Simon Says

In Episode 37, Simon speaks to Sarah Jane Ho. Sara opened China’s first finishing school in Beijing in 2012. Inspired by her mother whom she saw create magic moments and give people a sense of belonging through entertaining, Sara continued her legacy by combining her passion for social with a market need in China for etiquette. She is empowering women in China to live a more confident and positive...

In episode 36, Simons talks to Peter Goodman. Peter is an entrepreneur, investor, mentor and avid golfer. Since selling Brighter Option (http://social.com) Peter is now taking on the insurance world with a new start up Aventus.

Adele is a Malaysian-born American film and television producer and screenwriter for the 2018 movie Crazy Rich Asians. She has also given her support to young writers as mentor and speaker to the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE). Adele is known for her writing on TV series such as One Tree Hill, Life Unexpected, Reign, Star-Crossed, Private Practice and Lethal Weapon. She is als...

In episode 34, Simon talks to Girish Jhunjhnuwala. Girish is the entrepreneur, founder and visionary behind Ovolo Hotels in Hong Kong and Australia. In 2002, he quite literally stumbled into his first service apartment, bringing a new, refreshed outlook on the definition of modern hospitality. Since then, Girish has continued to challenge industry conventions, riding the wave of change by transiti...

In episode 33, Simon talks to David Yeung. David has pioneered a one-of-a-kind integrated platform that engages and empowers millions of people, along with public and private sectors, towards green awareness, action and economy. His work earns him the award of “Social Entrepreneur of the Year” by the World Economic Forum and Schwab Foundation. Other honors and recognitions include “Roddenberry Pri...

In episode 32, Simon talks to Chris Kyme. Chris has spent over 25 years in Asia with multi-national agencies including Leo Burnett, Grey and FCB. He was the Regional Creative Director and a member of the worldwide creative board at FCB. He has created some of Hong Kong's best loved ads, trained many of today's creative talents, and produced award-winning work from just about any agency he has work...

In episode 31, Simon talks to Angie Lau. She is the CEO & founder of Forkast News. As an award-winning 20+ year veteran in broadcast journalism, Angie is most recognized for her role as Bloomberg Television’s Asia anchor of “First Up with Angie Lau” where she’s collected 10,000+ interviews in her career, including some of the top newsmakers and business leaders in the world.

In episode 30, Simon talks to Karena Belin. She co-founded W Hub out of passion for entrepreneurs and startups to make a difference to the growth of the ecosystem, believing in startups to drive innovation and improving the world we live in. In line with this passion, Karena also co-founded AngelHub, HK's first SFC-licensed startup investment platform for professional investors and global startups...

In episode 29, Simon talks to Lavine Hemlani. Founder and CEO of Xccelerate, a leading ed-tech and future of work company headquartered in HK with 5,000+ alumni across Asia. Xccelerate is founded on the vision that the greatest opportunity for improving lives is education and addresses the colossal talent and skills challenges in Artificial Intelligence, Robotics Process Automation (RPA), Software...

In episode 28, Simons talks to Hernán Zanghellini. Hernan is the founder of Zanghellini & Holt (ZHA)which is an Architectural & Interior Design consultancy specialising in high quality hospitality and F&B projects. Born in Chile in 1959, Hernan obtained his architectural degree from the Faculty of Architecture & Urban Design of the University of Chile in 1983, and immediately set up his own design...

In Episode 27, Simon talks to Yat Siu. Yat Siu is a technology entrepreneur/investor based in Hong Kong. He is co-founder and chairman of Animoca Brands, a company focusing on leveraging popular brands, gamification, AI, blockchain, and mobile technology to make engaging apps ranging from games to fitness solutions. Yat is a director for TurnOut Ventures, a partnership between Outblaze and Turner...

In Episode 26, Simon talks to Douglas Young. Douglas Young was born in Hong Kong. He grew up in the UK and now he has the best of both worlds! He is the Co-Founder and designer of an iconic brand called G.O.D. Douglas turns everyday subjects into truly extraordinary objects with humour and creativity. During the podcast, he shares his views on luck, business and his thoughts on living in Hong Kong...

In Episode 25, Simon talks to Sojin Lee. Sojin is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor and founder of Toshi. She believes today's consumer lifestyle is geared to the on-demand economy in all elements of their lives, with convenience at its core. The evolution of retail is Home Services and for this reason she launched Toshi with the intention of providing the last mile to last metre solution for...

In Episode 24, Simon talks to Saasha Celestial-One. She is the co-founder and COO of OLIO, a free app harnessing the power of mobile technology and the sharing economy to provide a revolutionary solution to the problem of food waste, which is the 3rd largest contributor to the climate crisis. OLIO is empowered by 50k+ volunteers. 2m users have successfully shared over 4.2m portions of food in 49 c...

Rachael Flanagan has been an entrepreneur from the age of 18 when she founded Mrs. Buckét Commercial Cleaning Services. In this episode she shares her insights on building a business from scratch and how important purpose is in business today. The Good Luck Club is a podcast and video series that focuses on the idea that luck is an ingredient that's absolutely necessary in order to have a successf...

About Deborah Kan Deborah is an award-winning journalist and media entrepreneur. She spent five years as executive producer of video for the Wall Street Journal where she oversaw the expansion of multi-media throughout Asia. Deborah interviewed many business and political leaders throughout her career, including Google’s Eric Schmidt when she broke the story of Google’s criticism of the U.S. Natio...

In Episode 21, Simon speaks to Adele Parks, who is one of the most-loved and biggest-selling women’s fiction writers in the UK. Adele has sold over 3.5 million books in the UK alone and her books have been translated into 26 different languages. ➜ Grab Adele's latest book 'Just My Luck" via https://www.adeleparks.com/ ➜ Please leave a comment below, it's like oxygen to get your feedback. ➜ Subscri...

In Episode 20, Simon talks to Dr Christina Dean, Founder of Redress and The R Collective. Christina is a sustainable fashion advocate and founder of Redress and The R Collective. Redress was founded in 2007, and is a charity whose mission is to reduce waste in the fashion industry. The R Collective, founded in 2017, is a social impact upcycled fashion brand, which creates sustainable luxury fashio...

In Episode 19, Simon speaks to lifetime entrepreneur Carolyn Cowan, who is a psychosexual and relationship therapist, Kundalini Yoga teacher and Teacher Trainer amongst other things. Before becoming a therapist, Carolyn was a fashion designer and photographer, and earned acclaim as a makeup artist in the pop music video industry. In this open and honest interview, Carolyn shares her story of highs...

In Episode 17, Simon talks to Rutger Bruining, the founder of Story Terrace, a personal biography service that helps people turn their life story into a book. You might recognise Rutger from his appearance on the BBC's Dragon Den in April 2019, where he secured a deal with Dragon, @Tej Lalvani. Rutger talks about his Dragon Den's experience, why he eventually turned down Tej Lalvani's offer, how h...

In Episode 16, Simon sits down with Simon Loong, the inspirational and forward-thinking founder and Group CEO of WeLab to hear his journey to building WeLab into one of the world's largest Fintech startups with over 43m customers (and he's just getting started!) ➜ WeLab: https://www.welab.co/en ➜ Check out the Q&A with Simon Loong via https://youtu.be/5KVOz3NJR94 ➜ Simon Loong: https://www.linkedi...

Our guest this week is serial entrepreneur and adventure athlete, Malcolm Wood. Malcolm is the founder of A Plastic Ocean / The Last Glaciers / Maximal Concepts. Malcolm is a reputable influence in the F&B industry. His passion for design and food led him to co-found the multi award-winning Maximal Concepts, a hospitality group that has created and owned over twenty individual brands and has resta...

➜ Our guest this week is NiQ Lai, CEO of Hong Kong Broadband Network: https://www.hkbn.net/personal/home/tc/landing ➜ Let's talk business! Please leave a comment below. We will always reply. ➜ Subscribe for inspiration: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGznz4NfW5iymkvn1l40qyA?sub_confirmation=1 NiQ Lai is an inspirational leader. He leads by caring with HKBN's model of 'doing good and doing well'...

In Episode 13, Simon sits down with Jonathan Zeman, the CEO of LKF Group to hear about how he's navigated becoming part of and then driving and diversifying a well-established and world-renowned family business. /// About Jonathan Zeman ------- Jonathan is Chief Executive Officer of the Lan Kwai Fong Group, a diversified property development company with business interests in commercial and reside...

In this week’s podcast, I speak with London-based entrepreneur Damien Nicol. He owns the family business Back & Active in Belsize Park in London. We recorded this podcast a few weeks ago before Coronavirus kicked into high gear in the UK but his message that success for him means being able to spend time with your family, resonates more so today than ever. Like any small business owner, things are...