Sampson – Executive Coach Eric Helps Executives Advance Their Spoken and Written Communication Skills What’s your story? Our family migrated to New Zealand in 1979. I worked there in Banking for 15 years before returning home to HK in 1994. I’ve since run an Immigration Consultancy, worked in the music industry, property sales, and for an Australian University. About 12 […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Dr. Jennie Peterson-Yu – Textile Engineer Dr. Jennie Makes Top-of-the-line, Affordable Blankets For Children of All Ages What’s your story? Perhaps the most interesting story about me is that I have done well by taking risks and opportunities, and saying “yes.” The domino effect of our choices is shocking. I have been fortunate that each step has led to other steps. I […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Roots Of “Wabi-Sabi” Key Takeaway: Wabi-sabi is a traditional Japanese aesthetic that emphasizes the beauty of something imperfect or unfinished. It is derived from the classical Japanese verb “wabu,” which means to languish or be miserable. Wabi-cha, which literally means miserable tea, is a more severe and austere style of presentation. Wabi-style tea may reach its pinnacle in […] Written by Paul Atkins March 20, 2024March 20, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Democratising Finance Through Artificial Intelligence Key Takeaway: Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing investment by making professional financial insight and portfolio management accessible to everyone. AI-powered robo-advisers, such as Betterment and Vanguard, are democratizing investment and providing tailored advice to a new generation of investors. With 31% of gen Zs and 20% of millennials using robo-advisers, the financial industry is adapting […] Written by Heather He March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Why MH370 Is Still A Mystery Key Takeaway: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared less than an hour after take-off in March 2014, leaving a massive mystery. The plane’s flight path was a mystery, with intermittent satellite location information suggesting it was flown south on a different path. The search involved over 300 flights, surface and submersible vehicle surveys, and was one […] Written by Jamie Pringle March 12, 2024March 12, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Future Of Spacesuits Key Takeaway: The Polaris Dawn mission, which includes the first spacewalk organized by a private company, has been delayed due to complications with the design and development of a suitable spacesuit. Moon suits are a key element of Nasa’s Artemis lunar programme that have yet to be delivered. Spacesuits are no longer expected to be […] Written by Yang Gao March 11, 2024March 11, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Why We Will Never Master The Financial Markets Key Takeaways: Stock market enthusiasts often claim to predict financial market trends with great accuracy, but this is not possible due to the uncertainty and unpredictable nature of the environments in which we make daily decisions. Human cognition tends to favor a reductionist approach to information processing, sometimes called “tunneling,” which can lead to biased […] Written by Benoît Béchard March 8, 2024March 8, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Is There Life On Europa? Key Takeaway: The Juno mission has sampled Jupiter’s atmosphere for the first time, revealing that Europa’s icy surface produces less oxygen than previously thought. Europa has an ocean below its icy surface with twice the amount of water as Earth’s oceans and an ocean floor in contact with rock, enabling chemical water-rock interactions that produce […] Written by Andrew Coates March 7, 2024March 7, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Halo Effect Key Takeaway: A recent study suggests that the “halo effect” is more complicated than previously thought, as attractive people may receive more help from strangers, higher wages, and more job opportunities. This can lead to more favorable treatment in life, such as lighter prison sentences. However, in court, jurors show biases, and more attractive defendants […] Written by Robin Kramer March 6, 2024March 6, 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 — 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