Why so little research ideas don’t go to market, not monetized. Ravindran Navaratnam, Vice-President TIE paints a scenario where ideas can be realized and made commercial.

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 Business implications of the Job Market Outlook Survey for Q1 2013 with Chook Yuk Yng, Jobstreet's Country Manager 

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What is a futurepreneur and what does it take to become one.

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Do the arts, especially the performing arts, need financial help because it will never be a revenue-generating, self-sustaining enterprise?  Or perhaps we’ve all been looking through the wrong lens. Jo Kukathas points to working models.Jo Kukathas, no stranger to Malaysians and her contributions to the arts.  Her work with The Instant Cafe Theatre Company began in 1989 is reknowned among us.  The discussion about the struggling artist/performer still abounds however.  How can we change that landscape?  Let's here what she has to say.

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Opportunities for Malaysian businesses to participate in the rebuilding of Christchurch which suffered a major earthquake on Feb 22, 2011. Soon Heng spoke to Steven Joyce, NZ Minister for Economic Development.

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Opportunities and how to invest in India, the second most populous country in the world, with a large working population and a fast-growing middle-class of consumers

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The company knew it was missing calls which came in outside of office hours, sometimes when the call center officer was on another line. But it couldn't respond to these missed calls when callers didn't leave any contact information. Then they implemented a solution. Stephen Liu, CEO of Ridpest Malaysia shared with us his solutions. 

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Sasi the Don goes to India to market his music, and carving a niche for himself. Let's read his bio here. Sasi The Don an award winning artiste and producer from Malaysia have released 4 albums till date. He has been performing and recording album as a main stream artiste since the year 2000. Known too many, as the Reggae Ambassador Asia. Sasi The Don was the first Reggae Artiste from Asia to be given that title by the International Organization for Reggae Music and Creators “Reggae Ambassadors Worldwide” in 2002. Till date Sasi The Don has sold more than 80,000 copies of album. He is the first Malaysian Tamil artiste to break main stream. Sasi The Don is popular for his music works, especially in his collaborations with Regional and International Acts. Till date Sasi The Don is the first star from Malaysia to have to the most number of collaborations with Superstars from around the globe.  Our discussion is on marketing music to India.

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From very humble beginnings and shaped by the experiences there, Wiley Chin went into business to change the world. As chief alchemist of his company Ximnet, he is turning some dross into gold.

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Is my business where it needs to be? In this take-stock context, Geetha Kandiah looks at strategies which are IP-related (like protecting trademarks, strategies, acquiring technologies, building a brand, ideas, etc.) and which can help a company stand above its competitors.

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