Open For Business

The few choices you make each morning determine whether you’ll be productive and effective all day or whether you’ll be reactive and merely putting out fires throughout your day. How your start your day determines plays a large part in how you perform during your day. Jeevan Sahadevan, the founder of Leveragelab, takes us on an adventure through fascinating, powerful and interesting morning routines from several of his clients and also from some famous celebrities. Listen to the way these successful people start their mornings and duplicate what you like and start having Incredible days ahead every day of your 2019!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The sneaker footwear market is expected to reach $95.14 billion by 2025 and there’s also a huge underground resale shoe market which is currently valued at $1 Billion. Sneakers have become an investment. At the heart of keeping these investments clean is Malaysia's very own Shoe Mo. South East Asia's Shoe and Sneaker care service company.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are you a founder of a start-up? Or do you aspire to be a founder of a start-up but are unsure of how and where to begin? Ng SaiKit and Navin Danapal, program leaders of Founder Institute, discuss this mentor-led program that helps founders launch technology companies, and the re-launch of its KL chapter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nowadays, hotels have some tough competition with the ever growing homestay market - and property owners are loving the extra income too! But how do you organise managing multiple properties, worrying about property damage, or finding a host for your property? Jordan Oon discusses his startup, HostAStay, a tech platform that offers end-to-end solutions for the homestay market.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Livn is the largest global network of tours and activities, all connected in real-time. As a B2B platform, the company has seen dramatic growth in the last year by applying new tech and classic ingenuity to reach its goals. We speak to Mark Rizzuto, CEO of Livn, about said growth, the challenges the company is facing, as well as how it created this massive network of travel products.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Every day, thousands of new users from around the world join Koble to form new relationships and get business done smarter. The Tinder-meets-LinkedIn B2B matchmaking platform aims to simplify the customer journey by matching prospects with relevant companies, products and people. CEO Fabrice Saporito joins us to discuss Koble’s rapid growth, and how they’re changing the way companies do business around the world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The jobs of the past were based on human strength. The jobs of the present are based on the power of the mind. So how do you prepare for the jobs of the future? We speak to award winning entrepreneur ST Rubaneswaran, CEO of KCom Group about the ICT training company’s efforts to upskill the workforce of the nation and make Malaysia a desired place to build a career or business.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’ve all had a fantasy of being the hero in a storybook, and as films like Black Panther and Crazy Rich Asians have shown, seeing someone like yourself represented in media is incredibly powerful and important. Warren Leow is the founder of a startup called Amazing Fables that allows your child to literally become the hero of their own story. He discusses his unique business model, the didactic aim of his stories, and how the company is 100% bootstrapped.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As more people skew their travel itinerary towards more local-centric experiences, startups like Tralulu have emerged to bridge the gap between tourists and homegrown businesses, while empowering the locals in the process. We speak to Andrew Cua, founder of Tralulu, about the amazing experience that led him here, and why he thinks platforms like Tralulu are pivotal to the local travel scene.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What exactly is “hotel DNA”, and how can both travelers and business owners use it to their advantage? Alexandra Ramos explains how her company, Travelsify, has discovered an untapped pool of data - and with the help of artificial intelligence, has begun classifying hotels and travel destinations in a whole new way.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.