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In this interview series, we share insights from Grab’s founding members who talk about their experience building up Southeast Asia’s largest ride-hailing app. This week, our head of business solutions Aaron Gill shares how we expanded our network of drivers from 40 to over 630,000. He also offers some takeaways for other early startups. “Grab now has … Read more
Unilever Foundry, the international consumer goods company’s innovation arm, announced today the launch of Level3, a new co-working space in Singapore. The 22,000-square-foot (2,040-square-meter) space is located at Unilever’s regional headquarters in Singapore’s Mapletree Business City area. It communicates with the rest of Unilever through a well of staircases, giving the impression that Level3 actually … Read more
A day dedicated to those taking over our hearts has also been a day for taking over India’s companies. A ticket booking platform acquires a self-booking site. An app for physician queues ups its UX ante. Meanwhile, three startups gain funding. Bookmyshow Ticket and event booking platform Bookmyshow has acquired a 75 percent stake in … Read more
Goals are important, but they can also be detrimental to your business if you aren’t careful with them. As with any venture, you want to set yourself up for success when it comes to annual business goals. Successful goal-setting is all about finding a sweet spot of reachability where you are challenged but not overwhelmed. … Read more
Love them or hate them, it’s undeniable that the Kardashians know how to make money. Consider the following: Kim Kardashian alone brought in $52.5 million this year. The family overall is worth hundreds of millions, including an estimated $100 million deal signed with the E! network this year. Their myriad products (a beauty line, clothing, … Read more
Organizational transformations are always more difficult, take longer and require more resources than we think. Especially in today’s VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) global business environments. Twenty or thirty years ago, organizational change really could be “managed.” Hence the term Change Management. Today, significant change within companies requires much more than management. True leadership and … Read more
I love “shaking things up,” and if you’re like most entrepreneurs, you do, too. Unlike the average person, you probably thrive on change and can always find in it a way to grow your business. No wonder entrepreneurs have a sunnier outlook than the general public. Some 60% of small business owners in a recent … Read more
Today, 3.7 million employees work out of their houses at least half the time, according to the research firm GlobalWorkplaceAnalytics.com. And that’s not even counting the self-employed people who already run home-based businesses. Telecommuting is on the rise, too: It grew 6.5 percent from 2013 to 2014. The benefits are plenty. “Working alone means you … Read more
It’s a “dog eat dog” world out there in the job market. Whatever profession you’re in, there seems to be a ready supply of smarter, more experienced, more relevant, and somehow more convincing people that you’re competing against. How do they do it and, more important, what can you learn from their success? It all … Read more
When people discuss entrepreneurship, most tend to forget that it is as much a journey of personal growth as it is “success.” What often fails to get mentioned is that in order to actually obtain some level of success, there must be a focus on self development for people to become capable of creating that … Read more