For this episode, I sat down with Alain Ngalani, 5 times Muay Thai and Kickboxing world champion and owner of Impakt, an MMA club he founded 20 years ago in Hong Kong.

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Alain is one of a kind and he shared about his impressive athletic career, how it gives him a different approach to competition and achievement and how it helps him run his business started 20 years ago in a very competitive industry.

One key thing to him is to alway put up challenges, whether it's breaking a new record or handling everyday life.

Find out the secret of the longevity of Impakt and Alain's unique way to lead his team and keep a friendly atmosphere. Enjoy!

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To find out more:

Alain's Instagram - https://shorturl.at/wzGK0

Fitness Training Programme with Alain - https://go.alainngalanifitness.com/

Impakt's Instagram - https://shorturl.at/aNS07

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In this new episode, I had the chance to have a conversation with Delphine, co-founder of OnTheList, a members-only flash sales company that partners with retail brands and distributors to turn old inventory into exclusive sales.

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Founded in 2016, OnTheList is a success story that started from a garage sale in Hong Kong to become a 150-staff company spread over 7 markets in Asia Pacific.

With Delphine, we discussed how she and her husband and co-founder Diego, drive the growth of their company that has been B-Corp certified since 2022.

You'll get inspired by their test & learn approach, their resilience and pragmatism in the face of hardships.

Don't miss the end of the episode where Delphine shares insightful tips and lessons she learned about entrepreneurship.

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To find out more:

OnTheList website - https://www.onthelist.com/fr

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/onthelist_official

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What do you know about augmented reality?

In this episode, deep dive into a fascinating virtual world. Nils transmits his passion and determination to make digital devices understand the real world with spatial computing- no worries you'll understand everything even if you're not a tech person.

We talked about what he's trying to achieve with Auki Labs, how his company grew from to 2 to 60 people in two years and his vision of team management that is pretty unconventional and pragmatic.

Nils also shares his view on Asia and more particularly on Hong Kong. According to him, we've entered the Asian era and Hong Kong might be the place of the next trillion dollar company.

To find out more:

Auki Labs website - https://www.aukilabs.com/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/aukilabs

Posemesh (for techies) - https://www.posemesh.org/

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Selene Xie is what she calls a "mumtrepreneur".

She's a mother of two and the founder of The Rebel Mums, a clothing brand that celebrates motherhood by providing mums with fashionable clothes and by starting a new conversation around motherhood through a community of mums who share their story freely.

Selene shares why she decided to launch her own business in the middle of Covid while she was pregnant, she talks about the power of a community in the development of a brand and about the fashion landscape in Hong Kong.

To find out more:

The Rebel Mums website - https://www.therebelmums.com/

IG - https://www.instagram.com/the.rebel.mums/

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Celine Herren and Amit Oz, two food lovers, founded Conspiracy Chocolate in 2018, a Hong Kong-based company that offers a range of chocolate, handcrafted from the bean to the bar, that stands out with distinctive flavours.

Celine and Amit share their love for food - a mean for them to bring together people from different cultures. They go back through their journey as entrepreneurs, how they learned to make chocolate and how they work together as a couple running their business.

To find out more:

Conspiracy Chocola website - https://www.conspiracychocolate.com/

IG - https://www.instagram.com/conspiracychocolate/

The Chocolate Lab Blog - https://www.conspiracychocolate.com/the-chocolate-lab

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Meet Estelle, a French entrepreneur based in Hong Kong who founded Anhao Wellness, two Pilates studios that are also a school to train Pilates teachers.

Estelle tells about her journey as an entrepreneur, her passion for gymnastic as a kid, her career switch from banking to Pilates professional and her vision to carry out the growth and future of her business.

To find out more:

Anhao website - https://anhao-wellness.com/

Anhao IG - https://instagram.com/anhaowellness?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

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This week, learn from Mandy's business story, how she switched from a PR role to learning everything about branding and building her own creative agency 'EQ'.

With Mandy we talked about mental health, business values and finding one's own pace, reflections that led her to create a second business to help entrepreneurs: The Aligned Entrepreneurs.

To find out more:

EQ website - https://www.eq-international.com/

EQ IG - https://instagram.com/eq.international?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Mandy's IG and LinkedIn - https://instagram.com/themandypao?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

and https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandy-pao-%E2%9A%A1%EF%B8%8F-purpose-driven-brand-coach-205037166/

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Find out more about Alexandra's journey to create two businesses: Monogic, a marketing agency specialised in F&B and Engagemnt, an app for food influencers and bloggers.

We talked about her background, what led her to be an entrepreneur, how she started in the F&B industry, what it's like to work with her partner and how they manage their team and shape the vision and future of the agency together.

To find out more:

Monogic website and IG:

https://www.monogic.co

https://instagram.com/monogic.co?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Engagemnt app on Apple Store and Google Play:

https://apps.apple.com/hk/app/engagemnt/id6450003911?l=en-GB

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.engagemnt.app&hl=en_US

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Deep dive into stories of entrepreneurs based in Asia and learn how they created their own business and set it up for success.

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