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The Asian Entrepreneur was founded due to a frustration in the lack of personal insights into Asian entrepreneurship. This publication has interviewed over 400 Asian entrepreneurs from different global regions for the last three years, and now operates from Boston, London and Malaysia. Melvin Poh, founder of The Asian Entrepreneur shares how they sustain their business by keeping their content relevant.

There are multiple intelligences, according to Howard Gardner. Unfortunately, current school systems recognise only logical and linguistic intelligence. On the show today, we have founders of Arte Academy, a school that was set up specifically to develop creative talents, by offering design based courses in 3D Animation, Illustration and Designing.

After a meet-up at a supper club and many dialogues about food and restaurants of the world, Christian and Jenifer came together to open Sitka Restaurant. With recipes inspired by  their adventures around the world, they’re focused on a culinary vision that stretches beyond KL and Aberdeen. How do they find the passion to innovative menus that merge modern cuisine with traditional ingredients? We’ll find out more with Christian Recomio and Jenifer Kuah, founders of Sitka Restaurant. 

Kopitiam Talk is a new series where we get two entrepreneurs together to have a casual chat over coffee. This second episode explores the pains of being a supplier and takes a behind-the-scenes look at the effort put into maintaining the consistency of a product.

The best inventions are the ones that think about how something we do today, can be done differently in the future. Jake Levine, in his quest to redefine the way we interact with art in the office or at home, founded Electric Objects- a a digital screen that displays art, but it’s not quite like a computer screen and it’s not quite a digital frame that you stick a usb in to display pictures. What exactly makes it different?

ForestSecret is owned by the Perak State Agricultural Development Corporation (SADC) since 2012 and retails the brand and products in Indonesia in more than 400 pharmacies and retail outlets. A proudly made in Malaysia product, Forest Colour is a signature brand that offers herbal and halal beauty solutions. It is one of the first all-green cosmetic brands from Malaysia.

The traditional classroom lecture style is no longer effective. Educators today have to find ways to keep their students engaged and motivated. Our guests today are doing just that by creating Zap Zap Math. In short, they make math fun. Goh I-Ming, founder and David Fingerote, advisor of Zap Zap Math will share with us on why the focus on math.

With a mission to make daily food healthy without compromising on taste and local culture, Amy and Ching are two food lovers who came up with Amazin’ Graze. A company offering innovative range of artisanal handcrafted healthy snacks, say goodbye to the conventional boring healthy food.   And today being International Women’s Day, we feature two business women.

Up The Ante is a show where we try to bring your business forward by getting entrepreneurs to share their challenges and how they overcome them. This time around we’re brewing something a little bit different. A new series called the Kopitiam Talk where we get two entrepreneurs to have a casual chat over a cup of coffee. For the first episode; is it true that starting a food truck is the easiest way to get into the F&B industry? Little Fat Duck and Cowboys Food Truck chat about it.

 China has a notorious reputation for hazardous air quality. Intent on finding a convenient and affordable solution to the problem, Charles and his 2 friends pulled their resources and skills together to co-found Mila, a subscription based business that is set to disrupt the air purifier market.