inspiration

20th January 2015

ON DOING WHAT YOU WANT IN LIFE

The sign you should be doing something else in life can hit you in different ways. Mine was an over-priced calculus textbook that smelled like rubber and cellulose. Or what you’d imagine cellulose to smell like. It hit the back of […]
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

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

BECOMING A RAW FOOD EDUCATOR THROUGH A PASTLIFE EXPERIENCE

How a multi-linguist and former diplomat-in-training became a humanist, raw food educator through a pastlife experience Are you a believer? It doesn’t matter, this raw-food educator’s grounded and humorist approach can charm anyone. Pauliina Salmenhaara somehow makes raw food look […]
3rd November 2014

A TRANSFORMATIONAL JOURNEY OF A CORPORATE SECRETARIAL

“I never thought I’d set up my own business, but I realised entrepreneurship is for me. I am someone who likes to try a lot of things and likes spontaneity. I’ve learned a lot, not just about paperwork, but about […]
3rd November 2014

STICKING TO A HEALTHY DIET WHEN WORKING ON THE MOVE

I’m sitting at an Internet café that sells hot fudge brownies with ice-cream. The smell of freshly baked goods wafts my way as I type. Diet gods, help me! What happened to coffees and the occasional fruit patter? What’s a […]
3rd November 2014

PREGNANT? YOU COULD SAVE A LIFE

Did you know the umbilical cord and placenta that’s usually thrown away at birth contains some of the richest and purest stem cells that can be used for treating blood-related cancers and immune diseases? That’s why the Singapore Cord Blood […]
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 […]