Entrepreneurship Startups What Is The No#1 Resource You Need In Your Startup? October 13, 2014November 9, 2014 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Most people who start up clearly recognize that they require resources. But often times when I ask them, what is it that they would want, they give one simple answer: Funding. Capital, over the years have come to mean one thing – money, but in a more liberal form (and original context) capital refers to […]
Entrepreneurship Startups Choose to be nice. Please. October 5, 2014November 9, 2014 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Starting up, is against the odds. The natural thing for a startup, is to die. Nature, contrary to populary belief, doesn’t by default nurture, but is aggressive and kills. If you want an instrospective view, look at yourself. Every single moment and with every breathe that we take, our cells are getting older, our bodies […]
Entrepreneurship What does Ethics Mean in the Context of Startups? September 18, 2014September 18, 2014 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked You have to be super specific. There are certain businesses, where I am told, its impossible to run it by the book. A hotel for example – if the health inspector decides its cockroach infested (even if its not) you have to end up paying him. Sure you can say you wont bribe etc, but […]
Entrepreneurship Some Stats and Insights on Angel Networks in India August 14, 2014August 14, 2014 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Some Interesting Stats on Angel Networks in the country: The biggest network in the country last year received 3204 applications. The first shortlist was done for 250 startups which had in person pitch sessions and 13 companies were invested into. The 10,000 Startups initiative received a similar 3000 odd applications, shortlisted to 25, out of […]
MINESH PORE, Co-Founder and CEO 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 […] Written by Callum Laing January 1, 2021December 16, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Who Am I? What Is The Self? Who am I? What is the self and where does it come from? This may be one of the oldest problems in philosophy. Beyond traditional philosophy, only very recently approaches from neuroscience (in particular imaging studies) have tried to address these questions, too. So what are neural substrates of our self? An increasing body of […] Written by Frontiers Publishing December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Bill Gate & Elon Musk Feud The Microsoft founder has become the latest in Musk’s growing list of billionaire foes. Why is SpaceX & Tesla’s chief picking fights? While they have international, even Interplanetary, businesses to run, or world-saving foundations to oversee; Billionaires, so it seems, also have plenty of time to fight. In recent months, the multi-billionaire’s club has been […] Written by Empirics Asia December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Why The Recovery Has To Be Green If there has been one positive aspect of this terrible pandemic, it’s been the realization by growing numbers of people that we must change our way of life, which is largely responsible for the dire consequences of COVID-19, and start to develop more sustainable habits. A recent survey by the Pew Research Centerstates that 77% of […] Written by Empirics Asia December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Is This The End Of Made In China? In early July, an important announcement by Apple went relatively unnoticed: it was shifting assembly of its iPhone 11, then the most advanced model in its product line, from China to Chennai in India. A couple of weeks later, Samsung, along with several other Apple suppliers (Foxconn, Pegatron and Wistron), Indian manufacturers Micromax and Lava, and up to 18 other companies applied […] Written by Empirics Asia December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
PIYASAK UKRITNUKUN, MD 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 […] Written by Callum Laing January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Sad Music Makes Us Happy? In general, sad music is thought to cause us to experience sadness, which is considered an unpleasant emotion. As a result, the question arises as to why we listen to sad music if it evokes sadness. One possible answer to this question is that we may actually feel positive emotions when we listen to sad […] Written by Empirics Asia January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Purpose Of Art Art has had a great number of different functions throughout its history, making its purpose difficult to abstract or quantify to any single concept. This does not imply that the purpose of art is “vague” but that it has had many unique, different reasons for being created. Some of the functions of art are provided in […] Written by Lumen Learning January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Race For The World’s Next-Generation Computer There were many doubts as to whether or not quantum computing could ever become a reality. The circuitry relies on tricky manipulation of ions and photons, or otherwise requires temperatures near absolute zero. It is, by all means and purposes, an immense test of mankind’s cleverness and aptitude for innovation. Yet just 3 days ago […] Written by Ella Alderson January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
