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Everpeaks Consulting is a multi-channel e-Commerce solutions provider that helps brands showcase their products in the global marketplace. They set up, manage, strategize and run your Amazon and eBay accounts, so that you as a business owners can focus on what matters - your product. We speak to the founder and CEO of Everpeaks about reaching out to the 80% of Malaysian businesses that have yet to establish a digital presence, and the secret to generating millions of ringgit in sales for their clients.

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Singapore’s first retail electricity marketplace, Electrify.sg, has created a peer-to-peer energy trading platform, Synergy, that TNB has expressed interest in. CEO Martin Lim discusses how Malaysia can move towards renewable energy, the benefits of peer-to-peer energy trading, and how liberalisation could pave the path to a new modern energy ecosystem.

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In our next episode of digital transformation with Jason Low, we review a case study with Thundermatch (TMT), Malaysia’s largest IT retailer on how they took on a challenge to transform during their 1-year journey.

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Nexea is a venture capital and startup accelerator firm that aims to support and fund tomorrow’s tech giants. We dissect the firm’s methodology, which aims to create tech startups that can grow 10X within a few short years.

Nexea is a venture capital and startup accelerator firm that aims to support and fund tomorrow’s tech giants. We dissect the firm’s methodology, which aims to create tech startups that can grow 10X within a few short years.

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Ryde Technologies, a Singapore based startup launched in early 2015, is expanding its carpool services app to Malaysia. Ryde was launched as an alternative to existing transportation solutions, matching private-car drivers with commuters on a similar route. Not only does a RydePool trip allow drivers and riders to move efficiently, it also helps to cut road congestion, pollution and commuting costs.

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If eating insects grosses you out, you might want to know that creepy crawlies like the Black Soldier Fly could be the food of the future. With food crisis hitting many parts of the world and human demand outweighing supply, companies like Life Origin are working hard to find alternative food sources that are sustainable and easy to harvest. In conjunction with World Food Day 2019, we speak to CJ and Zoey, founders of Life Origin, about making insects palatable, the process of farming this new food source, as well as the business of selling them to a fairly averse market.

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When humans go on holiday, they can treat themselves to the comfiest, most luxurious experience - but when pets are left behind on holiday, they’re often not afforded the same privileges. Muhammad Syahir Zainal, founder of the world’s first 5-star cat hotel, discusses how Catzonia Hostails provides anything and everything a cat and their owner could want.

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Failing Forward features real-life stories from entrepreneurs who have failed and are stronger for it. On this episode, we discuss the challenges of cash flow management with Jusri Ong from Telecontinent, who was faced with a crucial decision on whether to stay in business and continue to “bleed” or cut his losses and close down, after setting up an additional call centre without a firm “contract” for the business.

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Failing Forward features real-life stories from entrepreneurs who have failed and are stronger for it. On this episode, we discuss the challenges of cash flow management with Jusri Ong from Telecontinent, who was faced with a crucial decision on whether to stay in business and continue to “bleed” or cut his losses and close down, after setting up an additional call centre without a firm “contract” for the business.

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