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On this episode of Endeavor Hour, we speak to Alex Fernandez, co-founder & CEO of video game developer Streamline Studios. Listen to how Alex and his friends grew Streamline Studios from taking 6 thousand dollar jobs to raking in multi-million dollar deals in less than a decade, and established the company as Southeast Asia’s largest video game developer. See omnystudio.com/listener for...

It’s that time of the month when the folks from OpenMinds Resources take over the airwaves to keep us up to speed on what’s new in the digital space to help marketers better strategize their online initiatives. This time we discuss Facebook Household Targeting Ads, Facebook Insights, Facebook Messenger Ads and Snapchat Backdrops, Sound Effects and Clickable Links See omnystudio.com/lis...

Andreas Vogiatzakis, the CEO of Havas Media Group, and Kenny Ong, the managing director for Universal Music in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indochina, talk about the role that music plays in advertising, looking at previous campaigns where music was used and why a music video was a successful marketing tool for Firefly Airlines. Also discussed are how music assets tie specifically into brand affinity,...

Nicole Liebmann, Head of Mobile for APAC and South Africa at Exponential is responsible for leading the revenue and operations for the company’s mobile solutions. Nicole shares four mobile campaigns by Exponential as case studies on the new way of mobile engagement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre (MaGIC) is kicking off its Global Accelerator Programme to empower creativity and innovation, as well as facilitate entrepreneurship development. For the next four months, GAP participants will meet and work with some of the region’s experts, collaborate with peers, fine­tune ideas and understand what makes a business sustainable. Joh...

On this episode of Endeavor Hour, we speak to Mark Koh, an Endeavor Entrepreneur candidate from Malaysia who is the co-founder & CEO of Supahands, a platform that helps high-growth businesses scale quicker, by providing access to a diverse, elastic and on-demand workforce, comprising of thousands of SupaAgents. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s that time of the month when the folks from OpenMinds Resources take over the airwaves to keep us up to speed on what’s new in the digital space to help marketers better strategize their online initiatives. This time we discuss Google's Shopping Ads, Apple's Business Messenger, Snapchat Ads and LinkedIn's new lead generation forms. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

Korn Ferry Futurestep’s global survey unveils the challenges facing talent acquisition professionals and shares the opinions of over 1,000 talent acquisition and HR leaders around the world. Pip Eastman, Managing Director for ASEAN at Korn Ferry Futurestep shares key results from the survey and also what talent acquisition leaders can do to futureproof their organisations from the changing d...

On this episode of Endeavor Hour, we speak to Adrian Agus, an Endeavor Entrepreneur from Indonesia who is the co-founder & CEO of Puyo Desserts, a business he founded at the relatively young age with his teenage sister and just $400 in startup capital. 6 years later, Adrian has not raised any further capital but employs 150 people in his 25 stores all over Jakarta. See omnystudio.com/listener...

The folks from OpenMinds Resources keep us up to speed on what’s new in the digital space to help marketers better strategize their online initiatives. On the agenda today we talk about revelations at the Facebook F8 Conference, including updates to Messenger Business Bots, Camera Effects, Augmented Reality and Facebook Analysis. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The new companies act was enforced in January. For those from the corporate and legal sector are eager to learn how this new Act affect their businesses. Lee Shih, partner at Skrine recently authored a book on the Companies Act 2016 will share about the new provisions of Companies Act and how it will affect companies administration, capital maintenance, new shareholders’ rights and what dire...

Autonomous Vehicles has been a hot topic when it comes to the future of transportation. But what’s truly transformative is the Platoon Technology. Mats Nilsson, Managing Director of Volvo Malaysia is responsible for all trucks operations in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. He points out the changing demands and how the lifting of trade borders under AEC will help speed track future of logisti...

Reorganisation is usually the first thing companies do to drive change, assuming that moving people and processes around will eventually yield success. But too often, cost cutting is done almost indiscriminately, compromising their key capabilities. PWC’s Strategy& team join us to discuss key messages from a book called Fit For Growth, which guides companies, organisations and other grou...

Mario Berta is an Endeavor Entrepreneur candidate in the Philippines who founded FlySpaces, a digital marketplace that provides short-term work and meeting space solutions to entrepreneurs, startups, SMEs and mobile professionals. They are based in the Philippines and operates cities in six countries. Mario shares his background prior to FlySpaces and why he is eager to get through the Endeavor Se...

Funding Societies is the first P2P operator to launch in Malaysia. Launched in February 2017, Funding Societies Malaysia has successfully crowdfunded two loans so far. With experience in Singapore Indonesia and now Malaysia we learn how is P2P financing panning out in the region and also benefitting SMEs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Raj Kumar, CEO at UCSI Consulting Group talks about LOVING innovation. He notes down actionable steps for organisation with case studies on how they can embrace innovation in this changing time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As of October, close to 470,000 vehicles were sold in 2016. In total we have over 26 million vehicles of all type, including motorcycle, bus and taxi, on the road while we are only a population of 30 million in our country. What are the current initiatives right here in Malaysia when it comes to sustainable trends, especially for trucks? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Edelman has been tracking trust amongst the segments of business, government, NGOs, and the media since 2012 in Malaysia. The 2017 Edelman Trust Barometer revealed that trust is actually in crisis at the moment. Here to share with us on this study of trust is Managing Director of Edelman, Robert Kay. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On February 20th-22nd, Endeavor Malaysia hosted the 69th International Selection Panel (ISP) for the first time in Kuala Lumpur. The ISP KL brought together entrepreneur candidates and business leaders from 15 countries, selecting 18 high-impact entrepreneurs. Aaron Patel, founder of iHandal was one out of two Malaysian companies that were selected at the ISP joins us and shares his experience. Se...

This is the continuation from last week’s conversation on the relationship between food and IP law. We’ve covered trade secrets, copyright and trademark laws previously. This round, we’re looking into patent protection and also industrial design protection. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The easiest way to protect your recipes is to make it a trade secret. But Lim Eng Leong, Trademark Manager at Henry Goh & Co thinks otherwise. He believes that there are other means of protecting your food under the Intellectual Property umbrella. We will go through the elements of IP law which includes copyright, trademark and patent protection. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...

On average, Malaysian SMEs take 46 days to pay back their debts. Kesh Singh, founder of Kollect Systems shares the current dire situation especially with the reinforcement of GST Act and the solutions available to automate debt recovery for businesses. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From a small neighborhood flower shop founded in 1979, Alissar is now one of Middle East and North Africa region’s leading floral solutions providers. Charif Mzayek took over his father’s business and transformed the entire industry by advising cut flower growers on advanced eco-friendly technologies. The Endeavor Entrepreneur in Jordan shares his plans to expand into Southeast Asia wi...

If you doubt it, chances are you can’t afford it. According to statistics from Malaysia Department of Insolvency, on average of 60 people declared bankrupt everyday and 26% of it are car loan defaulters. Did you know that you can be declared as bankrupt without even you knowing it with debts as low as RM30,000? As severe as this sounds, there aren’t enough information in the world wide...

It’s common today to hear about lifestyle diseases such as inactivity. We spent hours slouching over our desks with bad posture for hours everyday. Do you think employers should take into consideration of a Workplace Wellness Program? Are we at a stage where it’s becoming an issue to the public health? Anwar Anis, CEO at Pantai Hospital KL and Wong Wen Yin, Head of Dietetic Unit at Pan...