Open For Business

It’s Open For Business, with a twist. We speak to Jovy Low, co-founder of Amenic Film Space, about shutting down business for good due to the pandemic. What are some of the things he learned along the way? What finally caused Amenic to close shop? And what would it take to bounce back, if ever, in the future? This may be Amenic’s finale, but there are lessons about passion, perseverance, and doing things the right way that other businesses can learn from the little neighborhood cinema that could. 

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It’s Open For Business, with a twist. We speak to Jovy Low, co-founder of Amenic Film Space, about shutting down business for good due to the pandemic. What are some of the things he learned along the way? What finally caused Amenic to close shop? And what would it take to bounce back, if ever, in the future? This may be Amenic’s finale, but there are lessons about passion, perseverance, and doing things the right way that other businesses can learn from the little neighborhood cinema that could. 

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Not all of us have found something sweet to rely on over the course of the MCO, but for Darren Tan, co-founder of the Ice Dream Café, he had the perfect pandemic pivot. He discusses shifting their brick and mortar café into an online ice cream delivery service and how it brought them back from the brink.

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Not all of us have found something sweet to rely on over the course of the MCO, but for Darren Tan, co-founder of the Ice Dream Café, he had the perfect pandemic pivot. He discusses shifting their brick and mortar café into an online ice cream delivery service and how it brought them back from the brink.

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The education sector has seen drastic changes in a short period of time, with students from red zones not allowed to go back to colleges or universities and almost 300 schools forced to be closed down. Private institutions have voiced out their concerns of struggling with virtual learning, particularly on the topic of not being able to travel to schools and facing the risk of closing down. Joining us is Jonathan Lau, CEO of German Educare, sharing his effort to address these issues.

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Sirius Support is a company that manages over 120 support services, remotely. Whether it’s helping to streamline remote working, improving responsiveness for your support teams, or if you need transformation consultancy, Sirius has you covered. What makes this company really interesting though, is how they were formed remotely, without either of the founders meeting each other.

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They say the path to a person’s heart is through their stomach, and for Malaysians, food is definitely one of our country’s passions. With the F&B industry taking a hit in 2020, Kenneth Lai, co-founder of cloud kitchen, Vacrea, discusses how he kept three food companies up and running through the pandemic.

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They say the path to a person’s heart is through their stomach, and for Malaysians, food is definitely one of our country’s passions. With the F&B industry taking a hit in 2020, Kenneth Lai, co-founder of cloud kitchen, Vacrea, discusses how he kept three food companies up and running through the pandemic.

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There’s a lot of paperwork involved when buying a new car. And maintaining a car takes effort as well. Arief Imran, founder of SERV, wanted to digitalize the entire process by creating a one-stop platform for vehicle owners. After years of trial and error, SERV is now quickly gaining popularity and plans to expand not just nationally but regionally in the near future. We speak to Arief about operating a vehicle-based platform during the pandemic, the gap in the market SERV wants to close, and planning for growth so that when business returns to normal, SERV will be ready for anything.

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There’s a lot of paperwork involved when buying a new car. And maintaining a car takes effort as well. Arief Imran, founder of SERV, wanted to digitalize the entire process by creating a one-stop platform for vehicle owners. After years of trial and error, SERV is now quickly gaining popularity and plans to expand not just nationally but regionally in the near future. We speak to Arief about operating a vehicle-based platform during the pandemic, the gap in the market SERV wants to close, and planning for growth so that when business returns to normal, SERV will be ready for anything.

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