Family gatherings can sometimes test the limits of our endurance. There’s the constant barrage of deeply personal questions from family such as: “When are you getting married?”, “Where’s your bf/gf?”, or even “How much is your company paying you now?“. But at the end, family is still family, and love or...
Earlier last week, Singapore’s largest bank DBS, announced its latest earnings. It reported a 72 per cent increase in net profit for the three months ending March 2021. The bank also recorded a net profit of S$2 billion dollars for the same period, compared to S$1.17 billion dollars the year before. Beyond just highlighting the recovery of the...
It’s hard to imagine Malaysia and Southeast Asia without rice, but what’s harder to imagine is how much waste happens when it comes to farming it, especially from an average consumer’s point of view. About 3.66 million tonnes of rice husks (the outer layer of the rice) are left in the field every year, and this number is...
Kravve.co has just announced their successful ECF (equity crowdfunding) fundraising of RM1,255,000 on pitchIN that involved a total of 159 investors with 11.11% total equity offered. Their highest individual investment was RM222,500. They’re RM245,000 shy of their target of RM1,500,000 but managed to surpass their minimum target of RM100,000. For those who are unfamiliar with Kravve.co, they’re a...
Three years ago, Zac Chua, founder and CEO of The Kettle Gourmet shared with Vulcan Post about his entrepreneurial journey and insights on running a popcorn business. The “Popcorn Guy” has since expanded his business from a fledgling startup to a growing popcorn empire. “Since 2018, The Kettle Gourmet has grown by leaps and bounds. I’m proud to...
We all know that Malaysia hasn’t had the best luck when it comes to growing or attracting unicorns compared to our other regional neighbours like Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines. To recap from our previous article on unicorns, unicorns are hard to build in Malaysia for a variety of reasons, such as our smaller population, a lower standard...
Scanning QR codes are becoming a norm everywhere these days, but for some schools and educational institutions, it’s a technology with costs that are burning through their pockets. When Akif Rabbani was still studying in UNITEN in June 2020, he was approached by his secondary school ICT teacher on whether or not there were cheaper solutions to QR...
As the world is turning more technological, we have even seen robots serving us food, robots assist in the calculation and if you are a movie fan then you would have watched Interstellar where TARS assisted in many calculations, etc. Some of the scientists had predicted that robots are the next supercomputers and what better way to The post...
Everyone at Vulcan Post Malaysia has been largely WFH for over a year (with a brief return to the office from June to October 2020), and it’s now the norm for many other companies with workforces that can operate remotely. Commission Factory, an affiliate marketing network based in Australia, is one of those companies. But aside from encouraging...
Much has changed in the past year and remote working, the rise of AI along with automation has reshaped what our professional lives look like. This, in turn, has changed what employees are expecting from their workplaces too. Recently, LinkedIn has compiled a list of their Top 15 Companies In Malaysia For 2021. It’s an annual guide that...
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