The Role Of Genesis In Expanding The Ukrainian Tech Startup Culture: COO Artem Kopanyev At The Dinis Guarda YouTube Podcast
Dinis Guarda interviews Artem Kopanyev, COO of Genesis, to discuss the key pillars of Ukrainian startup ecosystem and the role of Genesis, one of the largest global app developers and a co-founding company, in fostering an accelerated startup ecosystem in the country, in the latest episode of his YouTube Podcast, powered by openbusinesscouncil.org and citiesabc.com. […]
EY Japan And Osaka Prefecture: Partnering For Foreign Fintech Entry Into The Japanese Markets
Consigned by the Osaka prefectural government, EY Japan facilitates the entry of foreign asset management and fintech companies in the Japanese markets with their support and guidance. Osaka, already ranked among the “World’s Most Livable Cities 2022,” is poised for further growth with the upcoming Expo 2025 scheduled to be held in the region. […]
3 Major Risks Enterprises Face In The Era Of Digital Interconnectivity
Today, enterprise-scale companies are more interconnected than ever. People, applications, servers, networks, and devices in different departments and even in different parts of the world are constantly exchanging information in both the public and private cloud. That’s not a bad thing. In fact, most organisations strive for this kind of silo-less interconnectivity. Desirable as it […]
Smart Ways to Improve Business Profitability
Businesses need to focus on improving profitability to stay in business. They need to increase revenue at a faster rate than their expenses. A business can improve its profitability by increasing its productivity, reducing its costs, and coming up with fresh ideas on how to market and sell its products. Let us take a close […]
Adam Hollander, Serial Entrepreneur, Pack Leader at Hungry Wolves – NFT, Gamification
Adam Hollander is a serial entrepreneur and, using his extensive experience in-game mechanics and motivation, has recently launched a new NFT generative collection called Hungry Wolves. Hungry Wolves is a gamified social-based NFTs platform that generates digital content on the Ethereum blockchain. Adam has over a decade of experience successfully building and marketing products at […]
To Support Ambitious Black and Multiracial Founders: 30 Companies Join Tech Nation’s Inaugural Libra Programme
• Tech Nation welcomes 30 companies to join its newest programme for Black and multiracial founders, Libra. • Research found that all-Black founding teams received in total just 0.24% of UK VC tech investment in 2021. • Almost half (43%) of the founders on the Libra programme are female and hail from regions across the […]
Keys to Success for Women in Business
In the past, we’ve talked about some of the most dominant factors that prevent women from advancing their businesses or careers. While these factors are clearly influencing women’s ability to climb the business world, there are ways to get around them. More importantly, the work environment we have today is allowing women to shine. Whether […]
Amrita Sen, Designer, Producer And Artist In Conversation With Dinis Guarda: “You Have To Be Very Intelligent With Your Art, There Is A Time To Share It And A Time To Guard It”
Before founding her own fashion and furniture design company, Amrita Sen was a Harvard Business School graduate working as the CEO of a product licensing company with high-profile clients. After taking some time out to reflect on her life and ambitions, she used her network as a launchpad for an impressive career in music and […]
From The Oscars to Bollywood: Dinis Guarda Interviews The Multitalented Amrita Sen On Her Career In Music, Film And Design
Based in the US, India-born Amrita Sen is a successful designer, singer, producer and entrepreneur, with particular expertise in the entertainment sector. Currently producing the Indian adaptation of John Le Carre’s ‘The Night Manager’, she also creates original Indian-themed art, furniture and clothing as the head of Amrita Sen Designs. With a B.S. from UPenn […]
How to Become More Motivated | Entrepreneurs Share Their Tips
Motivation is ever-elusive, and there never seems to be enough to go around. We all want to get motivated and ride the wave forever, but it might be easier to catch lightning in a bottle! Still, there are some proven techniques we can all employ to get amped up, inspired, and motivated to take on […]
The We-Fi Initiative: The Importance Of Connecting Women Entrepreneurs & Global Buyers in Bangladesh
A capacity building program has been launched to enhance women entrepreneurs’ ability to do business with large buyers. The program is funded by World Bank’s Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi)- Bangladesh project to support WSMEs advancing in profitable supply chain. WEConnect International and North South University will implement this multi-pronged capacity building program. The virtual […]
Smart City Index IndexDNA Captures The Complex Relationship Between Citizens, Industry, Policymaking And Society
Smart City Index The First Ever Dynamic Smart City Index : citiesabc indexDNA Framework for Smart Cities Whitepaper Produced with citiesabc and openbusinesscouncil will be officially released at the openbusinesscouncil summit. indexDNA Framework for Smart Cities is the name given to the smart city index developed by citiesabc in collaboration with the University of Durham. […]
Research: One In Three Female Entrepreneurs Still Face Gender Bias
Despite the global growth of women-led businesses, funding continues to be a significant challenge. Having gathered multiple data and research, Workplace Specialists Instant Offices revealed 35% of female business founders still face gender bias when raising their business capital. Female entrepreneurs also receive an average of 5% less funding than their male counterparts. Although there has […]
Alan Donegan, Co-founder popupbusinessschool.co.uk – Helping Start Business Without Debt
Alan Donegan is an entrepreneur and education thought leader. Alan Donegan founded PopUp in 2012 with Simon Paine after they thought there must be a better way to start a business, without debt and without formal business plans. Alan decided he wanted to start PopUp to make sure that no one else went through the […]
A Few Thoughts for this Generation of Africans in 2021: Be Bold and Cut Out Entitlement, No One Owes Us Anything
By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber In 2021 most opportunities in the energy sector and in business in general will go to those who show up and negotiate better deals and get involved in making African resources work for us. Forget handouts, foreign aid and government handouts. As I wrote in the second […]
Interview with Sleem Hasan – CEO & Founder Privity – Technology, Art & Interfaith Dialogue
Sleem Hasan is a Financial Entrepreneur with a truly global background. Born in Fiji of Pakistani parentage, raised in Nigeria, Oxbridge educated, worked with the Japanese at Nikko, and now resides in Dubai, UAE. Sleem founded Hasan Financial Corporation in 1996, an independent FCA regulated buy and sell side advisory firm focusing on the Japanese […]
4 Things About Dubai That Excite Entrepreneurs
Today, there’s no better place on earth but Dubai. Especially if you are reading as an entrepreneur, we’re glad to have you here. When people talk about Dubai, they often begin to swoon over the business options available. Keep In mind, UAE is in its best version right now and is one of the most […]
Women: Transform A Dismal Year Into A Happier Personal Journey
COVID-19 has played havoc with many people’s careers, but it may have been especially detrimental to women. Research shows that working mothers are dropping out of the workforce much faster than working fathers, at least in part because many schools switched to remote learning and at least one adult needed to be in the home […]
Fulvic Acid: The Humic Substance
Fulvic acid is a yellow, earthy-colored substance found in common material, for example, shilajit, soil, peat, coal, and waterways like streams or lakes. Individuals take fulvic acid by mouth for mental issues, for example, Alzheimer’s malady, just as respiratory plot contaminations, disease, weariness, weighty metal harmfulness, and forestalling a condition in which the body tissues […]
Everything About Innvotec’s Female Ventures Fund: A VC Fund To Buck The 1% VC Trend And Get Women Investing
Innvotec is launching the Female Ventures Fund, which is aimed at retail investors and high-net worths, with a mission not only to tackle the industry trend of only 1% VC funding going to female entrepreneurs, but to get more women, specifically, investing. With the current state of the economy, and women with more disposable income than […]
Interview Shailendra Singh, Serial Entrepreneur, Film Producer, Author & One Of The Most Powerful Man In Bollywood
Dinis Guarda interviews Shailendra Singh, Storytelling, Serial Entrepreneur, Producer, Author, One Of The Most Powerful Man In Bollywood Shailendra Singh has been a successful personality in advertising, business, sports and film and media industry. After kick-starting 23 successful startups in his career, entertainment maverick turned-social entrepreneur, Singh wants to revolutionise entertainment and sports by 2020 […]
Maya Zuckerman, COO at Luman, Entrepreneur and SciFi Author on Building a Regenerative Future
Maya Zuckerman, Author, Cultural Hacker Entrepreneur, COO Luman talks about her work as a SciFi Writer, Advisor at YKCenter, and her involvement in the WEF’s Global New Mobility Coalition (GNMC) project. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but building on the new.“ Socrates (470-399 BC), […]
The Rise Of The “Wellness Entrepreneur”
There is an emergence of a new type of entrepreneur focused on wellness, biohacking and philanthropy. Ross Franklin, Founder and CEO of Pure Green (pictured top), followed by Dave Asprey, the CEO of Bulletproof (bottom left), Tim Ferriss, Host of The Tim Ferriss Show, Ben Greenfield, CEO of Kion, Aubrey Marcus, CEO of Onnit Featured […]
Dmitriy Akulov: The Future is Internet
A conversation with Dmitriy Akulov, CEO and Founder of jsDelivr, on the future of innovation and the way it will affect how we use the cloud. The answer appears to be simpler than it appears. Dmitriy Akulov, is a tech innovator and entrepreneur, that is the leading force behind some of the largest names […]
