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Many organisations and celebrities have been using the Instagram LIVE feature to connect with their audiences whilst being on lockdown. RIUH, the monthly creative community bazaar and festival that features local artists and f&b operators, pop-up stores, workshops and more, have too seen a push towards digital as a result of event cancellations. RIUH In Your Homes is an initiative by them to keep the creative community engaged by entertaining viewers at home. Marissa Wambeck who leads the RIUH team is with us.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2019, Oxwhite broke the equity crowdfunding record and became the largest campaign in Malaysia via pitchIN by raising slightly more than RM5 million over the course of 3 weeks. In total, they had attracted 485 investors, with the largest individual crowdfunding investment being just above RM1 million ringgit. With that, they had aggressive plans for 2020, but as we know, the year didn't quite turn out according to plan. CK Chang, the Founder of Oxwhite and former guest of the show is on the line with us to talk about his challenges, investor sentiments and post-MCO changes.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The hospitality sector is not having an easy 2020. But some players, like Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa, are rising above industry-wide challenges to not only remain relevant, but support the community and stand in solidarity with our frontliners. We speak with Senior GM Alex Castaldi about putting your best foot forward during a crisis, and how they’re ushering Ramadan and Eid with a twist this year.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leverage Lab's Jeevan Sahadevan shares manoeuvres in today's challenging business scene together with his clients, Dr Fauziah Mohd Yunus (Klinik Pergigian Fauziah) and Shafiqah Shafie & Iylia Fahmi (pinkboxcereal.com). Discussing everything from cash flow, leadership, marketing tactics to pivoting strategies; get insights on what you can do now and when MCO ends. This is an extraction of our Webinar Series, watch the video here: https://tinyurl.com/bfmwebinar4See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leverage Lab's Jeevan Sahadevan shares manoeuvres in today's challenging business scene together with his clients, Dr Fauziah Mohd Yunus (Klinik Pergigian Fauziah) and Shafiqah Shafie & Iylia Fahmi (pinkboxcereal.com). Discussing everything from cash flow, leadership, marketing tactics to pivoting strategies; get insights on what you can do now and when MCO ends. This is an extraction of our Webinar Series, watch the video here: https://tinyurl.com/bfmwebinar4See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we hear from Datuk Zainal Amanshah of AECOM (formerly the CEO of InvestKL) on how to assess your business in this crisis and answering questions on local and regional expansion strategies post COVID-19.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With everyone feeling the squeeze from the extended lockdown on their wallets, the big players in the fitness industry have started to report higher membership cancellations, as people reassess where and what they spend their money on. But some gyms are proving to weather this storm better than others. Noel Chelliah, Chief Exercise Officer at DailyMuscle, which provides group fitness classes and semi-private training with a strong emphasis on community building, talks to us about the gym's shift to the online sphere.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One entity that’s working really hard to ensure that the repercussions for SMEs from the MCO are minimal, is SME Corp Malaysia. SME Corp is the central coordinating agency under the government that coordinates the implementation of development programmes for SMEs, provides business advisory services to them and acts as the central point of reference for research and data dissemination on SMEs and entrepreneurs. CEO of SME Corp, Azmi Said joins us on Voice of SMEs today.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KidZania Kuala Lumpur is an interactive learning edutainment theme park for kids to role-playing adult activities and one could imagine even after post-MCO, it would be pretty difficult for them to get back to any sort of previous norm. We spoke to Shahrul Nizar, the General Manager or Mayor at KidZania.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tanamera is an all natural, plant based health and beauty product range, inspired by remedies and herbs of Malaysia tradition. Mohamad Faisal Ahmad Fadzil, the Managing Director of Tanamera Tropical Spa has been a guest on our shows a couple of times and also a guest speaker on a few of our events. Faisal is one who truly embraces the local spirit and tradition in his business. We figured it would be good time to chat him up on how he’s been dealing with the current situation.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.