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Why Should Top Companies Collaborate with Startups

Why Should Top Companies Collaborate with Startups?

Collaboration is integral to business success. Startups collaborate with investors, employees, customers and various internal departments. Some kick it up a notch by collaborating with the big guns—billion-dollar corporations. Critics of this collaboration might label startups as “sell-outs”, but why should they pass on the opportunity to tap bigger resources? And why should corporations deprive themselves of unbridled innovation? Well, they shouldn’t. Here’s why.

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How Can You Build and Maintain a Sales Pipeline

How Can You Build and Maintain a Sales Pipeline?

Sales is integral to a company’s success. After all, it dictates how your business offering reaches and convinces your target audience. According to a study by the Harvard Business Review, companies with a defined sales process earned 18% more revenue than companies with none. What’s more? Companies that used three sales pipeline tools efficiently had a 28% higher revenue growth! Building and maintaining a sales pipeline can make a huge difference to your business growth.

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How to Start an EdTech Company in 2022

How to Start an EdTech Company in 2022

Education is no longer just about textbooks and chalkboards. And, rest assured, it’s not limited to students. With EdTech—technology that makes education more engaging—the education landscape is changing, and so is the demand. In 2020, the global education technology market was valued at US$89.49 billion.

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Darren Wong on How PropTech Is Changing Real Estate for the Better

Darren Wong on How PropTech Is Changing Real Estate for the Better

From launching food and beverage (F&B) startups in Canada to co-founding Denzity and PropTech Institute in Hong Kong, entrepreneur Darren Wong has traveled a long and winding road. One that has led him to finally leave PropTech Institute and take on more ecosystem building work at the Hong Kong PropTech Association (HKPTA).

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Should Social Media Platforms Be under Regulation

Should Social Media Platforms Be under Regulation?

Say what you will, it’s nearly impossible to imagine a world without social media. What’s more? Social media platforms, like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, know that. They use their popularity to their advantage, often putting national security and users at risk.

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WeWork

Can a Startup Start Afresh? WeWork Says Yes!

It’s the classic tale of a CEO running a company into the ground by spending lavishly and recklessly, thus losing investors’ trust. WeWork’s Executive Chairman, Marcelo Claure, rightly noted, “This is a story with drama.”

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Cyberport Venture Capital Forum

Cyberport Venture Capital Forum (CVCF): The Event to Boost Your Startup

Cyberport, the FinTech hub of China, will be hosting the Cyberport Venture Capital Forum (CVCF) from November 2, 2021, to November 3, 2021. With the theme of “Venturing for Success: Resilience, Growth and Opportunities”, the community’s annual premier venture forum will shine a light on the urgent conversation surrounding the tech and venture ecosystem post the pandemic.

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What Is the Best Advice for First Time Entrepreneurs in 2022

What Is the Best Advice for First Time Entrepreneurs in 2022?

So you’ve decided to finally launch your business. First off, congratulations! That’s a big step. Secondly, good luck. Starting your own startup is intimidating, to say the least. For most entrepreneurs, it entails entering unknown terrain, crossing their fingers and hoping for the best. With that in mind, here’s our best advice for a young, first-time startup founder:

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How Can Your Company Become More Energy-Efficient

How Can Your Company Become More Energy-Efficient?

Countries and companies are consuming too much energy today. The abrupt power cuts in China are a testimony to that. The country was forced to cut power across factories and towns to meet their energy goals. Energy efficiency—using less energy to do more—does not have to be this challenging and cumbersome, not for large corporations or startups.

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What Brands Must Know About China’s Evolving Millennial Buyers

What Brands Must Know About China’s Evolving Millennial Buyers

Earlier this year, climate activist Greta Thunberg called out fast fashion consumers during an interview with a fashion magazine. She said, “If you are buying fast fashion, then you are contributing to that industry and encouraging them to expand and encouraging them to continue their harmful process.”

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What Is Femtech and Are Femtech Companies on the Rise

What Is Femtech and Are Femtech Companies on the Rise?

Women’s needs have been largely neglected for years. They get fewer job opportunities, excessive household work, subpar pay and little healthcare attention. Well, no more. The rise of FemTech startups (largely women-run) is changing the healthcare landscape for women. As per a report by CBInsights, FemTech will be worth US$50 billion by 2025. So, what is FemTech, and how can you get started?

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Top Five Data Breaches By Tech Giants In Recent Years

Top Five Data Breaches By Tech Giants In Recent Years

From Facebook to Adobe, we often hear about data breaches in the news. In today’s digital world, data breaches can affect hundreds of millions of users simultaneously. By definition, a data breach means an incident in which secure or private data is released intentionally or unintentionally into an untrusted environment.

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How Can You Launch an Air Taxi Startup

What Is an Air Taxi and How Can You Launch an Air Taxi Startup?

It’s finally happening. Flying cars—a concept we saw in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Back to the Future—are becoming a reality. While many people might scoff at the idea of flying cars—“What’s next? Teleportation? Pfft”—investors are all about taking the chance. So much so that they have set aside US$4.3 billion to meet the requirements.

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Is the Corporate Wellness Industry a Total Scam

Is the Corporate Wellness Industry a Total Scam?

Green smoothies, spontaneous getaways and jade rollers have grown into “essentials” for those looking to boost their life. On TikTok, there’s the “that girl” routine urging women to wake up at 5am, do yoga, make an iced coffee and read a book. Over the past year, we have all become projects of self-care. We are all trying to become better versions of ourselves, whatever that may entail. That’s what brands have made note of and are using to their advantage.

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Top 5 Memes Sold as NFTs

The Top Five Memes Sold as NFTs

Oh, to be a viral meme and earn thousands of dollars. From “Bad Luck Brian” to “Success Kid”—the creators and faces of these memes have immortalized themselves on the internet. What’s more? In doing so, they have made a lot of money. Here’s a look at our list of top five memes that sold as NFTs:

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What Is Biotechnology

What Is Biotechnology and How to Start a Biotech Company?

To say that Covid has been a biological nightmare for the world is an understatement. In a bid to wake up from it, companies and investors have turned their attention to science, medicine and innovation—or simply, biotechnology. With vaccines and cures becoming the need of the hour, BioTech rose like never before.

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