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 13, 2017 • 24min
Backstreet Tourism: Travel, Explore, Learn
Most people visit popular tourist spots when traveling, but to really get a feel of a country, you need to travel its backstreets and do what the locals do. We speak to Jamon Mok, founder of Backstreet Academy, a community-based travel startup that lets tourists learn a new skill or two from locals, giving them an authentic travel experience in the process.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 12, 2017 • 23min
Exploring New Heights With First Traxx
Getting into a new sport is always daunting. But getting into a new, seasonal, relatively expensive sport is something that people can usually only dream about. Enter First Traxx, Malaysia’s first indoor ski and snowboard training centre. Izhan Hassan, operations director, and Rob Forbes, head instructor, talk all about hitting the slopes in the tropics.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 11, 2017 • 20min
My Happiness
We begin by asking ourselves one of the universe’s most sought-after yet most complicated questions - What is happiness? Is it simply that positive, elusive state we’re in when we achieve something? Is it a choice we make when we wake up in the morning, or a feeling that fills us autonomously? In this Motivational Monday session, bestselling author, international speaker, cartoonist and happiness expert, Andrew Matthews shines some light onto the grey areas of happiness.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 6, 2017 • 22min
Young & Mighty
Some people are just born with an entrepreneurial spirit. At the tender age of thirteen, Henry Patterson speaks about his foundation, Young & Mighty, as well as his previous endeavours and how he intends on expanding even further in his business pursuits.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 5, 2017 • 34min
Charting Your Travels From Rome, To Rio
‘Rome 2 Rio’ is a global trip planner and search engine that displays a bevy of travel options for users to get from point A - B, with time and fare estimates included. We speak to founder Rod Cuthbert about the process of developing the app, the growth of the company, and the way travel is changing thanks to technology.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 4, 2017 • 31min
12 Questions For A Powerful Review Of Your 2017 And To Plan For An Incredible 2018
It’s the first Monday of the month and Jeevan Sahadevan from Leverage Lab shares how these 12 questions can be used to do a personal review or a business review of 2017 as we plan and prepare for 2018.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 29, 2017 • 23min
Get Verified With Verity Intelligence
There are moments running a company where you might run into some issues - problems like negligent hiring and fraudulent business transactions can often be the line between success and failure. But there is no better cure than prevention, and Mark Leow, founder of Verity Intelligence tells us more about the business of background screening.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 28, 2017 • 33min
Capitalising The Rise Of Technology
How will emerging technology such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) reshape the next generation of marketing communications? Can developments in new technology ever replace human creativity? How can companies incorporate the use of these new tech into their business strategies? We speak to Nigel Gwilliam and Khairudin Rahim about the advertising and marcom race to capitalise on the rise of technology.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
