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By June Ramli Hello, dear readers! Thank you for showing interest in our website DailyStraits.com thus far! We are excited to be able to cater stories from a wide range of topics and are extremely happy to have attracted readers from all over the world. Though new, our website has been packing  a punch since our launch on Feb 27 and we have only our external partners, columnists and a lot of...

By June Ramli A Meal Kit With A Mission Kia Ora! Welcome to another episode of 30 minutes with DailyStraits.com. Our guest today is a New Zealand-based entrepreneur Lisa Booth (pictured above). Lisa is the founder and CEO of Kete Kai , Aotearoa’s most accessible food box — a business that was born out of her frustration with the current food system at the start of last year. Lisa’s passion for peo...

Singapore, July 31 : Last June 2020, Honda was forced to shut down two automotive plants due to a ransomware attack .  The company was quick to reassure the public that there had been no leakage of personally identifying data, like customer passwords or credit cards. But the damage, both financial and reputational, had already done. Today’s headlines are littered with news of cyber-attacks.&n...

Kuala Lumpur, July 30 : It was a life-changing moment when 34-year-old Gordon Ling decided to give his wife a kidney − a gift that no amount of money can buy. There were no doubts or second thoughts as the decision was one made with love.  Sure, there were some concerns and unfavourable comments from family and friends. But Gordon’s mind was already made up as his only wish was to give the mo...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 29:  Getting to the crux of the matter is often something that is preached by many companies.  On the other hand, as the common business mantra goes, time is money and for that reason solving a problem as quickly as possible is usually the most tempting option, even if it only means a short-term reprieve.  However, this is just like pushing a pawn on a chessb...

By James McKew Singapore, July 26: Food security is a perennial concern for Singapore, exacerbated by the ongoing pandemic. Although Singapore has never been an agricultural nation, the government strives to address food security concerns in 2021 by ramping up local produce through innovative means. Singapore set a 30 percent target to meet Singapore's nutritional needs while buffering any food su...

By June Ramli A Lingerie Line With A Twist Kia Ora! Welcome to another episode of 30 minutes of DailyStraits.com. Our guest today is New Zealand-based entrepreneur Elisha Watson, the CEO and founder of Nisa , an underwear and leisurewear label which started trading in 2017. Elisha got the idea to start her brand while working as a lawyer and volunteering with the Red Cross’ refugee resettlement pr...

By Datuk Dr Badrul Shah Badaruddin Kuala Lumpur, July 24: By now, most Malaysians are probably well-adjusted to the whole working from home routine. Some parts of it may be enjoyable but other parts like aches and pain from a poorly set-up workspace – not so much. At ALTY Orthopaedic Hospital, we saw that shoulder pain is a common occurrence among patients, especially now where people are working...

By June Ramli Expanding to the US Welcome to another episode of 30 minutes with DailyStraits.com. Our guest today is New Zealand-based entrepreneur Toby Littin, the co-founder and CEO of Parkable . Parkable is an app that acts as the 'Airbnb for parking', letting people or companies share their spare parking space with the community and helping people to find affordable parking in cities. It is al...

By June Ramli Chitra Devi Ramiah decided to follow her innate aspiration to be of service to her country. Seemingly, a combination of sheer luck and blessings paved the path when timely opportunities continually presented itself.  Whether it was being in the right place at the right time or being optimistically opportunistic, making the transitions in her career seamless and jolt her to where...

By June Ramli Singapore, July 18: Despite the progress that has been made in promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace, women remain largely underrepresented in leadership positions in Asia - and the matter has worsened by the recent COVID-19 outbreak. According to UN Women , only 20 percent of managers in Asia-Pacific today are women, and this figure is even lower for women in middle and...

By June Ramli Leaving Nike And Starting Playbooks  Welcome to another episode of 30 minutes with DailyStraits.com. Our guest today is another New Zealand-based entrepreneur Greg Sheehan (pictured above), who is the Founder and CEO of Playbooks . PlayBooks is a B2B e-commerce platform that uses the “meeting” as the ultimate place of business guidance, decision making and purchase. In other wor...

By June Ramli Sydney, July 12: Lockdowns are a norm today - no thanks to COVID-19. In Sydney, a recent spike in cases has resulted in a total lockdown in the city with no end in sight. While in Malaysia, the perennial Movement Control Order (MCO) has stopped people from living their best lives. With all these lockdowns, remote working has been more popular than ever. In a recent study published by...

By June Ramli Kia Ora! Welcome to another episode of 30 minutes with DailyStraits.com . Our guest today is New Zealand-based entrepreneur Sonia McManus, the owner of  Sonia Therese Design . After losing her previous business to the Christchurch earthquake in 2011, Sonia decided to look for a new path in life, prompting her fashion career to start abruptly. This self-taught designer learned th...

Kuala Lumpur, July 10: The mention of mutation is enough to give us nightmares of viruses that evolve with the sole aim of killing mankind and taking over the earth. But in reality, a virus’s main purpose of mutating is to seek coexistence with the human body.  'A virus mutates for survival, not to kill. It tries to adapt to the conditions of the human body, ' International Medical University...

By June Ramli Are you a creative entrepreneur in need of some kind of help during these trying times? Well, if you are, then you are in luck cause we want to help you! Being a creative entrepreneur takes guts, where you concentrate your entire time, working on your craft, and hoping that someone would pay you real money for it. What are creative entrepreneurs you may ask? Well, they are usually so...

By June Ramli Kia Ora! Welcome to another episode of 30 minutes with DailyStraits.com. Our guest today is Steve Vlok an Auckland-based entrepreneur who founded Celo in 2014. For those who are not in the know, Celo is an app that provides secure communication, collaboration and is a community platform created specifically for people in the healthcare industry. In other words, Celo’s secure app make...

By June Ramli Edited by Fazleena Aziz Turning Heartache Into a Business Venture Kia Ora! Welcome to another episode of 30 minutes with DailyStraits.com. Our guest today is Bridgette Jackson (pictured above) – the founder and CEO of Equal Exes, a divorce service based out from Auckland, New Zealand. She started her business online in November 2018 following a personal experience of having navigated...

KUALA LUMPUR: It has been more than a year since the first Movement Control Order stopped us in our tracks and we are still learning about the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The more we get to know it, the better equipped we are to protect ourselves. At the start of the pandemic, the virus was thought to spread through saliva when we speak, coughed or sneezed. These droplets did not travel ve...

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EP 23- Ben Gleisner of CoGo 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...

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

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 Managing Director of KONE Malaysia. Founded in 1910, KONE is a publicly listed...