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Arrowood International aims to create a unique branding route for hotel franchises and boutique independent hotels to turn them into profitable revenue-generating businesses. We speak to Founder & CEO Adrian Praveen about injecting innovative solutions into a historically rigid industry and helping hoteliers keep things fresh for when it’s safe to Cuti- Cuti Malaysia again.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Like many businesses, The Traveling Sisterhood was born of necessity, but Beth Samuel’s love for plants goes way back. Alongside her sister, Beth created The Traveling Sisterhood during the first MCO as a way to create indoor jungles for others. Now, the duo have big plans for their passion project and plan to add more than just plants to their catalogue. We speak to Beth about the ups and downs of The Traveling Sisterhood as well as her plans to expand the brand in the future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Like many businesses, The Traveling Sisterhood was born of necessity, but Beth Samuel’s love for plants goes way back. Alongside her sister, Beth created The Traveling Sisterhood during the first MCO as a way to create indoor jungles for others. Now, the duo have big plans for their passion project and plan to add more than just plants to their catalogue. We speak to Beth about the ups and downs of The Traveling Sisterhood as well as her plans to expand the brand in the future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the era of Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok, influencers have become one of the most aspirational jobs. In a 2019 report by research firm Morning Consult, 86% of Gen Z and millennials surveyed would post sponsored content for money, and 54% would become an influencer given the opportunity. But how do new talents make themselves open to these opportunities, and how do brands find the right people to represent them? Same Tham, co-founder and CEO of talent platform Modello, discusses this and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leron Yee co-founded DKing - a durian seller and producer business - in 2010 in Malaysia. He has now expanded his business and export durians and durian products around the world. Whether you love it or hate it, durian is good business. In fact, he sold nearly 300,000 yuan worth of durian products in 10 minutes thanks to the Internet.  How is this business doing since the pandemic? We’ll have to find out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dino Goh is a parenting speaker, and during the pandemic, he managed to organise a 3-day online parenting marathon, managed to get 22 speakers from 5 different countries and 14,000 registered users to follow his events. He’s helping parents to learn and relearn.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tata Consultancy Services Malaysia is not your average Malaysian SME. The digital services provider is backed by the second largest company in India, and has a strong sustainability legacy to live up to. We speak to Country Head Jeevan Rajoo about keeping sustainability at the heart of their business strategy, and how they’re influencing stakeholders to make that shift in mindset as well.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tata Consultancy Services Malaysia is not your average Malaysian SME. The digital services provider is backed by the second largest company in India, and has a strong sustainability legacy to live up to. We speak to Country Head Jeevan Rajoo about keeping sustainability at the heart of their business strategy, and how they’re influencing stakeholders to make that shift in mindset as well.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Material ownership is on the decline and instead, subscription-based services are what consumers are looking for… so why not subscribe to a car as well? That’s the proposition Flux has for our rapidly changing market. Car ownership, like all things, is becoming less of a need and more of a luxury - with more people wanting to swap their rides every couple of years instead of holding on to a depreciating asset. We speak to founder Aziz Ayman about changing the consumer mindset when it comes to car ownership, a revolving fleet of new cars that customers want to subscribe to, and the challenges of operating in a crowded space. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Material ownership is on the decline and instead, subscription-based services are what consumers are looking for… so why not subscribe to a car as well? That’s the proposition Flux has for our rapidly changing market. Car ownership, like all things, is becoming less of a need and more of a luxury - with more people wanting to swap their rides every couple of years instead of holding on to a depreciating asset. We speak to founder Aziz Ayman about changing the consumer mindset when it comes to car ownership, a revolving fleet of new cars that customers want to subscribe to, and the challenges of operating in a crowded space. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.