Entrepreneurship

The Laughing Business Buddha, a Malaysian third-generation entrepreneur who has spent the better part of fifteen years inhabiting both worlds, believes this gap is the single largest unaddressed problem in Asian business education.

In a country where 2.5 million SMEs generate more than half of GDP, those are not trivial frustrations.

The city-state is becoming a testing ground for something far more transformative

Uzbekistan, while a secular country, is deeply rooted in its Muslim tradition and has emerged as a leader in this trend.

Few professionals observe this shift from as close a vantage point as Senthil M. Kumar, who operates across both technology development and venture investing

CEO Chan Ming Yang describes the company as an “IP-first edutainment platform” built to create ecosystems around leadership, entrepreneurship, and youth development. 

XDC Network and OrbitX are connecting on-chain USDC with Visa-accepted merchants, pushing stablecoins closer to everyday commerce.

Yet the push toward a more mature version of Web3 is beginning to reveal a different kind of leadership, one that is less concerned with speculation and more invested in the long-term health of communities, real utility, and the social impact that emerging technologies can enable.

According to 2024-2025 data, approximately 21.5 percent of businesses fail in their first year, climbing to nearly 50 percent by year five.

Entrepreneurs are architects of change. They provide innovative solutions to modern problems and generate value from those solutions. Yet, the path to success in entrepreneurship is often paved with hurdles. And they need to be educated about the industry.

Amidst life's challenges, there's something truly compelling about people who have forged their path to success through determination. These are the people who don't shy away from adversity; instead, they confront it head-on, using setbacks as fuel to propel themselves forward.

Tarek Naemo is an entrepreneur who was born without a way of guidance or a rulebook

Frederic Scheer has been an entrepreneur on several continents for the past 40 years

They are the ones who have the power to turn dreams into reality, and they are the ones that set the stage for the future of the corporate world

Dr. Takahisa Karita is one of those who not only make it through tough times but thrive because they use their grit, innovation and leadership

Their stories' details vary; some don't last long term, but entrepreneurs all share a title similar to superheroes

Cody Jefferson is a consultant, coach, and serial entrepreneur. He has taken his gifts and abilities to connect with people and turned his life around from being unbalanced and exhausting to using his goals to fuel him every day

In a world that is increasingly dangerous, Moshe Oz's Ardix is helping to keep people safe

Aaron Sansoni is an Australian entrepreneur and has personally coached over half a million students around the world over the past two decades

Crypto entrepreneurship doesn't end with generating hype for a project. Focus on transparency and credibility

Big companies have the advantages of scale: can tech do the same for SMEs?