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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Dec 19, 2018 • 22min
Chatting Cadbury and Continued Legacies
Not only is the ‘Cadbury’ brand associated with good chocolate, it also invokes a sense of nostalgia for us Malaysians. We speak to Nikhil Nicholas, the man with the best job in the world (Chocolate Category Manager of Mondelēz Malaysia), about Cadbury’s enduring legacy, localization of its chocolates, and how the brand evolves to suit new customers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 18, 2018 • 17min
First Class Fitness with Babel
While dealing with the daily grind, it can be difficult to keep track of your health and fitness routine. Exercising always seems like such a daunting task on top of your 9 to 5. So what if you treated the gym as a luxury experience instead? Jacq Ng, general manager of Babel, a luxury fitness centre, discusses Babel’s facilities and unique classes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 12, 2018 • 24min
Spicing It Up, One Drop At A Time
Adding “masala” to your tea? Some flavor for your briyani? A hint of lemongrass to your rice? Spice DropSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 11, 2018 • 21min
Getting In Shape With GuavaPass
We all know Malaysians love food, but we can’t just keep eating nasi lemak and roti canai without taking into account our health and fitness, and sometimes just going to the gym gets boring. Diane Chia, general manager of GuavaPass Malaysia and China, talks all about GuavaPass, which is an app dedicated to finding the fitness solutions you want, when you want them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 5, 2018 • 30min
Money for the Unserved or Underserved SMEs
Funding Societies is the largest regional P2P financing platform in Malaysia and Southeast Asia, connecting creditworthy SMEs with retail, high net worth and institutional investors. It has successfully disbursed hundreds of millions of ringgit in SME financing across Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia, and aims to continue serving the unserved or underserved SMEs across the region. We speak to Funding Societies CEO Wong Kah Meng about how you, as a business owner or investor, can get in on the action.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 4, 2018 • 23min
Travel Made Easy With Klook
Have you ever wanted a getaway and then realised the amount of work it takes to research and book all the typical tourist activities? Well, nowadays since there’s an app for basically everything… there’s an app for that. Eric Gnock Fah, President, COO, and co-founder of Klook, the travel activities booking platform, shares exactly how that works and why it makes travel so much easier.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 28, 2018 • 31min
Giving Your Old Sofa A Second Chance
According to Henry and Rachel, founders of Comfort Works, most sofas can last a very long time - it’s their covers that get tired and old. The duo make slipcovers to spruce up homes while giving old sofas a new lease on life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 27, 2018 • 23min
BFM Network Series #21: Start-Up To Scale Up
At our 21st BFM Network Series, Azran-Osman Rani of Naluri Hidup, Yeoh Chen Chow of Fave and Anabelle Co-Martinent of La Juiceria discussed at a live panel how they took their businesses from start-up to scale up.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 21, 2018 • 23min
Conquering the Music Empire
It takes guts and determination to pursue a career in a male dominated industry, let alone as a woman but also as a person of colour and an immigrant. Wendy Ong, head of marketing for Tap Management in the US, speaks about precisely that experience and how she navigated a career in the American music industry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 21, 2018 • 28min
Turning Entrepreneurship Instinct into Science
It’s been called an eye-opener for startups and the new wave of marketing, and now Malaysia is finally going to get a taste of GrowthX. The Silicon Valley-based venture capital fund, which helps companies and countries commercialise innovations, has joined forces with Malaysia’s own Commerce.Asia to help startups and SMEs here find their product market fit via GrowthX Malaysia. We discuss GrowthX Malaysia’s objectives, and how the VC-Accelerator-Academy formula is expected to help Malaysia succeed in the Innovation Economy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
