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By June Ramli Edited by Fazleena Aziz Leaving A Cushy Job For Entrepreneurship Kia Ora! Welcome to another episode of 30 minutes with DailyStraits.com where we pick the brains of an awesome entrepreneur across the Tasman- New Zealand. Our guest today is Ben Gleisner, the founder and CEO of CoGo . Ben is an economist, environmentalist and social entrepreneur who launched CoGo in 2018. He launched t...

By June Ramli Despite the construction industry being open to diversity, women only make up about a tenth of the number. The construction industry is determined to promote gender diversity in its teams offering real opportunities for career development. Women are now taking full advantage of opportunities offered by this industry that is facing difficulties in hiring employees with highly speciali...

With the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in Malaysia currently underway, many pregnant women have this one important question in their mind – should they or should they not take it? Professor Nazimah Idris, Medical Director for IMU Healthcare (IMUH), a professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the International Medical University (IMU) School of Medicine and as well as consultant obstetrician and gy...

In today's pre launch series, we feature the trial and tribulations of what entrepreneur Siew Mei Chew went through to set-up her on-demand senior assistance service Seniora in Taiping, Malaysia which was inspired by a working holiday in New Zealand.  To read the full story, log on www.dailystraits.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dailystraitsdotcom . Hosted on Acast. See acas...

By June Ramli Edited by Fazleena Aziz Learning to Pivot Welcome to another episode of 30 minutes with DailyStraits.com . Today, we are gonna break away from our usual entrepreneurial chit chat and speak to a managing director (MD) of a public listed company instead. So, our first guest for this series is Edward Loy, the MD of KONE Malaysia. Founded in 1910, KONE is a publicly listed company headqu...

By David Lam This is the question often asked by parents and children who are considering their career in accountancy. Am I pursuing a career that will be made obsolete soon by Artificial Intelligence (AI)? If I am an accountancy professional, will the robot take over my job? To provide answers to the above, we shall approach the questions in three parts: • What are the jobs of typical accountancy...

By June Ramli Edited by Fazleena Aziz Leaving Beirut for Sydney Welcome to another episode of 30 minutes with DailyStraits.com. Our guest today is Beirut-born Carole Issa, who is the founder of Alephpreneur , a Sydney-based company that works with local and global business owners and their teams to help them go from good to great. Have you ever been interested in running your own consultancy busin...

By June Ramli Edited by Fazleena Aziz Starting a Business Post Maternity Welcome to another episode with 30 minutes with DailyStraits.com. Our guest today is Kath Blackham – founder and CEO of VERSA . Melbourne- based VERSA is a digital transformation agency that is powered by Conversational AI. The company helps heads of marketing, customer service, and digital transformation to integrate convers...

By June Ramli Edited by Fazleena Aziz From Recruitment to Tech Welcome to another episode of DailyStraits.com. Our guest today is Chris South, the CEO and founder of Roi-AI. Roi-AI is automation SAAS (software as a service) technology for the recruitment sector that supports recruiters through machine learning, activity tracking, referral gamification and more. Chris is also managing director at P...

Produced by June Ramli Edited by Fazleena Aziz Welcome to another episode of 30 minutes with DailyStraits.com. Our guest today is Gavin Oliver , one of the co-founders of EcoZip New Zealand. Established in 2012, EcoZip is an adventure and eco-tourism company designed to get visitors out of tour buses and into the bush.  The company was built on the concept of commercial conservation, or the b...

It has been two weeks since we launched Pre-Launch, a series where entrepreneurs can use our platform to impart some of their learnings with our readers. Read the full story at dailystraits.com . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dailystraitsdotcom . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Producer: June Ramli Editor: Fazleena Aziz Changing for the Best Welcome to another episode of 30 minutes with DailyStraits.com. Today, we have a very special guest with us, Vaughan Reed (pictured above), the Founder and CEO of vibe.fyi . With over two decades of deep expertise in the technology space, Vaughan has helped deliver a number of first-to-market technologies in New Zealand including dig...

Producer: June Ramli Editor: Fazleena Aziz Welcome to another episode of 30 minutes with DailyStraits.com. Today, we have a very special guest with us Lauren Peate, an American entrepreneur who has been living in New Zealand since 2015. Lauren is the founder and CEO of Multitudes, a workplace tool that provides managers insights to create happier, better-performing teams by highlighting blind spot...

Hello! Thanks for showing interest to be a part of the 30 minutes with DailyStraits.com podcast series, where we interview a range of individuals such as entrepreneurs, investors, inventors or anyone who has done something awesome in their lives. DailyStraits.com is a new website that started on Feb 27, 2021. We feature stories from around the world with a special focus on Malaysia and Australia....

By June Ramli A career as a TV journalist has been a dream of many but it is not always easy to ace. So, today we speak to a former Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) broadcast journalist Rosli Mohd Nordin on what it takes to become a BJ. Read the full story at DailyStraits.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dailystraitscom/message Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dailystr...

Produced and Edited by June Ramli Quitting University to Build a Business Welcome to another episode of 30 minutes with DailyStraits.com. Our guest today is one of New Zealand’s finest businessman Aaron McDonald, the winner of the Ernest and Young Entrepreneur of the year award and CEO and founder of Centrality –one of New Zealand's largest blockchain companies. To those of you who don’t know what...

Produced and Edited by June Ramli Buying a business instead of starting it from scratch Welcome to another episode of 30 minutes with DailyStraits.com. Today, we have a very special guest with us, Ms Lizzi Whaley. A wearer of many hats, Ms Whaley is the CEO of Spaceworks Interior Architecture, a mother, and a celebrity in her own right. Ms Whaley’s profile has consistently been on the rise over th...

Producer: June Ramli Editor: Fazleena Aziz Going with your gut instincts Welcome to another episode of 30 minutes with DailyStraits.com. Today, we would like to introduce you to a very special guest, Jackie Ashley, the founder of Ashley & Co. Jackie is a New Zealander entrepreneur who grew up in Hong Kong and just like Steve Jobs she started her brand in her garage 17 years ago. Together with...

Producer: June Ramli Editor: Fazleena Aziz Bringing Sexy Back to the humble Umbrella Welcome to another episode of 30 minutes with DailyStraits.com. Today, we have a very special guest with us, Greig Brebner, the inventor and the founder of Blunt umbrellas. A pioneer in his industry, Brebner often takes ordinary products and turns them into extraordinary experiences. He draws inspiration from his...

Producer: June Ramli Editor: Fazleena Aziz Disrupting the $4B Vet Industry Welcome to another episode of 30 minutes with DailyStraits.com. Today, we have a very special guest with us, 31-year-old indigenous entrepreneur Morgan Coleman, the founder of Vets on Call, a tech disruptor to the $4 billion Australian veterinary industry. Vets on Call is a full service veterinary provider using a custom bu...

By Sofia Ang My business ‘A Spooon Full’ with a triple ‘O’ is a whole food manufacturer based in Malaysia. Whole foods are generally characterised as foods that have not been processed, refined or had ingredients added to them. The reason why we insisted on producing our raw materials and ingredients for all our food and beverages is because we want to serve premium quality products to our custome...

Producer and Editor: June Ramli Welcome to another episode of 30 minutes with DailyStraits.com. Today, we have a very special guest with us, Myles Bertrand - the Managing Director of Mambu Asia Pacific. Launched in Berlin in 2011, Mambu is a global fintech and market-leading software as a service (Saas) cloud banking platform with offices in Sydney and Singapore. The company provides the ‘engine’...

Producer: June Ramli Editor: Fazleena Aziz Buying Collectable Cars as an Investment Welcome to another episode of 30 minutes with DailyStraits.com. Today we have a very special guest with us, Richard Fowler, the Head of Collecting Cars Australia. Richard has a wealth of digital media and advertising experiences. He has worked with the world’s best brands such as Dell, HP, Virgin, HSBC, and Hyundai...

Myles Bertrand, the Asia Pacific Managing Director of Mambu, a software as a service (Saas) for the banking and finance sector writes exclusively for DailyStraits.com. You can read the full article at DailyStraits.com or listen to it here.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dailystraitscom/message Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dailystraitsdotcom . Hosted on Acast....

By Li Yen My name is Li Yen and I am the founder and CEO of Hawkr , a micro cloud kitchen. The first question you probably have is, what on earth is a micro cloud kitchen? Most know what cloud kitchens are. Cloud kitchens are commercial kitchens optimised for cost and delivery and have been gaining popularity because of this pandemic. Read the full story at DailyStraits.com. --- Send in a voice me...