Six months ago, in the beginning of Michaelmas term, my housemate once commented when I told him that I study Entrepreneurship and Innovation. “Innovation? What are you studying about? Something like—how to innovate?” I just laughed to that sarcasm, though deep down, yes, it got me thinking. He’s studying Finance, something very clear and concrete… Continue reading Innovators, Customers and Things Between
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Coffee, Dreams and Global Start-Ups
I just read an interesting article on last week’s The Economist, and tingled by this idea of how disruptive start-ups like Uber, AirBnB, and Amazon Cloud Drive reinvented not only how the business works, but also how the company made. Today there is this start up’s privilege: “go global without being big themselves”. As a small entrepreneur, you… Continue reading Coffee, Dreams and Global Start-Ups
That Marriage Between Business and Society
What comes to your mind when you hear those words of ‘social business’, ‘corporate social responsibility’, or any other noble things that seem too idealistic to do? The middle line between business and social charity?The marriage between capitalism and socialism? Since CSR term coined years ago, it suddenly became such a ‘happening trend’. Corporations started… Continue reading That Marriage Between Business and Society