When K-pop Becomes Your Business

Three young K-pop fans in SMU quickly recognised the business opportunity that a global fanbase presented. SMU Accountancy student Janessa Sim and her partners decided to set up an online marketplace selling fan-made K-pop merchandise—KpopKart, designed as a one-stop solution to buy and sell K-pop merchandise for fans from anywhere in the world.

This Entrepreneur is Breaking the Cleaning Services Stereotype With Re-training and Digitalisation

SMU Accountancy graduate Peter Peng chose an unexpected industry for his entrepreneurial pursuit. About a year ago, he started his own cleaning services business which makes use of technology to improve efficiency and manage costs. He aims to train his cleaning staff into a multi-skilled and tech-savvy team.

Student Interview Series: Yuta Morita, SMU Master of Business Administration (MBA)

After working for more than a decade in Japan decade in corporate banking and real estate, Yuta took advantage of an APEC Scholarship to study his MBA at SMU and to build skills that will help him someday start a peer-to-peer lending related company.

The SMU MWM Programme Gave Me the Technical Knowledge I Needed

Chuck Ng’s first degree was in chemical engineering, but he knew he wanted a career in finance even before he had graduated. He shares how he made the decision to enrol in a specialised programme that focused on wealth management to obtain his academic grounding in finance.

I Wanted to Learn More About Data Analytics to Enhance My Career. SMU’s MSA Is Giving Me the Skills I Need

Ng Pei Lin was keen to deepen her knowledge about data analytics after realising it was playing an increasingly important role in her work.

SMU PhD Graduate Shares About His Role as a Machine Learning Scientist at Vipshop in the US

SMU PhD in Information Systems graduate Ding Ying shares about the ins and outs of being a machine learning scientist at Vipshop.

The Job Market Experience: As Shared by SMU PhD in Business Candidates

What are some of the best practices PhD students should keep in mind when preparing for the job search process? SMU PhD graduating students share tips from their own job market experience.

The Realities of Being a Social Media Influencer: Mongchin Yeoh

Spotting the growing trend in social media adoption, Mongchin Yeoh (aka Mongabong) made the leap from sideline blogging gig to full-time social media influencer career by the time she graduated from SMU. And as they say, the rest was history!

Three Consecutive SCAQ Top Scorers in Financial Reporting from SMU School of Accountancy

Since December 2017, SMU Accountancy graduates have been emerging as Top Scorer for the Financial Reporting Module of the SCAQ Professional Exams for three consecutive cohorts.

Being a Data Analytics Swiss Army Knife – My Experience as an Intern in Deloitte France

While Accountancy student Lee Tze Yiing was on exchange in France, he decided that he wanted to challenge himself and source for a local internship on his own, to gain the experience of working in another country. Armed with his knowledge in data analytics and machine learning, he successfully secured an internship with Deloitte France.

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