Tony Fernandes
Week in Review: Of cryptocurrencies, leadership styles and HotShotz
Cryptocurrency made its way into Karamjit Singh’s thoughts this week as did Tony Fernandes and Albern Murty and HotShotz 2017.
The similarities between Tony Fernandes and Digi’s Albern Murty
Having recently interacted with both CEOs, Karamjit Singh sees a lot of similarities in the leadership styles of Digi’s Albern Murty and AirAsia’s Tony Fernandes.
Week in Review: AirAsia deal shows value of startup-Brick&Mortar collaboration
Both Malaysia and Indonesia reaffirm their commitment to growing their digital economies while Tony Fernandes makes a startup acquisition.
AirAsia takes 50% stake in Touristly for US$2.6mil
The acquisition follows an earlier round last Aug where the AirAsia owned, Tune Labs, took a 9.54% stake in Touristly for an undisclosed amount.
Digerati50: The Disruptor, The Inspirer
Tony Fernandes reminds entrepreneurs that dreams do come true, to not worry about failure and that it’s all about passion. With passion, you will find a way to work through challenges, he says.
AirAsia organises maiden hackathon, opens to participants from 26 countries
Airvolution 2017 will take place at RedQ in Sepang on March 18-19, 2017
Open to participants from 26 markets covered by AirAsia's network
AirAsia Bhd, the region's largest budget carrier, will be hosting its first ever open innovation hackathon.
Online golf reservation startup Golfreserv sets sights on Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia
Has 1,000 golfers using the platform on a monthly basis
Initial name of Golfbogey rejected by golfers and golf courses
Golfreserv founder and CEO Prathib Sooria (sitting, first from left) and his team
Week in Review: More brick-and-mortar companies adapting to digital
An 88-year old billionaire in Indonesia and a 40-something property developer in Malaysia make the case for adopting and adapting to digital, writes Karamjit Singh.
Over three million Malaysian professionals connected on LinkedIn
LinkedIn celebrates three million connected professionals in Malaysia as of Aug 10. This milestone comes as the Asia Pacific region crosses the 100-million member mark, doubling its member base within two years.
AirAsia unit in APAC data science JV with Scotland’s Bd4h
AirAsia said its data science unit MadCience Consulting has entered into an agreement to set up a data analytics joint venture in Asia Pacific with Edinburgh-based Big Data For Humans (Bd4h).
