Tips To Protect And Manage Your Property Effectively

In order to make your investment properties make profit to you, you’ll have to learn how to protect and manage your property effectively. Let’s start with the property protection; A property can be protected by insurance company, personal savings for emergency needs and regular maintenance work. ➊ Insurance  No matter you buying a property for … Read more

Why Social Capital is Key to Entrepreneurs’ Success

What allows entrepreneurs to be successful? It’s not passion or grit or any of the other buzzwords we frequently hear. It’s the sum of four personality traits, plus the value of your network. At least that’s the view of Dora Moscoso, a project specialist for the Inter-American Development Bank, writing on Nouriel Roubini’s Economonitor blog. … Read more

Paktor Appoints Shang-Hsiu Koo As New CFO, Aims To Boost Social Dating in Southeast Asia

Singapore-based social entertainment app Paktor has today announced the appointment of a new Chief Financial Officer, Shang-Hsiu Koo. The position of CFO was previously unfilled. Koo was the former CFO of Jiayuan.com, a NASDAQ-listed Chinese online dating website which is geared towards users seeking marriage. It claims to have over 150 million users on its platform. Prior … Read more

Social Media is Dying, But Businesses Shouldn’t Give Up on The Ghost

Let’s take a stroll down memory lane—way back when Facebook, Twitter, and other networks were getting started. They were billed as channels where businesses could connect directly with their customers for free. The formula for success was simple: share catchy updates, build an audience, and cash in. In 2017, however, that social media paradigm is looking … Read more

My Startup Failed. But Yours Doesn’t Have To. Here Are Three Lessons For Avoiding The Startup Graveyard.

When I launched my startup company in 2014, it never occurred to me that it would be anything short of a flaming success. I was an established entrepreneur with a successful consulting firm and I had a solid idea. Yet despite my best efforts, my startup failed. Now, when people approach me with their start-up … Read more

Why Nike Relies on This Startup to Bring Online Shoppers Into Stores

The brick-and-mortar retail industry isn’t exactly thriving these days. That’s hardly shocking news in a world of Amazon Prime. Why leave your living room to go shopping when you can get an item delivered to your doorstep in a day? Stores nationwide experienced lackluster sales during the 2016 holiday season, while online sales continued to … Read more

8 Companies that Will Set Southeast Asia’s Gaming Industry Ablaze in 2017

The video game industry is thriving, more so in the Southeast Asian region. With gaming giant Ubisoft opening a new Philippine office and the ESL One Genting gaming tournament in Malaysia being a huge success in viewership, there is no doubt that gaming is serious business. It should come as no surprise that some game … Read more

How to Spot Superstars in a Southeast Asian Start-up

For more established companies with money to spend on HR and leadership training, spotting superstar employees is relatively easy, especially with institutionalized performance reviews and a team of HR experts to take care of your talent pool. Start-ups are not as fortunate, in the sense that the founders themselves must be hands-on in making sure … Read more