Entrepreneurs of Asia (EOA‪)‬ entrepreneursofasia

E:39 Mak Choong Moon is Vistage Chair where he coaches over 40 CEOs and business owners each month. He has been deeply involved in Malaysian property development for close to 40 years. He is an expert in turning businesses around and selling them. His family business has been involved in private equity before it was even a well developed asset class in Malaysia. In this episode we cover various aspects of coaching and what Mak has learned as a coach for many years. We also get an update on the latest happenings in property development in Malaysia and the Legacy of Mak’s family business.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:31 Why Do You Need A Coach?
05:14 What Qualifies One To Coach?
07:56 Systems and Frameworks For Coaching
32:05 Most Important Lessoned Learned From Coaching
35:12 CEO major concerns for 2023
39:44 Property Development in 2023
58:50 Legacy of Makok and Masbe
01:26:54 Malaysia In The Next 10 Years
01:29:59 Mak's Superpower

Description: This episode is a solo episode on some thoughts I had about pricing products and services especially for early stage companies. The original thought came from listening to an old This Week in Startups episode with Marco Zappacosta (https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ylxDbTCXPzoNy8ZizCNJ3?si=c6ccf80ecf984f8f). This episode covers the general approaches to how I have thought about pricing products or services. It then covers some of the nuance that I refine into my thinking after hearing Marco Zappacosta speak. The Context (00:00:58) | The Bottom Up Approach (00:04:01) | The Top Down Approach (00:05:43) | Putting It Together & Price Discipline (00:07:56)
 
Accompanying Substack: https://entrepreneursofasia.substack.com/p/on-pricing-products

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