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Are you a person who loves to work from home but sometimes home might not be the suitable environment for you to concentrate in? A coworking space might be a better choice for you. Sandbox is a coworking space that aims to create an environment for all entrepreneurs who are seeking for a place to work. Casper Foo and Yu Min Lye, the founders of Sandbox, share their business journey with us.

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Cloud kitchens boomed during the pandemic, with food delivery spiking high as all of us stayed dutifully at home. However, now that we're moving into endemicity, is that business model enough? Kenneth Lai, CEO and co-founder of Vacrea, talks about their three brands - Cauli & Rice, M Fried Chicken, and Aunty Sam Satay - as well as their plans to take their F&B goals to the next level. 

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Cloud kitchens boomed during the pandemic, with food delivery spiking high as all of us stayed dutifully at home. However, now that we're moving into endemicity, is that business model enough? Kenneth Lai, CEO and co-founder of Vacrea, talks about their three brands - Cauli & Rice, M Fried Chicken, and Aunty Sam Satay - as well as their plans to take their F&B goals to the next level. 

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In Malaysia, refugee learning centres have limited funds to hire quality teachers and many centres are having difficulty providing quality education to the students. The Other School aims to place quality teachers in refugee learning centres and at the same time, educate the world. We speak to Teoh Min Chia, co-founder of The Other School about her interesting business model for education.

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In Malaysia, refugee learning centres have limited funds to hire quality teachers and many centres are having difficulty providing quality education to the students. The Other School aims to place quality teachers in refugee learning centres and at the same time, educate the world. We speak to Teoh Min Chia, co-founder of The Other School about her interesting business model for education.

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Do you know what the real difference is between ice cream and gelato? And is gelato the healthier dessert option? You can find the answers from gelato-maker Ann Gie Leong, the founder of Hummingbird & Mallows Gelato. She has been making local and botanical-inspired artisan gelatos since 2020 after working as a pastry chef in Singapore for 6 years prior to the launch of her own business. 

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The rise in popularity of custom mechanical keyboards in Malaysia is driven by a pretty healthy marketplace that's serving the community. As one of the early pioneers, Rebult Keyboards stays ahead of the rest by constantly offering more options to customers, including custom keyboard kits that were previously much more difficult to acquire locally. They join us on the show to share the story of how they got here, managing a business model that's unique to the scene, as well as designing their own unique products to share their passion for custom keyboards with the community.

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In the middle of the pandemic, Randall Wong found that his boutique gym business was slowing down. And like many other entrepreneurs Randall had to think about how he would sustain through a pandemic that had no fixed end date. After some research into the pandemic’s effect on people’s health, Randall saw that more and more people were developing an interest in nutrition. Shortly afterwards, and with some investment from his partners, Shakeasy was born. A smoothie bar where you can buy healthy plant-based protein smoothies.

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Many F&B entrepreneurs were brought down to their lowest during the pandemic, but for Arieni Ritzal, founder of Gula Cakery, the challenges only served to propel her forward into expanding her ever-growing foodie empire. She shares how she muscled her way through the lockdowns and her excitement in keeping this progress going onwards and upwards.

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YesHello is a software that built for the SMEs, benefits the employees and customers with a shared team inbox and manage all Customer Service and Sales WhatsApp conversations in one place without using regular Whatsapp on personal phones, hence the SMEs are not missing any business opportunities. We speak to Carliff Rizal Carleel, the brainchild behind the solution.

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