In this episode our guest from Episode 1, Kevin Hoong, helps interviews Alexander Le the founder of Entrepreneurs of Asia. In this episode you will learn about why Entrepreneurs of Asia was started [00:03:00], thoughts on the format and style [00:07:41] , Alexander's early career before and during Rocket Internet [00:17:16] , the culture of Rocket Internet [00:30:33] , complexities of having an Asian and American identity [00:49:40], how to come back from major failures[00:40:21] , and a framework on how to iterate your life and career [01:02:37] !

Andrew Gnananantham, EiR of 500 startups and Lazada Malaysia's ex-CMO shares his tale of growing up in small town Ipoh to how getting into debate transformed his life from changing his thinking, opening doors to new cultures and ideas, traveling the world and eventually landing a job at the Boston Consulting Group.Early Childhoold [00:02:47] | Challenges as a minority in Malaysia [00:12:28] | The power and benefits of debate [00:12:28] |Getting into BCG [00:45:31] |. Stay tuned for Part 2 which covers how Andrew pivoted his career from consulting to tech and startups by joining Lazada. Part 2 will discuss the future of e-commerce and what Lazada was like before and after the Alibaba acquisition.

Amy Zheng, Co-founder of Amazing Grazes shares her "Amazing" journey from her early days in Communist China, life as an economic immigrant, what it is like to go to Harvard University, getting a job at the World Bank, and breaking into management consulting. All of this culminates into her co-founding Amazing Graze, an international multimillion dollar food startup, that only raised money one time.

Have you every bought anything on Zalora before? Have you ever wondered what it would be like competing against a company like Grab? Why is the food space such a huge focus for all the super apps today? Joon Chan shares his epic journey from Rocket Internet early days when there were no investors willing to put more than a few million dollars of investment in any tech startups, there were no major fashion players online, rideshare was born, and the early innovations of food tech startups began all in Southeast Asia. These are some stories you don’t want to miss!

In episode-2-part-1, Joon Chan, Co-founder of Cooked Global and veteran of Rocket Internet, shares what it was like for him growing up in Malaysia and the early experiences that helped define his later career in venture building across Asia. Part 1 explores the themes of different thinking, risk taking, and creating better opportunities from situations that don't seem ideal. Joon's background and context will help give a better understanding of what it took later on to scale big ventures such as Zalora, Easy Taxi, and Food Panda and to eventually co-found his own profitable food delivery business.

In our first episode of Entrepreneurs of Asia, Kevin Hoong, Director of Anthola talks about his experience in how he was able to get into Airbnb and eventually help scale Airbnb across Asia. He also shares his experiences and discusses his views as a Venture Partner for the venture builder Hype and his mentorship experiences with 500 startups and the Singapore Tourism Accelerators. Lastly he discusses his decision to leave the tech world and move back to traditional businesses to help drive innovation in the insurance industry.