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Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
#modestfashion #muslimah #ecommerce #fashionvalet
How FashionValet’s Fadza Anuar & Vivy Yusof Built a MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR Brand Fresh From University: Challenges, Work-Life Balance and Parenting
This is the story of how a young couple from Malaysia built a multimillion-dollar modest-fashion global brand named FashionValet fresh out of university with no business experience whatsoever.
CONTENTS
03:11 - How It All Started
07:25 - Building a Brand From Zero
11:25 - Profitable From Day One!!
13:15 - Scaling Up
15:10 - Fundraising
15:55 - Early Mistakes in Advertising
18:39 - Digital Marketing
20:37 - Websites, Packing, Delivery, Logistics and Returns!
24:00 - Social Media’s Good and Bad Sides
26:43 - Advice For Handling A Social Media Presence
30:19 - Don’t Use Your Own Name in the Brand!
32:09 - Husband-Wife in Life and in Business Too
38:05 - Parenting While Working
41:54 - Staying Creative
44:09 - Size of Global Modest Fashion Market
46:03 - Exporting the Formula Internationally
47:52 - Industry Metrics Fadza Is Watching
50:23 - Sustainability
53:26 - Local Fashion Ecosystem
54:26 - Sustainable Fabrics: Comfortable?
55:23 - Sustainability’s Role in Valuation
57:12 - What’s Next? Handing Over the Reins
Follow Vivy Here:
IG: https://www.instagram.com/vivyyusof/?hl=en
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivyyusof/?originalSubdomain=my
Duck: https://www.getducked.com/
FV: https://www.fashionvalet.com/
Endeavor: https://www.endeavormalaysia.org/people/Vivy-Yusof
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IG: https://www.instagram.com/fadzaanuar/?hl=en
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fadzarudin-anuar-4580a518/?originalSubdomain=my
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FashionValet
Endeavor: https://www.endeavormalaysia.org/people/Fadza-Anuar
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Saturday Mar 05, 2022
Saturday Mar 05, 2022
#ARTISAN #LEATHER #ENTREPRENEUR
Utile Works' Terance Chen - The Leather Artisan
I've noticed an undercurrent of young, passionate entrepreneurs who place quality and craftsmanship on par with commercial success, unlike in my generation.
One such person is the leather artisan Terance Chen, who left his job in engineering to pursue his love of creating bespoke leather products from his workshop in Penang.
This is his story.
CONTENTS:
01:33 - How Terance Started
03:06 - Overcoming Parents Objections
04:13 - Why Buy Only the Best Materials?
05:05 - How to Measure Success?
05:55 - What Products?
06:42 - BDSM Products Too ..
07:30 - Everything is Bespoke (Custom Made)
08:30 - What Does Business Mean to Terance?
09:35 - Who Is The Typical Customer?
10:45 - Convincing Premium Tanneries To Work With Him
12:07 - Overcoming The Pandemic
13:17 - In Business For Passion
14:50 - Building Resilience When You're Flat Broke
16:20 - Growth Plans
16:55 - Justify the High Price?
21:02 - What's Next?
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IG: https://www.instagram.com/terancechen/?hl=en
FB: https://www.facebook.com/TeranceChen/
Pin: https://cz.pinterest.com/suckoneortwenty/
URL: https://www.utileworks.com/
(Some) Press:
https://www.robertvisuals.com/utile-by-terance-chen
https://bit.ly/33tqa8D
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Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
#Inequality #NEP #Competitiveness
Dr. Lee Hwok-Aun - Inequality’s Iniquities, In Malaysia and Elsewhere
Dr. Lee Hwok-Aun is the author of “Affirmative Action in Malaysia and South Africa: Preference for Parity”, published in 2021 by Routledge and of numerous articles, in academic and media publications, on affirmative action, inequality, discrimination, social protection, labour and education.
He is a Senior Fellow and Co-coordinator of the Malaysia Studies Programme at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, and a PhD holder in Economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Inequality forms a key tenet of his work, a subject on which he has studied and written academic papers on since the early 90s.
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CONTENTS:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:56 - Inequality in South Africa versus Malaysia: The Differences
00:08:19 - The Main Flaws in the Malaysian System of Preferential Policies
00:18:04 - The Political Catch-22 of Ever-Popular Preferential Policies Vs Their (Necessary) Dismantling
00:23:20 - One Cannot Feed Four
00:28:10 - Whether Templates for Equality Exist In Scandinavia
00:32:10 - And What of China and Thailand? And the ASEAN Experience?
00:39:58 - And Yet, Inequality is Shrinking in ASEAN. Why?
00:46:20 - Malaysia’s Next Decade: Does Inequality Shrink or Expand?
00:57:38 - Should Policy Resemble Evolution i.e. where Only the Strong Survive?
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LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3r447NW
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hwokaun
FB: https://www.facebook.com/howcan/
At ISEAS: https://www.iseas.edu.sg/about-us/researchers/lee-hwok-aun/
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Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Yinson Holdings’ CY Lim: The Energy Services Unicorn
In this, the first of six Do More episodes powered by Endeavour Malaysia and CGS-CIMB for the inaugural ‘Thoughts Inspire’ series, CY Lim, the 37-year-old Group CEO of oil and gas services giant Yinson Holdings talks to Khoo Hsu Chuang about the journey that propelled the family controlled logistics firm into the second-largest Floating Production Storage and Offloading - FPSO - company in the world.
Exemplified by the 100x increase in market value between 2010 and 2022 to its current RM6.5 billion, CY shares the management secrets, lessons and trials of building a truly global business from a purely domestic one in just 11 short years beginning when he took the reins when he was just 25 years old.
CONTENTS
00:02:38 - The Early Years: Getting His Father’s Buy-In To Enter a New Business: Oil and Gas
00:05:41 - Challenges of Getting Funding In a Capital-Intensive Industry
00:07:28 - Winning The Regionalisation Game, Starting in Vietnam
00:09:23 - Making Mistakes And Learning From Them
00:12:15 - What Do Demanding MNCs and National Oil Companies Seek?
00:14:24 - The Importance of a Strong track Record When Doing Global Business
00:16:22 - How To Get The Right Financial Metrics
00:18:40 - How To Keep The Right People When the Industry Is Extremely Volatile
00:20:41 - Some Useful Tricks For the Aspiring Entrepreneur
00:22:36 - How To Manage Demanding Investors
00:24:54 - How Did Yinson Move So Fast?
00:29:46 - How To Deal With Uncertain Political Developments Here and Abroad
00:32:27 - How to Strategise and Plan for a Fossil Fuel-Free Future
00:36:18 - Advice For Sustainability Conscious Entrepreneurs
00:38:19 - Can Yinson Grow Another 100x?
00:40:24 - How To Maintain The Same Energy and Drive in the Next Decade?
00:42:43 - What Will Yinson Look Like in 2032?
00:44:51 - Does LUCK Play A Role in Business?
00:46:51 - Can You Make Your Own Luck?
00:49:03 - What Attributes Does The Successful Entrepreneur Have
00:51:15 - Can One Person Drive An Entire Organisation Forward?
00:52:28 - What Should Entrepreneurs Do About Messy Local Politics?
00:55:37 - The Succession Dilemma
00:57:23 - Common Traits In High-Performing Managers
01:01:05 - Can Yinson Be Malaysia’s First Global Behemoth?
01:03:52 - What Goals Should Success and Ambition Be Based On?
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URL: https://www.yinson.com/board-of-direc...
LinkedIn: https://my.linkedin.com/in/cy-lim-a45...
Endeavour: https://www.endeavormalaysia.org/peop...
Follow Endeavour Malaysia here:
https://www.endeavormalaysia.org/
Follow CGS-CIMB Malaysia here:
https://www.cgs-cimb.com/en/home
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IG: www.instagram.com/khoohsuchuang
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
#success #investment #NFT
Brown Brothers Harriman's Ainun Ayub: Commandments For Success
London-based Ainun Ayob, shortlisted for the European Women in Finance Awards 2021 via her work at the boutique investment bank Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., talks about what it takes to succeed in finance at a time when Malaysia’s Brain Drain is accelerating and how global finance is changing - fast.
CONTENTS
02:49 - Why Work Abroad?
09:51 - The Necessity of Staying Competitive, Social Privileges Notwithstanding
13:49 - What Does It Take to Succeed?
17:04 - Investing in an Era of NFTs and Cryptos
21:49 - How Conventional Markets Dovetail With Internet 3.0
24:38 - Ainun’s Success Advice To Her Children
26:56 - Where Should One Begin Their Career?
30:28 - Three Commandments For Success
Follow Ainun Here:
LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3dGSXZk
Company: https://bit.ly/3DNgDFW
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Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
YS Khong - The Uncle YouTuber
Khoo Hsu Chuang speaks to YS Khong, a 70 year-old former motoring journalist on how he managed to get on to YouTube and amass a following of over a hundred thousand subscribers!
CONTENTS
00:35 - Who Is YS Khong?
03:33 - How Did 70 Year-Old YS Khong Get Started On YouTube?
05:08 - Why The Genting Run?
07:40 - How Did YS Master YouTube?
10:07 - The Rule Of One Upload Every Three Days
10:17 - And Then There Was The Unboxing Video!
12:05 - No Scripts ..
13:08 - The Myvi Video That Went Viral
14:43 - What's Next For YS?
17:12 - Words of Advice ..
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YT: https://www.youtube.com/c/YSKhongDriving
URL: https://www.yskhongdriving.com/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/YSKhongDriving/
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IG: instagram.com/khoohsuchuang/
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Monday Oct 18, 2021
Monday Oct 18, 2021
#ESG #SUSTAINABILITY #INVESTMENTS
Leslie Yap, a CFA and Head of Investment at Nomura Asset Management in Malaysia, talks about ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) Investing, a theme that is gaining considerable momentum as the world shifts to a cleaner and more sustainable future.
Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Leslie oversees the developed markets equities team and is responsible for the investment management of developed-market equities (including ethical and Shariah-compliant listed assets).
#investment
#environment
#esg
#cop26glasgow
#cop26
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CONTENTS
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00:59 - A Quick Primer on ESG Investing - What Is It, Really?
02:19 - The Difference Between ESG and Shariah Investing
03:38 - Striking a Balance Between ESG Impact and Returns
05:33 - Why ESG Stocks Trade At A Premium
07:14 - Whether Liquidity Concerns With Some ESG Stocks
08:42 - Expected Returns In Next 10 Years
09:48 - Risk Appetites Are Back!
12:16 - Can Markets Go Higher?
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LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3lHZmIH
And
https://www.linkedin.com/company/nomura-asset-management/
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Monday Sep 27, 2021
Monday Sep 27, 2021
#drone #IPO #disrupt
Aerodyne’s Kamarul Muhamed - The Drone Dude
Kamarul Muhamed is the Founder and CEO of drone and data technology company Aerodyne, ranked No.2 globally in 2020 with 500 employees in 35 countries.
We talk about business, astronomy, life and robots!
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CONTENTS:
01:39 - Who Is Kamarul?
11:46 - Why Are the Kelantanese So Entrepreneurial?
14:45 - Going It Alone: No Grants, Savings Only
19:22 - Kamarul the Deep Geek: Astronomy, History, Theoretical Physics and How It Shapes His Business Style
20:29 - A Segue into Black Holes ..
21:57 - Squaring Science and Business
24:00 - The War For Talent, Cultural Integration
28:40 - The Definition of 'The Right Thing'
32:15 - Should Robots Be Feared?
35:48 - Preparing for Technology Singularity (a hypothetical future where technology growth is out of control and irreversible)
37:55 - Malaysia's 'Difficulties and IPO Decision: Stay or Go?
44:28 - Business Principles - Fairness, Value Creation, Mutual Benefit
45:55 - Balancing Work With Life
48:49 - Is Money Important?
52:24 - The World, At A Crossroads
55:20 - One Overriding Word of Advice
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FB: https://www.facebook.com/kamarul.a.muhamed
YT: https://www.youtube.com/user/MrAnagnorisis/featured
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URL: https://aerodyne.group/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aerodyne-group/
Pitchbook: https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/226652-77#overview
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Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Juvena Huang - The Wandering Wasp
A trip to Vietnam and the death of a close friend ignited the wanderlust in Singaporean lass Juvena Huang, who set out to ride around the world solo on her vintage Vespa scooter on 16th May 2015, a journey which began from Singapore and which saw her transverse 25 countries* over 44,000km in 27 months.
This is her story.
* The countries include Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Iran, Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Italy, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Czech Republic.
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CONTENTS
00:00:53 - How Juvena's Story Began
00:04:48 - How The Death of a Close Friend Triggered Her Wanderlust
00:11:02 - Why an OLD Vespa?
00:14:44 - Paying For The Trip
00:15:21 - Juvena's Route
00:16:34 - Plan Or Don't Plan? Which Is Better?
00:17:27 - Solo Female Traveler - Reflections
00:19:34 - Tips To Aspiring SOLO Female Travelers
00:22:04 - Advantages of Being A Female Traveler
00:25:30 - Food? (She's Vegetarian)
00:26:43 - Personal Hygiene? Monthly Calls? Peeing?
00:29:57 - Which Countries Were The Most Memorable?
00:30:30 - About Pakistan (She Spent 4.5mths There!)
00:32:29 - About Iran, Armenia and Georgia (Hint: VERY Underrated and Very Affordable!)
00:33:23 - About Turkey (Where Animals Are Truly Loved and People Are Honest!)
00:35:28 - Bulgaria .. Hibernating in Serbia (Cos Winter Was Coming)
00:37:00 - About Montenegro .. (Small, Mountainous and Beautiful!)
00:37:50 - Accommodation? Camping .. Hostels .. Being Hosted .. etc
00:41:25 - Hosting Is a Norm in Muslim Countries ('Musafir')
00:43:49 - Volunteering at A Refugee Centre in Serbia (Caution: Heartbreaking Stories)
00:50:25 - Travel Gives You REAL Perspective
00:51:23 - NOT Dealing With Society's Expectations
00:52:11 - Conversations With Fellow Travelers
00:57:01 - The Power That Comes From Letting Go
00:57:47 - Women Are Stronger Than They Think
01:01:53 - About Itchy Boots ..
01:03:00 - What's Next?
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FIND JUVENA HERE:
E: hello@thewanderingwasp.com
YT: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWanderingWasp
URL: http://thewanderingwasp.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/thewanderingwasp/?hl=en
FB: https://www.facebook.com/thewanderingwasp/
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Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
#valueinvesting #stocks #compounding
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GAO Capital’s Kenneth Yap - Value Investing Is An Evergreen Investing Principle
Kenneth Yap, the Head of Equities at Singapore-based GAO Capital, talks about his principles of Value Investing, after having accumulated over two decades’ experience in roles that include being a Fund Manager at KAF Fund Management, Head of Indonesian Equity Sales at Macquarie Group in Jakarta, a Proprietary Equity Trader at CIMB in Kuala Lumpur, Vice President of Semiconductor research at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and Chartered Accountant in Deloitte & Touche in London.
Find out how he unearths ten-baggers like Evergreen Marine and Signet Jewelers using data that is available to anyone and everyone. And whether investing in China, Bitcoin and Gold are good ideas!
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Find Kenneth here:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yapkenneth/
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CONTENTS:
04:27 - Kenneth's Value Investing Philosophy - The Mechanics Behind It
06:18 - Value Investing Case Study: Signet Jewelers
08:32 - How Do You Choose Stocks? Does Human Emotion Matter?
13:51 - Why Analysing Cashflows and Price/Book Ratios Are More Effective
16:31 - Why Buy Globally (And Not Malaysia)
20:21 - Value Investing Case Study: Taiwan's Evergreen Marine
25:07 - Why Are Ten-Baggers So Hard To Come By?
28:53 - How To Double The Portfolio Every Five Years
32:37 - Investing Advice For The Novice
34:02 - Invest in China: Yea Or Nay?
34:40 - Diversify!
35:41 - How Do You Choose The Right Fund or Fund Manager?
36:12 - Don't Keep Cash!!
37:29 - Is It Dangerous To Invest in China?
39:33 - Avoiding Value Traps, Pros and Cons of Being KL-Based
41:57 - When Do You Decide To Cut Losses?
44:12 - How to Iron Out Foreign Currency Fluctuations
46:01 - Is The US Dollar Dead?
47:22 - How Kenneth Invests His Own Money (Hint: It's Not In Property or Gold)
50:37 - What About Bitcoin, Stablecoin, Ethereum?
53:35 - Some Parting Shots ..
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