Open For Business
BFM Media
The flagship entrepreneurship show on BFM, featuring personal business stories from early stage start-ups, all the way to billionaire octogenarians in Malaysia and abroad. Notable guests include Martin Cooper (father of the mobile phone), Julian Assange (founder of WikiLeaks), Ralph Henry Baer (father of video games), Tony Buzan (Mindmap Guru), Isaac Tigrett (Hard Rock Cafe founder), Robert Kiyosaki (Financial Guru), Nick Vujicic (motivational speaker) and more. Tap into this valuable resource of shared experiences for the SME industry, which also touches on news, issues and trends affecting the business community and beyond.
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May 24, 2019 • 22min
Mastering Finance With A Board Game
Praxis is a board game that helps players learn financial literacy. As a B2B solution, Praxis works for those in banking, insurance, and other financial institutions as a way of training staff to up their financial savviness. We speak to Hemant Doshi, CEO, Singapore and Malaysia, about balancing fun and business in Praxis to keep players engaged, gamification outside the digital space, as well as the decision to be a completely B2B platform.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 23, 2019 • 24min
Atlas Solutions: For Your Personal Protection
Founded in 2016, Atlas Solutions is a leading integrated security training and service provider in South East Asia. Atlas supplies UK and Internationally recognised protection officers in and around the Southeast Asian region. They are the first organisation in Malaysia who is able to train and certify individuals to the UK Home Office's Close Protection / Bodyguarding standards. With this certification, individuals are able to apply to international career opportunities.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 21, 2019 • 26min
BlinQ: The One Stop Fashion Shop
When the 1995 movie Clueless came out, moviegoers everywhere coveted Cher Horowitz’s virtual fitting room, where she could try on clothing from her closet on an avatar of herself. Two decades later, we’re closer than ever before to having our very own virtual dressing room in the form of BlinQ, an app aiming to combine augmented reality fitting rooms, online luxury brand shopping, and clothing rental subscriptions into a one-stop luxury fashion shop. Serial entrepreneur, Bob Chua, discusses his big dreams for BlinQ.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 16, 2019 • 30min
Nippon Delicious: Japanese Lifestyle Dining
Nippon Delicious are the company to bring to Malaysia the traditional style of Bari-Uma (Super Tasty) Ramen and Kodawari Menya (Ultimate Noodle) to Malaysia. Established in 2013 with an initial startup capital of RM2.4 Million they now have a turnover of over RM8 Million per year with 6 outlets around the Klang valley. We speak to the co-founders about their journey so far.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 15, 2019 • 26min
Re-imagining The Way Malaysians Enjoy Coffee
Malaysians love their coffee, and as the industry evolves and we become more discerning about our coffee taste - we have become more demanding. Audrey Raj speaks to Geoffrey Dalziel from Nespresso Malaysia about the evolving coffee culture in Malaysia, Nespresso’s strategy in dealing with their demanding customers, and the emergence of more cost-efficient competitors in the personal-use coffee machine market.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 14, 2019 • 15min
Minggu Muzik Malaysia 2019
Minggu Muzik Malaysia is a week-long celebration of original Malaysian music with its inaugural edition to be held in Kuala Lumpur from 9th to 15th September. Sylvester Fan, founder and organising chairman discusses how the event intends to promote original Malaysian music, connect businesses, the challenges he faced in the organisation of the event, and how local brands can be part of this exciting project with zero upfront investment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 13, 2019 • 24min
You Are Good Enough: Embracing Who You Really Are
Karl LaRowe and Ravi Vig discuss their book, “You Are Good Enough: Embracing Who You Really Are”, as well as share case studies on how their clients have utilised the concepts of “enoughless” and “enoughness”.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 10, 2019 • 31min
The Non-profit Dog Boarding Business
It’s a spa. It’s a shelter. It’s a non-profit dog boarding service. We speak to Shannon Lam, founder of KL Pooch Rescue, about running a business that funds their animal shelter, as well as her aspirations to move to a bigger space in the near future.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 9, 2019 • 27min
Cycling Without Age
Cycling Without Age is a movement started in 2012 by Ole Kassow - with a dream of wanting to help the elderly back onto their bicycles. It’s a movement in which the access to active citizenship creates happiness among our fellow elderly citizens and provides them with an opportunity to remain an active part of society and the local community - it has now launched in over 40 countries around the world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 8, 2019 • 26min
E-Commerce Logistics: As Easy As Uno, Dos, TresGo
Do you ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes at e-commerce businesses to get your products sorted, packaged, and sent out? Nadhra Fauzi, co-founder of TresGo, discusses how TresGo helps smaller-scale businesses with all the odds and ends of logistics, as well as how the company received support from external parties like the MaGIC Global Accelerator Programme and Cradle.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
