Morning Bamboo Insight: 2 Sep 2014

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Morning Bamboo Insight: 2 Sep 2014

Asia Pacific

  1. (Australia) – An Australian equipment hire specialist, owned by one family for six decades, has won the top gong at Family Business Australia’s annual conference.

http://www.campdenfb.com/article/australian-rental-company-wins-family-business-award

  1. (Asean) – Wage Wars Unravel Stitches Of Cambodia’s $5B Garment Sector

http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghabahree/2014/08/27/cambodias-garment-sector-is-getting-torn-between-poor-labor-and-unyielding-foreign-owners/print/

  1. (India) – New Breed Of Operators Disrupt India’s Dilapidated On-Demand City Cab Services

http://www.forbes.com/sites/saritharai/2014/08/28/new-breed-of-operators-disrupting-indias-dilapidated-on-demand-city-cab-services/print/

  1. (HK/Asia) – Debate on a universal pension highlights need for tax reform

http://www.scmp.com/print/comment/insight-opinion/article/1579597/debate-universal-pension-highlights-need-tax-reform

  1. (Thai) – No room for corruption: Thai PM

http://news.asiaone.com/print/news/asia/no-room-corruption-thai-pm

  1. (Spore) – Lights off on Singapore’s billionaire row as luxury house prices plunge

http://news.asiaone.com/print/news/business/lights-singapores-billionaire-row-luxury-house-prices-plunge-0

  1. (India) – With Modi as PM, it is India’s Time in the World

http://forbesindia.com/printcontent/38531

  1. (India) – Maharajas use their wealth to script positive tales

http://forbesindia.com/printcontent/38489

Life

  1. Seneca on Wisdom: “Wisdom is a right understanding, a faculty of discerning good from evil, what is to be chosen and what rejected; a judgment grounded upon the value of things, and not the common opinion of them.”

http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2014/08/seneca-on-wisdom/

  1. John Keats on the Quality That Formed a Man of Achievement: Negative Capability, the willingness to embrace uncertainty, mysteries and doubts.

http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2014/08/john-keats-quality-man-of-achievement-negative-capability/

  1. Intellectual acupuncture for business survival

http://business.asiaone.com/print/news/intellectual-acupuncture-business-survival

  1. Controversial MLM founder now a monk – for a while

http://news.asiaone.com/print/news/malaysia/controversial-mlm-founder-now-monk-while

  1. An expert at the quick flip cooking up a whopper deal: Burger King’s chief has displayed both self-belief and financial wizardry

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/e60bdc76-2e10-11e4-b330-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3BqgihCHz

  1. Don’t Get Left Holding The Bag: It is a term that is slowly gaining credence in the investment community: stranded assets. Put simply, the expression refers to an asset that has become obsolete or has ceased to perform in your portfolio.

http://www.campdenfb.com/article/don-t-get-left-holding-bag-or-oil-can

  1. Stanford Professors Want To Teach You How To Scale Your Business Without Screwing It Up

http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/29/stanford-professors-want-to-teach-you-how-to-scale-your-business-without-screwing-it-up/

http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/exed/landing/mooc090814.html?utm_source=press&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=mooc090814&utm_content=

  1. Brewing An Empire: Rohan Marley On Building His Sustainable Coffee Brand

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryflynn/2014/08/29/brewing-an-empire-rohan-marley-on-building-his-sustainable-coffee-brand/print/

  1. Welcome to the real Lego land: rebuilding the brand brick by brick; The tiny Danish town of Billund is creative cornerstone to the famous toy firm. With a new visitor centre opening, CEO Jørgen Vig Knudstorp explains how Lego returned to its foundations

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/aug/29/welcome-to-real-lego-land-rebuilding-brand-brick-by-brick

TMT

  1. (China/Tech) – Baidu Disconnects from Its Plan to Join Gov’t Telecoms Pilot; Search giant never partnered with a member of Big Three to resell phone service as part of mobile virtual network operator experiment

http://english.caixin.com/2014-08-27/100721873.html

  1. (China/Tech) – The Once-beloved Microsoft Messenger to Finally Shut Down in Mainland China

http://technode.com/2014/08/29/microsoft-messenger-shut-down-in-mainland-china/

  1. (China/Tech) – China’s Coolpad Races To Sell More Smartphones For Less Online

http://www.forbes.com/sites/hengshao/2014/08/27/click-for-coolpad/print/

  1. (Taiwan/Tech) – The Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) has invested US$104 million in the popular Taiwan-based music streaming service KKBOX Inc.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/print/2014/08/29/2003598494

Consumer

  1. (Korea/Consumer) – Starbucks in Korea costs twice as much as US; Korean Starbucks have a higher operating cost because customers tend to stay and sit in the stores longer.

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2014/08/511_163822.html

Investing Process

  1. The four delusions that cost VCs money

http://pando.com/2014/08/29/the-four-delusions-that-cost-vcs-money/

 

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