Startups Announcing winners of Thailand’s first Expat Entrepreneurs Award 2014 October 21, 2014November 9, 2014 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Bangkok, October 20th 2014 – Winners of Thailand’s very first Expat Entrepreneur Awards 2014 were announced in Bangkok on October 14th 2014 at Rembrandt Hotel. Over 200 guests attended the awards presentation night hosted by Bangkok-based expat celebrity Andrew Biggs. Organised by the BigChilli magazine in collaboration with Bangkok Now (BNOW) network community, the Awards […]
Entrepreneurship How to Avoid Online Shopping Fraud? October 21, 2014October 21, 2014 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Whether it is the latest tech gadget, new clothes, your next holiday trip, or car insurance – there are few things that you cannot buy online. But as great the pleasure of having everything delivered to your door step may be, the hard is the awakening once you realize you’ve become a victim of online […]
Entrepreneurship Drinkentrepreneurs taught me how to deal with networking in Asian startup world. October 16, 2014November 5, 2014 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked One month path but the epic Echelon Thailand 2014 Afterparty still remains strong in my memory – Amarit Charoenphan, CEO of Hubba Thailand & Co Organizer of ECHELON Thailand. We all agreed that ECHELON Thailand 2014 was fantastic, but , one month after, something that became the talk of the Bangkok town was its After […]
Startups Mailbird is hunting for a C#, .NET Senior Backend Developer October 8, 2014November 9, 2014 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Mailbird is the best email client that brings a world of productivity to your inbox on a beautiful platform for email innovation. Mailbird is for Windows. The Mailbird team members are located in Bali, Bandung, India and Copenhagen. Application Deadline : 26 Oct 2014 Location: Bandung, Indonesia preferred, but location is flexible. Working with an international distributive […]
Startups Why Outsourcing Could Save Your Business October 7, 2014November 9, 2014 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Ayers is an Australian owned and managed Contractor Management Company that delivers innovative and streamlined payroll and contractor management services to contractors, recruitment agencies, consulting companies and corporations across Australia and New Zealand.
Entrepreneurship Startups Five Mistakes Leaders Make When Hiring October 3, 2014November 9, 2014 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Five Mistakes Leaders Make When Hiring When I ask hiring managers about their process in selecting talent I’m baffled to find that often there isn’t any. One client in particular told me that it never occurred to him to have a standardized hiring process – and he was an engineer! Here are five misfires that […]
Entrepreneurship Startups 4 Do’s & Don’ts of Effective Presentations October 3, 2014November 9, 2014 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked As an entrepreneur, you will have to pitch to various people for many reasons – it could be to obtain funding for the company, securing a key location, explaining a complex problem and solution, or simply giving an update on an ongoing project. No matter the context, the principles of presenting to decision making bodies are […]
Editor's Pick Entrepreneurship Interviews Fred Mouawad, Founder of Taskworld September 30, 2014September 30, 2014 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Fred Mouawad is the founder of Taskworld. A task management application that improves the performance of teams. Fred is also a global citizen, serial and portfolio entrepreneur, and founder of Synergia One Group of Companies. Synergia One is the entity that groups all the companies Fred founded which includes the family jewelry business, Mouawad, of […]
Startups Terra Motors Vietnam opens one of their first 3S-authorized dealers and officially launches e-scooter A4000i. September 29, 2014November 9, 2014 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Terra Motors Vietnam officially opens Terra Motors Gia Minh – one of their first dealers in Hanoi. It is one of the first authorized dealers that were built according to the 3S standards in nation-wide. Terra Motors Vietnam, a group company of the No.1 electric vehicle company in Japan, officially launches their E-scooter A4000i as […]
Entrepreneurship Women are Excellent Investors and Entrepreneurs September 28, 2014September 28, 2014 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Times have changed, with women in some sectors now equalling the earning power of their male counterparts. But there is still a perception that proper money management and entrepreneurship is the domain of men, and the perception that women seeking the wisest path in investing in the future should hand their financial affairs over to […]
Paul Beasant – President & CEO of Nova Graphene Inc. This article was originally published here: Paul Beasant – President & CEO of Nova Graphene Inc. What’s your story? I was working in renewable energy – waste to energy, specifically – when it was observed that the carbon waste from the process I was promoting had some graphenic properties. At the time, I had no […] Written by Callum Laing June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Problem Of Knowledge Philosophers have historically treated the problem of knowledge as establishing the conditions for personal “justified true belief” in the presence of philosophical skepticism and relativism. Epistemologists since Plato‘s Theatetus have developed a bewildering number of theories of knowledge. Second only to Kant ‘s “scandal” that philosophers cannot logically prove the existence of the external world, it is scandalous that professional philosophers are […] Written by The Information Philosopher June 1, 2021June 3, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Future of Knowledge: Can It Exist Without a Human Mind? When we consider the future of knowledge, we must consider whether something like knowledge can exist without a human mind to grasp it. Some would argue that without interacting with consciousness, it is possible to have data and even information, but not real knowledge. Such a view flies in the face of the normal way we think about knowledge. What are […] Written by Empirics Asia May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Case For Bad Ideas I was speaking to a friend this morning about the alarming increase in peanut allergies in certain populations, chiefly the overdeveloped West. For example, they have increased fivefold in the UK in just the past 20 years. The latest science behind the cause stipulates that we are just too clean; and that our avoidance of potential threats — a legume, in this […] Written by Anthony Fieldman May 20, 2021May 20, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Lessons From The 1997 Asian Financial Crisis In the mid-summer of 1997, much of East Asia was gripped by the Asian financial crisis. The crisis began in Thailand due to the mounting pressures of its exchange rate in the last quarter of 1996. The These mounting pressures arose from the increase of the already high current account deficits that engulfed the country at the […] Written by Shrimp Among Whales May 19, 2021May 19, 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
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
