Open For Business

Salad Atelier, an eatery offering healthier options than your typical shopping mall cuisine, is not only upping their online presence but has even found a way to offer a new line of products in their fruit and vegetable bundles. We managed to speak to Dylan Lee, founder of Salad Atelier, about how they’re navigating the MCO and their involvement with the #SupportLokal campaign by Alliance Bank.

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A steady supply of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is crucial to lessen the strain on hospitals and medical personnel in the fight against COVID-19. To ensure that masks for high-risk wards are only used by those who need it the most, the local 3D printing community has taken it upon themselves to print face shields to be used in other areas of the hospital. We speak to Adrian Wong, founder of TeaMa Face Shield, about crowdsourcing PPE, challenges of keeping donations going, as well as the future of these “overnight measures” once the MCO is lifted. 

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Corvan, a home appliance company, is running a Charity Awareness Drive to encourage more donations to Mercy Malaysia, World Vision Malaysia and Malaysian Red Crescent Society from now till the 10th of May 2020, and all donors stand a chance to win products worth more than RM10,000 from Corvan. We managed to speak to Vanessa Tho, co-founder and director of Corvan, about this unique business decision.

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In Malaysia alone, roughly 15 tons of food is wasted per day - and much of that is edible. Grub Cycle saw the opportunity to sell overproduced meals and vegetables from restaurants, farmers and wet markets, at a bargain price to their consumers via their app. All of their products are aligned with their vision to reduce food waste and to save the environment for the future generations. We managed to catch up with one of the co-founders, Redza Shahid, and asked him how things were going during the MCO and whether or not things have changed for them. Grub Cycle is part of Alliance Bank's #SupportLokal campaign.

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Many organisations and celebrities have been using the Instagram LIVE feature to connect with their audiences whilst being on lockdown. RIUH, the monthly creative community bazaar and festival that features local artists and f&b operators, pop-up stores, workshops and more, have too seen a push towards digital as a result of event cancellations. RIUH In Your Homes is an initiative by them to keep the creative community engaged by entertaining viewers at home. Marissa Wambeck who leads the RIUH team is with us.

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In 2019, Oxwhite broke the equity crowdfunding record and became the largest campaign in Malaysia via pitchIN by raising slightly more than RM5 million over the course of 3 weeks. In total, they had attracted 485 investors, with the largest individual crowdfunding investment being just above RM1 million ringgit. With that, they had aggressive plans for 2020, but as we know, the year didn't quite turn out according to plan. CK Chang, the Founder of Oxwhite and former guest of the show is on the line with us to talk about his challenges, investor sentiments and post-MCO changes.

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The hospitality sector is not having an easy 2020. But some players, like Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa, are rising above industry-wide challenges to not only remain relevant, but support the community and stand in solidarity with our frontliners. We speak with Senior GM Alex Castaldi about putting your best foot forward during a crisis, and how they’re ushering Ramadan and Eid with a twist this year.

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Leverage Lab's Jeevan Sahadevan shares manoeuvres in today's challenging business scene together with his clients, Dr Fauziah Mohd Yunus (Klinik Pergigian Fauziah) and Shafiqah Shafie & Iylia Fahmi (pinkboxcereal.com). Discussing everything from cash flow, leadership, marketing tactics to pivoting strategies; get insights on what you can do now and when MCO ends.

This is an extraction of our Webinar Series, watch the video here: https://tinyurl.com/bfmwebinar4

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Leverage Lab's Jeevan Sahadevan shares manoeuvres in today's challenging business scene together with his clients, Dr Fauziah Mohd Yunus (Klinik Pergigian Fauziah) and Shafiqah Shafie & Iylia Fahmi (pinkboxcereal.com). Discussing everything from cash flow, leadership, marketing tactics to pivoting strategies; get insights on what you can do now and when MCO ends.

This is an extraction of our Webinar Series, watch the video here: https://tinyurl.com/bfmwebinar4

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In this episode, we hear from Datuk Zainal Amanshah of AECOM (formerly the CEO of InvestKL) on how to assess your business in this crisis and answering questions on local and regional expansion strategies post COVID-19.

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