Business

It’s never been like this before — Among all the dire warnings on climate, many of which are alarming and depressing, there is also reason to be optimistic — creative people and serious amounts of money are behind initiatives to change the world’s energy profile. People, companies, and governments are all working toward solutions. While there are…

The true winners of the generative AI boom — Progress in open-source (OS) generative AI (particularly language models, LMs) has exploded in recent months. As a consequence — and with the help of desperate internal confessions — people believe it has become a threat to incumbent companies like Google and Microsoft, and leading labs like OpenAI and Anthropic. I…

Kimly originally started out at as a coffeeshop in Yishun in 1990. If you’re staying near a HDB kopitiam or coffeeshop, chances are you probably had a meal or takeaway from a Kimly Zi Char (which literally means cook-fry in dialect) food stall, with its 27 outlets across the island…

But it’s insulting to those who are struggling. — After writing this story yesterday, I had a brief flashback of what life was like when I first started my one-person business many years ago. Start Something With Zero Expectations (You’ll Be Shocked in 30–90 Days) Fun > Pressurekristennwalters.medium.com Back then, life was terrifying, difficult, and stressful. I didn’t save nearly enough money before I quit my 9–5, nor did I have a clear…

Here’s how you make that happen — Nobody wants 50-hour work weeks anymore. They don’t want to sit in traffic for hours on end. They don’t want to sit in sticky offices whilst the sun beats down on the world. They don’t want to be stuck in the same conversations. They don’t want life on repeat. Instead…

And it’s not just because I like Apple — People seem to fall into two camps: those who like Apple phones, and those who like Samsung phones. I’ll admit up front that I use an iPhone, because after trying other brands of phones Apple products just make sense to me. My husband is the exact opposite. Apple products drive…

What would you do if Apple added a feature that demolished your startup? — Tech founders sweat like pigs before Apple events. They don’t care about the new Airdrop. They don’t care about the new NameDrop. They don’t care about the new ski goggles. They care about Apple crushing their businesses to the ground. This week was no different. WWDC made life a living…

The title is important. It’s there to make sure there is no doubt that this is a personal post about personal thoughts. This isn’t a teaching post. It isn’t an industry post. It’s not even really a thought piece. …

We all have them. We don’t have to stay in them. — I recently had a phone call with a friend who is in the nonprofit fundraising world and that conversation inspired me to write this post. They were having a rough day. We talked it through and we both felt better afterwards. …