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Friday Dec 16, 2022
Friday Dec 16, 2022
#success #diversity #technology
Google Cloud’s Sherie Ng and Capital A’s Aireen Omar: Let There Be Diversity!
Sherie Ng, Managing Director of Singapore & Malaysia, Google Cloud and Aireen Omar President of Ventures at Capital A (formerly known as AirAsia Group), talk about the gender gap in the tech industry and what can be done to redress the imbalance.
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CONTENTS:
00:01:18: Sherie’s Success Journey ..
00:04:22: Aireen’s Success Journey ..
00:05:57: Why Tony Fernandes Chose Aireen to Head Malaysia
00:08:25: Should Women Lean In More?
00:10:59: Can Leadership Begin at Home?
00:13:23: What Happens When Motherhood Beckons?
00:16:38: Answering The Big Question
00:20:25: What a Diverse Boardroom and Workplace Looks Like
00:24:24: Can Changing Values Drive Diversity?
00:28:27: How Female Management Can Drive Value
00:37:37: How Web3 Can Turbocharge Diversity
00:42:28: What Kind of People Will Succeed in the Jobs of the Future?
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Friday Dec 02, 2022
Friday Dec 02, 2022
#business #China #diversify
Ng Chong Lam of Ng Eng Kee & Sons: Diversify, Integrity, China!
Some lessons from a multi-generational business that has existed since the early 20th century.
The NEK Group’s founder, the late Ng Eng Kee, was born in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia in 1925, helping his father, the late Ng Chong Geng, to establish manufacturing and trading companies which specialised in rubber, palm oil and petrochemical products.
The move to China and other overseas markets began In the 1970s and continues until today with new businesses in real estate and manufacturing. Today, the NEK Group is a family office that invests in fintech, AI, semiconductors, HR engagement platforms, travel, jewellery and luxury goods all the way from seed to growth stage, including highly profitable late-stage companies.
NEK offers early stage companies equity capital, mentorship support and networking access to both the Southeast Asia region as well as China’s Greater Bay region.
(Vistage Malaysia engaged Do More to conduct this interview. Vistage is the world’s largest CEO coaching and peer advisory organisation for small and midsize business leaders, with over 27,000 members worldwide.)
CONTENTS:
01:06 - Diversify, Have Integrity, Do Good and Keep Cash
02:37 - Growth Industries?
04:01 - Private Business, External Shareholders
04:40 - Many Ways to Invest!
04:56 - Interesting Markets?
06:56 - What of the Malaysian Economy?
08:13 - Advice to the Entrepreneur
09:21 - Advice for a Successful China Expansion
14:19 - How China’s Business Methods Differ from America’s
17:13 - Communism and Hierarchies in China
18:26 - America’s Jealousy of China
19:52 - A China Partnership is Essential
20:54 - Four Success Tips
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Saturday Nov 05, 2022
Saturday Nov 05, 2022
#entrepreneur #venturecapital #fundraise
Penjana’s Taufiq Iskandar and MRANTI’s Safuan Zairi: Capital, Policy are Music to Entrepreneurs
Thriving tech ecosystems need sufficient pools of capital and a vibrant policy framework to succeed. Safuan Zairi, Chief of Ecosystem Development at govt research & innovation commercialisation agency MRANTI and Taufiq Iskandar, CEO of the govt’s matching fund-of-funds firm Penjana Kapital, take us on a journey of Malaysia’s tech ecosystem and offer an honest view of where the country’s players need to improve to remain relevant in an uncertain future.
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Penjana: https://www.penjanakapital.com.my/aboutus/team
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taufiq-iskandar-088543a/
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/safuanzairi
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/safuan-zairi-bb562756/
MRANTI: https://mranti.my/about-us
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CONTENTS:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:22 - A Cold Hard Look At Malaysia’s Tech Ecosystem: Ahead, On Par or Behind?
00:07:47 - So, Progress: Where and How?
00:11:40 - Are Venture Capitalists in Malaysia Too Risk-Averse?
00:21:28 - What Would Attract Capital from Andreesen Horowitz, KKR, Sequoia?
00:25:41 - Do Entrepreneurs Really Need to Think Big, Think Global?
00:27:09 - Why Is There So Little Risk-Taking Capital?
00:32:39 - What Is Malaysia’s Positioning WIthin ASEAN to Attract More Capital?
00:44:20 - What Happens When Companies Go Bust Due to Circumstances?
01:05:11 - Must You Be in a Sexy Sector to Attract Capital?
01:11:46 - Is Enough Being Done to Keep Legacy, Old Companies Relevant?
01:19:44 - How To Catalyse More Global Capital to Malaysia? What Mechanisms Exist?
01:22:09 - How To Use the Media to Build More Awareness?
01:28:30 - Is There a Listening Platform for Entrepreneurs to Talk to the Ecosystem?
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Saturday Oct 08, 2022
Saturday Oct 08, 2022
#semiconductor #manufacturing #automation
Amlex's Lim Say Soon - The Power of Perseverance
'Perseverance' and 'tenacity' best describes Lim Say Soon's business journey, as it has not always been plain sailing for the owner of this Penang-based electronics services company.
Find out from Say Soon what it takes to overcome the odds, with his early days being marked by extreme hardship and many uncertain nights.
(Vistage Malaysia engaged Do More to conduct this interview. Vistage is the world’s largest CEO coaching and peer advisory organisation for small and midsize business leaders, with over 27,000 members worldwide.)
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CONTENTS
00:00 - Intro
00:29 - The Amlex Journey
02:59 - Early Company Hardship
05:13 - Surviving Global Crisis
06:38 - LEAP Market Listing
07:51 - Staying Relevant in the Industry
09:35 - Handling Hyper Growth
10:24 - Talent Hiring Philosophy
11:11 - Always Hungry Moving Forward
13:00 - Enjoy the Process
14:14 - Succeeding in Business
15:27 - Perseverance in Entrepreneurship
16:39 - The Mindset Growing Amlex
17:39 - Future of Semiconductor Industry
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LinkedIn: https://my.linkedin.com/in/nick-lim-say-peng-420138154
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Monday Sep 19, 2022
Monday Sep 19, 2022
#chocolate #cocoa #business
Guan Chong's Brandon Tay: Malaysia's Cocoa Magnate
At the age of 35, Brandon Tay took over the helm of Guan Chong, a cocoa processing company, following a split within the family business in 2000.
Today, the company's cocoa ingredients are exported to over 70 countries and its clientele include world-renowned confectionery manufacturers Mars, Hershey's and Lotte of South Korea.
Find out the business principles that enabled Brandon to build Guan Chong into the world's 4th-largest cocoa processing company and Malaysia's largest.
(Vistage Malaysia engaged Do More to conduct this interview. Vistage is the world’s largest CEO coaching and peer advisory organisation for small and midsize business leaders, with over 27,000 members worldwide.)
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00:00 - Intro
00:52 - Journey of Building a Nationwide Business
08:48 - The Value of a Business Community
10:40 - Consistency of Supply as a Business Principle
12:30 - Always Thinking Two Steps Ahead
15:45 - Importance of Taking Risks and Growing Fast
18:51 - Establishing the Right Key People
20:16 - Making it Big: 3 Pieces of Advice
23:03 - Can Hard Work Beat Luck?
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Wednesday Aug 24, 2022
Wednesday Aug 24, 2022
#ecommerce #secondhand #retail
Carousell’s Gaurav Bhasin: Building ASEAN’s Amazon
Having headed Mudah as CEO, Gaurav Bhasin is now at Singapore-founded ecommerce unicorn Carousell Group as Chief Strategy Officer, helping to map out its growth trajectory in its eight markets in the region.
Founded in 2012, Carousell’s raison d’etre is to make ‘second hand the first choice’, via its own brands like Carousell, Cho Tot, Laku6, Mudah.my, OneKyat, Ox Street and Refash, backed by investors that include Telenor Group, Rakuten Ventures, Naver, STIC Investments and Sequoia Capital India.
In this episode, the latest under Do More’s collaboration with Endeavor Malaysia and CGS-CIMB, Gaurav gets candid about the challenges and valuable lessons learnt while growing one of ASEAN’s biggest ecommerce marketplaces.
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CONTENTS
00:01:16 - Steering The Ship - Why Second-Hand First?
00:03:34 - Navigating Ukraine War, Inflation, Market Crash, China Crisis
00:07:04 - What It Takes to be a Unicorn
00:08:48 - How To Build Without Money?
00:11:42 - How Was Mudah.My Monetised?
00:12:39 - How to Raise Money When Small and Unproven?
00:16:16 - Should Carousell Move to Singapore?
00:17:01 - Gaurav’s Failure as an Entrepreneur & The Importance of Being a Cockroach
00:19:27 - Hiring in a Talent-Thin Environment
00:21:50 - Gaurav’s Hiring Process
00:23:29 - Can You Hire From Abroad?
00:26:55 - What Kind of Diversity Counts?
00:28:48 - How to Build Culture in a Hyper Growth Environment
00:31:29 - Why Does Culture Matter?
00:33:39 - Transferring Culture to New Acquisitions
00:35:00 - Three Things to Consider When Making New Acquisitions
00:37:13 - Valuations: Do They Still Matter?
00:40:45 - How Do You Show 2nd-Hand Stuff is High Quality?
00:44:29 - Handling Investors When Business is Changing - Fast
00:46:48 - Path to Profit: the Elephant in the Room
00:48:09 - How Does ASEAN ECommerce Play Out?
00:50:08 - Should You Give Up Majority Ownership?
00:51:52 - Growing Sideways Can Be Cheaper
00:53:14 - Exit Strategies
00:54:00 - Three Words of Advice for Entrepreneurs in Scaling Mode
00:56:20 - How To Pick the Right Investments
00:56:35 - How to Build a Community on an Online Marketplace
00:57:40 - What’s a Successful Marketing Strategy?
00:59:16 - Would Gaurav Be an Entrepreneur Again? And What Would He Do?
00:59:51 - What Did Gaurav Do Wrong? What Makes a Good Co-Founder?
01:03:00 - What Data Works?
01:04:14 - How To Prepare For Recession?
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Mudah.my: https://www.mudah.my/
Carousell Group: https://press.carousell.com/carousell-group/
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Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
#5G #China #Chips
JF Technology’s Dato’ Foong Wei Kuong: Malaysia’s 5G Flagbearer in China
Dato’ Foong Wei Kuong heads the fast-rising semiconductor company JF Technology Bhd (JF Tech), which he founded in 1999 and grew into one of the top three test contacting solutions providers in the world with over 200 MNC clients and owner of 68 patents filed worldwide.
In 2020, Dato’ Foong led JF Tech into China via a 5G partnership with Huawei, gaining access to her vast market of over 1.4 billion people.
(Vistage Malaysia engaged Do More to conduct this interview. Vistage is the world’s largest CEO coaching and peer advisory organisation for small and midsize business leaders, with over 27,000 members worldwide.)
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CONTENTS
00:24 - Born Poor: What Do You Do Next?
02:33 - There Was A Guru: What Did He Teach?
04:07 - From Country Manager to Starting JF Tech: How?
05:50 - Faith: How Does It Help?
07:08 - Dato Foong’s Success Factors
09:38 - How a Business Network Helps
10:53 - What Keeps Dato Foong Up At Night?
13:23 - Management Tips and Techniques
15:43 - Implementing Multiple Growth Engines
17:32 - What It Takes to Partner a Giant Like Huawei
18:37 - What It’s Like to Do Business in China
19:27 - Different Business Styles: China vs US
21:05 - Will China and the US Go To War? Will We Need To Choose Sides?
21:58 - Advice to Entrepreneurs
22:46 - Where Will JF Tech Be in 2032?
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To Become A Vistage Chair: https://vistage.com.my/vistage-chair/... ..
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Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
#Entrepreneur #Investor #Malaysia
Having held key positions in public life with Malaysia's telco regulator MCMC and in the International Telecommunications Unions (ITU), Commonwealth Telecommunication Organisation, World Bank and the United Nations Development Program, Dato' Sharil Tarmizi has a unique viewpoint on the local and international regulatory landscape.
He has successfully parlayed this with his own background in law to invest in his personal capacity in some of Malaysia's most successful startups, while continuing to play a directorship role in PLCs, GLCs and private companies like POS Malaysia, Digital Nasional Bhd, Amanat Lebuhraya Rakyat, Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia, Opcom Holdings, Bina Darulaman, Privasia Technology, QuantePhi Sdn Bhd, Lotus Cars UK, Endeavor Malaysia, Multimedia Development Corporation and BinaFikir Sdn Bhd.
In this latest edition of the Do More Podcast's Think Inspire Series with Endeavor Malaysia and CGS-CIMB, Sharil shares some of his wisdom and experience with Khoo Hsu Chuang.
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CONTENTS:
00:01:45 - What Sharil Looks For Before Investing in a Business
00:02:42 - What Makes a Good Entrepreneur?
00:04:36 - Lessons Learnt From Passing on Twitter (!)
00:08:08 - Metrics to Seek When Analysing a Business?
00:10:11 - Key Differences Between US and Asian Startups
00:12:06 - Why Do These Differences Exist?
00:14:31 - There Are Different Types of Entrepreneur ..
00:18:25 - The Trouble With Too Many Handouts
00:20:54 - Malaysia’s Entitlement Malaise
00:27:00 - Does Malaysia Inc. Stymie Entrepreneurs?
00:29:14 - Malaysia’s 5G Lethargy - Why?
00:34:26 - Dealing With Structural Limitations
00:37:58 - Should the Govt Shrink?
00:41:05 - Govt Engagement and Policy: Sufficient?
00:46:53 - What’s Wrong With a Foreign Listing?
00:49:52 - Advice To Entrepreneur in a Competitive ASEAN
00:52:53 - No Safety Net: What Happens?
00:55:12 - Older Entrepreneurs Means Experience
00:56:10 - One Rule Above All to Succeed in Business
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Thursday May 19, 2022
Thursday May 19, 2022
#cars #IPO #ecommerce
Carsome's Eric Cheng - Malaysia's First Unicorn
In just 7 short years, Carsome's Eric Cheng has built Malaysia's first unicorn, thanks to years of hard grinding and a dogged will to succeed, following years of failure.
Find out what it takes to build a unicorn (ie a company worth a billion US dollars or more) in this day and age.
00:00:58 - How A College Dropout Starts A Unicorn
00:04:22 - Building Resilience -- 'Armour' -- Bouncing Back From Failure
00:06:54 - Eric Executes Really, Really Well - Where Did He Learn It?
00:09:42 - From Employee to Entrepreneur
00:14:02 - Management Lessons From Left Field
00:18:25 - Where Do You Find Good People?
00:22:40 - The Right People For Regional Expansion
00:26:41 - Playing the Unicorn Game
00:28:40 - What Data Does Eric Use to Plan?
00:30:37 - Profiling Customers in a Disparate ASEAN Market
00:34:12 - Challenges of Regulation? Policy?
00:36:52 - Dealing with Volatile Times
00:39:16 - Dealing With Negative Sentiment to Tech
00:41:38 - Can ASEAN Unicorns Ever Surpass American Unicorns?
00:43:35 - Can Carsome Go Global?
00:45:22 - Advice to Aspiring Entrepreneurs
00:47:46 - What Defines Passion?
00:50:10 - What Will Light Your Fire?
00:51:04 - What Doesn't Kill You ....
00:53:30 - Lessons From WeWork
00:55:08 - What the Future Holds for Carsome
00:56:55 - The Biggest Risks?
00:58:03 - Where Carsome is in 6 Months ..
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Enjoy Life! Carpe Dieme!
Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
#Dairy #Milk #IPO
Loi Tuan Ee of Farm Fresh - The Ethical Entrepreneur
Loi Tuan Ee was 42 years old, married and mortgaged when he decided to leave his cushy corporate job in packaging to start a food-based business in Johor, Malaysia. Sixteen years later, Farm Fresh has become a RM3 billion company with operations in Malaysia and Australia and markets all over the world.
In this, the third of six special interviews with some of Malaysia’s largest and most successful entrepreneurs in collaboration with CGS-CIMB and Endeavor Malaysia, Khoo hsu Chuang speaks to Loi about his colourful story and his journey to the top.
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Contents:
00:58 - Leaving a Highly Paid Job In His 40s to Start Farm Fresh
03:13 - Conquering The Fear
04:19 - Starting With Goats and Fish!
05:46 - Raising Money, Asking Azmi to Join, Khazanah’s Entry
08:03 - The Early Challenges
10:49 - Starting a Consumer Brand Today
13:26 - How Do You Grow Without Raising Prices?
17:47 - Absorbing Inflation For Customers Benefit
20:17 - Expanding Into the Region
21:50 - New Markets in Infant Formula
24:16 - Is Milk Advertising Unethical?
26:30 - Succession and The Challenges of Keeping to the Brand Promise
29:04 - Why Did You Decide to IPO?
30:54 - Expanding Into ASEAN
33:11 - Dealing With Distance, FX
34:29 - The Indonesia and Philippines Markets
36:50 - Ethical Advertising and ESG
40:14 - Labour Shortages
42:19 - Becoming a Dollar Unicorn
44:19 - Life as a Listed Company
47:21 - Skills Sets Sought Out By Big Investors
49:03 - Major Compliance Hurdles?
50:20 - How Important Are the Accountants and Legal Team
51:43 - Three Pieces of Advices for Entrepreneurs
56:29 - Sacrifices ..
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