Some people have asked me how I got my freckles. Freckles are not common with Oriental Asians so when people look at me, they are generally intrigued by it. The truth of the matter is that I was just completely careless (and carefree?) and spent a lot of my childhood baking under the southeast Asian… Continue reading Desaru Coast: The Sea of my Childhood
Author: Irene Ng
Professor of Marketing & Service Systems. Director, International Institute for Product & Service Innovation, WMG, University of Warwick
My father, Dato Ng Kong Yeam
12 April 1939 – 1 Dec 2021 In the past few years, during my father’s illness our family have been incredibly blessed by kind and wonderful people who have helped us. The staff of my father’s law firm, old friends and family. I want to thank you all for your love and care. My mother,… Continue reading My father, Dato Ng Kong Yeam
One full circle: Professor and CEO
So it finally happened. I am an entrepreneur again. Back track. 2003. The year I came to British shores to start a new career in academia. I was finishing my PhD (at the National University of Singapore) when I was offered the job of Lecturer of Marketing at University of Exeter Business School. So started… Continue reading One full circle: Professor and CEO
My Back Story: Travel and Cruise days
I realise I have not ever written my ‘back story’ anywhere. Most of my friends know it of course, and I have never felt the need to but having made some new friends recently I thought it might be useful to write it down somewhere just to give some context to the work I do… Continue reading My Back Story: Travel and Cruise days
HATDeX: The last community raise before scaling
It has been 12 months since HATDeX’s last financing, 3 weeks since the latest HAT partner came on board, 27 minutes since the latest HAT sign-on, and the HAT Data Exchange Ltd is raising a new round. The time has come! HATDeX is now investments Previous investors in this company put their money into a technology movement… Continue reading HATDeX: The last community raise before scaling
HAT Data Exchange opens a seed round for a £1.5m raise
After 2 months of preparation, some great deck iteration with HATDeX board members and existing early investors (Amadeus Capital among them), HAT Data Exchange is finally ready for a new raise. The HAT is growing up. Back in 2013 when we first won the grant, its positioning was that of an IoT hub. As it progressed through the project, it became… Continue reading HAT Data Exchange opens a seed round for a £1.5m raise
With PSD2, banking and advertising are colliding. Don’t get squished in the middle.
Over the last thirty years we have changed how we spend money, from buying our clothes, food, and gadgets from malls, markets, and the high street to buying most of our goods online. E-commerce is eating everything. And that doesn’t just mean shopping for juicers on Amazon instead of John Lewis – shopping tills and… Continue reading With PSD2, banking and advertising are colliding. Don’t get squished in the middle.
What is the difference between HAT ecosystem and the Blockchain ecosystem
Both HAT ecosystem and a Blockchain ecosystem empowers the individual, the former through a HAT Microserver, the latter through a Blockchain-wallet (see this medium post on Blockchain 101 or if you want a far simpler explanation – this one). Both HAT Microserver and Blockchain wallet allow individuals to have full rights to its contents and both ecosystems deal with… Continue reading What is the difference between HAT ecosystem and the Blockchain ecosystem
Inspiring Behaviours
Just finishing up my slides for a talk at University of Warwick on Inspiring Women https://warwick.ac.uk/services/skills/personal/inspiring/ It always makes me uncomfortable to talk about inspiring role models so in doing the slides, I decided I may as well try to change that mindset by giving my perspective of role models. I don’t believe in it.… Continue reading Inspiring Behaviours
Consent is a loss
There are some things in the world we would not consent to. Not because we don’t want to. But because we lose too much from it. Would you consent for someone to dress you? No, because s/he would see you naked. Would you consent for someone to feed you a meal? No, because you you… Continue reading Consent is a loss
Irene C L Ng 