Education and Career

Stefan Chekanov is the co-founder and CEO of Brosix Instant Messenger, an IM service focused on providing businesses with secure private IM networks. As the co-founder, Stefan has witnessed Brosix’s growth over the years since its inception in 2006, a time when the IM market looked quite different. Over the...

Ecommerce has experienced rapid, steady growth over the past decade. Even with all the advances in the world of ecommerce, it still only accounted for less than 9 percent of all retail sales in 2016. That means there’s still a ton of room for potential growth in online shopping. Of...

It’s likely no surprise that Hong Kong has emerged as the world's best country to be your own boss, according to UK business site Expert Market. Other countries that did well in the study included the United States (No. 2), South Korea (No. 3), the United Arab Emirates (No. 4),...

The market regulator in Abu Dhabi has started exploring the exciting possibilities of crafting a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency intermediaries and exchanges in the United Arab Emirates. The regulator, Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), has indicated the framework will be robust and risk-appropriate to enable it to supervise and regulate...

What do you do after being president of a globally renowned software company? Of course, you become the CEO of the world’s largest startup. Just ask Charles Phillips. He’s made the transition from leading at Oracle, resigning from his position and going on to helm Infor, a leading business software...

New Zealand topped the list of the most popular destinations amnong Australian tourists, according to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), with more than 1.4 million Australian tourists heading across the ditch. Indonesia (ranked No. 2) remained popular with 1.2 million people making the trip, followed by...

It’s 4 p.m. and only one email stands in the way of your weekend plans. But as you’re about to hit send, your WiFi disconnects. You look around and your tech-savvy desk neighbor has already left, the admin is nowhere to be found and you can’t email IT to submit...

If mobility and the app ecosystem have penetrated deeper into our lives sand transformed us beyond recognition, then the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) is equally having a big impact on our interactions with the gadgets as well as the mobile apps. AI is far from just a new ready...

There are a number of good books and programs on the market that can help transform your life and business. What is interesting though in studying many of them is how little they talk about the importance of simply "getting away.” CEOs especially are under constant pressure to perform. Over...

Japan leads the world for lowest newborn mortality, according to the latest report by the (UNICEF), followed by Iceland (1.0), Singapore (1.1), Finland (1.2) and Slovenia (1.3). At the other end of the spectrum, Pakistan is the riskiest country to be born in, with one in 22 babies born there...