Category: Entrepreneurship
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Eat a Peach by David Chang: The Unfiltered Journey of a Culinary Maverick
Momofuku founder David Chang is a Renaissance guy. And his memoir, ’Eat a Peach’, reveals the intense highs, excruciating lows, and continuous growth throughout his career as a chef, restaurateur, and media guy. I read ‘Eat a Peach‘ a couple of years ago, but there was so much I highlighted from the book (full book…
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A Life Less Ordinary: Taking Batik to New Places with Fern Chua
Fern Chua is the award-winning founder of FERN, a Malaysian sustainable and high-end fashion label rediscovering the elegance of the ancient Asian fabric art form, Batik. Fern and I chatted earlier this year on the unexpected path that led her to Batik, the challenges building and growing her team of artisans from the ground up,…
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Tina Zaman: Creating Tight 5 Comedy, Australia’s First Anti-Racist Comedy Club
Tina Zaman is a comedian, writer, teacher and founder of Tight 5 Comedy, a unique platform in Sydney’s comedy scene. Tight 5’s comedians of colour and allies have entertained thousands of fans handpicked for their originality and social impact, empowered to explore both their comedic and cultural identities in careful curated venues from theatres in…
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5 Life Lessons I Learned Working at Apple
I had just one dream to accompany my suitcase as I left my hometown, Sydney, for London in August 2010. As a 21 year-old aspiring songwriter and producer fresh out of university, I intended to make London my new home and writing hits for Beyoncé and Beyoncé-tier artists my new career. Standing by for Beyoncé’s…