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Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
500 Global’s Khailee Ng – Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist and Philosopher
Khailee Ng is among Malaysia’s tech successes, having exited two startups with Says.Com and Groupsmore, and funding, through the venture capital firm 500 Global, seven regional unicorns, including Grab, Carousell, Bukalapak and Carsome.
With success having come early to him and plenty of time to consider ‘Life’ at a more tender age than most, he also has reached fascinating conclusions about the world at large, giving this discussion a much wider and colourful range than normal.
Please Like, Share and Subscribe if you can! :-)))))
(As always, many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
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CONTENTS:
00:01:25 - Starting in the Media World (and Exiting) With Says.Com
00:04:48 - Enslaving a Nation by Depriving Independent Thought
00:08:25 - The Quest for Virality via Dopamine
00:15:57 - How Venture Capital Can Be a Force For Good
00:23:05 - Entrepreneurship and Dealing With Stress
00:25:35 - Tech Today - Where Is It? Valuations? Profitability? Growth?
00:28:35 - Venture Capital is a Sport of Co-Creation
00:34:34 - Entrepreneur / Venture Capitalist - Can One Become the Other?
00:39:47 - The Power of Thought and Actualisation
00:49:00 - The Process - A Day in the Life
00:55:46 - Making Hay In This Slice of Time .. As a Challenger Nation
01:09:14 - When People Build Nations, Not Politicians
01:14:15 - The Right People Mix in a Thriving Country
01:15:40 - Khailee’s Experimental Life
01:17:08 - That Time on Necker Island with Richard Branson ..
01:18:18 - Having a Super Powerful RAS (Reticular Activating System) Magnet – ie Self Actualisation
01:19:27 - Branson Said, ‘Giving Money Away Is As Difficult and Interesting as Making Money..’
01:23:38 - Micro Charity is Accessible: Reference Ng Sek San, UrMu and Cold Tenderloin in San Francisco
01:31:35 - Outsourcing Nation-Building Disempowers You, So What’s Your Personal ESG Policy?
01:33:24 - Going Beyond Meaning: Is It Religion?
01:42:00 - What’s the Future About?
01:49:22 - Transcending Specialisation and Becoming a Full-Stack Human Like Da Vinci and Bucky Fuller
01:53:44 - Investing In the Human Psyche to Find the Next Stage of Technology
02:01:06 - What’s Next for this Full Stack Individual?
FOLLOW KHAILEE HERE:
URL: https://khailee.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/khaileeng
Twitter: https://twitter.com/khailee
FB: https://www.facebook.com/khailee/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/khailee/
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Stashaway’s Michel Ferrario - Can Robo-Advisors Make Your Financial Dreams Come True?
Michele Ferrario, one of Stashaway’s three co-founders and its CEO, shares his journey, the state of tech markets, planning for retirement, financial literacy and being an entrepreneur, among many other things.
(Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
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FOLLOW MICHELE HERE:
LinkedIn: https://shorturl.at/ajsQ0
At Stash: https://www.stashaway.my/about-us
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar - A Humble Malaysian Super-Achiever
Tan Sri Wahid came from humble beginnings to become one of Malaysia’s most successful corporate leaders in the new millennium, successfully leading four major organisations in infrastructure development (UEM), telecommunications (Telekom Malaysia), financial services (Maybank) and investment management (Permodalan Nasional Bhd).
He was also appointed a Senator and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of Economic Planning from June 2013 to June 2016, heeding a national call to duty. Today, he is the Chairman of the stock exchange operator Bursa Malaysia as well as Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).
Throughout his career and through the turbulence and pressures of corporate and political life, Tan Sri Wahid has managed to comport himself in the same calm and humble manner that he has become known for, making him one of the most respected and likeable figures in corporate Malaysia.
Here, he shares his rules and principles for life with Khoo Hsu Chuang.
(Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
ADDITIONAL DETAILS AND MEMOIRS FROM TS WAHID HERE:
Wikipedia: https://shorturl.at/ghmXY
At Bursa: https://shorturl.at/jsDJ5
From Axiata: https://shorturl.at/erAIP
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Few folks, if ever, see their childhood dreams come true. Even fewer make it happen in their forties.
For Jewelen’s Ivy Teong, that jump was made, becoming a jewellery designer and business owner, in her second career.
This is her story.
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FOLLOW IVY HERE:
IG: @juwelen_design
URL: https://www.juwelendesign.com/
YT: @ivyteong570
Blog: https://ivyteong.blogspot.com/
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Dwi Emas’ Anne Tham - From Tuition Teacher to Education Entrepreneur
Anne Tham could have been any one of us. The only difference is that she took the plunge. To try and make a difference.
Otherwise she would have remained a tuition teacher, griping at the system’s many flaws, like so many other Malaysians.
Instead, she is today the head of a number of schools trying to make a difference, fully aware that an education – a proper one – is the key to unlocking a better future.
(Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
CONTENTS
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:21 - The Origins of Dwi Emas
00:04:00 - How a Teacher Morphs Into Entrepreneur
00:07:36 - Left-Brain Right-Brain Abilities, a Very Rare Phenomenon
00:09:41 - Learning a Language in Five Minutes
00:14:30 - Replicating Education
00:15:51 - What Happens When Your Teachers Leave
00:20:08 - Using Technology and Social Media to Scale Teaching English
00:21:52 - Why Evolve Via IGCSE and not KSSM?
00:24:30 - A Complete Re-Engineering
00:30:01 - Human Skills are CRITICAL
00:32:21 - Why Malaysian Grads Are Still Appealing
00:39:00 - ChatGPT: Friend or Foe?
00:41:50 - Aren’t Private Schools Elitist? Poor Kids Can't Afford ..
00:47:32 - Is There a Robin Hood Model
00:48:19 - Why Entrepreneurship Needs Communicating and Leadership
00:50:30 - Why Public Education Has Failed Miserably
00:56:19 - Why Education Must be Tied to Useable Life Skills
00:56:58 - How Education Can Be Completely Rethought
01:00:32 - How Business and Life Coalesce
01:03:51 - Convent Light Street in Penang - A New School
01:05:22 - The Skills One Needs to Succeed in Life
01:07:27 - Advice for Those Seeking a Life Change
01:08:47 - The Best Thing About Being an Entrepreneur
FOLLOW ANNE HERE
URL: https://aceedventure.com/founders/
LinkedIn: https://tinyurl.com/322zy8hw
At Endeavor: https://www.endeavormalaysia.org/peop...
At WEF: https://www.wef.org.in/anne-tham/
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
MIT’s Pulkit Agrawal - Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe?
Should AI be feared or welcomed? Humankind is still in a quandary on this issue.
Best to speak to the experts then, in the form of Pulkit Agrawal, who is an Assistant Professor at MIT, building Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interaction systems for commercial application.
His areas of study include robotics, computer vision, artificial intelligence and reinforcement learning.
(Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
Contents
00:01:08 - How Studying the Brain Led to AI
00:03:10 - AI Is Not New ..
00:05:16 - Is AI Development too Fast?
00:09:22 - AI and Motor Skills ie Moravec’s Paradox
00:12:55 - Robots Must be Legalled
00:15:24 - Should Robots Be Allowed to Impersonate Humans?
00:17:55 - The Cutting Edge of AI Is In ..
00:20:23 - Robot Sentience: True or False?
00:23:02 - Consciousness and Intelligence aka the Difference Between Obedience and Defiance
00:27:01 - ‘Progress’ at the Expense of Guardrails
00:30:47 - Can AI Replace ‘Education’?
00:34:05 - Imagine a World Without Schools and Universities ..
00:36:22 - Embedding Chips in the Brain
00:39:27 - Do Engineers Think about the Ramifications of Runaway Development?
00:45:13 - Why Elon Musk is Struggling with Self-Drive
00:48:04 - How Far Away are Self-Driving Cars?
00:49:44 - Apple’s VR Headsets .. Where’s the Future?
00:51:26 - If You Connect Your Mind Can Your Thoughts be Read?
00:53:10 - Can Motor Sensory Skills be Enhanced?
00:54:29 - How Should One Prepare for a World of AI?
00:56:47 - What Skills Must People Learn?
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Follow Pulkit here:
MIT: https://people.csail.mit.edu/pulkitag/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?...
LinkedIn: /pulkit-agrawal-967a4218
Twitter/X: @pulkitology
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Kavin Jay – Comedians, Malaysia’s REAL Journalists
Kavin Jay is one of Malaysia’s funniest men, recognised as such by the Netflix special he was invited to record in 2018, titled ‘Everybody Calm Down’.
He is also one of Malaysia’s most original and ‘real’ comedians, driven to his art by a very unique set of circumstances.
Here, he talks to Chuang about his journey to comedy, evolving along the way to become a true storyteller, much akin to a journalist, though often braver – and definitely funnier.
(Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
CONTENTS
00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:10 - How Kavin Started in Comedy
00:07:25 - Inspiration from Eddie Murphy, George Carlin, Bill Burr, Ronnie Chieng and others
00:12:55 - Comedy is Universal
00:18:18 - And Then Netflix Came Calling ..
00:26:29 - What Netflix Looks For
00:29:25 - Kavin’s Process
00:35:00 - I’m Sorry I Shouted - Dimensions to Comedy
00:43:10 - Uncle Roger is Funnier Than Nigel Ng
00:47:07 - The Problem with Social Media
00:52:35 - Making Money From Comedy
00:54:45 - Russell Peters and Asian Comedy
01:00:00 - The Crack House Disaster
01:07:40 - ADHD and Social Awkwardness
01:10:38 - Comedians, Depression, Anxiety … and Dopamine
01:14:00 - The Problem with Gym Bros
01:23:14 - Beating ADHD
01:25:21 - The Next Step
01:26:57 - Radio’s Real-Ness; Fly Guy and ‘Lil Kev
01:28:11 - Comedians Can’t Do Live Radio
01:32:44 - What’s Next for Kavin
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FOLLOW KAVIN HERE
URL: https://www.kavinjay.com/
IG: / kavinjay
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kavin_J...
Twitter/X: @KavinJay
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
MIT’s Sanjay Sarma: Why Indian CEOs Are Taking Over the World
The Asian Century is well upon us but the rise of her people on the world stage has not been a linear one. Fraught with complexities and clearly divisive, the reasons for this video’s title are nonetheless fascinating – and instructive.
Today’s chat is with Sanjay Sarma, the brilliant and affable CEO of the Asia School of Business in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, having arrived from sojourns in the private sector, academia and the literary world.
(Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
For MIT’s research on Indian CEOs:
‘Why East Asians but not South Asians are underrepresented in leadership positions in the United States’
By Jackson G. Lu, Richard E. Nisbett, and Michael W. Morris
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/...
See also:
‘A cultural clue to why East Asians are kept from US C-suites’
https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...
And
‘How multiethnic networking could propel more East Asians into US C-suites ’
https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...
CONTENTS
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:36 - From the Indian Institute of Technology to Carnegie Mellon, Berkeley and then MIT
00:03:15 - The Child of Illustrious Parents, Dinner Table Topics
00:05:15 - The Phenomenon of the Global Indian CEO
00:06:36 - Jackson Lu (of MIT)’s Research Findings
00:08:56 - Nature or Nurture?
00:11:12 - Are Today’s CEOs Becoming More Agreeable?
00:16:01 - The Power of Reflection
00:17:16 - How to Be Focused About Meetings
00:19:01 - Advising the Indian Economy
00:21:35 - Should India Be More Assertive?
00:24:44 - The Power and Pursuit of Curiosity
00:29:52 - Are Patriarchal Family Controlled Businesses Facing Extinction?
00:32:24 - What, Really, is IoT?
00:34:08 - Only the Paranoid Survive
00:35:42 - America Appears to Be Fearful of Web3
00:38:36 - Colonial’ Pipeline’s Role in America’s Crypto Fears
00:39:37 - Should CBDCs be Feared? (CBDCs: Central Bank Digital Currencies)
00:40:48 - ‘Grasp’: Why Education Must Be Rethought (‘Grasp’ is a book authored by Sanjay Sarma)
00:43:44 - Are Universities Antiquated?
00:45:40 - Are Quaternary (ie Postgraduate) Degrees No Longer Relevant?
00:47:10 - The Value Universities Add to the Mix
00:48:35 - What is the Value of an ‘MIT’ Label? Why Proxies Matter
00:50:55 - Why Do Corporations Exist?
00:52:18 - Chuang to Sanjay: ‘Are You a Success?’
00:54:07 - Rules for Life
00:56:22 - The Role of Fate
FOLLOW SANJAY HERE:
At ASB: https://asb.edu.my/about/the-leadersh...
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanjay_...
At MIT: https://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/...
Some Research: https://scholar.google.com/citations?...
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
#female #technology #ceo #nft #adobe #creativecloud
Acestar’s Natalie Sit - Never Forget the Taste of Poverty
Natalie Sit is the multiple award-winning owner of software services firm Acestar, a platinum reseller of Adobe Creative Cloud licences, having reached the pinnacle despite having no tertiary education, the daughter of noodle sellers in Ipoh.
This is her story, as told to Khoo Hsu Chuang.
(Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
CONTENTS
00:01:43 - Noodle Seller Parents
00:05:33 - Trigger Points
00:07:11 - Bright Lights, Big City
00:11:42 - The Burning Dream
00:14:30 - Selling Snow to Eskimos
00:16:17 - The Art of Conversation
00:17:23 - Dealing with Rejection
00:19:17 - When the Chips are Down
00:22:22 - One Way Ticket to New York
00:27:05 - What Is an Entrepreneur?
00:30:50 - When Parents Pass Away
00:34:08 - Depression
00:38:15 - The Evils of Comparing
00:39:40 - Sole Founder Challenges
00:42:42 - Web 3.0
00:46:48 - MicroCredentials
00:51:42 - Advice to Entrepreneurs
00:54:08 - Life Advice
00:56:40 - The Definition of ‘Success'
00:59:23 - Would You Change Anything?
01:00:09 - The Next Step
FOLLOW NATALIE HERE:
URL: https://acestar.my/ceo-profile/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-sit-59331798/
Fb: https://www.facebook.com/acestarian.nataliesit/
SOME CLIPPINGS:
The Peak: https://thepeak.com.my/people/the-peak-behind-the-scenes-throwback-acestars-natalie-sit/
Lifestyle Asia: https://www.lifestyleasia.com/kl/culture/people/fathers-day-story-natalie-sit-on-growing-closer-to-her-father/
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Follow Chuang here:
URL: http://www.domore.my/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hsu-chuan...
FB: https://www.facebook.com/khoo.chuang/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/khoohsuchuang/
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Follow DoMore here:
WEBSITE: https://www.domore.my/
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@DoMoreTakeChargeofYourLife
ITUNES: https://apple.co/2lQ47mS
GOOGLE PLAY: https://bit.ly/3b1l8iO
SPOTIFY: https://tinyurl.com/y6zufvcp
PODBEAN: https://domoreasia.podbean.com/
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/domore.asia/
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Monday Jul 24, 2023
#retirement #malaysia #aged
EPF’s Nurhisham Hussein - Malaysia’s Retirement Crisis Is Already Upon Us
With costs outrunning salaries and a rapidly ageing population, Malaysia’s retirement time bomb has already exploded.
Nurhisham Hussein, a longtime professional acquaintance and Chief Strategy Officer at the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), Malaysia’s largest pension fund, talks to Khoo Hsu Chuang about some solutions, both at a personal and policy level. (Hint: they’re both painful.)
CONTENTS
00:02:41 - Snapshot of Malaysia’s Retirement Crisis
00:14:20 - What is the Policy Response?
00:18:04 - How Are People Getting By?
00:19:35 - Who Is Responsible For Your Financial Future? You? Or The State?
00:25:25 - What To Do About the Ever-Weakening Ringgit
00:29:26 - Undeclared Assets
00:33:49 - Nonexistent Financial Literacy
00:38:29 - Priority List of Financial Planning
00:44:50 - Can Malaysia Raise Taxes Like in the West (to Pay for Social Safety Nets)?
00:48:09 - Do Subsidies Result in a Culture of Mediocrity?
00:50:10 - The Singapore Comparison is Painful
00:52:19 - Direction of Structural Reform
01:00:52 - How Both the State and Private Sector Can Rethink Retirement
01:04:17 - How Good Health is Instrumental in Old Age
01:06:00 - What’s the TL:DR Here? A Summary
01:11:57 - For People, Rethink Retirement
(Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
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FOLLOW HISHAM HERE:
Blog: http://econsmalaysia.blogspot.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/econsmalaysia
LinkedIn: https://tinyurl.com/5ts79t5c
B: https://tinyurl.com/2dk6npbp
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Follow Chuang here:
URL: http://www.domore.my/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hsu-chuang-khoo-ab199343/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/khoo.chuang/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/khoohsuchuang/
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Follow DoMore here:
WEBSITE: https://www.domore.my/
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/DoMoreTakeChargeofYourLife
ITUNES: https://apple.co/2lQ47mS
GOOGLE PLAY: https://bit.ly/3b1l8iO
SPOTIFY: https://tinyurl.com/y6zufvcp
PODBEAN: https://domoreasia.podbean.com/
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/domore.asia/