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Five e-Commerce Trends That Sets The Pace In 2017

The online marketing industry rushed aboard Malaysian shores three years ago, only to be greeted with scepticism and talks of ‘Will it work?’. Today, consumers and business owners know the answer to that question by heart – ‘Yes, it will work and has been working!’.

Bernard Arnault

The Stylish Business Magnate.

Create A Kickass Crowdfunding Campaign

To the average tech-savvy entrepreneur, the concept of crowdfunding isn’t new, nor is it particularly novel a concept. To the uninitiated, a crowdfunding is the act of having strangers or the general public fund your business endeavours instead of traditional investors.

A Week Without The Web

The year is 2019 and technology shows no signs of slowing down.

F&B Manufacturers Turn To Technology As Business Challenges Mount

In November 2018, over 400 people in Singapore suffered food poisoning in three separate incidents.

Adopting Artificial Intelligence In SMEs

Much has been made of AI’s capabilities in business in recent years, such as making processes more efficient and cutting costs.

Starting Out In The Maritime Scene

The maritime sector is notoriously slow in adopting new technologies. For an industry that has been around since man first floated a log in a lake, that is in some ways understandable.

Laundry Franchises

No one wants to stand next to someone wearing dirty clothes. Consequently, laundry services have been around since man started wearing clothes.

Li Shufu

Moving China And The World.

Operational Growth Planning

When many companies prepare their growth plans, the plans are often conceived by the executive staff and/or marketing staff without consulting with the operations staff or determining the company’s operational requirements vs. capabilities.

Goodbye 2018 Hello 2019

2018 has unquestionably been a year of ups and downs.

How Technology Could Help Or Hurt Your Business

You might have the coolest marketing automation platform on the planet.

Starding Out As A Small-And Medium-Sized Practice

Small- and medium-sized practices (SMPs) are a critically important part of the SME ecosystem. In general, SMEs do not start out with in-house finance staff; they tend to rely on external practitioners for most professional services and day-to-day advice.

Every Generation Learns The Same Lessons

While its easy to tell people things, its much more powerful to learn things.

Disrupting The Disruptor

The only thing that is ever constant is change. The past decade could very well be called the decade of disruption.

My Dad And His Lesson On Trust

My dad dropped out of school at the age of 7. He attended about a week of classes before my grandfather told him that as the son of a migrant, he had no business getting educated and trying to move up the social ladder.

Organic And Healthy Living Franchises

Health is Wealth”, so the saying goes as health-consciousness becomes a trend in today’s frantic lifestyle.

Disruptive Trends In The Education Industry

The education industry is undergoing some disruptive trends and here’s what they are.

New York City

New York is a wealthy city – generating an enormous US$1.36 trillion dollars in GDP in 2012. In fact, most measures put it number two in the world behind Tokyo. And finance – typified by Wall Street – has long been the driver of New York's success. In 2014 the city just pipped London to top the Global Financial Centres Index.

When It's Too Good To Be True...

We have all heard of the saying, ‘when it’s too good to be true, it probably is’.

Make 'Ugly Food' Great Again

He is a chef. A bad boy. A television star. An author.

One Man's Point Of View: Buying A House In Your 20s - 40s

I want to create some context and clarity on my point of view on buying a home.

Crazy Vivid Travel Anxiety Dream

The brain in sleep state is a fascinating thing. I have been awake for 30 minutes and the dream is lingering.

For Better Or Worse? 100 Days Since GE14

100 days is the yardstick by which we can get the measure of a new administration.

The Future Factory: From Single Electric Motors To Endless Possibilities

The use of robotics in industrial applications can be traced back to 1937 when Griffith Bill P. Taylor engineered a robot that was powered by a single electric motor. Following patterns on punched paper tapes, the robot could be pre-programmed to perform repetitive tasks such as stacking wooden blocks.

Collaboration To Improve Customer Service And Reduce Costs

Companies can gain a significant competitive edge over their opposition via Supply Chain collaboration with key customers, suppliers and service providers.

Reasonable Discomfort

After writing this weekly column which appears in hundreds of publications around the world for more than 20 years, the question I am most often asked about Winners Wisdom is, Where do you get ideas for all the columns? I have written over 1,000 columns which, to date, have filled four hardcover volumes published in conjunction with The Napoleon Hill Foundation entitled Wisdom for Winners.

Going Digital: Preparing For The Digital Economy

The digital economy is upon us. But what exactly is the 'digital economy' and how can we leverage it to our advantage? SME explores the phenomenon behind the digitaisation of the economy

Avoid Cryptomining Bots Throttling Your Computing Power

In late 2017, the price of cryptocurrency skyrocketed, bringing a lot of attention to this previously obscure branch of financial computing. However, this also brought along with it a host of shady practices and tactics – one of which is stealth cryptomining bots.

Dealing With Risk

Most of us naturally like to avoid risks when we can; however, risk is a part of life. There are some risks we should avoid completely. Others we should prepare for, and there are risks that should actually be embraced.