Amazin' Graze started life as a small home grown healthy snack brand for busy professionals like Amy. It is now a global brand, distributed throughout Asia and the US with a team of over 100 people.

Amy wanted to take South East Asia's rich food history and delicious flavours and translate this into a scaleable healthy snack business.

Franki and Amy talk about:

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.

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:

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.

Launching a business is hard work, but you don't have to do it alone. Hi, I'm Franki. I'm the founder of Frankitas and co-founder of Bungalow18 by Frankitas. When I launched my bag brand Frankitas more than 10 years ago, I didn't have a guide book. Instead, I leaned on the support of other business owners around me. This podcast is a series of conversations with the female entrepreneurs in South-East Asia I admire most. It's the guide book I wished I had when I started my business, and I hope it helps you as you launch, grow and fund your brand.