My view is that entrepreneurs are 80% trained and 20% born with it. So not everyone can be a founder, especially in high-growth start-ups which are very stressful,” says the Singaporean co-founder of venture capital firm Golden Gate Ventures (GGV). While this may run counter to those who claim that entrepreneurship is a skill that …
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In the depths of the pandemic in 2020, owners of some typical small businesses that are the bedrock of the UK economy explained their struggles to the Financial Times. On a return visit to the same contractors in Brickfields, a low-rise building in east London that has 98 offices and workshops, all of the businesses …
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Ever since she was young, Cheryl Sew Hoy always knew she wanted to run her own business. “When the teachers asked what your ambition was…and a lot of kids wanted to be doctors or lawyers. My ambition was [to be] a businesswoman,” she told CNBC Make It. That childhood dream is now a reality for …
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Business owner Myles Bunch grew up in Las Vegas’ historic Westside, and his family operated the now-closed Chez Place restaurant and lounge. Now he runs his own food business with his wife, Valencia Lawerence, called Edible Bunch, a mobile plant-based restaurant that sets up shop at farmers markets and at events throughout the Las Vegas …
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WorkTorch, formerly known as QuickHire, today announced the closing of a $2.2 million funding round led by Tenzing Capital. Along with the increase comes a name change, in an effort to encapsulate the company’s focus on recruiting and retaining employees. Speaking to TechCrunch, its founders, sisters Deborah Gladney and Angela Muhwezi-Hall, said the rebranding had …
More than 10 million electric cars were in circulation worldwide in 2020. Subsequently, sales of electric bicycles also increased. Realizing this opportunity and the need for electric vehicles (EVs) in 2014-15, an entrepreneur from Tamil Nadu now runs one of the largest electric two-wheeler companies in Africa. Mansoor Alikhan Al Buhari is the Founder and …
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Whether you’ve seen their cars on the road or tried one yourself, chances are you’ve seen one of GetGo’s car-sharing fleets on the roads of Singapore. Launched in February 2021 during the pandemic, GetGo has become Singapore’s largest A-to-A point car-sharing service in Singapore. From an original team of 10 to the current workforce of …
