CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Rhod Needham, Co-founder of Halo Impact Rhod Is Propelling The World Into A Sustainable Future What’s your story?In 2016 I was working for JP Morgan in Hong Kong and had a side business making kids toys in China. Inspired to go down the entrepreneurial route, I made the jump out of banking, gathered what I had learned about manufacturing, partnered with […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Ameesha Lathia, Founder of The Pink Lotus Ameesha Makes Your Home A Unique Reflection Of Your Personality What’s your story?I grew up in Mumbai, India and after finishing my master’s degree in the United Kingdom, I worked as a fashion stylist for a magazine in India. I moved to Hong Kong to be with my husband, and soon after started The Pink […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Cressida Martin, Founder of Strong Like Mummy Fitness Mums Join Cressida’s Virtual Gym For Fitness, Nutrition, Lifestyle & Community What’s your story?I am a health and fitness mentor for women looking to get fit and healthy from home after having children. I grew up near Oxford in the UK and went to Manchester Metropolitan University to follow a career in fashion. I wanted […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Jeffrey Liu, Co-Founder & CEO of GuavaPass 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 […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Women on Top in Tech – Sarah Kunst, CEO/Founder of Proday (Women on Top in Tech is a series about Women Founders, CEOs, and Leaders in technology. It aims to amplify and bring to the fore diversity in leadership in technology.) Here is my interview with investor and entrepreneur Sarah Kunst, CEO and founder of Proday, creator of a mobile app which lets you choose workouts from professional athletes and […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Jitesh Chhabria, Co-Founder & CEO of Koach TV Jitesh Chhabria is in the mobile fitness industry as the era of the quantified self evolves What’s your story? As a kid I was asthmatic. So dusty outdoors and physical exertion was not permitted. But technology was my saviour in the form of video games which gave me many breathtaking experiences which I would have […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS Joel Neoh, Founder of KFit One of Asia’s most inspiring and successful young entrepreneurs, Joel Neoh is passionate about democratizing technology to enhance the lives of millions of consumers across Asia. In 2015, he founded KFit, a fitness-sharing platform which seamlessly connects consumers and fitness businesses in key cities across Asia Pacific. KFit offers consumers a simple monthly membership that […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Natalie Turner, Founder of Entheo For anyone sitting on the fence as to whether they should explore the business opportunities in Asia, Natalie and Carl have a great story of how they built up a contact base, made the leap and have been thriving in Singapore. What’s your story? in January 2009 I came to Singapore in the dark, cold […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Padmini Pandya, Strategic Business Planning of SapientNitro The nature of entrepreneurship is changing almost beyond recognition. Today’s entrepreneurs are as likely to find ways to work with fun organisations as they are to try and start things themselves. Padmini has tried both approaches and has landed with a company that gives her the creative freedom that most of us strive for. What’s […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Ray Kua – CEO & Founder of SwimRay This article was originally published here: Ray Kua – CEO & Founder of SwimRay Ray Kua realised that he and his partner had water skills greater than most, so they set about creating a business to pass on their skills. What’s your story? We met as basketball teammates in Jurong JC. Jay is a competitive […] Written by Callum Laing May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What Caused 2022’s Crypto-Crash? If you had invested £100 (US$122) in the cryptocurrency Luna a month ago, you might have been quietly confident you’d made a sensible bet. But Luna’s value has since fallen drastically – at the time of writing, that £100 is worth around 4p (5¢). Luna was by no means the only victim in a week […] Written by Gavin Brown May 17, 2022May 17, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Secret Trouble Of Disney The family-friendly, controversy-averse Walt Disney Co. has walked into the buzz saw of the American culture wars, version 2022. In April, officials at Disney objected to a Florida law prohibiting instruction in sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis responded by signing a bill revoking Disney’s self-governing status, a unique arrangement […] Written by Thomas Doherty May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
5 Ways Big Data Is Changing The World The primitive era had land — rich wilderness upon which the first civilizations were built. The industrial era had giant steel machines capable of carrying humans across the globe to expand our influence. And what about this age? What will we use to change the world? The answer, of course, is data. Information made of […] Written by Ella Alderson May 12, 2022May 12, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Definition Of Living Who am I? It seems like such a simple question. Most of us wouldn’t hesitate. We would answer by referencing our cardinal points of orientation—things most of us will tell you “define a life”. We give them labels to point toward our lineage, contexts and shared rituals. The most powerful of these identity-givers are our […] Written by Anthony Fieldman May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Rethinking Education The Industrial model of education that fueled the modern era and its dizzying reach did its job incredibly well. Its prime accomplishment was the expansion of our ability to abstract the world. Until then, pragmatism reigned, limiting most people’s thoughts and interactions primarily because we lacked the tools to extrapolate information, to wield it for things that lay beyond obvious […] Written by Anthony Fieldman March 2, 2022March 2, 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