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With 35 schools in over 20 countries training 20,000 students in the culinary arts - Le Cordon Bleu is synonymous with high end French Cuisine. When people talk about going for French Food, they’re likely talking about Le Cordon Bleu. What makes the institute so special, why are they seen as the pinnacle of culinary education, and how does a training establishment that’s been around for over 120 years stay relevant.

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When it comes to the newer generation, more and more people are looking for meaning and impact in their careers, not just monetary gain. This is reflected in the growing number of social enterprises in Malaysia, but unfortunately not a lot of them survive past their initial conception. How can social entrepreneurs move past that to actually achieve intended results? Raymond Gabriel of People Systems Consultancy discusses his own experience running a social enterprise, and how he aims to guide future social entrepreneurs.

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As any entrepreneur knows, your business journey can feel like an uphill climb, and you’ll need to learn how to pace yourself to be successful. Azran Osman Rani talks about his book, 30 Days And 30 Years, where he describes “the sprint and marathon of achieving breakthrough performance”.

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Nielsen’s new SmartStore - a VR-powered application that studies shopper behavior in a realistic environment - plans to change the way retailers understand their customers and plan successful campaigns ahead of time. It allows retailers to plan on future data, instead of relying on old research.

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We continue our very honest chat with food innovator Navin Karu about creating a winning combination of setting, cuisine and service to thrive in the F&B industry, as well as the recipe for the perfect burger patty.  

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Success for Navin Karu has had a domino effect. While many struggle in the F&B scene, the chef and CEO of Ocean Flair Group has continued to see his restaurants voted as some of the top places to dine at in Kuala Lumpur. The food innovator gets real about the extent of the issues F&B businesses have to contend with, including everything from ethical sourcing, MSG to navigating a dishonest supply chain.

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We all know the importance of financial literacy and the wisdom in handling money. However, while most people learn by trial and error into adulthood, Ng Pui Yee and Kyle Tan, founders of a startup called Little Tauke, provide financial literacy education programmes for children starting from the age of five.

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Businesses often go through periods of challenging times where revenues take a dip and sales can be hard to come by. Jeevan Sahadevan shares his Principle For Fast Revenue Generation, as well as methods to pick up your business revenues no matter what the market is like alongside some case studies.

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Stories of landlords who only rent to a certain race and difficulty in finding property in Malaysia are abundant, despite the fact there’s an oversupply of homes and not enough people to fill them. Speedrent, an online rental platform, aims to change all that not just by creating a more “colorblind” process, but also eliminating the middleman altogether. We speak to founder Wong Whei Meng about creating a cleaner renting experience, the backlash his app gets from property agents, and the idea of being a disruptor in the property sphere.

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Tech is quickly becoming the core of travel planning. With so many apps and interfaces vying for attention, it’s important to build a “digital web” across multiple platforms to ensure a seamless experience for the customer. We speak to Matthias Keller, Kayak’s Chief Scientist, about the role of Natural Language Processing in travel, the way machine learning is changing the travel landscape, and the new ways travelers make their choices today.

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