Business On The Rise

Building COCOdry and so much more with Kim May Chee

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We're kicking things off by talking to Kim May Chee, founder of COCOdry about how she started and scaled a chain of blow dry bars here in Kuala Lumpur.


As a hairstylist's daughter, Kim's journey started with not wanting to work in the hair industry at all. However, she did want to be an entrepreneur. She drank the #girlboss koolaid of the early 2000s, but soon realised that entrepreneurship was less glamour and more a journey of personal growth.


Kim and Franki talk about:

  • Letting go of what you can't control. When you lean into this, what you can control will come;
  • Imposter syndrome grows as your business grows. The more you have to lose, the more you fear you have about whether your worthy of keeping it;
  • The importance of finding the right investors;
  • The responsibility she feels to pay it forward.


    • Business On The Rise is produced in collaboration with On The Rise and ASBHive and supported by Maybank Trustees Berhad.


    It takes a village to start a business. If you're looking for support as you launch, grow or fund your business, let On The Rise be yours.

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