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AI in 2025: Driving Sustainability, Security, and Growth Across Asia Pacific

As we look ahead, emerging technologies further enhance AI’s capabilities in APAC, enabling businesses to address localized challenges with unprecedented precision.

The Executive Dilemma: Will Reducing Responsibilities And Taking A Pay Cut Bring Bliss?

A definite trend is developing among senior leaders stepping back or repositioning into different roles, many with less responsibility and less pay.

Supporting Women In The Workforce: Why We Need To Do More

Empowering women, whether starting out, starting over, or striving to stay competitive and relevant is crucial to building strong companies and secure families.

Why Traditional Vision Statements Fall Short… And How To Dig Deeper

How the ‘Vivid Vision’ approach helps businesses overcome the pitfalls of traditional visions and ignite a focused drive toward breakthrough performance.

How To Monetize Streaming: Strategies For Success In The Gaming Industry

By staying authentic, connecting with your target audience, and choosing the proper revenue streams, you can turn your passion for gaming into incredible, consistent profits.
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The Effect Of Mentorship

Mentors offer new leaders the support and insight they need to find their way, optimize opportunities, and thrive.

Encore! Encore! Encore!: 3 Ways Highly Motivated Entrepreneurs Are Reinventing Retirement

Retirement is being reinvented. Elizabeth Zelinka Parsons shares three ways highly motivated entrepreneurs are making the most out of it.

Learning Business Success In A Rural Greek Village

George Danis shares some lessons he picked up growing in Greece that have became an integral part of his business model, and are key to the advice he offers to anyone starting out in business today
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How Women Are Transforming FinTech

Founder of International Fintech Business, Julia Raubishke, examines the growing influence of women in the financial technology sector.

7 Ways Your Encrypted Messaging App Isn’t Protecting Your Privacy

Co-founder of Session, Kee Jefferys explains why your encrypted messaging app might not be as private as you think.

Small Business Guide To Navigating Diversity After Affirmative Action

Randi B shares 3 tips for small business owners to navigate diversity in the aftermath of affirmative action and DEI.

It’s About More Than Failing Fast And Failing Often

Fail fast and fail often has its heart in the right place. It just needs the right kind of approach and the right leadership to elevate it to a level of ongoing success.
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The Teacher-Entrepreneur’s Guide: Building A Six-Figure Online Tutoring Business In 2025

Online tutoring is the golden ticket for teachers in 2025, declares Elliot Phillips, founder of The Teacher Project and bestselling author of "Teaching on Your Own Terms".

Deception As Fair Play: Applying “Trickeration” To Business Strategy

It is always wise to lead with your legitimate strengths and play hard and fair, with full transparency. There are times and places, however, to leverage a bit of “trickeration.”

Losing Meaning In Your Work? 7 Ways To Turn It Around

Purpose-driven work is valuable work. And it bears repeating that you, personally, deserve to find purpose in your professional life. 

Empowering Your Day: Actionable Balance Strategies For Women Thriving In Work And Business

Making these simple changes to create a more sustainable and enjoyable life where you excel in both your work and your personal life.
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Key Lessons For Entrepreneurs Looking To Enter The Wearable Market

Success in the wearables market doesn’t come from playing it safe or diluting your focus, argues Harrison Gross of Lucyd Eyewear.

Mentor Magic: Connecting With The People Who Will Help You Reach Your Goals

As you seek to build your business or cultivate the career of your dreams, the value of mentor relationships cannot be underestimated.

Your Investor Pitch Dies With Your Shaky Wi-Fi — Here’s How Your Lagging Connection...

Startups that stitch security into day‑one architecture shorten sales cycles, command higher valuations, and reach break‑even sooner.

Comparison Is The Silent Killer Of Creative Success

When you compare yourself to someone’s public-facing version of their journey, you’re holding yourself to an illusion and punishing yourself for not measuring up to something that isn’t even fully real.
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An Interview With Former Canadian MP Kevin Vuong Of Toronto

Kevin Vuong was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) from Spadina-Fort York in Ontario in 2021, becoming the youngest Asian-Canadian in Parliament.

From Burnout To Balance: The Role of Humanity In Disrupting The Public Relations Industry

In an industry particularly impacted by long hours, heightened stress levels, rigid expectations, and an ever-quickening pace that often leads to burnout, PR professionals are calling for change now more than ever.

From “Givers Gain” To “Givers Get Paid”: How Incentivized Networking Builds Stronger Communities

When people stop giving in networking groups, it’s not because they no longer believe in helping others. It’s because the act of giving feels valueless and one-sided.

Can AI Trigger The Next Market Crisis?

As startups are especially vulnerable to market crises due to their impact on investor activity, it’s valuable to understand the systemic risks AI-driven trading could introduce in the financial sector.

Retail Tech For The Underdog: Empowering Small Businesses With Big Tools

With cloud POS platforms offering transparent pricing, real-time data, built-in loyalty, and round-the-clock support, small retail businesses finally has the tools to punch above its weight.

Generational Health Is The New Leadership Standard

Legacy-minded leadership centers around building life by our own design that will impact future generations and honor personal wellness, community care, and decisions that build generational health. 

Six Qualities To Overcome Challenges And Prosper

How do you continue to move forward amidst the headwinds and uncertainties? How can you be heathy, happy, and prosperous? Here are six recommendations.
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2 Sides Of The Same Coin: How PR And Social Media Marketing Go Hand...

By using PR and social media marketing together to create a holistic marketing approach for your business, you’ll be able to build the visibility and credibility your business needs to scale effectively.