Unless one’s business is fully digital and can work from home, the small business owner requires space for operation. “Entrepreneurship” has taken on a badge of honour, and that persons who eventually succeed have surmounted an incredible amount of risk. Among those risks is the exorbitant land cost, i.e. rent or mortgage, that one needs […]
MoreI’ve been through litigation for my family business’ name and brand name, even though we have operated under those names for more than 25 years in Singapore. The long and short of it is that a foreign company using the same brand name attempted to have our trademarks, which were registered with IPOS, cancelled. It […]
MoreI was the class treasurer in ACJC. On one particular month, I had to collect $50.00 from my classmates to pay for the upkeep of the school swimming pool and printing of lecture notes. With something like $1500.00 worth of cold hard cash in my hands, I couldn’t, for the first time ever, wrap my […]
MoreWe maintain an offline presence simply because there is a segment of the population that prefer physical shopping. The closure of physical retail spaces cannot be misconstrued as the death of physical retail. It only tells the story of viability of the physical space due to rent.
MoreApart from the amount of money, the level of energy is a good co-marker of my success.
MoreEverything we say, we do, we buy, we engage is a result of commercialisation but in someone else’s favour. For example my mum buys stones. If I am without choice a commercial statistic, I can seek to reverse the direction even though I can’t unplug.
MoreIncludes doing what is traditionally female roles like house cleaning, raising kids. Traditionally female activities like dancing. I do blue collar jobs I watch Indian movies I learnt thai Listen to the old, talk to the equals and play with the young.
MoreThe hard work I see some of my friends put in would have already seen them through success if they had put that effort into their own business long ago.
MoreWent into a new business venture with a friend. With respect to the launch of our upcycled furniture business, his idea is to advertise on a specific date to our potential maximum audience reach, which is pretty much likely limited only to our friends on the various social media platforms and then abit more, like […]
MoreA businesseur A who speaks Duck with a buyer C whose tongue is chicken, cannot possibly persuade of the good of his wares better than a businesseur B who, in selling loads that are no better or worse than A’s, transcends mere impartment of specifications, of his effects, into a state of affection by way […]
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