Posts by Stephanie Irvin
Gold reclaims US$5,000 as cooling inflation lifts Fed easing bets
Published Sat, Feb 14, 2026 · 02:44 PM [NEW YORK] Gold advanced as traders raised bets on US Federal Reserve rate cuts after a tame inflation reading, with some investors taking advantage of Thursday’s (Feb 12) sharp sell-off to buy the metal at a lower price. US inflation was fairly mild at the start of…
Read MoreWhy Celebrity Investors Should Drink The Product
I’ve spent years building brands with celebrities circling the table. Managers and agents often repeat the same advice to their clients: don’t put in cash, get everything in kind. That playbook protects them, but it also keeps them distant. My view is simple: the only thing that moves a celebrity from swag to stake is…
Read MoreThe Crucial Significance of Conflict Management Training in the Workplace
No matter how big or small a company is, there are bound to be conflicts in its teams. Every person has differing views and ways they believe are best for handling workflow, clients, and executing projects. When conflicts arise, addressing them and uniting the team as a cohesive unit is imperative. A conflict on the…
Read MoreEvery confident founder I know learned these 7 lessons the hard way
Confidence in startups rarely looks like bravado. It looks quieter than that. It shows up as decisiveness under pressure, calm conversations with investors, and the ability to say no without overexplaining. If you are early in your journey, it can feel like confident founders were simply born that way. They were not. Almost every confident…
Read MoreHow to validate your business idea using customer interviews
You probably already know the advice: “Don’t build until you talk to customers.” And yet here you are, with a Notion doc full of ideas, a half-built MVP, and a quiet fear that you’re still guessing. Customer interviews sound simple, but most founders either avoid them or run them so poorly that they get false…
Read MoreWhat great founders do differently in their first 90 minutes of the day: 7 patterns that compound over time
Most founders don’t lose the day at 3 p.m. They lose it before breakfast. The first 90 minutes of your morning quietly decide whether you spend the day reacting to noise or building real leverage. It’s when anxiety is loudest, willpower is highest, and the temptation to “just check Slack” feels harmless but isn’t. After…
Read More9 things that feel productive but secretly slow your startup’s growth
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from doing everything right and still not moving forward. Your calendar is full, your Notion is immaculate, your Slack never stops. From the outside, it looks like momentum. Inside, it feels like running on a treadmill set slightly too fast to step off. Most early founders…
Read More7 reasons founders confuse lean with cheap
At some point early on, almost every founder convinces themselves they are being “lean” when what they are really doing is just avoiding spending money. Not only does this feel responsible, but it also feels disciplined. It even feels virtuous when your bank balance is staring back at you every morning. But over time, this…
Read MoreWorld’s largest pig breeder Muyuan up 3.9% in Hong Kong debut; Han’s CNC jumps nearly 15%
Muyuan’s HK$10.7 billion listing proceeds makes it the largest IPO since Zijin Gold International’s debut last September Published Fri, Feb 6, 2026 · 07:57 PM [SINGAPORE/HONG KONG] The shares of China’s Muyuan Foods closed slightly higher in their Hong Kong trading debut on Friday (Feb 6), after the world’s biggest pig breeder raised HK$10.7 billion…
Read MoreKeppel’s special dividend yet to include billion-dollar sale of M1
[SINGAPORE] Keppel’s proposed special dividend of S$0.13 per share helped push the company’s shares up over 6 per cent in a single day. The special dividend, driven by Keppel’s “strong progress in asset monetisation”, is based on 15 per cent of the S$1.6 billion in gross monetisation value netted from transactions completed in FY2025. The…
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