One More Scoop

Steve Sy is the Founder and CEO of Great Deals E-Commerce, an end-to-end Philippine e-commerce enabler that helps global and local brands sell and grow online. How did faith change his perspective on money? How did he redefine success after making his first million? How have his faith and family affected his life and career decisions? Topics:  [00:02:36] - How Steve earned his first peso [00:...

Hsu Ken Ooi is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Iterative, a twelve week Y Combinator-style startup accelerator focused on Southeast Asia. He previously co-founded Decide.com (acquired by eBay), was VP of Product at Weave (acquired by Lunchclub) and was CPO at Workmate. How did teenage rebellion and curiosity lead to his poor performance in school? What changed everything for him? How did he...

Qin En Looi is a Principal at Saison Capital, where he actively leads pre-seed and seed investments in Fintech and Web3 firms, Prior to that, he served as co-founder and COO at Glints, the leading talent ecosystem in Southeast Asia. In his free time, he founded and hosts Parents in Tech, a podcast for parents in Southeast Asia. What made him decide to drop out of college? What were the events in h...

Kevin Brockland is the Founder and Managing Partner of Indelible Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on tech-enabled B2B solutions with worldwide scalability. He grew up in the United States and worked in finance and as an investor before moving to Malaysia.  What prompted him to leave the West and build his own firm in Malaysia? What difficulties did he experience when establ...

Dexter Ligot-Gordon is the Co-founder and CEO of Swarm, a community connecting founders with freelance tech builders. He was also the Co-founder of Kalibrr, the first Southeast Asian and Philippine startup accepted into the global startup accelerator Y Combinator. Before his career as a founder, he spent almost ten years in public service, helping Filipino-Americans break through the glass ceiling...

Ronald Ishak is the Co-founder and CEO of Hacktiv8, a coding bootcamp that teaches Indonesians how to code and helps them get hired as web developers. He started out in the Indonesian tech scene in 2008 when he was in his early 20s. Now, after nearly 15 years in the tech scene as a founder, CEO and CTO, he’s been able to launch, fail and grow multiple startups.  Learn about the accidents, the...

One More Scoop is where you get to hear the unfiltered stories of Southeast Asia's top tech startup founders, executives and VC investors. Listen to their personal journeys, get to know who they really are and find out what actually happens behind the scenes. It’s honest. It’s casual. And this is totally not your usual “thought-leader” kind of thing. One More Scoop is a podcast by BackSc...