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[This is a paid article with HP Inc. Malaysia.] Over the past few months, many businesses started to adopt and innovate different approaches to their operations.  For some, they’ve transitioned into an online business and for others, they’ve adapted their workforce to become more mobile to work from anywhere or …

When Hero Boosting first started in 2016, it was a “complete flop,” said 29-year-old founder Nicholas (*he refused to disclose his full name). “The site looked like hot garbage (and) had zero functionality,” he added. With no business or marketing experience, he barely made any money off it so it …

Singapore’s demand for furry friends is at an all-time high. According to data from the Business Times, there were around 288,900 pets in Singapore in 2019, including pets not registered with the Animal and Veterinary Service (AVS) and adopted pets. This is why many Singaporeans were understandably worried when Singapore …

Growing up, Wong Minying was used to seeing patrons thronging Asian Food Mall, a foodcourt at Lucky Plaza which her family runs. However, when Covid-19 hit, business at the family-run foodcourt took a 70 per cent hit. “As we are located in Orchard Road and with stores closed, no tourists …

Author’s Blurb: Picking up painting as a hobby can be rewarding if you’re good at it. Because I was unskilled at it, I found myself to be more frustrated with how unsatisfactory my paintings turn out most of the time. But that’s not necessarily the case for everyone. Unlike a …

As designer Markham Roberts explains in his inspiring new book, Notes on Decorating, “There are thousands of moving parts that need to come together cohesively for a successful outcome.” In his first book he addressed the basics of design (although I would hardly classify anything in his interiors as basic) …

Searching for our ideal homes is a laborious process and the home-buying search still relies heavily on digital classified ads. “Classified ads is a concept from the 1700s and its digital incarnation still involves individuals having to comb through an overwhelming number of listings to pick out a few relevant …

During the MCO, many F&B businesses were forced to pivot from dine-ins to exclusively deliveries. However, that might have been a challenge for fine dining restaurants as they usually go by the “eat with your eyes first” adage in their dishes and base their reputations on offering a premium high-quality …

It’s tough work making any business profitable, much less a social enterprise. Despite this challenge, Edible Garden City (EGC) has recorded a whopping S$ 1.4 million in revenue in 2018, which later skyrocketed to S$ 1.7 million in 2019, the highest since the company’s inception. For an urban farm which …