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Science Bridge Academy is on a mission to make learning science for primary and secondary school students fun. Dr Chua Hui Yen, the founder, talks to us about why she started the company, their syllabus and her plans for the future.

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Located in the heart of Chinatown, REXKL is an indoor art, retail and food hub. It occupies a historical building constructed before the Japanese occupation that survived three fires. Privileging the reclaimed and repurposed, architects Shin Tseng and Shin Chang give Rex Cinema a new lease of life as a community hub for events, theatre, performances, screenings, facilities, exhibitions and workshops.

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Incentivising your team is absolutely crucial to the success of your business, and through the ups and downs of the pandemic it can be tough to not only motivate your staff, but measure their performance. Shane Mun, founder of SME performance reward system Vimigo discusses why he’s so passionate about performance management, the idea behind gamifying the workplace, and how the company has grown bigger and better over time.

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Mesolitica trains AIs to understand the Malay language. Khalil Nooh, the Co-Founder and CEO of the company joins us to discuss why he started the company, the solutions he hopes to offer and his aspirations for it.

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Kon Onn Sein started OA Organik 5 years ago where he focused on empowering the Orang Asli through a one-of-a-kind fair trade community enterprise farm. He joins us today to discuss the inspiration behind it, how they have grown and more.

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In conjunction with International Children’s Day, we speak to Shailaja Grace Guillory, the CEO of Toothless. At the age of 7, she started her own business called Bloom Teas and she also has a charity organisation called Little Hands Big Hearts. Not only is she an entrepreneur but an author, philanthropist, and international speaker. She talks to us about her businesses, her aspirations and her why.

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In a recent article, it was mentioned that some 70-90 billion worth of assets, mostly owned by Malays, are unclaimed as of 2020. The article also stated that these assets were frozen and could not be disbursed immediately as their owners died without making wills or any proper inheritance plans. Octowill is a next-gen digital inheritance startup which leverages on patented blockchain based technology to conveniently offer legacy planning services such as will-writing, e-nomination of beneficiaries, and managing the distribution and custody of assets.

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Reza Cockrell, founder of The Habitat Penang Hill, discusses his movement towards business sustainability through eco-tourism, the goal of making Penang Hill a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, and his response to the bounce-back of the post-pandemic local tourism industry.

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NeuXP is an integrated digital banking startup in Malaysia that provides an ecosystem with innovative services and leading-edge financial management tools. They address concerns of non-residents by extending beyond what's normally made available by other providers in Europe, USA and Asia. Jeremy Mah, the CEO tells us why he started NeuXP, its future plans, and more.

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Arvinthan Rengaraju and his wife, Chan Heng Leng used to be in the events and F&B business before their toy story came to life. The pandemic forced them to make a major pivot into the toy business, and eventually online warehouse sales, where they now sell well-known products by big brands for limited flash sale events, with discounts of up to 90%. The couple (with a special appearance from a surprise guest) talk to us about their harrowing adventure in the time of Covid, and what’s next for their platform and business dreams.

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