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The flagship entrepreneurship show on BFM, featuring personal business stories from early stage start-ups, all the way to billionaire octogenarians in Malaysia and abroad. Notable guests include Martin Cooper (father of the mobile phone), Julian Assange (founder of WikiLeaks), Ralph Henry Baer (father of video games), Tony Buzan (Mindmap Guru), Isaac Tigrett (Hard Rock Cafe founder), Robert Kiyosaki (Financial Guru), Nick Vujicic (motivational speaker) and more. Tap into this valuable resource of shared experiences for the SME industry, which also touches on news, issues and trends affecting the business community and beyond.

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The flagship entrepreneurship show on BFM, featuring personal business stories from early stage start-ups, all the way to billionaire octogenarians in Malaysia and abroad. Notable guests include Martin Cooper (father of the mobile phone), Julian Assange (founder of WikiLeaks), Ralph Henry Baer (father of video games), Tony Buzan (Mindmap Guru), Isaac Tigrett (Hard Rock Cafe founder), Robert Kiyosaki (Financial Guru), Nick Vujicic (motivational speaker) and more. Tap into this valuable resource of shared experiences for the SME industry, which also touches on news, issues and trends affecting the business community and beyond.

    VIDANEX: Leveraging AI to Detect and Diagnose Cancer

    VIDANEX: Leveraging AI to Detect and Diagnose Cancer

    Founded back in November 2023, VIDANEX is the first spin-off company of IMU (also formerly known as International Medical University), with a mission to help digitalise the healthcare space and integrate AI with medical imaging solutions.

    From pancreatic to breast cancer and more, this homegrown university spinoff says that its AI-driven insights will empower clinicians to make informed decisions, ultimately improving patient outcomes and ushering in a new era of precision in medicine and patient-centric care.

    On top of that, their solution is supposed to help digitalise healthcare by enabling clinicians to transition seamlessly from traditional to modern processes, optimizing efficiency and improving patient care.

    All of that sounds inevitably great, but what does it actually mean, look, and feel like in the real world? Well, that is something we will get into, along with the exploration of Dr. Elaine and Daniel's backgrounds, including how they came together to do this.

    We also discuss the genesis of their venture and its commercialisation journey, where they are currently on their engagements with the government, and the future aspirations that drive Vidanex.
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    • 39 min
    Home Cooked Meals For Your Pets

    Home Cooked Meals For Your Pets

    Today on Open For Business, we speak with Keith Lester Tang, the Founder of Streetpaw, a Malaysian based company that sells pet meals, bone broths and merchandise to earn a sustainable income in their journey to support stray animals.

    Over the course of the conversation, Keith will help us get a better picture on Streetpaw’s unique business model, the challenges they had to pull through from the pandemic, foreseeable expansion plans into other SEA markets, and what the future has in store for Streetpaw in 2024.
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    • 17 min
    Why Michele Ferrario Built Stashaway Despite 124 Investor Rejections

    Why Michele Ferrario Built Stashaway Despite 124 Investor Rejections

    Ex-Zalora CEO, Michele Ferrario did not want to become an entrepreneur but had a need that nobody could provide for here in the region. Despite 124 pre-launch rejections from early-stage investors, he went about trying to build it himself and Stashaway was then born.

    Commonly known as robo-advisors, digital wealth managers or digital investment managers as they are known here in Malaysia, were an exciting development in the financial industry with pioneers such as Wealthfront and Betterment leading the charge 15-16 years ago, pushing the idea of making investing cheaper, easier, and more accessible. That said, the industry has struggled to find a profitable footing, with some players in the US having to adjust or pivot their models in order to make it work.

    In this episode of Open For Business, we dive into how Stashaway is navigating this challenge, whether their business model actually works, and if so, what is going to get them in the black. Before that, we take a look back in 2016 and find out why the now-former CEO of Zalora switched industries and jumped into the world of wealth management, how Michele and his co-founders built Stashaway, and the key lessons he has learned from the 8 year journey with the company.
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    • 43 min
    From Tapau Boxes to Trophies

    From Tapau Boxes to Trophies

    Natureloop is a KL-based company that specialises in designing and manufacturing products made from plastic waste. Instead of being discarded, Natureloop transforms plastic waste into new products such as coasters, customisable plant pots, as well as medals and trophies.

    Today on Open For Business, we speak with Brandon Chong Chee Wing, the Founder of Natureloop to breakdown their mission of turning plastic waste into a sustainable resource and signifying the company’s dedication to its quality and responsibility in the pursuit of not just creating products, but also making a positive impact on the planet.
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    • 24 min
    Can The Rainmakers Improve Accessibility in Property Investing?

    Can The Rainmakers Improve Accessibility in Property Investing?

    The Rainmakers wants to make property investing more accessible to retail investors, helping them get a fractional slice of property ownership without the typical financial strains that come with property investing.

    Having raised RM620,000 in pre-seed capital, The Rainmakers are trying to raise a seed round of RM1.2 million at a pre-money valuation of RM 6 million through equity crowdfunding platform Leet Capital. They’re offering 16.67% of the company and the post-money valuation is expected to be RM7.2 million.

    In this episode of Open For Business, we will delve into why The Rainmakers is raising these new funds, the motivations behind Kelv’s ambitions to make property investing more accessible, and how they’re going to make this business model work.

    Note: At the top of the fundraising page is a disclaimer that reads:
    G Gen Labs Sdn Bhd engages in securities-related activities and is required to obtain a license from the Securities Commission (SC). Failure to secure this license may adversely affect their business operations. Please note that Leet Capital and its affiliated companies cannot assure or guarantee that G Gen Labs Sdn Bhd will ultimately obtain the required license from the Securities Commission of Malaysia.
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    • 36 min
    Parcel Daily: Helping E-commerce Businesses Settle Shipping

    Parcel Daily: Helping E-commerce Businesses Settle Shipping

    Founded in 2017, Parcel Daily is a courier aggregator platform that helps optimise courier shipping cost and improve the shipping experience by connecting e-commerce businesses, big and small, with their network of service providers, such as DHL, PosLaju, and Ninjavan, among many others.

    To date, they have processed more than 5 million parcels and have provided shipping solutions to more than 5000 customers, and on this edition of Open For Business we journey back to their origins 7 years ago and how they built this asset light platform, the value-add this provides to the e-commerce industry, and what lies ahead for this.
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    • 35 min

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