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As we gear up for our annual retail conference, Enterprise ROCKS 2019, we take a look at the highlights from last year. In the first part of this three-part recap, Anabelle Co-Martinent, Sheikh Manzoor Ghani, and Ganesh Kumar Bangah discuss data analytics - should your approach be qualitative, quantitative or both? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When we enter the workforce, we are exposed to a whole host of issues and conflicts, and some of them crop up no matter where you work or what position you're in. So how do we address these problems? Shankar Santhiram talks to us all about solving common workplace woes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are you someone who is thinking of investing, but doesn’t have the first clue about it? Or do you find that most investment schemes have a high capital minimum requirement which is quite difficult to reach? Bhavan Sarpal won Maybank Go Ahead Challenge 2018 with his idea for a micro-investment initiative called “Mybank Spare”, which saves your spare change and starts you on your i...

The best way to run an online travel magazine is to have content created by people from all around the world. We speak to Kris Naudts, founder of Culture Trip, about the idea behind curating travel articles from a global writers’ base, the challenges of keeping content fresh, and quality-control in a landscape that’s cracking down on clickbait. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...

The tuition business has grown into a multi-million ringgit industry here in Malaysia. But is tuition really necessary? And what should we expect from these supplementary education centres moving forward? We speak to Steven Shorthose, founder of one-stop education centre, INtuition, about going beyond helping students secure a high-test score. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The traditional 9-5 cubicle-based office space is slowly beginning to decay in favour of remote and mobile working and the advent of open-office co-working models. So with co-working spaces popping up all over Malaysia, how do you set yourself apart? Benjamin Teo, CEO of Paramount Property Development & Director of Co-labs Coworking, talks all about the shift from fixed offices to co-working a...

In this day and age, we are inundated with success stories from around the world. Mukul Deva, life coach and mentor, has not only compiled 50 success stories in his latest book called “Make Success A Habit”, but also has questions and action tips at the end of each story, so that everyone can be empowered and make success a habit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

95% of traffic on online commerce platforms goes unmonetized, which is why Intent wants to turn that traffic into revenue for both the advertiser and platform alike… by changing the way advertising works. We speak to Richard Harris, CEO of Intent , about everything from creating award-winning work culture, to using sophisticated data modeling to study customers on a deeper level. See omnyst...

With over 8 million downloads worldwide, HealthifyMe has helped people achieve their fitness goals - be it weight loss, eating healthy or staying fit. The health and fitness app has just opened a new headquarters in Singapore and now has its sights on helping Malaysians lead a healthier lifestyle, with the help of its super cheeky AI digital nutritionist, Ria. See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...

The few choices you make each morning determine whether you’ll be productive and effective all day or whether you’ll be reactive and merely putting out fires throughout your day. How your start your day determines plays a large part in how you perform during your day. Jeevan Sahadevan, the founder of Leveragelab, takes us on an adventure through fascinating, powerful and interesting mo...

The sneaker footwear market is expected to reach $95.14 billion by 2025 and there’s also a huge underground resale shoe market which is currently valued at $1 Billion. Sneakers have become an investment. At the heart of keeping these investments clean is Malaysia's very own Shoe Mo. South East Asia's Shoe and Sneaker care service company. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are you a founder of a start-up? Or do you aspire to be a founder of a start-up but are unsure of how and where to begin? Ng SaiKit and Navin Danapal, program leaders of Founder Institute, discuss this mentor-led program that helps founders launch technology companies, and the re-launch of its KL chapter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nowadays, hotels have some tough competition with the ever growing homestay market - and property owners are loving the extra income too! But how do you organise managing multiple properties, worrying about property damage, or finding a host for your property? Jordan Oon discusses his startup, HostAStay, a tech platform that offers end-to-end solutions for the homestay market. See omnystudio.com/l...

Livn is the largest global network of tours and activities, all connected in real-time. As a B2B platform, the company has seen dramatic growth in the last year by applying new tech and classic ingenuity to reach its goals. We speak to Mark Rizzuto, CEO of Livn, about said growth, the challenges the company is facing, as well as how it created this massive network of travel products. See omnystudi...

Every day, thousands of new users from around the world join Koble to form new relationships and get business done smarter. The Tinder-meets-LinkedIn B2B matchmaking platform aims to simplify the customer journey by matching prospects with relevant companies, products and people. CEO Fabrice Saporito joins us to discuss Koble’s rapid growth, and how they’re changing the way companies d...

The jobs of the past were based on human strength. The jobs of the present are based on the power of the mind. So how do you prepare for the jobs of the future? We speak to award winning entrepreneur ST Rubaneswaran, CEO of KCom Group about the ICT training company’s efforts to upskill the workforce of the nation and make Malaysia a desired place to build a career or business. See omnystudio...

We’ve all had a fantasy of being the hero in a storybook, and as films like Black Panther and Crazy Rich Asians have shown, seeing someone like yourself represented in media is incredibly powerful and important. Warren Leow is the founder of a startup called Amazing Fables that allows your child to literally become the hero of their own story. He discusses his unique business model, the dida...

As more people skew their travel itinerary towards more local-centric experiences, startups like Tralulu have emerged to bridge the gap between tourists and homegrown businesses, while empowering the locals in the process. We speak to Andrew Cua, founder of Tralulu, about the amazing experience that led him here, and why he thinks platforms like Tralulu are pivotal to the local travel scene. See o...

What exactly is “hotel DNA”, and how can both travelers and business owners use it to their advantage? Alexandra Ramos explains how her company, Travelsify, has discovered an untapped pool of data - and with the help of artificial intelligence, has begun classifying hotels and travel destinations in a whole new way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Discover the power of the humble receipt. The guys behind Innergia Labs talk to us about the issues Malaysian retailers are facing today, and how their SYCARDA business analytics system, which mines information from receipts, is helping hundreds of SMEs here prevent shrinkage and pilferage at the till. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Especially when you’re working a 9 to 5 in an office, it’s easy to neglect proper nutrition OR overcompensate by bringing in plain salads every day. So what is the middle ground? Jackie Leong, founder of Ours Eatery, discusses the importance of the clean eating food community. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meetings are boring, right? Julian Jost thinks so too, which is why he founded Spacebase - a platform that connects people with a multitude of conducive spaces, so that meetings can be unique, refreshing, and most importantly, productive. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

City Harbour International School pledges to offer a unique educational experience to your child – one that emphasises on emotional, spiritual, physical and intellectual development, at an affordable price point. Located close to the harbour in Manjung Perak, it is also the only international school in Malaysia to collaborate with Outward Bound School, challenging its students to activities...

Founded in India, AI-driven marketing-tech platform SilverPush is now expanding into Southeast Asia, to work with brands like Samsung, CocaCola, McDonald’s, Cadbury and Unilever to enhance audience engagement for customers in the region. Silverpush uses advanced technology such as video fingerprinting and content recognition technology to help brands break through the ad clutter, and we spea...

We all rely on grocery shopping to keep our households healthy and happy. But we don’t often think about where our groceries come from and the logistics of that process. That’s where Wosco, an e-commerce platform that supplies groceries in bulk in a B2B capacity, comes in. Wong Su Yi, the CEO of Wosco, discusses how she came up with the idea for the company and why she decided to overs...