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 7, 2019 • 18min
JomParkir - Paperless Parking Payments
Parking is the bane of all Malaysian drivers. The pain points vary from the variety of poor payment methods to the lack of available and accessible parking areas and even the generally negative effect of parking stress on quality of life. Enter: JomParkir, a smart parking solution provider attempting to address all of Malaysia’s parking pain points. CEO Nasir Habizar joins us in the studio to discuss if a mobile application can really change the landscape of parking operations for users, enforcers and operators in Malaysia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 6, 2019 • 25min
5 Powerful Employee Training Methods
Good staff performance at work is everything in a business. Managers and entrepreneurs struggle when their employees aren’t performing to their expectations, and are often at a loss as to what to do next. Jeevan Sahadevan of Leverage Labs reveals 5 methods of training your employees that will ensure their continued improvement in performance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 3, 2019 • 18min
Removing Wait Times In The Restaurant Scene
Aliments is an app that allows customers to make an order on-the-go, so that their meal is ready for dine-in or takeout when they arrive at the restaurant. We speak to founders Jason and Kelvin about their plans for expansion, quality control, and what exactly Aliments means in the first place.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 2, 2019 • 20min
Never Run Alone Again
They were the first platform to offer virtual running as a concept in Southeast Asia and are the fastest growing fitness social media platform in Southeast Asia. To date, they have more than 150,000 users on their platform. They make use of technology to bring fun, motivation and flexibility to runners.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 30, 2019 • 19min
Taking The Family Business Online
How did a traditional family business in Ipoh became a top seller for Lazada? Sam Kon of Beyond Infinity Consultancy shares his journey from offline to online.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 29, 2019 • 25min
Taking Charge of the Mind
It’s the last Monday of the month and Sheila Singam of Human Equation comes back to the studio to discuss client case studies from her coaching experience, all about how to take charge of the mind in the workplace.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 26, 2019 • 23min
What you want lah, Dei?
Taking Little India (Singapore) online doesn’t seem like an easy task, but Jay Varman and his team seem to have done it. Dei (Daily Everything Indian) is an online platform that connects retailers who deal with (especially Asian / Indian) household items with customers who want their goods delivered to their doorsteps. We talk to Jay about the logistics of running this platform, their Freshness Guarantee, and challenges of consolidating Little India on an e-commerce service.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 25, 2019 • 24min
What took Malongo so long?
Malongo are the French leaders in the marketing of fair-trade organic coffee producing 8000 tonnes of coffee annually. They cover the entire coffee market: whole bean coffee, ground coffee, pods, and freeze-dried coffee as well as coffee machines. With annual sales revenue reaching nearly 110 million Euros, and their products found in in around forty countries, they have now expanding into South East Asia. Richard Bradbury sat down with Malongo Exports Director Henri Rodriguez to find out just what they're brewing.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 24, 2019 • 24min
Going With The Flow
While yoga studios in and around KL are shutting down just as quickly as they open up, The Flow in Bangsar is thriving. We speak to Founder Tiffany Yow about what this yoga and pilates studio has been doing differently over the last 8 months to take them so close to breaking even so soon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 23, 2019 • 17min
The Ultimate Dining Experience With Cammistry
Ambiance is a massive part of the dining experience for any food and beverage business, but Cammistry is taking it to a whole new level by using full projection, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) to create an interactive restaurant and club lounge. Kent Low discusses this unique take on the dining experience.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
