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During the movement control order (MCO) in mid-march last year, the country was seeing  over 800% sales increase in cooking appliances online. MCO really brought out the cook in a lot of us. Leveraging on that situation is Khalid Gibran, founder of X Promosi Sdn Bhd, by shifting his business from selling kitchen wares to retailers, to now selling it directly to the customers. Thus born My Cooking Story, an online shop selling professional kitchenware as well as a  social media community dedicated for home cooks.

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When the travel industry came to a grinding halt due to the pandemic, the co-founders of airbnb management company Plush Services had something dreamy up their sleeves. They supplemented revenues by launching an online DTC bedsheet brand, Kapas Living. The duo speak to us about the bed linen market in Malaysia, changing consumer purchasing behaviour, and give us a 101 on what makes great sheets.

When the travel industry came to a grinding halt due to the pandemic, the co-founders of airbnb management company Plush Services had something dreamy up their sleeves. They supplemented revenues by launching an online DTC bedsheet brand, Kapas Living. The duo speak to us about the bed linen market in Malaysia, changing consumer purchasing behaviour, and give us a 101 on what makes great sheets.

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Although Sixty Bites has been a go-to burger joint in Kuala Lumpur for a few years, owners John Tey and Amer Ezzadeen knew that it was time to refresh the brand and expand their network. The duo plan on opening more outlets and serving a wider area with a new central kitchen. We speak to John and Amer about taking over Sixty Bites in 2019, picking the pandemic as a time to grow, and sticking with the “curbside aesthetic” even as they scale into a much larger venture.

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Being a student right now is tough. Your school life has been upended, you don’t get to see your friends in person, and your education hangs on the strength of your WiFi connection. So how do you find the motivation to study in these times? Gamification has a big part to play, and speaking about that is Stanley Han, CEO & cofounder of KooBits.

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Being a student right now is tough. Your school life has been upended, you don’t get to see your friends in person, and your education hangs on the strength of your WiFi connection. So how do you find the motivation to study in these times? Gamification has a big part to play, and speaking about that is Stanley Han, CEO & cofounder of KooBits.

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Soy sauce is a staple ingredient in many Asian countries. You can go to any Asian household or kitchen and you’ll definitely find soy sauce there. Adding into the soy sauce food culture is Shirley Chia, through her own artisan soy sauce, Mu.

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Despite it being a fairly new player in the industry, PG Mall saw an impressive revenue growth in its initial startup years, and true enough, within just a short span of 3 years since its establishment, it has won over a substantial market share to compete on level ground with bigger and long-established players, which are mostly foreign-owned online marketplaces within the industry.

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Despite it being a fairly new player in the industry, PG Mall saw an impressive revenue growth in its initial startup years, and true enough, within just a short span of 3 years since its establishment, it has won over a substantial market share to compete on level ground with bigger and long-established players, which are mostly foreign-owned online marketplaces within the industry.

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BeliGas Malaysia was born amidst the pandemic to help those in the Klang Valley with a long-standing problem - the ordering and delivery of cooking gas tanks. Via its app, BeliGas aims to disrupt the traditional LPG cylinder delivery market, and support marginalised communities by hiring unemployed riders from the B40 group, as well as ex-convicts. We speak to founder Suthan Mookaiah about the startup’s aggressive growth, building a pandemic-resistant business model, and plans for when we no longer need gas tanks.