Open For Business

Open For Business

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Open For Business episodes

  • Co-Working To Infinity

    INFINITY8’s story began in 2017, with a 1400 sq ft first floor lot and just 4 coworkers - but with a bursting passion for community building. Since setting up their first coworking space, INFINITY8 has continued to develop functional and creative spaces to enhance productivity, collaboration and innovation. Now they’re venturing out of their native Johor into the Klang Valley.

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    21 min
  • Stickerrific Still Sticking Around

    With the rise of technology over the years, it feels like putting pen to paper is almost a lost art. But with their eighth year in the business, it’s clear that Stickerrific, a stationery and art supply store, is still going strong regardless. Founder, Szetoo Weiwen, discusses the longevity of the business and how they managed to sail through the pandemic.

    Image Credit: Stickerrific Official Website

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    29 min
  • What It Takes To Have It All

    In conjunction with International Women’s Day this year, we speak with entrepreneur, instructor and fulltime mom Michelle Ho on what it takes to find success in all areas of life.

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    44 min
  • What’s A Business Influencer?

    How do you stand out in a crowded marketplace, whether you’re a business or an individual? Co-founders of PopCon, Yandaro Al Amien and Nina Sharil Khan “pop confusions” and tell us how to make more impact in your marketplace. 

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    32 min
  • Say Cheese!

    L Dairy is a dairy product company that specialises in producing dairy products, mostly cheese. They produce not just any cheese, but cheese made of local buffalo milk. We speak to the co-founders of L Dairy, Matthew O’Shea and Biren Mohan, to understand more about the modern operations and the future of the dairy industry. 

    Image Credit: L Dairy Official Facebook Page

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    23 min
  • Soles For The Soul

    What does it take to sell shoes to millions of people in a market that is already saturated with footwear brands? Since its humble beginnings in Wangsa Maju over 2 decades ago, XES Shoes now has over 120 stores all across Malaysia. Founder and Managing Director, Simpson Wong Kean Hin truly believes that to produce high-quality footwear, one needs to understand the skill, dedication, and attention that goes into the craft, from the most minute details such as stitching, to the materials that make the shoe body. We hear from him about what it takes to keep striding through a pandemic.

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    22 min
  • Achieving Entrepreneurial Grate-ness

    One of the many cheese platter companies in Malaysia, Cheese Platter KL, launched in December 2020 with only RM1000 as capital and now have been acknowledged as one of the best cheese platters in the biz. Co-founder Jessy Chahal goes into more detail about how they found such quick success, what makes them stand out from the crowd, and their plans for the future.

    Image Credit: Cheese Platter KL Official Facebook Page

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    23 min
  • Beyond Fashion

    American born Malaysian dubbed a controversial designer Anuar Faizal, discusses his foray into fashion from accounting - and his role as National Director of Miss Charm Malaysia.

    Image Credit: Anuar Faizal Official Facebook Page

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    20 min
  • The First Step To A Smart Warehouse

    Time and Money. A Warehouse Management System (WMS) can literally save you this, plus increase employee productivity and optimise workflow. So why are business owners still apprehensive about investing in a WMS? And why is a two-decade old IT solutions company like Intelli-Mark earmarking the WMS segment for major future growth? We get the details from Intelli-Mark themselves.

    Image Credit: Intelli-Mark Official Facebook Page

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    23 min
  • Tech for Mothers

    Nuren Group is a content, community, and commerce platform comprising several websites that follow women from getting married to entering motherhood. Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Petrina Goh founded Nuren with her husband in 2013, after working for five years with CIMB’s proprietary investment arm. We explore more as we speak to Petrina, one of Southeast Asia’s Top 50 Rising Women In Tech 2021. 

    Image Credit: Nuren Group Official Website

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    20 min

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