The Journey Podcast

This week we speak to someone who is changing the scene for knowledge sharing in Asia, Melvin Poh, the founder of Empirics Asia. At a very young age, Melvin lost all his savings due to a failed venture in Hong Kong, he didn't only lose money but it also affected his confidence and left him embarrassed. An event like this would have crushed many people and their careers, but not Melvin. He regrouped, reflected on the lessons and bounced back to establish an even more successful busin...

Our first international guest! In this episode, we speak to Dany #Gotaworldtosee who started from humble beginnings in Europe to traveling and producing digital content on Youtube which has more than 350K followers today. Dany is someone who highly believes not only in financial freedom, but also LOCATION freedom. After struggling initially, today Dany is able to not only financially free, but also able to pick and choose his office location from anywhere in the world. In this episo...

In this weeks episode we speak to Guan, founder of the influencer marketing platform Ittify, where he shares light on social media and how ordinary people can start monetizing their Tiktok and Instagram profiles. Our profiles on social media will soon become digital CVs that represent our personal credibility, which will be vital when even applying for jobs in the future. In this episode we talk about:1. Why our follower count is significant when engaging with clients2. How our soci...

"I treated him like a family, I can honestly say that I gave him a life. But when I was in the shower I saw a hand trying to record me" In today's episode we speak to Malaysia's singer-songwriter Talitha Tan on her journey of how she turned her passion of singing and song writing into a music career. She shares on the exact moment her music career took-off back in 2016 with her hit single “Okay” and since then she been ranking up the charts with her music and song-writing.&nb...

"I'll never forget what he said to me, everybody has a turn, if it's not your time right now, you just got to be happy for him/her, but that doesn't mean your turn is not going to come" In today's episode we speak to Asyraf Nasir Malaysia's rising star and rapper. We dived deep into his journey to making a name for himself and how his passion drove him to never giving up on his dream. Asyraf also talks about how losing a competition helped propelled him to opening new doors for greater v...

Today's episode is a masterclass around property with Sean Tan (Iherng) sharing his expert insights on the changing property market in Malaysia. The first part of the podcast features Sean going deep and talking about the challenges he had to overcome in order to just put food on the table. These were the same challenges that caused him to stumble across property investing, and hence become a key opinion leader that many of us follow on Youtube today. The second part consists of all...

In this Episode we speak to Ren Yi, the founder of Malaysia's leading gourmet burger joint, MyBurgerLab. Ren Yi, a mechanical engineering graduate from Nottingham university, discovered the joy of serving others many years ago while he was working at Starbucks. Not thinking much of it, he embarked on a work and travel program to the United States during his university days. It was there and then, that he discovered In-N-Out Burger, inspiring him to bring awesome burgers, warm service, and mem...

Zac Liew is the Co-Founder and CEO of Curlec. The fintech startup helps SMEs overlooked by traditional banks collect recurring payments with its automated platform, replacing manual methods like cash, checks or bank transfers. Since its launch in 2018, Curlec has processed over $100 million in transactions and hundreds of businesses currently use its platform. The startup was recently acquired by India’s first full-stack financial solutions company - Razorpay.In this podcast we talked about h...

Sunil Chandran is a professional Malaysian footballer who currently plays for Petaling Jaya City FC. Sunil is also a founder of a fitness brand called Trnsfrm-Fitness where he specialises in tailored coaching and fitness programs for all age group. Trnsfrm-Fitness coaches you the right mythologies on having the right nutritions for the body, correct fitness routines and the importance of progress. In this podcast Sunil talks about how an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury cost him h...

This week we speak to Fuad, who is the Co-Founder of Kyoto Protocol, where he shares about how they started off entering a local Yahama music competition by chance and eventually becoming one of the largest local bands today. In this episode, Fuad talks about: 1. The importance of taking the first step2. How he used stepping stones to climb up the ladder3. Why having a strong desire and focus can set you apart from the competition4. How time changes things and nothing lasts foreverA...