My experience with last year’s Wild Digital SEA event was quite different from this year’s. For one, Wild Digital SEA 2020 went virtual. However, tickets still cost US$ 500-800 for individuals, depending on what kind of access you wanted at the event. This meant that one would have rather high …
Read More »They Used To Work The Wok At Famous Restaurants – Now Helm Their Own F&B Bizs In S’pore
After honing their culinary craft at reputable restaurants over the years, several chefs have chosen to set up their hawker stalls or eateries with the skills they have acquired. For consumers like us, this means that we get to enjoy restaurant-standard food at affordable hawker prices. Here is a list …
Read More »This M’sian Couple Went On A Picnic Date & Realised They Could Capitalise On The Concept
Author’s Blurb: Picnics are my favourite kind of dates. But the last time I had one, I had to use a yoga mat and a bunch of tupperwares with finger foods. So, not exactly the most Insta-worthy, aesthetic kinds you’d imagine. Yes, it’s the company that matters at the end …
Read More »Functional Fashion: This S’porean Makes Clothes For The Disabled So They Can Easily Wear Them
For most, getting dressed each day is a given and does not require much effort at all. However, for people with disabilities, it is a whole different experience that can even be likened to a “struggle”. Founder of Will & Well, Elisa Lim, was in her early twenties when she …
Read More »3 M’sian Startups Share How They Quickly Adapted To Grow Their Biz During The Pandemic
At MaGIC’s online E-Nation, we sat in on Agility and Adaptability: Speeding Up The Innovation and Pivoting Strategies. The panel was moderated by Dr. Sivapalan Vivekarajah, co-founder & Senior Partner, ScaleUp Malaysia Accelerator. 3 panellists from homegrown tech startups were invited to share their experiences with how they adapted their …
Read More »Glossier’s Body Heroes On The Last Thing They Learned To Love About Themselves
Sophie Helf Computer Programmer and Writer from San Francisco, California “I went to college for graphic design, but when I started building my own website I realized I actually liked that a lot more. I went to a coding boot camp five days a week for 15 weeks, which was …
Read More »They Quit Their Corporate Jobs To Make Chocolate, Earned RM22k In Revenue The First Month
Euniece was a purchaser at Ben’s Independent Grocer while Jinli was a content creator at Astro. The two met by chance through Jinli’s husband in March 2019 and discovered they shared a common passion and frustration: Their love for chocolates; The lack of good quality hot chocolates in Malaysia’s local …
Read More »PM Lee: Foreign Investment Will Create New Jobs For S’poreans But They Must Feel Welcome Here
On Wednesday afternoon (2 Sept), Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke in Parliament about Singapore’s response to Covid-19. He said that investment projects will create job opportunities for Singaporeans but first, in order for them to come here, we need to make them feel welcome. This is because Singapore does …
Read More »Parents of College Students Worry, Should They Stay or Go?
When Jacqueline Tourville, of Wells, Maine, thinks about sending her daughter off to college this month, the same questions keep circling in her mind. “I worry about her getting sick,” said Ms. Tourville, a children’s book author, whose daughter, Claire Brown, 18, plans to attend Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass., …
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