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Join Angeline Teh and Natasha Fusil as they round up news from the SME industry.

VCs in Asia look for proven models, whereas in the West, they are open to new ideas. Whether that statement is true or not, Wong Whei Meng, founder of Speedrent has already invested half a million into his business and has a decent track record. Unfortunately, he is finding it tough to get the VC’s attention. Victor Chua from Gobi Ventures shares insight into the investor’s world.

Winning 72 out of 82 seats with an increase in its popular vote. Barisan Nasional (BN) garnered 63.72% of the popular vote, an increase of 8.32% from the last state election. While credit has gone to “Team Adenan” and “Team Najib”, questions remain when looking more closely at the results. Was there a swing against BN in rural Sarawak? Have Chinese voters returned to BN, as the MCA claims? And what about the factionalism in BN and infighting over seat allocations in Pakatan? What model of coalition-building works best? 

This report is by Sharaad Kuttan and Melisa Idris. 

Zack Yusof gives you an interesting selection of music and his insights on the style, the singers and the stories behind the songs.

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0:08 - Liberty (Is Where We’ll Be) - Gruff Rhys

6:25 - Everything At Once - Travis

9:18 - Below - White Lung

13:34 - Vestiges - Martin Courtney

19:01 - Gumption - Your Friend

23:44 - Let’s Do It Again - The Parrots

26:27 - Ballad Of The Band - Felt

29:56 - Stuck - Day Wave

33:34 - Rad Pitt - Egyptian Hip Hop

37:44 - Za - Supergrass

40:39 - Burnham Beeches - Lush

44:42 - Long Time Coming - Delays

Let’s face it: people lie. We lie to each other and to ourselves. Is there a deeper reason why we do it? In this episode, TED speakers deconstruct the hard truths of deception.

This week, Patrick Teoh takes you on another foot stomping, hand clapping ride down memory lane as he blows dust off his vinyl collection to bring you the most popular songs of 1977. Featuring The Bees Gees, Rose Royce, Eagles, Kenny Rogers and many more.

Utusan Malaysia has gone through quite a journey since its inception in 1939. It was once a newspaper that played an important role in helping Malaysia gained her independence. And while the nationalistic tone is still there in 2016, the public is now a bit disenchanted with how the publication frames it. Utusan realises this, and knows it is time for a change. But how do they plan to do it? And will it work, in a media landscape that is now vastly different? We speak to the Managing Director of Utusan Melayu (Malaysia) Berhad, to find out.

Here are the segments of the show:

1:18 - Asia Calling 1 - Midwives in Afghanistan

8:24 - Asia Calling 2 - Sri Lanka rises from the ashes of its civil war

15:20 - Utusan Malaysia - Time for a change?

This episode was produced by Aziff Azuddin, Sharyl Kaur and Muhammad Haniff Baharudin.

Join us as we dissect our interview of the week from the weekday, where we look back and gain behind-the-scenes insights from the show’s producers – along with some recommendations of shows to look for in the coming week on the Enterprise belt. 

The trio banter on the evergreen topic - the 'imminent' zombie apocalypse, dissect Beyonce's Lemonade & Google the new God? 

Ahead of their show at Muzium Negara, the members of Pitahati dropped by to chat with us in support of their latest release, “Selamat Datang Ke Pangung Suara” – an album that takes you on an auditory journey throughout the packed out 18-song album. 

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0:14 - Adnan Othman & The Rhythm Boys - Normah (MY)

3:26 - Golden Mammoth - Peer Pressure (MY)

5:21 - Pitahati - Melayar (MY)

13:02 - Pitahati Interview

32:25 - Pitahati - Nak (MY)

34:13 - The Strollers - Do What You Gotta Do (MY)

38:57 - Lust - Naga (MY)