Posts by Yurie Miyazawa
Uber targets US$1 billion boost with 2026 European expansion
The company expects the move to generate an additional US$1 billion in gross bookings over the next three years Published Mon, Feb 16, 2026 · 10:26 AM [BENGALURU] Uber plans to expand its food-delivery business into seven new European markets in 2026, launching services in markets including the Czech Republic, Greece and Romania, a company…
Read MorePositive reaction to market reforms opens door to broader enhancement of growth capital sector
The result could be a bigger pipeline of new listings, and some struggling listed companies going private [SINGAPORE] Back in November, this column said the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) ought to slow-walk the allocation of billions of dollars to fund managers under the Equity Market Development Programme (EQDP). With stock valuations becoming stretched, and…
Read MoreEUR/USD expected to continue uptrend after recent short-term correction
THE euro is the second most traded currency by volume globally and forms the most actively traded currency pair with the US dollar. It is also widely held as a global reserve currency, serving as the common legal tender across the eurozone. Rising geopolitical risks in the United States have fuelled discussions around de-dollarisation, positioning…
Read MoreHapag-Lloyd in talks to buy Israel’s Zim Integrated Shipping; sale price to exceed US$3.5 billion
Zim will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange once the necessary regulatory and government approvals come through Published Sun, Feb 15, 2026 · 08:50 PM HAPAG-LLOYD is in advanced talks to acquire Israeli competitor Zim Integrated Shipping Services, the German company said on Sunday (Feb 15). Discussions with Israeli financial investor FIMI Opportunity…
Read MorePreventive Health Isn’t Paranoia It’s Discipline
I lost my dad to colon cancer because he never got a colonoscopy. That loss changed how I see health. It made me decide to be proactive, not passive. My view is simple: prevention is a choice, and delay is a gamble. We live in a time where many people can track their health at…
Read MoreThe 6 emotional patterns that predict which founders survive the chaos
There is a moment in almost every founder’s journey when the chaos stops feeling exciting and starts feeling personal. Revenue dips. A key hire quits. A launch flops. Investors go quiet. Suddenly it is not just a business problem. It feels like a referendum on you. I have watched early-stage founders navigate pivots, missed payroll,…
Read MoreHow to build a simple content strategy for B2B startups
You know content matters. Every advisor, investor, and growth thread tells you it compounds over time. But when you are a B2B founder with limited runway, a tiny team, and customers to close, content strategy often turns into a vague goal instead of a concrete system. You publish a few posts, miss a month, then…
Read MoreAI Won’t Replace Trust in Marketing
Generative AI is impressive, but it still misses what matters most in marketing: trust. That’s my stance, and it comes from hard-won experience. As a founder and operator, I’ve watched the hype grow louder while the work of earning trust has not changed. Marketing runs on authenticity, not shortcuts. When content feels fake, people check…
Read MoreThe complete guide to building an MVP with no-code tools
You know you need to ship something to validate your idea, but hiring engineers feels premature, expensive, or slow. You’ve sketched flows in Figma, collected a few “sounds interesting” responses, and now you’re stuck between overthinking and overbuilding. This is the moment where many founders stall. Not because the idea is bad, but because the…
Read MoreHow to create a simple marketing strategy for your first year
You know you need “marketing,” but your runway says you can’t afford experiments that take six months to maybe work. You’ve posted a few times on social, sent some cold emails, tweaked the homepage headline, and hoped something would click. Instead, results feel random. That’s normal. Most first-year founders don’t fail at marketing because they…
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