Business Fondue

23/10/2019

Chinese fintech startup Ant Financial, a parent company of digital payments provider Alipay, the US online property rental marketplace Airbnb, a British e-commerce company The Hut Group, Australian graphic-design tool Canva, Estonian ride-hailing company Bolt are among the world's most valuable unicorns.

The US and China are home to the top 10 most valuable unicorns in the world, according to the report of Hurun research institute.

10/10/2019

The workplace is rapidly changing, and in the near future, there will be two kinds of people in the world: those who let their attention and lives be controlled and coerced by others and those who proudly call themselves “indistractable.”

Being indistractable is the single most important skill for the 21st century.

The skill you most need at work is one that also helps you at home, says psychology expert and best-selling author Nir Eyal.

08/10/2019

Speaking, fast and slow

07/10/2019

Six of the 10 cities most at risk of a property bubble are in Europe. No city is more vulnerable than Munich, according to UBS' annual Real Estate Bubble Index. https://bloom.bg/35e3Z2C

04/10/2019

This article about farmers in Switzerland selling their vegetables using honor system is one of the most popular on our website.

From early September unmanned roadside farm stands with vegetables and fruits have been popping up in small towns around Switzerland. Running on the honor system, they are an old Swiss tradition.

04/10/2019

Apocalypse later.

By Ellis Rosen with Cartoon Collections
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03/10/2019

According to a new study out of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, your past experiences with failure could predict your career success in the long run.

A new study suggests that failure early in people's careers leads them to achieve more success later on. Setbacks allow you to try more things.

02/10/2019

Employment figures, housing prices and Consumer Confidence Index are key indicators to predict an economic downturn.

While there's no crystal ball to accurately predict when a recession will hit, there are some leading indicators investors and economists look out for when trying to forecast economic activity in the coming months.

02/10/2019

Creative cities can find many ways to stand out. Eye-catching public benches are one of them. These public benches that we found while traveling in different countries are anything but boring.

Creative cities can find many ways to stand out. Artistic public benches is one of them. These public benches that we found while traveling in different countries are anything but boring.

12/06/2019

Each May and June, thousands of wild narcissus (or daffodils) cover in white meadows above Montreux and Vevey towns in Switzerland.

The dense carpet of white flowers looks so impressive that a narcissus blooming phenomenon even got a name “May snow”.

However, this year the summer came late in the mountains, therefore, narcissus are still in bloom in the mid-June.

The regions of Les Pleiades, Les Avants or Caux are the best places to see daffodils, and there are various walking trails past the fields.

For over a century the flowering period of daffodils has been the region’s attraction of the year with a narcissus becoming a symbol of Montreux.

Read more about the world’s best destinations to see blooming flowers in spring and summer: http://www.businessfondue.com/2019/04/12/from-japan-to-france-the-most-beautiful-spring-blossom-destinations/

07/06/2019

The colors of summer in France.

17/05/2019

Cups sterilizers at every restaurant, huge umbrellas on crosswalks to protect pedestrians from rain and sun, robots escorting passengers in the airport. Here are 12 great ideas from South Korea that other countries should borrow.

From cups sterilizers at every restaurant and huge umbrellas on crosswalks to robots escorting passengers in an airport. These are great ideas from South Korea how to make an everyday life more comfortable.