As MindValley grows in new people and new ventures – how can we maximize happiness and profit? Let’s tap the brain of a guy who funded 80 startups with a total of about 200 founders, with a pretty good hit rate (conception to acquisition / profitability). Yes, it’s Paul Graham. One of my favorite brains [...]
What happens when you form a partnership between Customers Suppliers Media And society? I’d like to think you’ve got a brilliant business model. Especially when many conventional businesses tend to think only for themselves. Easier said than done? According to Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist, Web2.0 businesses aren’t the only ones pulling this [...]
Thanks for the engaging session today! I can tell you, I really enjoyed the conversations we shared, and hope to continue our exploration here. Any constructive feedback for me? This is the first time I’ve ever been paid to speak. Did you learn something you can use to win the Taylor’s Business School Business Plan [...]
A smart HR strategy as well… how can you expect any less? Open to ALL Malaysian students, you have until the end of this month to apply. Designed and facilitated by young leaders from GE and McKinsey’s Kuala Lumpur offices. Workshop sessions will include topics such as What makes a leader, Personality types and influencing [...]
The last time I came back from California, I brought back 58 used CDs for cheap, from Amoeba Music. It’s the largest indie record store in USA, and the most fun place to buy and discover great music. I used to spend whole days, crawling in there with my notepad and shopping basket. See photos [...]
Is the typical Malaysian student ready to contribute to a competitive workforce? Samir of thecicak.com probes further, sampling some local university student leaders in his article, “Thinking outside the third-world mindset”… Rather than questioning what a first-world mentality really is, the UKM president went on mouthing off statistics and reading from his little notebook, like [...]
I personally refrain from blogging about my work – in the same way I would’nt blog about my girlfriend (even if I had one) – but something really hit me at work today, something worth sharing. I’m a keen observer of the process to which things get done in my office. And when I reflect [...]
John Mayer commented at Dion Hinchcliff’s Web2.0 blog a while back, about universities paying its faculty to use the internet to collaboratively write open-source textbooks, which can be accessed, downloaded, printed, and shared by students for free. I’d love to discuss this. Anyone thinks this idea has potential? Why, or rather, why not?
The worst thing about all the Web 2.0 hype is the complete loss of business perspective – WTF2.0 From my own “business pespective”, a the term “Web 2.0″ is only worth using if the focus is on…. • How enabled users are to create value • The value of what users create as a result [...]
“Di mana bumi dipijak, di situ langit dijunjung” That’s a malay proverb, which kinda means “Where your feet is planted on the ground, is where you hold up the sky”. Thank you Mr.Vijaya for the quote. If I want to hold up my ambition, I must be realistic… I am only one man, and I [...]