Korea’s A Beauty Mecca, So These 2 Friends Bring Organic K-Skincare Closer To...
Women know what they want; so that’s why we won’t settle for anything less than what we expect. From food to clothes to makeup, the same thing goes for skincare – we want to feed our skin the best...
View ArticleMaGIC’s Award-Winning Accelerator Goes For A Second Round With 27 Global...
MaGIC officially kicked off the second cohort of its award-winning Global Accelerator Programme (GAP) on June 19. The programme will see 27 handpicked startups from 10 different countries across...
View ArticleSinger-Actor Taufik Batisah Spreads His ‘Wings’ Into F&B With A Halal Spicy...
It’s not uncommon nowadays for celebrities or famous personalities to be entrepreneurs and dabble into the F&B industry. So far, we’ve featured serial entrepreneur Daniel Ong, social media...
View ArticleThis 27-Year-Old Singaporean Wants To Help Local Kids Score In Life, Not Just...
Singapore’s education system has been hailed the best in the world; BBC reported in 2016 that Singapore came out tops in the Pisa rankings conducted by the OECD in Maths, Science, and reading. But as...
View ArticleRead This Before You Sign The Offer Letter To Join That New Company
You’ve passed through a gruelling interview process, and you just received the good news: you’re hired! The hard part is now over, and all you need to do is to sign that offer letter to make it all...
View ArticleHere Are 4 Key Things Our New Finance Minister Had To Say At MaGIC’s GAP...
Lim Guan Eng was present at MaGIC’s launch of the second iteration of their Global Accelerator Programme (GAP) in Cyberjaya today. In a fireside chat, YB Lim discussed his views on Malaysian...
View ArticleMeet The New-Age Fishmongers – This S’porean Couple Uses Tech To ‘Scale’...
The future of traditional trades lies in the hands of the young, but not all are keen to take over jobs that seem “old-fashioned”. Those that are, however, are willing to take bold steps out of the...
View ArticleNo More Queuing For Car Washes – This S’pore Startup Will Come To You For...
For many, owning a car is often touted to be one of the more expensive expenses one has when living in Singapore. In a report by Channel NewsAsia last year, it was estimated that “running and paying...
View ArticleCarouPay Launches – You Can Now Pay In-App On Carousell With DBS PayLah!,...
Singapore-based mobile marketplace Carousell launched today the company’s first integrated payment system on its platform called CarouPay, which aims to help its users transact safely and more...
View Article15 M’sian Startups (Chosen Out Of 961 Applicants) In MaGIC’s Global...
Signalling that they were alive and kicking despite untoward rumours of a potential closure, Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC) yesterday launched the second cohort for their...
View ArticleNo Half-Baked Passion Here – This S’pore PR Left Construction After 10 Years...
For a long time, I have always been confused by the spelling of the dainty French pastry, macaron, with the Italian pastry, macaroon. Well, I’m a writer, not a pastry chef. As I learned later from a...
View ArticleShe Left Her Accounting Career To Run Her Own Tea Business In M’sia—Sold 1...
Rhymba Hills is a company founded by Ciinndey Wong that sells healthy tea-like beverages called “herbal infusions” that are free of caffeine, sugar, and any other additives. Their range of products...
View ArticleMyRepublic Now Offers Mobile Services – Plans Start From $35/Month For 7GB Data
Local internet service provider, MyRepublic, announced today the launch of its mobile services following news of its partnership with Starhub to become a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) early...
View ArticleMedia Prima Explains Why Acquiring Vocket Isn’t A Threat To Their Own Seismik...
Through Rev Asia, Media Prima now owns a 52% stake in Vocket, a Malay-language publication targeting urban youths. It seems like there would be overlap in the few lifestyle-based Malay publications...
View ArticleInstagram Takes On YouTube With IGTV Launch – Lets Users Upload Videos Of Up...
Since Instagram added stories to its app to spar with Snapchat, the feature gained massive popularity and has managed to convert many users. Now, Instagram is ready to make a much bigger move, and it...
View ArticleAirbnb: Guests Contributed $411 Million To S’pore Economy In 2017, 85% Of...
Short-term rentals via platforms like Airbnb is a highly polarising issue in various countries around the world. In Japan, Airbnb needed to suspend “a large majority” of its listings at the start of...
View ArticleBusinesses Can Soon Use PayNow To Handle Payments, Salaries And Claims This...
Companies and government agencies will soon be able to use funds transfer service PayNow, thanks to PayNow Corporate which will be rolled out on August 13 at 8am. PayNow Corporate is basically an...
View ArticleFrom Deliveries To Cleaning, This App Will Run Your Errands For You At Only...
So many things to do, so little time. There have been many days where we’ve felt that way: that there’s not enough time in a day to do all the things you needed to do because you’re just so busy. (Or...
View Article5 Things You Should Know About Working For Wan Hazmer’s Game Company
Metronomik is a Malaysian game development company run by a former lead designer of Square Enix, Wan Hazmer. To Wan Hazmer, employees with a variety of interests make better games, because games...
View ArticleHere’s How Much The CEOs Of M’sia’s Top 10 Companies Earned In 2017
Ever since the events of GE14 and the change in government, huge shifts have been happening in how the nation is governed. From news our cabinet ministers taking a pay cut, to the revealing of our...
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