Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Carey Wee, President of the Amtel Pte Ltd November 16, 2015November 17, 2015 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Staying relevant is important to Carey Wee an entrepreneur in the tech sector. What’s your story? Follow your gut and make changes! When you know what you are good at, you fly. For close to 20 years I worked in the finance industry. I now work in information technology (IT). I have had many roles […]
Business & Economics Entrepreneurship Future in Infrastructures: Taiwan & Hong Kong October 25, 2015December 27, 2015 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked As Asia’s economies rapidly expand, many eyes turn to the region’s emerging economies: Taiwan and Hong Kong, both nicknamed “Asian Tiger” economies, have shown tremendous progress in expanding their economies as well as the general infrastructure. Taiwan Situated conveniently near many of the major Asian ports and cities Taiwan acts as a center of trade […]
Entrepreneurship Startups Strategy 5 Tips for Older Entrepreneurs October 18, 2015December 27, 2015 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Entrepreneurship is not just a young person’s game. There is no reason why older people can’t start their own business too, even if they have no previous experience of entrepreneurship or if they have already passed retirement age. We are all living longer these days and we most likely will have to work longer as […]
Interviews Vithya Nagarajan, Spice Entrepreneur September 28, 2015September 28, 2015 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Being a mother of one, and a Co- Director of Raj Food Industries (S) Pte Ltd, is a great challenge in my life. Exceptional motivation and support from my husband, I went through these challenges so that my family’s business would be carried on for generations and not just for years. Having majored in […]
Entrepreneurship Startups Launch of the first ever Franchise Quality Mark (FQM) by the Singapore Franchise Training School (SFTS) September 27, 2015September 27, 2015 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked LAUNCH OF THE FRANCHISE QUALITY MARK (FQM) BY SINGAPORE FRANCHISE TRAINING SCHOOL (SFTS) AND SUPPORTED BY ASTREEM CONSULTING Singapore Franchise Training School (SFTS) has launched the Franchise Quality Mark (FQM), a seal of quality awarded to franchisors after being assessed and evaluated based on a set of Franchise Management Excellence Criteria. It is the first […]
Business & Economics Entrepreneurship Startups 6 Reasons Why Your Startup Will Fail September 27, 2015December 28, 2015 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked When starting a new business, the last thing one wants to focus on is the failure. But addressing reasons for failures up front could minimize the odds of failure. “But that will not happen to me. I have a brilliant idea and everybody in the market needs it!” You’re probably saying this to yourself. Unfortunately, […]
Entrepreneurship Good is the Enemy of Great September 17, 2015September 17, 2015 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Yun Ta Ming learnt early in life the consequences of failure. Perhaps, it is that first failure at a tender age that spurred him on to become the Group CEO of CHASSasia. As a child, the Singaporean, was a slow learner and never did manage to speak till he turned five. This naturally, slowed him […]
Entrepreneurship The Risk of Our Obsession with Technology September 13, 2015September 13, 2015 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked In the spring of 2013, Nobel prize-winning physicist James Cronin was awarded the Alumni Medal for lifetime achievement as a professor at the University of Chicago, where I went to college. In his remarks, Mr. Cronin stated that his greatest concern about the future of America was our emphasis on science and technology education. He […]
Entrepreneurship Startups What I Learnt From Quitting My Job and Starting A Company September 1, 2015September 1, 2015 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked I’ve been earning to give as a software developer for the past several years, and it started to become clear that I could make more money in a different job. But I was torn between a finance career which put my math skills to use and founding a company where I might achieve the vocational […]
Callum Connects Entrepreneurship Interviews Nick Gan, Co-Founder of ApexPeak August 13, 2015August 14, 2015 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked According to entrepreneur, Nick Gan, “we’re at the cusp of a multi-year fintech wave in Asia..” Find out more here… What’s your story? I started my career in finance and spent many years in the corporate world in a number of roles within credit, equities and investments. However, I always had a deep longing to […]
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
