The Journey Podcast

Today's guest is Fave Co-Founder, Chen Chow. He shares about how he first met Joel Neoh in Groupon to Co-Founding Fave together. It was not an easy road for him and he shares bluntly about some of the challenges and risks he had to take to being to company to where it is today. Stay tuned to some key nuggets from Chen Chou on:How to work effectively and prioritise the important tasks with focusWhy its important to act with both logic and empathyWhy it's important to take risks when tryin...

Today's guest is Malaysia's very own Pop Music Production and Songwriting Group "Music For My Friends" (MFMF). The MFMF journey started from humble beginnings, with the founders started their careers in a corporate setting and with passion ventured into making music. At the verge of giving up, burning through savings and at one point having as little as RM800 in the bank account, they manage to get their break doing music with the likes of Yuna!Tune in to find out how they succeeded in ...

In today's episode we speak to Malaysia's most promising stand-up comedian and a 3x TedX speaker Gajen Nad. Gajen started his career in a corporate setting whilst performing stand-up as a side hustle. In this podcast we dive deep into the power of discovering your "WHY" and how it has helped Gajen take the leap of faith and venturing into stand-up full time.

Today's guest is VJ Anand. He grew up in a small town called Taiping in Malaysia, where both his parents were teachers. VJ started off his career as a humble web developer and slowly pivoted his way up to be one of the leading creative figures in South East Asia. In 2019, he got a surprise call from Gary Vee to run VaynerMedia as a Managing Partner, the rest is history. This inspiring episode shares the journey that VJ had to take in order to be the successful person he is today. We disc...

"Cryptocurrency is essentially taking power away from centralised authorities and giving it to the people." We're so excited to be able to bring you this episode talking about all things cryptocurrency! We go in great depths with Ross Stephenson from Luno to help you understand the difference between cryptocurrency and cash, how does a currency start to have value, how is it build on top of blockchain, and whats the future of cryptocurrency moving forward. Ross also shar...

Welcome to a special episode today focused on our top 3 guests from season 1. We have Jalil Rasheed , Adele Chow and Azlan Iskandar giving us their best advice on what has made each of them successful in their own ways. This episode shares in detail about networking, gender equality in corporates, the limitations of labelling and so much more.Part 1In the first part we have Jalil Rasheed talking about why its important to know your colleagues and stakeholders well, the bravery to take the roa...

"If you do not have enough savings, then you will sell immediately when your investment portfolio falls, instead of taking the opportunity to buy more" One of the most important episodes we have recorded, especially in Malaysia where 70% of the people are in need of financial literacy support. In this episode, we speak to Stashaway Malaysia Country Manager, Wai Ken Wong about when people should start their investing journey, how to balance between savings and investing, balanced vs ...

Nic has more than 15 years of experience in recruitment both in Australia and Malaysia. He has been instrumental in creating a strong culture in Michael Page which focuses on meritocracy, gender equality and teamwork. In this episode he shares about the Malaysian job market outlook, how does a company hire and retain its best talent, what can candidates do to stand out, salary negotiating and so much more.We also speak about some of the values that are key for employees to have in order ...

"For women to reach the high places, we have to work 10x harder than men to break through the glass ceiling"In this episode, we speak to Ally Mukhriz on what it's like being a women here in Malaysia and what we as a nation can do to end gender discrimination. Ally shares her thoughts on how corporates can provide equal opportunities and offer a better platform for women to perform at their best. She also speaks about some of the subconscious gender bias she faces from male counterparts and wh...

"Always start with "WHY" and it will lead you a long way in having a good and prosperous business" With the recent lockdown, many businesses have been started from home especially in the F&B sector. In this episode, we speak to Sugar and I founder Ilyas on his personal journey starting on of the biggest online brands today from his humble home. Ilyas goes in depth about some of the challenges people will need to expect, how to manage time efficiently, growing the brand through s...