Gaw Capital aquires prime HK hotel property
The biggest myths about doing business with Iran
“Two-thirds of the population of the country is under 35, born after the revolution and hostage crisis. There are many private and public start-up accelerators, as in Silicon Valley.” Dick Simon, a serial entrepreneur, real estate developer and YPO member from Massachusetts, dispels several myths about Iran gathered from his recent trips to the country in a CNBC blog. Read more.
Is this the big Greek deal?
China Growth Beats Economists’ Forecasts
It’s all about trust
Clement Chew, CEO of Apex Investment Services Bhd and the 2014-2015 chair of the YPO Malaysia Chapter, writes a blog for The Star about why he decided to leave his position at JP Morgan and move to a local asset management company. Read more.
User data under fire as e-dating grows
Was bringen Business-Netzwerke wirklich?
An article in Wirtschaftswoche, Germany’s leading business magazine, interviews two YPO members about business networking: Ivan Herjavec, CEO of Dream Universe GmbH, and Carlo Bewersdorf, director of global digital business at Allianz SE. Note: article is in German. Read more.
Sailing the high seas
Family Business United profiles YPO member Timothy Cosulich and his company Fratelli Cosulich, a family-owned shipping group founded in 1857. Read more.
Chinese volatility: Effect on corporates
The great fall of China
New normal for markets is optimistic uncertainty: YPO survey
Sunny Vanderbeck, managing partner at Satori Capital and a YPO member from Dallas, writes a blog for CNBC about the latest YPO Global Pulse results. Read more.
YPO: African business confidence slips to 6-yr low
Asian CEOs more confident than Western peers: Survey
Expect consumption to rise
Why Africa’s tech entrepreneurs prefer not to list their companies
What is holding women back from top positions?
7 Reasons Why Women Executives Make Better Leaders
In the inaugural “Insights from YPO,” a new, weekly series in Inc. Magazine, Kevin Daum profiles seven members of the YPO network about the advantages of being a female business leader. Read more.
Subra Eassuwaren and Why Spirituality has Helped the Family Business
For YPO member Subra Eassuwaren, business is a force of good, looking after its employees, the surrounding community and the environment. The CEO of Eswaren Brothers, a third-generation Sri Lankan tea production and export business, shares his story with Family Capital. Read more.
Seven Ways to Make any Team More Productively Creative and Fast
Mike Maddock, CEO of Maddock Douglas and a YPO member from Chicago, shares his best ways to get employees thinking outside the box in Inc.com’s, “Insights from YPO,” a weekly series profiling YPO members. Read more.
South African Wine is at Their Heart
Paul Clüver, of Paul Clüver Wines and a YPO member from Cape Town, speaks to Family Business United about his company, located in the cool-climate Elgin Valley in South Africa. The wine business forms part of a larger holistic family farming business called De Rust Estate. Read more.