Entrepreneurship
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Entrepreneurship30 Jun 2025
Brewing Dreams from Home: In the Warmth of Small Beginnings
In Singapore’s ever-growing artisanal coffee scene, it is easy to get swept up in the glossy appeal of cafes with minimalist interiors, latte art workshops, and specialty brews. The rise of the...
Sherlita Almeyra Sherhan
8 min read
Entrepreneurship30 Jun 2025
Lived Realities of Malay/Muslim Entrepreneurs
Past Karyawan articles have covered the theme of entrepreneurship in the Malay/Muslim community from various perspectives. In general overview articles published in 2016, two authors optimistically...
Sabrina Binte Hardy
11 min read
Entrepreneurship18 Oct 2023
Tokenism: What’s in a Label?
In 1977, Rosabeth Kanter published her book, Men and Women of the Corporation, introducing the concept of “tokenism” as she covered women's general negative experiences working ‘non-traditionally...
Rifhan Miller
8 min read
Entrepreneurship15 Apr 2022
The Realities of Starting A Tech Company
Startups employ more than 300,000 people in Singapore across 42,000 companies in 2013, up from 24,000 companies in 2005. These numbers have probably increased substantially since. As a nation, we have produced 15 of the 35 unicorns in the region, including Razer and Sea3. Additionally, around 80 of the world’s top 100 tech companies have a significant presence in Singapore4. But what does it take to actually start one of these?
Shamir Rahim
17 min read
Entrepreneurship14 Jan 2022
COVID-19 Lessons Learned: Business Owners Edition
The year 2020 saw a tremendous shift in the business world and almost every industry across the globe was affected. While businesses often expect to be affected by waves of economic recession, part of the challenge this time is the fact that the pandemic has lasted much longer than what many businesses are normally used to in an economic crisis. Businesses were at the point of decimation, with many ending up shutting their doors due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Nabilah Mohammad
14 min read
Entrepreneurship15 Jan 2017
Malay/Muslim Businesses in FinTech
SINGAPORE'S FINTECH JOURNEY The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) stated that “FinTech is transforming financial services in a way not seen before. Big Data has the biggest...
M Nazri
9 min read
Entrepreneurship15 Jun 2016
The Leathersmiths with Maketh Project & Forest Child
Leathercrafting is one of the oldest craft in human history, beginning in the prehistoric practice of using animal hides for clothing and shelter, before progressing into haulage items such as rucksacks and waterskins. Today, the techniques for the treatment and preservation of hides have become more sophisticated and the craft itself has served a wide variety of purposes: as sword scabbards, belts, straps and fittings for armour pieces, holsters, to name a few.
Dr Nuraliah Norasid
8 min read
Entrepreneurship15 Jun 2016
Punching Above Our Weight
Buying a property is a long-term investment decision. For most of us, it is probably the most expensive item that we would purchase in a lifetime. Propnex Realty is very focused on this aspect and want to add value to people in this critical decision that they will make.
Mohamed Ismail Gafoor
8 min read
Entrepreneurship15 Jun 2016
Re-examining Malay/Muslim Entrepreneurship: Perceptions, Realities & Hopes
Promotion and advancement of Malay/Muslim entrepreneurship has often been viewed through the business lens. Thus, the solutions proposed have ranged from competence- and productivity-enhancing...
Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim
9 min read
Entrepreneurship15 Jun 2016
Haji Hashim Bin Haji Abdullah: A Household Name Adapting to Changing Times
During our primary school days, my brother and I bought not only our Malay language and religious books but also soccer apparels such as boots and jerseys from Haji Hashim Enterprise. Haji Hashim Enterprise used to be located at Geylang Serai and had branches at Onan Road and Arab Street. The store at Geylang Serai was later moved to Joo Chiat Complex while the Onan Road outlet was closed.
Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim
7 min read