business

3rd November 2014

TECH CHALLENGES WITHIN THE WOMEN’S BUSINESS COMMUNITY

What is the real pain for business women and how it is affecting business? I’ve been attending focus group style “startup conversations” and the same challenges reemerge. And the constant theme? Technology. We all know that technology creates efficiency, productivity, connectivity […]
3rd November 2014

CREATING A SPACE FOR SUCCESS FOR ENTREPRENEURS IN THE CBD

“I freak out when people tell me I’m in real estate. Technically I am, but it’s deeper than that.” A man of overwhelming sophistication and a style as pronounced as his multi-textured, wood-finish office decor, Jonathan O’Byrne, CEO of the […]
3rd November 2014

TECHNOLOGY: A BUSINESS WOMAN’S LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP

Technology: it’s a love-hate relationship. We all feel that way, even among the geekiest of us. We suffer through software failures, jargon, confusion with endless features and being outpaced by the market, but we work our way through it anyway. […]
3rd November 2014

FROM ARMY COMBAT OFFICER TO DREAM MAPPING ENTREPRENEUR

Most people don’t equate life purpose with financial planning, but for Lee Mei Kheng, after fifteen years in the Armed Forces as a Combat Officer specialising in Military Intelligence, that’s exactly where she found her calling. Within a specialised military […]
3rd November 2014

THINK PROPERTY INVESTMENT IS OUT OF YOUR LEAGUE? THINK AGAIN!

We all dream of making money while we sleep, maybe even fantasize of owning an apartment complex or land across Kansas (no? too Wizard of Oz?). In any case, owning property in obscure places is no longer for the rich […]
3rd November 2014

DO ROADSHOWS WORK? A PERSONAL ANECDOTE

Today, after spending hours at my PC and feeling the onset of migraine coming on (likely because I’ve been neglecting my laptop neck stretches), I decided to move locations – which means changing cafés. Despite the mounting articles to write, I took […]
3rd November 2014

WHY OPRAH WINFREY GETS MY VOTE

Not for president, although if Oprah ran for office she’d get my vote for that too. When starting this inspiring leader’s series, Oprah immediately came to mind as one of the world’s most inspiring leaders. I was going to say […]
3rd November 2014

HOW CROWD FUNDING IS CHANGING THE INVESTMENT LANDSCAPE

“I keep having this recurring thought: what if people came together to form a type of crowd wisdom?” ~Hong Sin Kwek Crowd Wisdom? Yes, the terminology is as new to me as it is to you. But after asking Hong […]