The funny thing about time and age is that the older you get, the more at peace you become with the fact that friendships, in real life, do not last forever. In fact, you may even walk past a person who once used to mean everything to you and you wouldn’t have even stopped to say hi. Continue reading
People, just like you, are going to let you down. You’re going to sow into someone’s life so completely, and realise one day that it was a one-way street. That while you can choose to give unconditionally of your time and of yourself, it may just be an entitlemnet to someone else. So here are the questions I am going to ask myself from today onwards… Continue reading
I know everyone has different philosophies when it comes to running a business, or what kind of employee they want to be. I can go on for at least 100,000 words on the things I don’t agree with, but in the essence of time, here are just three that I really don’t get when it comes to the work place, with a focus on startups. Continue reading
Being an online boutique owner for some years, e-commerce has became something that is quite close to my heart. I’ve been keeping an eye on the trends happening in the e-commerce space, and you can imagine my surprise when I came across Just Enjoy Life (JEL) which brands themselves as “the online home for beautiful affordable … Continue reading
Everyone’s an entrepreneur nowadays. With the rise of e-commerce businesses spreading like wildfire since the hay days of Amazon and eBay made their rounds, it’s easier than ever to own a business of your own. In fact, what used to be an occupation reserved for the elite in our society now seems to be a … Continue reading
Note: Article originally published on Poached Mag. We had the chance to be part of the Clean & Green Hackathon that took place on the weekend of 26 to 28 April, and while there was seriously an amazing amount of speaker content and workshops, the one presentation that left the deepest impression on me was by … Continue reading
Note: Article originally published on Poached Mag. Before launching into the real purpose of this article, here’s a prospective promise on bringing you a “proper”, for lack of a better word, piece on the phenomena known as crowdfunding which is slowly but surely catching on in Asia. For now, for those of you who are still unacquainted, we … Continue reading
Note: Article originally published on Poached Mag. The word is out: working alone sucks. Co-working may just about the next wave to hit us in a “When did this even happen?!” way. Simply put, co-working just means you working hard alongside someone who isn’t your colleague. Why would we want to do that? Think about all … Continue reading
Note: Article originally published on Poached Mag. In the good old days – our parents’ generation, people had careers that lasted them a lifetime, or 30 years at the very least. You could be a doctor from the day you were done with med school, and you die being one. Your dad might have told … Continue reading
Note: Article originally published on Poached Mag. In recent years, the term “entrepreneur” has made its appearance more and more often. Most of the time, it pops up in a glamorous context, in success stories where you hear of guys in their early 20s making their first million, or raising $XX amount of investment capital. … Continue reading
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