by Cao Yingying, China Daily Guangzhou, a centuries-old international commercial hub, gathered leaders of the global innovation economy at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech International Conference that opened on Tuesday. Focusing on technological innovation, the first-ever Fortune Brainstorm Tech International Conference is huge in its own right, but is also the curtain raiser event for the…
Art fairs can be intimidating places in general, but an event with the vast size of Art Basel Miami Beach poses particular challenges. In the lead up to this week’s edition, we consulted five leading international collectors to help navigate the Miami madness. Below, our art world veterans reveal strategies for maximizing what you are getting out of the big fair, whether you’re buying or just browsing.
by Harper’s Bazaar Singapore They live their lives online, and are not shy about showing off their precious toys and presence at exotic places that most other people can only dream about. Meet the princelings and princesses of regional political and business leaders. While in the past only their closest friends and family members got…
by MarketLine Trends Are Changing The Construction Industry, Robbie Antonio Robbie Antonio, Long regarded as being averse to change, the construction industry is entering a period of substantial adjustment. How construction companies operate in the near future will be very different. Prefabricated construction is now being used to erect high-rise buildings, and Chinese companies are…
by Cathy Yang and Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News MANILA – The founder of the Philippines first “unicorn” or $1 billion startup said he hoped his success would inspire more Filipino entrepreneurs to think out of the box. Revolution Precrafted, builder of designer modular homes, is led by Jose Roberto Antonio, one of the heirs of…
Revolution Precrafted, the first Filipino startup valued at more than $1 billion, wants to establish a presence in 18 countries
by Adelaida Salikha, SEASIA The Philippines has hit a huge milestone: it just got its first unicorn startup. Revolution Pre-crafted, a developer of prefabricated designer homes, has raised its series B round co-led by Singapore’s K2 VC, valuing the company at over US$1 billion, according to two sources familiar with the deal. That makes Revolution –…
by Jovic Yee, Philippine Daily Inquirer Houses that can be built in days, not years. The government has partnered with a $1-billion local company in a bid to turn the country into a leader in prefabricated houses. The partnership was sealed on Friday between the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the private firm…
by DOST-PCIEERD Revolution Precrafted, the country’s first unicorn and the trailblazer for local start-ups, combines world-renowned designers and the latest advances in construction technology to deliver designer, custom homes at five times the speed and nearly half the cost to property developers and landowners. This winning business model may just expand further through Revo’s recent…
by The Philippine Star If millennials are, fairly or unfairly, typecast as those who expect to be handheld more, and the ones who feel “entitled”, then startup entrepreneurs are the antithesis of that stereotype. Not only are they self-motivated and independent, they are mentally prepared for hard work and sacrifice. They are not overnight successes,…