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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Mar 28, 2018 • 26min
Sustainability Through Education
Social Enterprise Academy, founded in Scotland 14 years ago, aims to take ownership to fill the gap in supporting and training social enterprises in over 30 countries. They aim to help social entrepreneurs find new ways of meeting the challenges of delivering high social impact as well as financial sustainability. We speak to Sam Baumber, Chief Executive Officer of Social Enterprise Academy, who will share with us some insights into the only social entrepreneurial training hub in Malaysia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 27, 2018 • 22min
Getting the Dirt on CleanHero
You often think about doing your laundry or mopping your floors. But how often do you clean your carpets or your upholstery - and do you even know how? CleanHero offer specialised fibre care services for just those things in your house you don't even consider cleaning. We speak to Bin Mohammad Mahfuz and Emilia Nizar all about CleanHero and how they are tackling a new strategy for fabric cleaning.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 21, 2018 • 37min
Of Good Designs, Customer Criteria, And Lightersabers
Established in June 2010, Expedio Design is a boutique multi-disciplinary creative consultancy based in Petaling Jaya. Their teams execute a controlled, finely-tuned product development process that blends design with strategy, research, engineering and prototyping, ensuring the best possible solution to any design challenge. We speak to founders Li Soong and Tee Chian about their process, the evolution of design, and their newest pet-project, the Lightersaber!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 14, 2018 • 24min
On-Demand Trucking Made Easy
Founded in April 2016, Ezyhaul is transforming the Southeast Asian road freight market with its on-demand trucking technology platform. Leveraging on the ‘shared economy’ model, the startup effectively utilises the empty space on trucks on the Malaysian roads, providing truckers with a way to generate additional income. We speak to founders Raymond Gillon and Mudasar Mohamed about blending tech and transport, the challenges of the shared economy template, as well as the prospects of the Malaysian market.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 13, 2018 • 22min
Juice A Conversation With JuiceLab
In Malaysia’s warm tropical climate, it is always important to stay hydrated and stay healthy. A great way to fulfill both goals is a nice refreshing juice or smoothie! Gary Low, director of JuiceLab, Stephen Lim, co-founder of JuiceLab, and Andrew Liew, co-founder of JuiceLab, talk to us all about JuiceLab’s journey and how it separates itself as unique in an over-saturated F&B market.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 7, 2018 • 21min
More From Dah Makan
Since Dah Makan last spoke to BFM a year ago, their sales have tripled and they have expanded extensively. We catch up with Jonathan Weins, CEO, to ask him how the company has been able to grow so fast, how they intend on maintaining their momentum, and what plans Dah Makan has for the future. We also discuss their $2.6 million in seed funding they acquired from startup accelerator Y Combinator and what they intend to put that funding towards.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 6, 2018 • 33min
MaGic - The Global Accelerator Programme 2018
The Global Accelerator Programme is an annual programme dedicated to helping startups learn the skills to scaling in the ASEAN area. Tanuja Rajah explains more about the four month programme and how it works, and Nasir Habizar and Mark Choo speak to us as CEOs who have benefited from the programme in the past.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 28, 2018 • 19min
Car Rentals In The On-Demand Age
South Korean car sharing service Socar is making its first overseas expansion by allowing Malaysian users to book or rent a car for hours, days, or maybe even a week… all via the SOCAR app. We speak to Leon Foong, CEO of SOCAR Malaysia, about the market for car-sharing as opposed to ride-hailing, the promise of the Malaysian market, as well as the challenges SOCAR has faced so far.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 27, 2018 • 27min
Everyone’s Personal Shopper
Pressed for time to make a quick run to the mall to get some groceries? Forgot your wife’s birthday and need a gift for her before the end of the workday? Well, Helpr is here to help! Meet the brains behind the chat-based personal shopper service, which offers services in the areas of gifts and surprises, errands and dispatches, shopping, laundry, food ordering and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 21, 2018 • 42min
A Tale Of 3 Girls, Beat-Driven Spinning And Rubberducks
The co-founders of Hartamas’ favorite Al-Fresco cafe, Rubberduck and one of the freshest beat-driven indoor cycling studios in KL, Aloha Cycle Club talk to us about managing and balancing two completely different businesses under the same roof, and how they’ve managed to do this successfully, all while having a healthy good time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
