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The Guide to Getting Venture Capital Funding

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A one-stop guide to all things venture capital for the early entrepreneur. Startup founders have access to a variety of funding avenues, such as using their savings and ‘bootstrapping’ the company themselves or opting for debt or equity forms of financing, depending on the stage they are at. Of these, venture capital is the fuel […]

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A one-stop guide to all things venture capital for the early entrepreneur. Startup founders have access to a variety of funding avenues, such as using their savings and ‘bootstrapping’ the company themselves or opting for debt or equity forms of financing, depending on the stage they are at. Of these, venture capital is the fuel

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3 Reasons Your Startup Team Isn’t Working Out

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By Joe Ori They say no man is an island, and this holds especially true when it comes to starting a business. You can definitely start your own company solo, but if you’re building a startup – or when your business takes off and servicing your customers alone is no longer practical – a savvy

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By Joe Ori They say no man is an island, and this holds especially true when it comes to starting a business. You can definitely start your own company solo, but if you’re building a startup – or when your business takes off and servicing your customers alone is no longer practical – a savvy

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Just Do Nothing: Why Being Bored Can Be Good

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While we tend to scroll and swipe our boredom away, scientists suggest that boredom can spark creativity. Being bored is usually given a negative connotation, so much so that we are scrambling every chance we get to not be bored. If we are not scrolling through social media, we are slumped in front of Netflix

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While we tend to scroll and swipe our boredom away, scientists suggest that boredom can spark creativity. Being bored is usually given a negative connotation, so much so that we are scrambling every chance we get to not be bored. If we are not scrolling through social media, we are slumped in front of Netflix

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Key Social Media Trends for Global Brands in 2021

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By JOYCE KO 2020 was undoubtedly the year of disruption. Thanks to COVID-19, social media adoption accelerated and shifted online consumption behavior. Due to pandemic lockdowns, we relied on social media to express ourselves and feel connected. More than ever, we turned online for alternative forms of home entertainment and shopping, leading to the inception

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By JOYCE KO 2020 was undoubtedly the year of disruption. Thanks to COVID-19, social media adoption accelerated and shifted online consumption behavior. Due to pandemic lockdowns, we relied on social media to express ourselves and feel connected. More than ever, we turned online for alternative forms of home entertainment and shopping, leading to the inception

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[Press Release] WOBI on Growth Strategy

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WOBI is pleased to announce WOBI on Growth Strategy on 17, 18, 19th of March 2021.   This 100% digital course taught by Rita McGrath, strategy expert, and professor at Columbia Business School, will help you build a successful strategy that fits the times we are living in. It will offer the keys to define

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WOBI is pleased to announce WOBI on Growth Strategy on 17, 18, 19th of March 2021.   This 100% digital course taught by Rita McGrath, strategy expert, and professor at Columbia Business School, will help you build a successful strategy that fits the times we are living in. It will offer the keys to define

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Rethinking Product Design: Get Rid of the Instructions Manual

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Good product design should be self-explanatory. The thing about good design is that it starts much before the actual craftsmanship. It germinates at the point that the designer starts to think about the relationship between user and product, envisions how the product will fit into their lives, and figures out why they’ll want to keep

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Good product design should be self-explanatory. The thing about good design is that it starts much before the actual craftsmanship. It germinates at the point that the designer starts to think about the relationship between user and product, envisions how the product will fit into their lives, and figures out why they’ll want to keep

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Stop Forcing Innovation, It Doesn’t Work

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Innovators are not born, they are made. Here’s how to make that happen. Disruptive, transformative, revolutionary, game-changing… in the world of business, innovation has many synonymous buzzwords that are thrown about in conversation and on paper. Innovation turns the wheels of the modern tech economy, and everyone wants to buy in. Long seen as the

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Innovators are not born, they are made. Here’s how to make that happen. Disruptive, transformative, revolutionary, game-changing… in the world of business, innovation has many synonymous buzzwords that are thrown about in conversation and on paper. Innovation turns the wheels of the modern tech economy, and everyone wants to buy in. Long seen as the

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Is Remote Work Destroying Your Creativity?

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Some say remote work can fuel creativity. Others contradict it. What’s the truth? Read more to find out. Last year, the pandemic brought the world to a screeching halt. Almost overnight, lockdowns were announced and our routines and behaviors were disrupted and changed in ways we had never imagined. Groceries and essentials began to be

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Some say remote work can fuel creativity. Others contradict it. What’s the truth? Read more to find out. Last year, the pandemic brought the world to a screeching halt. Almost overnight, lockdowns were announced and our routines and behaviors were disrupted and changed in ways we had never imagined. Groceries and essentials began to be

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Is Investing in Startups A Good Idea?

Is Investing in Startups A Good Idea?

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While highly risky, investing in startups can help you rake in big bucks. In the last couple of decades, fueled by technological advancements, startups have made our lives easier. Today, a click of the button is all we need to hail a cab or buy essentials. Successful startups have raked in millions through their products

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While highly risky, investing in startups can help you rake in big bucks. In the last couple of decades, fueled by technological advancements, startups have made our lives easier. Today, a click of the button is all we need to hail a cab or buy essentials. Successful startups have raked in millions through their products

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Are You Running A Small Business Or A Startup?

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Learn the differences between a startup and a small business to understand which one you are running or planning to establish. In this age of sky-high startup valuations, with ‘unicorns’ everywhere, running a startup is considered chic. But with endless numbers of startups and small businesses cropping up each day, it is important for you,

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Learn the differences between a startup and a small business to understand which one you are running or planning to establish. In this age of sky-high startup valuations, with ‘unicorns’ everywhere, running a startup is considered chic. But with endless numbers of startups and small businesses cropping up each day, it is important for you,

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Every Possible Way to Take Your Startup Public

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Understand the different types of listing processes and the differences between them. The startup journey, described a financial sense, is a process of raising larger and larger amounts of funding to support growth. This money usually comes from private investors like venture capital firm and family offices in the earlier rounds, but eventually, a startup

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Understand the different types of listing processes and the differences between them. The startup journey, described a financial sense, is a process of raising larger and larger amounts of funding to support growth. This money usually comes from private investors like venture capital firm and family offices in the earlier rounds, but eventually, a startup

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Healthy Bites Nutrition to Keep Your Mental Health in Top Shape

Healthy Bites: Nutrition to Keep Your Mental Health in Top Shape

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By Michelle Lau COVID-19-depression is real, and so is the urge to reach for comfort food, but eating with care is a much better, healthier, and more sustainable solution to the mental health pandemic. Now more than ever, we need to be mindful of our mental health. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we may find ourselves

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By Michelle Lau COVID-19-depression is real, and so is the urge to reach for comfort food, but eating with care is a much better, healthier, and more sustainable solution to the mental health pandemic. Now more than ever, we need to be mindful of our mental health. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we may find ourselves

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[Press Release] HKSTP PARK COMPANIES GARNER TOP ACCOLADES AT THE HONG KONG ICT AWARDS 2020

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Partner companies and incubatees from the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) won big at the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2020, with a total of 35 awards. Highlights included four partner companies and one incubatee honoured at this year’s awards ceremony by winning five Grand Awards out of eight award categories, as well

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Partner companies and incubatees from the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) won big at the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2020, with a total of 35 awards. Highlights included four partner companies and one incubatee honoured at this year’s awards ceremony by winning five Grand Awards out of eight award categories, as well

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The 5 Essentials for Establishing a 9-Figure Startup

The 5 Essentials for Establishing a 9-Figure Startup

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Zenos Schmickrath, recently-exited Co-founder and CXO of Singapore-based co-living startup Hmlet, explains what it took to build the company up from profitable sideline to regional market leader. My co-founder and I startedHmlet with just one apartment. Nine months later, in 2015, we were managing six. Initially, we’d looked at our business as a means of bringing

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Zenos Schmickrath, recently-exited Co-founder and CXO of Singapore-based co-living startup Hmlet, explains what it took to build the company up from profitable sideline to regional market leader. My co-founder and I startedHmlet with just one apartment. Nine months later, in 2015, we were managing six. Initially, we’d looked at our business as a means of bringing

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No Substitute for Creativity in Marketing: Appier COO Winnie Lee

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Data and automation have rewritten the marketer’s manual, but creativity still goes a long way. Every year, marketing professionals deliver exciting new campaigns in the digital space. These entertain, inspire, inform and occasionally, persuade. Take for instance this year’s Moldy Whopper campaign by Burger King featuring a rotting Whopper, or Samsung’s Bandersnatch-style Instagram story thread.

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Data and automation have rewritten the marketer’s manual, but creativity still goes a long way. Every year, marketing professionals deliver exciting new campaigns in the digital space. These entertain, inspire, inform and occasionally, persuade. Take for instance this year’s Moldy Whopper campaign by Burger King featuring a rotting Whopper, or Samsung’s Bandersnatch-style Instagram story thread.

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Meeting Business Challenges in the New Normal

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By Nilanjan Raghunath and Durriya Nadeem Practical and essential insights for businesses with the drive to survive. We are facing an unprecedented global crisis, where normal life has stopped for the world’s vast population. Like all crises, this too will end, and there has been plenty of chatter about the ‘new normal’ after COVID-19.  But

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By Nilanjan Raghunath and Durriya Nadeem Practical and essential insights for businesses with the drive to survive. We are facing an unprecedented global crisis, where normal life has stopped for the world’s vast population. Like all crises, this too will end, and there has been plenty of chatter about the ‘new normal’ after COVID-19.  But

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