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Every week on Going Global, we feature promising local tech companies who are on their way to becoming regional and global players. To kick off the season, we have a true Malaysian success story - Aerodyne Group. The drone specialists, who expanded into 18 countries within 2 years, join us to talk about the young team’s pursuit of global domination in the Drone as a Service tech space.

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Fabio Miceli, founder of Sonno, an online mattress company, believes that testing a mattress at the store is not enough to help you decide. That’s why he’s offering a 100-day return-and-refund policy on all his mattresses. We speak to Fabio about the idea of an online mattress store, the challenges of running Sonno, as well as what happens to mattresses that are returned.

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Malaysian-made Mega Fortris Group is one of the leading suppliers of high quality, tamper-evident and innovative security seals to a wide range of industries across the globe. Listen to how a pair of brothers developed, innovated and pivoted their idea of a successful product to create an unparalleled distribution network that today spans 5 continents and some 20 countries, and their plans for world domination in the next three years.

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We flashback to a year ago during our Rocks Conference and take a look at what loyalty means in the world of a distracted, fragmented and complex marketplace? Also we look at how data is your best friend when it comes to marketing whilst we explore real life strategies from our panel. This panel was moderated by Angeline Teh.

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Kwikcar is a car-rental app that connects people who need cars with owners of under-utilised vehicles. Think of it as the Airbnb of car rentals! We speak to Jared Chan, CEO and co-founder of Kwikcar, about standing out in a ride-hailing-dominated market, redefining the car rental space, and insuring owners of the safety of their vehicles.

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We Rewind to Rocks 2017 and talk to our panelists about the retail buzzword for the year - ‘Omnichannel’. It’s about true continuity in customers’ purchasing experience. “Convenience” is being redefined because consumers’ buying behaviour is changing. Are you evolving with this change?

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As an entrepreneur, you want to be the best of the best and to revolutionise the industry you’re going in to. And if you know that your industry is competitive, over time you can start to lose your spark. How do you fight against pre-established, powerful, multinational companies? Tse-Ming Pang, the Founder and Group Managing Director of the EP Plus Group, discusses his David and Goliath success story.

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We Rewind to Rocks 2017 and ask our panelists to tackle the issue of being 'Dazed & Confused Between Online & Offline'. What kind of a balance is needed in terms of offline vs online? How do you manage complaints? Our panelists tried to answer these and many more questions.

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It’s a well known fact that people, especially Malaysians, are big fans of saving money, and we are also fond of convenience. If you take those two concepts and marry them together, you get Saleduck. Saleduck is an online coupon and deals platform featuring exclusive online coupon codes from merchants of various industries. Sjoerd Copier, managing director of Saleduck in Asia, discusses not only the ins and outs of the company, but also the nature of e-commerce in Malaysia and South East Asia in general.

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Havan Clothing isn’t just about fashion; its plan is to empower underprivileged children by using their designs on the pockets of trendy t-shirts for adults, while nurturing their EQ via an initiative called the "Havan School". We speak to founders and husband-wife duo Ivan Eng and Hany Cheng about the idea behind Havan, their concept of alternative education, and what it means to the children to have their designs printed on Havan’s t-shirts.

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