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Gyoza For Life offers Innovative and Premium quality handmade Gyozas (also known as Dumplings). They take something that's been traditionally done for thousands of years and they spin it with their out of the box flavours like Bak Kut Teh, Thai Kra Pao, and Japanese Curry.

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In times of crisis, it can be terrifying to have to wait for minutes or even hours on end for assistance; when it comes to emergency situations, efficient and effective service is the goal. Syaril Mirza, founder of towing operator aggregator ResQ, had his own brush with crisis when his car broke down and instead of being beaten down by the experience, sparked this business idea with the determination to solve the inefficiencies of the towing industry and the goal of turning the reputation of towing services towards trustworthy.

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Sleep wellness engineering startup Girafthepillow spent 17 years of research and development to create a pillow that will supposedly help enhance your sleep, posture and much more. We speak to engineer turned entrepreneur Ken Leong about disrupting the sleep industry, getting consumers to invest in their Zzz’s, and putting a price on a good night’s sleep.

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Food Market Hub is an end-to-end procurement management platform that automates all back-end operations for F&B businesses. It is currently building towards the future of F&B by enabling this massively underserved segment with a complete ecosystem covering sourcing, supply chain and financing. Founder, Anthony See, and Co-Founder, Shayna Teh joins us to discuss more.

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Malaysia has been leading the Islamic digital economy for 8 years driven by a strong Shariah-compliant finance ecosystem and creative initiatives. However, to keep pace with global innovations, Malaysia needs more than just talent, funds and education. Forward-thinking, tech-centric service providers are necessary to mature Malaysia’s Islamic digital economy so that  it can offer a wider range of services in the ever-growing fintech space. Chee Yong Mok, Managing Director of Cardtrend Systems, a homegrown digital economy enabler, believes that with more Islamic fintech industry players, a healthy competition will be created among local fintech solution providers.

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There’s an old stereotype regarding Asian families where their progeny are pressured into being doctors, engineers, or lawyers; but as the pandemic raged on, many took to the risky business of entrepreneurship instead. Ivor Lim Xian Z and Chew Hoi Meng, lawyers-turned-co-founders of natural beauty brand hygr, discuss the way they utilised the jumping off point of a viral TikTok for long-term victory, the struggles they faced that drove them towards creating this side hustle, and how sometimes defying the norm is the key to success.

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Wa Sushi is an F&B Ecommerce company, building “Quality Food-Made For Delivery” as they sell quality Japanese cuisine. They are the new boys in the cloud kitchen industry and also one of the top 20 Companies of ScaleUp Malaysia Cohort 3 and have successfully raised funds through ECG as well as from Quest Ventures. We speak to Felex Tan, founder and CEO of Wa Sushi to explore more on the quest for cloud kitchens.

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Lips Carpenter is a clean, sustainable, personalised beauty brand founded in Malaysia back in 2018. Their flagship product is a range of handcrafted custom-made lipstick, which allow customers to choose the shade, scent, casing of the lipstick, and have it engraved for the full-personalised beauty shopping experience. Founder Yifon Law talks to us about building a one-of-a-kind beauty brand, educating consumers about safe, sustainable, clean cosmetics, and the challenges they’ve met and overcome along the way.

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Midwest Composites design and manufacture Advanced Composites and Biobased Composites for customers that want to use futuristic materials in their products and these include Aerospace, Mass Transit, Automotive & Military in Malaysia. They consult, design, prototype and manufacture for all Advanced Composites & Biocomposites needs.  They also develop Biobased Composites utilising Natural Fibres and Resins to produce environmentally friendly plastics that can reduce the usage of non-recyclable plastics. Sethu Raaj Munusamy, founder of Midwest Composites, whose dream is to build spaceships with his composite materials joins us to discuss his space in the industry.

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BeWell by Shirly offers programmes that are designed to help participants improve their overall wellness through the consumption of proper nutrition and developing a deeper understanding of their body and its needs. The programmes are easily accessible through online sessions and are designed to fit into any lifestyle.

The creator of BeWell Shirly Tiong brings her expertise in pharmacology and nutrition together to help her clients build better eating habits that will cater to their needs.

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