Faith Driven Entrepreneur Asia

This episode highlights the story of Dylan and Anna Wilk, the co-founders of the Philippines' biggest brand of affordable natural personal care products: Human Nature.

The couple met shortly after Dylan began questioning the purpose of his life. He had accumulated great wealth through his career in the U.K., but still felt that something was missing. God opened his eyes on a trip to the Philippines and gave him new meaning for his money, his career, and for his entire life. He also met and eventually married Anna there, and the two now run the business together. 

They join the show to share their story and talk about how God has changed their lives, and the lives of so many others through Human Nature. Let’s listen in.

God can redeem any broken situation. Even for a man who had a lifetime of fraud, lies, and shortcuts that led to 3 different prison sentences.

Anil David is a living testimony of God’s radical grace and transformative mercy. He met Jesus in a prison cell, not long after authorities burst into his home and took him back to jail for the third and final time. It was during that sentence that he decided to change.  

Since then, he’s started Agape Connecting People, a business that equips inmates and other overlooked people groups for a sustainable career. 

He joins the show, along with guest co-host Kim Pong, to share how God redeemed his criminal past and how he’s using his experience to love others.

Entrepreneurs are far more likely to deal with anxiety than others.

So how do we handle the moments when we feel anxious?

Australian author Steve Cuss joined the Faith Driven Entrepreneur podcast to discuss how entrepreneurs can go from being managed by anxiety to managing their anxiety in healthy and productive ways.

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How do you balance innovation and tradition in a business that has been around for generations?

Reuben Ang has had to ask himself this question as the managing director of Hesed and Emet Holdings, a food solutions company based in Singapore with holdings in various events and institutional catering and food retail businesses.

During his time with the company, Reuben has helped scale the company by modernizing the menu and automating processes without sacrificing the important, traditional elements that make the brand special. 

He joins the podcast to talk about striking that balance, working with family, and how his faith has informed his work.

Some of the biggest questions we get as a ministry revolve around corruption, and on today’s show, we’re tackling that issue.

Our guest is Dr. Mark Lovatt, the CEO and Principle Consultant of Trident Integrity, an internationally-recognised expert at strengthening integrity infrastructure in organisations across Malaysia and the Asia-Pacific region. 

Mark has lived and worked on the continent for over a decade and is passionate about helping businesses build integrity and fight corruption.

He joins us today to offer practical tips on how we can steward the power that God has given us.

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In this special episode originally recorded for the Faith Driven Entrepreneur Africa Podcast, Dr. Kamau Gachigi shares how he is equipping Kenyan students how to turn their product ideas into a physical reality.

Dr. Gachigi got tired of seeing brilliant Kenyan engineers leave the industry because they lacked resources. 

That’s why he created Gearbox, a hardware accelerator and makerspace that trains, resources, and equips innovators in Kenya so they can turn ideas into physical reality. 

In this episode, Dr. Kamau gives an overview of the fourth industrial revolution, and explains why the next Mark Zuckerbergs and Elon Musks are going to come from Kenya. Listen in as Dr. Kamau unpacks design thinking, practical strategies for local job creation, and what African innovators can share with the world. 

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Today’s guest helps us consider: what does it mean to develop a sustainable life?

Tommy Tjiptadjaja is the co-founder and CEO of Greenhope, an organization that reduces waste to circumvent the harm done to the environment and animals. He and his team have developed biodegradable technologies that reduce the lifespan of plastic waste, but he believes even more can be done.

Real sustainability, for him, requires collaboration between people working together for the sake of their communities today and in the future. Solutions won’t come only by making more sustainable decisions. They’ll come when we develop more sustainable lives. 

That vision includes creation care, but it also goes beyond it. How can we care for our families, our employees, or our work in sustainable ways? How does God sustain us and our identities in our entrepreneurial journeys?

We tackle all these questions and more today. Follow the show on your favorite podcast app so you never miss an episode.

Imagine you’re waiting on a big promotion that you’ve worked for all your life, and then God tells you to recommend someone else.

That’s what happened with Endowus founder and today’s guest Sam Rhee. 

Before his current venture, Sam worked in investment banking and was in line for a new, significant position when he felt the Lord calling him to something different.

He didn’t know what it would be at the time, but now, he’s grateful that he had faith in God’s plan.

Hear Sam’s story on the latest episode of the Faith Driven Entrepreneur Asia podcast and don’t forget to follow the show wherever you get your podcasts.

Technology has the power to shape values and economies. But how are Christ-followers stewarding their capital and ventures for the kingdom?

Chris Yeo is addressing this question as the Co-Founder of Digital Mission Ventures, an accelerator program that invests in early stage, Christ-following tech entrepreneurs in South East Asia.  

As the CEO of DOKU and former Head of Grab Ventures, Chris has seen the influence innovation can have in the region. At Digital Mission Ventures, he partners with Praxis Labs to disciple business innovators and help them think about the redemptive edge of their companies. 

Chris joins the show with special co-host Pastor Benny Ho to talk about how tech entrepreneurs in Asia can use their businesses to love and serve those around them.

Can finances lead to a more loving world?

Former NBA star Jeremy Lin and his business partner, Robert Kim believe so. The two of them, along with Patricia Sun, lead JLIN LLC, an organization dedicated to redefining love through entrepreneurship and investing. 

In Part 2 of our conversation with Jeremy Lin, the basketball star is joined by Robert Kim, the Managing Director of JLIN LLC, to talk about the organization’s efforts to impact culture and why they chose to focus on investments rather than philanthropy.

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