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Starting a business is no easy feat, especially if you’re thinking of starting one overseas. Now that the U.S. dollar is stronger -- and even crushing other currencies -- many entrepreneurs are taking advantage and traveling abroad to launch their businesses.  But don’t start packing your bags just yet. As the founder of Waygo, a visual-translation app that translates Chinese, Japanese and Korean text into English with the wave of your...

Don’t we all crib for that perfect work-life balance? Be it start-ups or big corporations, employees often end up working into the wee hours of the morning or taking work home. In such a scenario, the work life balance is gone for a toss. As countries struggle to put rules in place to ensure people are not overworked, achieving the perfect balance is still a farfetched dream. However, these 10 countries are doing a great job of making lives of...

It’s been 3 months since I moved with my husband and our two children to Singapore. It all began with Funderbeam, a platform I founded, which deals with the funding and trading of private companies. As the company moves in a business sector that’s heavily regulated, our team decided to scale globally and thus applied for a licence in Singapore. “Why Singapore,” you may ask. The reason is simple: Singapore provides trust and understanding for...

Demand is high for talented people that are willing to live and work abroad. Even after their expat assignments are done, people with international experience are highly valued. According to the U.S. Committee on Economic Development, “80 percent of U.S. executives believe their companies would operate better if more internationally cultured employees were present.” American companies need people that have the ability to adapt to different...

Business has taken me to Asia, Europe, Minnesota, Boston, Colorado, and several other U.S. cities in the last two months. Sounds pretty awesome right? While parts of being the Founder of an international startup are great, it’s also a grueling endeavor that will test your mind, body, and soul. Everyone that lives in the startup world has heard the clichés about embracing failure, pivoting, relentless pressure, long work hours and the highs and...

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Moving is actually one of the most stressful life events, together with going through a breakup or losing a loved one. As if relocating wasn’t difficult enough, you now have the added stress of the coronavirus pandemic. If you’ve managed to get the green light to make the move, despite travel restrictions and lockdowns, then this article written by our friends at Pacific Prime is for you. Moving abroad tips in the time of COVID-19 COVID-19 has...

Every year, thousands of Brits move abroad to seek a better life, better opportunities or simply to experience new cultures. In fact, it’s estimated that between 1 and 2.2 million currently live in the EU, and many hundreds of thousands live further afield in countries like Australia, Canada and New Zealand. This year, the situation has become more complicated thanks to the pandemic and subsequent coronavirus lockdowns across the world. It’s no...

InsurTech is the current fourth industrial revolution, digitisation is at the order of the day, computers are communicating without human intervention, autonomous vehicles, microchip implants, machine learning robots, only to mention a few, all are here to stay... We are living the reality of smart factories and a new dawn of technological innovations. At every conference, every Broker breakfast we attend, every insurance Magazine we open,...

We may not be living on Mars or travelling to work using jet packs, but there's no doubt the coming decade will bring many exciting technological advances. In this article, I want to outline the 25 key technology trends that I believe will shape the 2020s.   Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. The increasing ability of machines to learn and act intelligently will absolutely transform our world. It is also the driving force behind...