Business Thinking

How do you get better at understanding — and therefore doing — business?

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Breaking Out of the SME Loop, A Story

A story of a Singaporean SME, breaking out of the SME loop.

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Chinese Businessmen: Maybe Strategy Matters

Small businesses don't grow large by accident. But most hit an invisible ceiling on the way up. Does strategy matter for breaking past this ceiling?

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Chinese Businessmen: Superstition Doesn't Count

If rationality is so important to success in business and in life, how is it possible for an entire generation of superstitious Chinese businessmen to succeed?

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Chinese Businessmen: Let Reality Be The Teacher

Education robs us of the ability to do trial and error. And yet trial and error is how a generation of traditional Chinese businessmen learnt their craft.

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The Chinese Businessman Paradox

The Chinese Businessmen Paradox: what is it that makes uneducated, superstitious Chinese businessmen successful?