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From Entrepreneur to Employee | Redefining My Customer

By: Paul S. January 10, 2021January 10, 2021

Business Fables, Lifelong Learningbusiness owner, customer, customer service, educator, employee, employer, entrepreneur, teaching6 Comments

“When you realize that your boss is really your customer…”

Mission vs Vision | The Rainbow and the Pot of Gold

By: Dipa Sanatani January 4, 2021

My Leadership Journey, The Creative Entrepreneurbusiness owner, business strategy, leadership, mission, vision5 Comments

Every organisation–be it a businesses or a non-profit–needs a vision and mission. It’s easy to get the two confused, especially since they both end with –ion. But they are, in fact, two separate things.

Strategies for Business Longevity | Three Lessons from the Tortoise

By: Dipa Sanatani October 24, 2020October 24, 2020

My Business Journalbusiness owner, business strategy, entrepreneur, exit strategy, inheritance, startup, tortoise1 Comment

A sudden windfall, an inheritance, winning the lottery–all these external events do not promise longevity. What they do bring is a sudden burst of short-lived prosperity that is doomed to inevitably vanish.

Why Startup Founders Should Embrace Risk

By: Dipa Sanatani October 13, 2020October 24, 2020

My Business Journalbusiness owner, diversification, risk, risk management, startup10 Comments

The foundation stone of every startup is a risk-laden idea. To build a company, founders must take more risks, not less.

The Monthly Minimum Wage Myth

By: Dipa Sanatani September 29, 2020December 9, 2020

My Business Journalbusiness costs, business owner, Investments, minimum wage, rainmaker, startup6 Comments

The hourly wage for services rendered or a fixed salary for work done is really quite a ridiculous notion if you stop to think about it. And yet, this is the system that most of us work with when we think about the notion of ‘money’.

The Fulfilment of a Dream

By: Dipa Sanatani January 16, 2020January 16, 2020

Singapore, The Creative Entrepreneur, Thoughts on Lifeauthor, business owner, entrepreneur, living the dream5 Comments

Sometimes it takes a serious blast from the past to make you realise how far you’ve come from where you first started. Two nights ago, I unexpectedly found myself in Singapore’s Holland Village. I hadn’t been there in years – not since I was an accounting student. It was a popular date spot and I had many flashbacks of my life in my late teens.