Live Well ft. Lance Alexander

In a recent global survey by ACCA, only 16% of SMEs sought advice on internationalisation. As such, ACCA have come up with a new study Scale-up success: What do SMEs need to supercharge their growth. Chiew Chun Wee, Regional Head of Policy at ACCA gives us and SMEs in Singapore the bullet.

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What is defamation exactly? And with the advent of social media, can reviews on various platforms constitute defamation? Mohd Baiross is managing partner at IRB Law LLP and he talks us through it.

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Novade leverages mobile technology to streamline construction site processes. They also have software solutions that replace the volumes of paperwork used in construction and property development projects. What was the impetus for this and what made CEO Denis Branthonne quit Autodesk to found Novade? Denis joins us to give us the low down.

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The radical shift that has become the modern workforce is that today, contracting and non-employee talent are a core of the working population. Peter Oreb, CEO of CXC Global has seen it all. He tells us how businesses and workers can roll with the punches.

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Singapore company NeuroMem Technologies develops neuromorphic chips inspired by the human brain. CEO Pierre Brunswick will be speaking at EmTech Asia, where business, technology and culture converge. What other ground breaking discoveries and innovations will be featured and how will they change our lives?

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Nick Jonsson, Managing Director of Executives’ Global Network Singapore or EGN tells us how to always exceed those sales targets and stay motivated and how a trusted network of peers helps too.

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What are the values that have been passed down and need to be passed down when running a family business? How different is it than running commercial public corporations? And does an ownership mentality hinder or aid the business? We find out from Jesher Loi, Director of Branding and Market Development of Yakun.

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Chubb Insurance, one of the world’s oldest and largest providers of cyber risk solutions, launched a new study looking at the attitudes of Singapore’s SMEs to cyber awareness and their level of preparedness. And it couldn’t come at a better time, Singapore having suffered its largest data breach last year and the trend of cyber espionage continuing, a recent one being SIA loyalty program KrisFlyer. We speak to Andrew Taylor, Chubb's regional cyber security expert.

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The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore, a statutory board under The Ministry of Trade and Industry aims to ensure a robust and enlightened competition regime in Singapore. Along with the Consumer Association of Singapore which aims to take care of the interests of consumers, the hope is the two ensure businesses are on the straight and narrow and consumers know their rights and are protected as well. We chat with Jack Teng, Director, Consumer Protection Division at CCCS, Davina Wong, Senior Assistant Director there and Loy York Jiun, Executive Director of CASE. Today we explore the much talked about beauty industry which seems to be the most complained about industry.

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EmTech Asia kicks off in Singapore Jan 22, and it’s where business, technology and culture converge. What’s the latest in emerging technologies poised to change our lives. Professor Benjamin Tee, President’s Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore has an area of expertise which aims to provide robots with a sense of touch, and how that can allow them to navigate and manipulate objects better. Prof Tee joins us to dispel the myths and the heebie jeebies with regard to skin-equipped robots and what we can expect from EmTech Asia.

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