Business

Michael Dell vs Steve Jobs

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

In 1997, at the Gartner Symposium and ITxpo97, when asked what he would do if he were in charge of Apple, Michael Dell told a crowd of several thousand technology execs, “What would I do? I’d shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.” Read more here.
Fast forward to 2008,  during an [...]

Overcoming Fear, Stepping Out

Friday, May 16th, 2008

These days I like to wonder about many things. One recurring theme of my thoughts is about a future company that I would like to establish. But more often than not, fear gets in the way. Can I do this? Where will the money come from? What field of business? How to even start? Will [...]

Harvard MBA Alumni

Monday, April 28th, 2008

The Edge last week featured some interesting articles related to business. Here I’ll share a few which I think is interesting.
What do these people all have in common?

Convicted felon Jeffrey Skilling (Enron Corp’s former chief, who is serving a 24-year prison term for fraud)
Deposed CEO Stan O’Neal (Ousted by Merrill Lynch & Co after [...]

Maxis Domination in the Klang Valley among middle/higher class individuals

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

No, this is not an allegation. I have data to justify what I have stated above. A very interesting observation indeed.
So, it turns out that I have worked for iZZi Wireless Broadband for 3 months already (iZZi’s service is only available in the Klang Valley for now). Until this day, I have sold broadband packages [...]

ANNOYING SHALLOW-MINDED CUSTOMER

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

Customer: One question, this internet package need to pay upfront right?
Me: Yes that is correct, it is packaged that way but you can pay monthly with credit card easy payment scheme.
Customer: New company always close down one what. What if three months down the road your company close down then how?
Me: We might be new [...]

HOSTILE TAKEOVER BID FOR YAHOO BY MICROSOFT

Monday, February 4th, 2008

The Microsoft-Yahoo Marriage
Microsoft has launched an unsolicited hostile bid for Yahoo! at the price of USD 44.6 BILLION. They have the intention to take on the world’s No. 1 internet search leader, Google, which is by far the one with the largest market share of internet searches and is making much more revenue in online [...]

CEO FEATURE: AZRAN OSMAN-RANI, CEO of AIRASIA X SDN BHD

Friday, February 1st, 2008

This blog post is adapted from The Edge Malaysia (the week of January 28, 2008) exclusively for ErnSheong.com.

AirAsia
AirAsia X is a new long haul budget airline operated by Air Asia X Sdn. Bhd. It has a company culture very similar to that of AirAsia. Both share the same ticketing website, livery, uniforms, and management style. [...]