This week is Sharon Tong - Founder and CEO of The Media Consultants. We’re speaking with the expert on media training and its importance, in today’s landscape. Sharon shares her story on moving from Journalism to Training, leveraging on her skills to creating a business of her own and of course - the importance of media training!

How often do you get to interview your own organization's CEO?

This week is Mr Aloysius Arlando - Chief Executive of SingEx, President of AIPC and President of SACEOS!

Aloysius and I will be looking into developing your skillsets for the C-suite, transitioning from middle management to CEO and the beauty of wearing multiple hats in the industry.

Key Highlights:

1. Leadership roles begin with succession in mind

2. Stay true to your purpose

3. Taking on opportunities when they come - don't wait!

Jason Guan is the Co-Founder of FOUR Melons - an Online Food Distribution service, bringing entertaining online content as well as unique food options to you! Starting a business is never easy.

Jason shares his story of how he’s transitioned careers from Military to Corporate and now Online Food Distribution!

His key learnings, his experiences and mindset are all about positivity, resilience and adaptability in this week’s episode of Edric Poon In Company!

Visit FourMelons:

FB / IG: @fourmelons

https://www.facebook.com/fourmelons/

Meet Mr Ian Wu - Co-Owner and CEO of the Creative Meeting and Events Space - HUONE Singapore.

Moving from the military, to pursuing a career in the MICE sector, to eventually owning his own Meeting and Events Space. Ian and I talk about how he’s transformed himself and adapted to the changing MICE landscape, and his top tips and values in running his business.

Highlights:

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Meet Anna Ong - a banker who left her job to learn the Tango in Buenos Aires, which then led her to enter the world of Storytelling and she hasn't turned back since! So how is it that Storytelling is an important part of our job, lives and even passions?

Anna is a Storyteller, Coach and Founder of WYSH - a consultancy based in Singapore and Washington, D.C. that provides coaching, consulting and corporate workshops using techniques from storytelling and improvisation comedy.

She joins the EP.IC podcast to tell us more about the Importance of Storytelling!

Erik Cheong is the #CEO of #OMNI APAC, based in #CostaRica.

In this episode, Erik looks back at how he began his corporate career that eventually led him towards co-founding Park n Parcel, as well as being awarded "Forbes 30 under 30", to finally leaving it all behind to lead the team in Costa Rica! We also look into the Top Tips for starting a business, handling feedback like a boss and most importantly - knowing your purpose before starting your business.

Steve Suh is the Founder and CEO of FloShip.

Floship is a turnkey logistics tech company created to help high-growth, emerging ecommerce brands navigate cross-border logistics Steve joins the #epicpodcast and shares his tips on gaining startup experience, hiring for success and continuously evolving his company in terms of solutions, values and culture.

An amazing discussion awaits!

Timestamps below:

0:00 Introduction

0:50 About FloShip

3:50 The road to Asia

8:00 The Benefits of Experience in a Startup

19:04 Finding the right partners

23:46 Having an MVP to get into the market

25:14 The power of feedback

26:58 Hiring for the first time

30:56 Steve's key question before hiring

31:42 Setting your Corporate Values and trying new ones!

35:55 Identifying the passion in your business

43:33 The importance of positive staff

46:22 Working weekends if therapeutic for Steve!

48:12 How to keep meetings short and on point - OKRs

50:43 Discussing the current state of "Open Door Policy"

55:00 EPIC Questionnaire

This week, Martin joins the EPIC Family!

He is the CEO of Workmate’s operations and team in Thailand. He's been an entrepreneur, being the Co-founder and Managing Director of WearYouWant, a leading fashion and beauty eCommerce store that offers an online B2B2C platform for offline retailers.

We talk all things about moving to Asia, starting up in Thailand and the differences & similarities between being a founder vs CEO.