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Setting Up a New Company
Recently, I’ve successfully made another barter trade deal! And this time I’m trading my web design service for a company incorporation service. You see, I’ve just started a new private limited company called, 47 Media Pte Ltd. And to do that I needed someone who knows how to handle new company setup, corporate secretarial and [...]
Happiness is Helping People is One Source of Joy
Yes. I know the title won’t get you an ‘A’ in your kindergarden English test. But it at least got your attention, didn’t it? Have you been down and out lately? Go help pull someone up. It’s impossible for you to stay down for too long when you’re helping to lift someone up. To take [...]
Pilates Reformer: Exercise Machine used in Pilates Studios
What is PILATES? According to Wikipedia, “Pilates is a physical fitness system developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates in Germany. As of 2005, there are 11 million people who practice the discipline regularly and 14,000 instructors in the United States.” Recently, I met up with an internet marketer who is also a [...]
A Small and Petite Wedding Photographer
Last week, I had a chance to meet up with a professional wedding photographer to discuss about her company’s website. Before I met her, my image of her was someone who has a big build and kind of a ‘macho’ demeanor. Boy, was I wrong! She’s not only small. And girlish too! Where does she [...]
Cash Flow – The Life Blood of your Business
Running your own business? Then you must know a thing a two about cash flow! Cash flow is something that any entrepreneur must fully comprehend from the get-go. Balance sheets are a matter for accountants, banks and auditors. But cash flow is the heartbeat of your company. Cash flow is the lifeblood of any business. You [...]
8 Reasons why you will never get rich
I was reading an excellent book, “How to Get Rich: One of the World’s Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets” by Felix Dennis and came across his 8 reasons why you will never get rich. I thought it was a real eye opener and would like to share it with you guys. Here goes: If you [...]
Who’s Rich and Who’s Poor?
I was going through my past emails and chanced upon this old but nonetheless beautiful message. And I’d like to share it with you guys. Here goes… One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people [...]
Useless Good Habits?
Good habits help to develop good character. When I was in business, I worked with an executive who started as a poor boy, selling vegetables from his garden and wagon on the streets of New York. After finishing public school, he got his degree in accounting at night. He joined the corporation and later he [...]
Amazon Kindle 2/DX for Singaporeans!
If you’re an avid reader like me, you’d like to get your hands on the new Amazon Kindle 2/DX. Unfortunately, it’s meant for the US market only. And even if you can get that machine into Singapore, you will have problems buying the Kindle books because one can only purchase them with a credit card [...]
While it may not be "politically appropriate" nowadays to share one's true belief and philosophy, I have always endeavoured to run my life and my businesses the way I feel is right, although it is not always necessarily popular or "politically appropriate".
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