Do More - Take Charge of Your Life

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06.11.2024
Bridget Welsh: “Very Possible” That PAS Could Govern Malaysia One Day
#war #crimes #corruption #power Bridget Welsh: “Very Possible” That PAS Could Govern Malaysia One Day Bridget Welsh is an independent American scholar who has lived in (and analysed) ASEAN and Malaysian social, political and economic developments for over three-and-a-half decades, writing books...
05.21.2024
Malaysia’s Education System Has Failed Us, So What’s Next? : Dr S. Munirah Alatas and Adzhar Ibrahim
#education #philosophy #morality --- Dr S. Munirah Alatas and Adzhar Ibrahim: Malaysia’s Education System Has Failed Us, So What’s Next? The Trust Deficit has never been wider where Malaysia’s education system is concerned. So where do parents and children turn to, to prepare...
04.03.2024
Luno’s Aaron Tang - The Bitcoin, Crypto Bull Market Has Begun, But It’s Early Days Yet
#bitcoin #solana #blockchain Luno’s Aaron Tang - The Bitcoin, Crypto Bull Market Has Begun, But It’s Early Days Yet The Bitcoin and crypto market is in a clear bull run right now, making it an excellent time to be talking to Aaron...
03.05.2024
Consultant Cardiologist Dr. Suren Thuraisingham - Indians Are at the Highest Risk of Heart Diseases
This health-related podcast, like my earlier one on cancer with Dr Teo Soo Hwang (see link below) is also a personal one, as I have lost a number of friends and close acquaintances to heart disease in recent months. In some...
02.14.2024
Former EPF CEO Tunku Alizakri: Facing Up To An Uncertain Retirement and Financial Future
Former EPF CEO Tunku Alizakri: Facing Up To An Uncertain Retirement and Financial Future Tunku Alizakri Raja Muhammad Alias is a highly experienced and respected corporate figure and a former CEO of Malaysia’s Employees Provident Fund, among the world’s oldest provident...
02.14.2024
Professor Terence Gomez - Malaysia Needs Reforms. Lots of Them.
Malaysia Needs Reforms. LOTs of Them. Professor Terence Gomez, a former Professor of Political Economy at the University of Malaya and Dean of Economics, talks about the impact Malaysia’s politics have had on the livelihoods of ordinary folks and on...
11.29.2023
4x4 World Explorer’s Thomas Foo - Biker, Adventurer, Free Spirit
#4x4 #explore #adventure Thomas Foo - 4x4 World Explorer, Biker and Adventurer Thomas 'Tango' Foo is a biker, off-roader, explorer, traveler, relief worker and entrepreneur, having spent over three decades crisscrossing all seven continents wherever his trusty Toyota Landcruiser will take him...
11.01.2023
500 Global’s Khailee Ng – Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist and Philosopher
500 Global’s Khailee Ng – Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist and Philosopher Khailee Ng is among Malaysia’s tech successes, having exited two startups with Says.Com and Groupsmore, and funding, through the venture capital firm 500 Global, seven regional unicorns, including Grab, Carousell,...
11.01.2023
Stashaway’s Michel Ferrario - Can Robo-Advisors Make Your Financial Dreams Come True?
Stashaway’s Michel Ferrario - Can Robo-Advisors Make Your Financial Dreams Come True? Michele Ferrario, one of Stashaway’s three co-founders and its CEO, shares his journey, the state of tech markets, planning for retirement, financial literacy and being an entrepreneur, among many...
11.01.2023
Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar - A Humble Malaysian Super-Achiever
Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar - A Humble Malaysian Super-Achiever Tan Sri Wahid came from humble beginnings to become one of Malaysia’s most successful corporate leaders in the new millennium, successfully leading four major organisations in infrastructure development (UEM), telecommunications (Telekom...
11.01.2023
Juwelen’s Ivy Teong - Childhood Dreams Do Come True
Few folks, if ever, see their childhood dreams come true. Even fewer make it happen in their forties. For Jewelen’s Ivy Teong, that jump was made, becoming a jewellery designer and business owner, in her second career. This is her story. --- FOLLOW IVY...
11.01.2023
Dwi Emas’ Anne Tham - From Tuition Teacher to Education Entrepreneur
Dwi Emas’ Anne Tham - From Tuition Teacher to Education Entrepreneur Anne Tham could have been any one of us. The only difference is that she took the plunge. To try and make a difference. Otherwise she would have remained a tuition...
11.01.2023
MIT’s Pulkit Agrawal - Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe?
MIT’s Pulkit Agrawal - Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe? Should AI be feared or welcomed? Humankind is still in a quandary on this issue. Best to speak to the experts then, in the form of Pulkit Agrawal, who is an Assistant Professor...
11.01.2023
Kavin Jay – Comedians, Malaysia’s REAL Journalists
Kavin Jay – Comedians, Malaysia’s REAL Journalists Kavin Jay is one of Malaysia’s funniest men, recognised as such by the Netflix special he was invited to record in 2018, titled ‘Everybody Calm Down’. He is also one of Malaysia’s most original and...
11.01.2023
MIT’s Sanjay Sarma: Why Indian CEOs Are Taking Over the World
MIT’s Sanjay Sarma: Why Indian CEOs Are Taking Over the World The Asian Century is well upon us but the rise of her people on the world stage has not been a linear one. Fraught with complexities and clearly divisive, the...
11.01.2023
Acestar’s Natalie Sit - Never Forget the Taste of Poverty
#female #technology #ceo #nft #adobe #creativecloud Acestar’s Natalie Sit - Never Forget the Taste of Poverty Natalie Sit is the multiple award-winning owner of software services firm Acestar, a platinum reseller of Adobe Creative Cloud licences, having reached the pinnacle despite...
07.24.2023
EPF’s Nurhisham Hussein - Malaysia’s Retirement Crisis Is Already Upon Us
#retirement #malaysia #aged EPF’s Nurhisham Hussein - Malaysia’s Retirement Crisis Is Already Upon Us With costs outrunning salaries and a rapidly ageing population, Malaysia’s retirement time bomb has already exploded. Nurhisham Hussein, a longtime professional acquaintance and Chief Strategy Officer at the...
07.15.2023
Loh Wei Hoong - China: Autocratic Warmonger or ASEAN’s Biggest Opportunity?
#China #War #ASEAN Loh Wei Hoong - China: an Autocratic Warmonger or ASEAN’s Biggest Opportunity? China is the biggest enigma of our time. For us in ASEAN, she is either our biggest threat or our greatest opportunity. Or can China be both? The...
07.01.2023
Professor KS Jomo - Facing Up to War, Military Industrial Complex, Food Security and Central Banks
#war #inequality #nuclear #economy Professor KS Jomo - Facing Up to War, the Military Industrial Complex, Food Security and Central Banks Professor KS Jomo is one of Asia's most prominent economists of our time, having spent much of his career examining the...
05.30.2023
Pemandu’s Dato’ Sri Idris Jala: The Leader Malaysia Could Have Had - But Didn’t
Pemandu’s Dato' Sri Idris Jala: The Leader Malaysia Could Have Had - But Didn’t #Leadership #Turnaround #MAS #Proton #Malaysia PEMANDU's Dato' Sri Idris Jala - The Leader Malaysia Could Have Had - But Didn't Born in Sarawak as a devout Kelabit Christian, Dato'...
05.10.2023
Knight Frank’s Justin Chee - Is The Malaysian Property Market Finally Coming Back?
#property #realestate #reit #malaysia #klangvalley #singapore Knight Frank’s Justin Chee - Is The Malaysian Property Market Finally Coming Back? Knight Frank Malaysia’s Executive Director Justin Chee shares his thoughts on the Malaysian property market and the new areas for property investment, which...
04.10.2023
Penjana Kapital’s Taufiq Iskandar: ‘Read, Adapt, Antifragile’
#investing #antifragile #change Penjana Kapital’s Taufiq Iskandar: ‘Read, Adapt, Antifragile’ Malaysians have a chance to prosper in an uncertain yet unexciting future but first they must learn to shed old habits while adopting new approaches that appear daunting at first, says Taufiq...
03.18.2023
Ula’s Nipun Mehra: Conquering Indonesia’s Vast and Fast-Growing E-Commerce Market
#ula #ecommerce #Internet #Indonesia Ula's Nipun Mehra: Conquering Indonesia's Vast and Fast-Growing E-Commerce Market Nipun Mehra, the Founder and CEO of Indonesia-based e-commerce firm Ula, came to entrepreneurship late in life, having first worked at Sequoia Capital, Flipkart, Pine Labs, Amazon and Boston...
02.15.2023
Eu Yan Sang’s Richard Eu: Ensuring Success for a 144-Year-Old Traditional Chinese Medicine Brand
Richard Eu is the great-grandson of Eu Kwong Pai, who founded the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) business Eu Yan Sang, which first began in Perak, Malaysia in 1879. He has been credited not only with keeping the 144-year-old brand relevant...
01.27.2023
EP Plus’ Pang Tse Ming: Profitable, Innovative and Altruistic
EP Plus’ Pang Tse Ming: Profitable, Innovative and Altruistic Tse Ming is the founder and CEO of EP Plus, a healthcare and pharmaceutical company he founded to escape his humble beginnings. Now profitable and exploring a regional expansion into three more...
01.12.2023
Medispec’s Teng Beng Lee -- From Fighter Pilot to Successful Business Exit
#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #business Medispec's Teng Beng Lee -- From Fighter Pilot to Successful Business Exit From humble beginnings in Penang, Malaysia, to wanting to become a fighter pilot in the SIngapore army and then into business having obtained his first product from...
12.16.2022
Google Cloud’s Sherie Ng and Capital A’s Aireen Omar: Let There Be Diversity!
#success #diversity #technology Google Cloud’s Sherie Ng and Capital A’s Aireen Omar: Let There Be Diversity! Sherie Ng, Managing Director of Singapore & Malaysia, Google Cloud and Aireen Omar President of Ventures at Capital A (formerly known as AirAsia Group), talk...
12.02.2022
Ng Chong Lam of Ng Eng Kee & Sons: Diversify, Integrity, China!
#business #China #diversify Ng Chong Lam of Ng Eng Kee & Sons: Diversify, Integrity, China! Some lessons from a multi-generational business that has existed since the early 20th century. The NEK Group’s founder, the late Ng Eng Kee, was born in Taiping, Perak,...
11.05.2022
Penjana’s Taufiq Iskandar and MRANTI’s Safuan Zairi: Capital & Policy are Music to Entrepreneurs
#entrepreneur #venturecapital #fundraise Penjana’s Taufiq Iskandar and MRANTI’s Safuan Zairi: Capital, Policy are Music to Entrepreneurs Thriving tech ecosystems need sufficient pools of capital and a vibrant policy framework to succeed. Safuan Zairi, Chief of Ecosystem Development at govt research & innovation...
10.08.2022
Amlex’s Lim Say Soon - The Power of Perseverance
#semiconductor #manufacturing #automation Amlex's Lim Say Soon - The Power of Perseverance 'Perseverance' and 'tenacity' best describes Lim Say Soon's business journey, as it has not always been plain sailing for the owner of this Penang-based electronics services company. Find out from...
09.19.2022
Guan Chong’s Brandon Tay: Malaysia’s Cocoa Magnate
#chocolate #cocoa #business Guan Chong's Brandon Tay: Malaysia's Cocoa Magnate At the age of 35, Brandon Tay took over the helm of Guan Chong, a cocoa processing company, following a split within the family business in 2000. Today, the company's cocoa ingredients are...
08.24.2022
Carousell’s Gaurav Bhasin: Building ASEAN’s Amazon
#ecommerce #secondhand #retail Carousell’s Gaurav Bhasin: Building ASEAN’s Amazon Having headed Mudah as CEO, Gaurav Bhasin is now at Singapore-founded ecommerce unicorn Carousell Group as Chief Strategy Officer, helping to map out its growth trajectory in its eight markets in the region. Founded...
08.06.2022
JF Technology’s Dato’ Foong Wei Kuong: Malaysia’s 5G Flagbearer in China
#5G #China #Chips JF Technology’s Dato’ Foong Wei Kuong: Malaysia’s 5G Flagbearer in China Dato’ Foong Wei Kuong heads the fast-rising semiconductor company JF Technology Bhd (JF Tech), which he founded in 1999 and grew into one of the top three test...
06.20.2022
Dato’ Sharil Tarmizi - Entrepreneur, Policymaker, Investor
#Entrepreneur #Investor #Malaysia Having held key positions in public life with Malaysia's telco regulator MCMC and in the International Telecommunications Unions (ITU), Commonwealth Telecommunication Organisation, World Bank and the United Nations Development Program, Dato' Sharil Tarmizi has a unique viewpoint on...
05.19.2022
Carsome’s Eric Cheng - Malaysia’s First Unicorn
#cars #IPO #ecommerce Carsome's Eric Cheng - Malaysia's First Unicorn In just 7 short years, Carsome's Eric Cheng has built Malaysia's first unicorn, thanks to years of hard grinding and a dogged will to succeed, following years of failure. Find out what it...
04.27.2022
Loi Tuan Ee of Farm Fresh - The Ethical Entrepreneur
#Dairy #Milk #IPO Loi Tuan Ee of Farm Fresh - The Ethical Entrepreneur Loi Tuan Ee was 42 years old, married and mortgaged when he decided to leave his cushy corporate job in packaging to start a food-based business in Johor, Malaysia....
04.01.2022
Chandran Nair - Change Is Still Possible in Malaysia
#Malaysia #Change #EndRacism Chandran Nair - Change Is Still Possible in Malaysia Chandran Nair is a Malaysian businessman and founder of The Global Institute for Tomorrow, an independent think-tank based in Hong Kong. This is his second appearance on Do More, discussing,...
03.14.2022
How Fadza Anuar & Vivy Yusof Built a MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR Brand Fresh From University
#modestfashion #muslimah #ecommerce #fashionvalet How FashionValet’s Fadza Anuar & Vivy Yusof Built a MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR Brand Fresh From University: Challenges, Work-Life Balance and Parenting This is the story of how a young couple from Malaysia built a multimillion-dollar modest-fashion global brand named FashionValet...
03.05.2022
Utile Works’ Terance Chen - The Leather Artisan
#ARTISAN #LEATHER #ENTREPRENEUR Utile Works' Terance Chen - The Leather Artisan I've noticed an undercurrent of young, passionate entrepreneurs who place quality and craftsmanship on par with commercial success, unlike in my generation. One such person is the leather artisan Terance Chen, who...
02.17.2022
Dr. Lee Hwok-Aun - Inequality’s Iniquities, In Malaysia and Elsewhere
#Inequality #NEP #Competitiveness Dr. Lee Hwok-Aun - Inequality’s Iniquities, In Malaysia and Elsewhere Dr. Lee Hwok-Aun is the author of “Affirmative Action in Malaysia and South Africa: Preference for Parity”, published in 2021 by Routledge and of numerous articles, in academic and...
02.01.2022
Yinson Holdings’ CY Lim: The Energy Services Unicorn
Yinson Holdings’ CY Lim: The Energy Services Unicorn In this, the first of six Do More episodes powered by Endeavour Malaysia and CGS-CIMB for the inaugural ‘Thoughts Inspire’ series, CY Lim, the 37-year-old Group CEO of oil and gas services giant...
02.01.2022
Brown Brothers Harriman‘s Ainun Ayub: Commandments For Success
#success #investment #NFT Brown Brothers Harriman's Ainun Ayub: Commandments For Success London-based Ainun Ayob, shortlisted for the European Women in Finance Awards 2021 via her work at the boutique investment bank Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., talks about what it takes to...
11.04.2021
YS Khong - The Uncle YouTuber
YS Khong - The Uncle YouTuber Khoo Hsu Chuang speaks to YS Khong, a 70 year-old former motoring journalist on how he managed to get on to YouTube and amass a following of over a hundred thousand subscribers! CONTENTS 00:35 - Who Is...
10.18.2021
Nomura’s Leslie Yap - Is Sustainable Investing the Future?
#ESG #SUSTAINABILITY #INVESTMENTS Leslie Yap, a CFA and Head of Investment at Nomura Asset Management in Malaysia, talks about ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) Investing, a theme that is gaining considerable momentum as the world shifts to a cleaner and more sustainable...
09.27.2021
Aerodyne’s Kamarul Muhamed - The Drone Dude
#drone #IPO #disrupt Aerodyne’s Kamarul Muhamed - The Drone Dude Kamarul Muhamed is the Founder and CEO of drone and data technology company Aerodyne, ranked No.2 globally in 2020 with 500 employees in 35 countries. We talk about business, astronomy, life and robots! -- CONTENTS: 01:39...
09.02.2021
Juvena Huang - The Wandering Wasp
#Vespa #SoloTravel #Overland Juvena Huang - The Wandering Wasp A trip to Vietnam and the death of a close friend ignited the wanderlust in Singaporean lass Juvena Huang, who set out to ride around the world solo on her vintage Vespa scooter...
08.17.2021
GAO Capital’s Kenneth Yap - Value Investing Is An Evergreen Investing Principle
#valueinvesting #stocks #compounding --- GAO Capital’s Kenneth Yap - Value Investing Is An Evergreen Investing Principle Kenneth Yap, the Head of Equities at Singapore-based GAO Capital, talks about his principles of Value Investing, after having accumulated over two decades’ experience in roles that...
08.09.2021
Tan Sri Dato’ Azman Mokhtar - Malaysia’s Adventure Capitalist
Tan Sri Dato’ Azman Mokhtar - Malaysia’s Adventure Capitalist Life, Leadership, Love, Finance, Politics, America, China, Inequality, Climate Change, Tech Disruption, Travel and Malaysia’s place in a fast-changing tech-driven world are just some of the topics covered in this wide-ranging podcast,...
08.09.2021
Stashaway’s Freddy Lim: Why Stash Just Rejigged Your Portfolio
#investment #shares #China --- Stashaway’s Freddy Lim: Why Stash Just Rejigged Your Portfolio Inflation (ie rising prices) is real, and it’s here. Enough of a reality to prompt Stashaway to rejig customer portfolios to reflect this changing trend, only the fourth time since...
07.14.2021
Kelvin Goh - Investing in Global ECommerce
#invest #stocks #globalinvesting --- Kelvin Goh - Investing in Global ECommerce Kelvin Goh is a former Head of ASEAN Research at CIMB Investment Bank and formerly a director of an investment holding company, GT Capital. He currently manages the Qualis Global Fund at...

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Do More - Take Charge of Your Life episodes:

Bridget Welsh: “Very Possible” That PAS Could Govern Malaysia One Day

Malaysia’s Education System Has Failed Us, So What’s Next? : Dr S. Munirah Alatas and Adzhar Ibrahim

Luno’s Aaron Tang - The Bitcoin, Crypto Bull Market Has Begun, But It’s Early Days Yet

Consultant Cardiologist Dr. Suren Thuraisingham - Indians Are at the Highest Risk of Heart Diseases

Former EPF CEO Tunku Alizakri: Facing Up To An Uncertain Retirement and Financial Future

Professor Terence Gomez - Malaysia Needs Reforms. Lots of Them.

4x4 World Explorer’s Thomas Foo - Biker, Adventurer, Free Spirit

500 Global’s Khailee Ng – Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist and Philosopher

Stashaway’s Michel Ferrario - Can Robo-Advisors Make Your Financial Dreams Come True?

Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar - A Humble Malaysian Super-Achiever

Juwelen’s Ivy Teong - Childhood Dreams Do Come True

Dwi Emas’ Anne Tham - From Tuition Teacher to Education Entrepreneur

MIT’s Pulkit Agrawal - Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe?

Kavin Jay – Comedians, Malaysia’s REAL Journalists

MIT’s Sanjay Sarma: Why Indian CEOs Are Taking Over the World

Acestar’s Natalie Sit - Never Forget the Taste of Poverty

EPF’s Nurhisham Hussein - Malaysia’s Retirement Crisis Is Already Upon Us

Loh Wei Hoong - China: Autocratic Warmonger or ASEAN’s Biggest Opportunity?

Professor KS Jomo - Facing Up to War, Military Industrial Complex, Food Security and Central Banks

Pemandu’s Dato’ Sri Idris Jala: The Leader Malaysia Could Have Had - But Didn’t

Knight Frank’s Justin Chee - Is The Malaysian Property Market Finally Coming Back?

Penjana Kapital’s Taufiq Iskandar: ‘Read, Adapt, Antifragile’

Ula’s Nipun Mehra: Conquering Indonesia’s Vast and Fast-Growing E-Commerce Market

Eu Yan Sang’s Richard Eu: Ensuring Success for a 144-Year-Old Traditional Chinese Medicine Brand

EP Plus’ Pang Tse Ming: Profitable, Innovative and Altruistic

Medispec’s Teng Beng Lee -- From Fighter Pilot to Successful Business Exit

Google Cloud’s Sherie Ng and Capital A’s Aireen Omar: Let There Be Diversity!

Ng Chong Lam of Ng Eng Kee & Sons: Diversify, Integrity, China!

Penjana’s Taufiq Iskandar and MRANTI’s Safuan Zairi: Capital & Policy are Music to Entrepreneurs

Amlex’s Lim Say Soon - The Power of Perseverance

Guan Chong’s Brandon Tay: Malaysia’s Cocoa Magnate

Carousell’s Gaurav Bhasin: Building ASEAN’s Amazon

JF Technology’s Dato’ Foong Wei Kuong: Malaysia’s 5G Flagbearer in China

Dato’ Sharil Tarmizi - Entrepreneur, Policymaker, Investor

Carsome’s Eric Cheng - Malaysia’s First Unicorn

Loi Tuan Ee of Farm Fresh - The Ethical Entrepreneur

Chandran Nair - Change Is Still Possible in Malaysia

How Fadza Anuar & Vivy Yusof Built a MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR Brand Fresh From University

Utile Works’ Terance Chen - The Leather Artisan

Dr. Lee Hwok-Aun - Inequality’s Iniquities, In Malaysia and Elsewhere

Yinson Holdings’ CY Lim: The Energy Services Unicorn

Brown Brothers Harriman‘s Ainun Ayub: Commandments For Success

YS Khong - The Uncle YouTuber

Nomura’s Leslie Yap - Is Sustainable Investing the Future?

Aerodyne’s Kamarul Muhamed - The Drone Dude

Juvena Huang - The Wandering Wasp

GAO Capital’s Kenneth Yap - Value Investing Is An Evergreen Investing Principle

Tan Sri Dato’ Azman Mokhtar - Malaysia’s Adventure Capitalist

Stashaway’s Freddy Lim: Why Stash Just Rejigged Your Portfolio

Kelvin Goh - Investing in Global ECommerce

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