Electric provides real-time IT support to businesses, alongside insights and data on its customers’ IT infrastructure. The company today announced it has raised $ 40 million in a series C round of funding led by Greenspring Associates. Founded out of New York in 2016, Electric offers chat-based IT support integrated …
Read More »Entertainment To Entrepreneurship: 6 S’porean Celebrities Who Started Their Own Businesses
Entrepreneurship really does seem to be the buzzword these days. From Singaporeans quitting high-flying corporate jobs to teenagers starting their own ventures, people of all walks of lives are taking the leap of faith. More recently, even celebrities have expanded from their lives in showbiz to start entrepreneurial ventures of …
Read More »New York City Council votes to prohibit businesses from using facial recognition without public notice
The cutting-edge computer architecture that’s changing the AI game Learn about the next-gen architecture needed to unlock the true capabilities of AI and machine learning. Register here New York City Council today passed a privacy law for commercial establishments that prohibits retailers and other businesses from using facial recognition or …
Read More »How to Support Small Businesses During Covid: Help Them Go Cashless
One of the COVID-19 precautions many businesses are taking is refusing to accept cash. It’s not only an effort to limit the risk of passing on the virus but a step towards an all-digital economy. One that Kabbage, a fintech company and small business lender, is ready to meet. Kabbage …
Read More »Age Is Just A Number: Meet 5 S’pore Teenpreneurs Who Started Their Own Businesses Before 20
Many young people long to reject the corporate path and hope to pursue ventures that they can get more satisfaction out of. Some have channeled their entrepreneurial streak into home-based businesses, while others have started their own startups. Moreover, Singaporeans today are better equipped to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams. From …
Read More »For Richer Or For Poorer: Here Are 8 S’pore Couples Who Built Businesses That Make Millions
It’s never a good idea to mix relationships with business. Families have been torn apart from arguments over money, from the dissolution of the marriages to sibling rivalries over inheritance rights. Despite the odds, these enterprising couples have found ways to keep their marriage going and launch million, even billion-dollar …
Read More »Join MaGIC’s E-Nation 2020 For Practical Sessions On Building Resilient Businesses
[This is a paid article with MaGIC.] With the new spike of COVID cases, local businesses will be going through yet another round of uncertainty. If you’re looking for ways to improve yourself as an entrepreneur or a business owner, or to see how other businesses are innovating themselves, MaGIC …
Read More »This S’pore Millennial Helms Multiple Bar Businesses But COVID-19 Didn’t Ruin His ‘Spirits’
Since he was 14, Roger Yip has been taking on part-time jobs in the F&B industry. He worked as a banquet server, restaurant assistant and barback at various establishments before finally stepping into the bar as a bartender. The transition into the bartending world was no surprise. Roger has always …
Read More »Which States Have the Most Small Businesses?
According to the U.S. Small Business Association (SBA), 99.9% of all the businesses in America are small businesses. There are 30.7 million of them in total, and they employ nearly 60 million people. That’s 47.3% — roughly half — of America’s combined workforce. Most work for businesses that employ fewer …
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