In Asia, it is now easier than ever to order groceries online and get them delivered straight to your doorstep within minutes. Delivery platforms, such as Foodpanda’s Pandamart, now offer thousands of items, including daily essentials and fresh produce from small and medium enterprises and local grocers.
Founded in San Diego in 2010, Cue Health is the latest med-tech startup to become a publicly listed company after a sharp term to profitability this year. Having found success in developing a portable COVID-19 test kit that provides lab-quality results in just a few minutes, it now hopes to expand its influence beyond the pandemic and into every corner of healthcare.
A special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) is a corporation that does not have commercial operations. It is rather formed to generate capital through an initial public offering (IPO) to acquire a company.
As an entrepreneur, you must keep in mind that you can’t fulfill your dreams alone. Be it to scale operations or even just to hit the ground running, startups need investments, and that’s where fundraising comes in. Fundraising refers to the process of seeking financial investment from investors or other sources of capital.
Alternative meats are no longer a novelty—they have finally entered the mainstream. Vegetarians, vegans and even meat-lovers are all jumping on the trend. Many people are hoping to cut down on their meat intake, whether for health, ethical or environmental considerations, and are instead going for plant-based meat replacement products.
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.”
In the past few months, both the UK and China have struggled with energy shortages. Globally, the prices of gas, oil and natural gas have been soaring as economies are opening up again after experiencing a slump because of the CoronaVirus pandemic.
2021 has been a great year for Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), with sales volumes growing eightfold and reaching US$10.7 billion in the third quarter of 2021. The rising popularity of NFTs has encouraged a large number of people, from memers to musicians and even adult entertainers, to join in on the trend!
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.
Aside from an interesting description and a cheap price within your budget, what else would you be looking for in a property listing? High-quality photography of an estate is definitely one of the more persuasive elements of a good listing.
After having worked from home for a prolonged period of time, people across the world are finally heading back to their office spaces. While some may be excited to hang out with their co-workers in person again, others who have settled into a routine of working in their cozy pajamas might not be too keen to return to the office.
Analysts at the investment bank Morgan Stanley believe that business magnate Elon Musk could become the world’s first trillionaire. They suggest that while Musk might have earned his fortune from the electric car company Tesla, it is SpaceX that will make more money over time.
September 20, 2021 marked the third visit of global pop icons, BTS, to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
The seven-member group, comprising RM (Kim Namjoon), Jin (Kim Seokjin), Suga (Min Yun-gi), J-Hope (Jung Hoseok), Jimin (Park Ji-min), V (Kim Taehyung) and Jungkook (Jeon Jungkook), was appointed as the “Special Presidential Envoy for Future Generations and Culture” by South Korea’s President, Moon Jae-In, to join her at UNGA.
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:
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:
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a lot of challenges for employees working from home. As we are fast approaching the post-pandemic world, we have to start getting accustomed to heading back to the office again. No doubt, it is going to be difficult adjusting to the long-forgotten habit of getting ready early in the morning, putting on your finest work clothes, working till 7pm in your suffocating cubicle and dealing with horrible bosses and gossipy colleagues face to face.
