#bitcoin #solana #blockchain  Luno’s Aaron Tang - The Bitcoin, Crypto Bull Market Has Begun, But It’s Early Days Yet The Bitcoin and crypto market is in a clear bull run right now, making it an excellent time to be talking to Aaron Tang, the Regional General Manager of Luno, where he oversees the Malaysian, Singaporean and Indonesian crypto markets for the global cryptocurrency platform.  I get deep into the weeds with him on how early we are in the current crypto bull run, question him on...

This health-related podcast, like my earlier one on cancer with Dr Teo Soo Hwang (see link below) is also a personal one, as I have lost a number of friends and close acquaintances to heart disease in recent months.  In some cases, the deaths were shocking, since they happened to seemingly healthy, fit and well-adjusted people. Not at all – at least superficially – that fell within the definition of ‘high-risk’. I resolved to attempt to better understand the Whys and Wherefores of heart...

Former EPF CEO Tunku Alizakri: Facing Up To An Uncertain Retirement and Financial Future   Tunku Alizakri Raja Muhammad Alias is a highly experienced and respected corporate figure and a former CEO of Malaysia’s Employees Provident Fund, among the world’s oldest provident funds and the 7th-largest in the world, with over a trillion Ringgit in assets under management.    In today’s chat, we focus on one of Malaysia’s most pressing concerns: the lack of sufficient savings for many Malaysians,...

Malaysia Needs Reforms. LOTs of Them. Professor Terence Gomez, a former Professor of Political Economy at the University of Malaya and Dean of Economics, talks about the impact Malaysia’s politics have had on the livelihoods of ordinary folks and on the nation's economy as well. (Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School...

#4x4 #explore #adventure  Thomas Foo - 4x4 World Explorer, Biker and Adventurer  Thomas 'Tango' Foo is a biker, off-roader, explorer, traveler, relief worker and entrepreneur, having spent over three decades crisscrossing all seven continents wherever his trusty Toyota Landcruiser will take him and his merry band of friends and fellow explorers.  Thomas’ life is an inspiring story of courage and heart, a pursuit of his passion for adventure and travel while spreading a message of peace, love...

500 Global’s Khailee Ng – Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist and Philosopher   Khailee Ng is among Malaysia’s tech successes, having exited two startups with Says.Com and Groupsmore, and funding, through the venture capital firm 500 Global, seven regional unicorns, including Grab, Carousell, Bukalapak and Carsome.  With success having come early to him and plenty of time to consider ‘Life’ at a more tender age than most, he also has reached fascinating conclusions about the world at large,...

Stashaway’s Michel Ferrario - Can Robo-Advisors Make Your Financial Dreams Come True?  Michele Ferrario, one of Stashaway’s three co-founders and its CEO, shares his journey, the state of tech markets, planning for retirement, financial literacy and being an entrepreneur, among many other things.  (Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between...

Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar - A Humble Malaysian Super-Achiever Tan Sri Wahid came from humble beginnings to become one of Malaysia’s most successful corporate leaders in the new millennium, successfully leading four major organisations in infrastructure development (UEM), telecommunications (Telekom Malaysia), financial services (Maybank) and investment management (Permodalan Nasional Bhd).  He was also appointed a Senator and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of Economic...

Few folks, if ever, see their childhood dreams come true. Even fewer make it happen in their forties.  For Jewelen’s Ivy Teong, that jump was made, becoming a jewellery designer and business owner, in her second career.  This is her story.  --- FOLLOW IVY HERE: IG: @juwelen_design  URL: https://www.juwelendesign.com/ YT:  @ivyteong570 Blog: https://ivyteong.blogspot.com/

Dwi Emas’ Anne Tham - From Tuition Teacher to Education Entrepreneur  Anne Tham could have been any one of us. The only difference is that she took the plunge. To try and make a difference. Otherwise she would have remained a tuition teacher, griping at the system’s many flaws, like so many other Malaysians. Instead, she is today the head of a number of schools trying to make a difference, fully aware that an education – a proper one – is the key to unlocking a better future.  (Many thanks to...

MIT’s Pulkit Agrawal - Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe?  Should AI be feared or welcomed? Humankind is still in a quandary on this issue. Best to speak to the experts then, in the form of Pulkit Agrawal, who is an Assistant Professor at MIT, building Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interaction systems for commercial application. His areas of study include robotics, computer vision, artificial intelligence and reinforcement learning.  (Many thanks to the Asia School of Business...

Kavin Jay – Comedians, Malaysia’s REAL Journalists  Kavin Jay is one of Malaysia’s funniest men, recognised as such by the Netflix special he was invited to record in 2018, titled ‘Everybody Calm Down’. He is also one of Malaysia’s most original and ‘real’ comedians, driven to his art by a very unique set of circumstances.  Here, he talks to Chuang about his journey to comedy, evolving along the way to become a true storyteller, much akin to a journalist, though often braver – and definitely...

MIT’s Sanjay Sarma: Why Indian CEOs Are Taking Over the World  The Asian Century is well upon us but the rise of her people on the world stage has not been a linear one. Fraught with complexities and clearly divisive, the reasons for this video’s title are nonetheless fascinating – and instructive.  Today’s chat is with Sanjay Sarma, the brilliant and affable CEO of the Asia School of Business in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, having arrived from sojourns in the private sector, academia and the...

#female #technology #ceo #nft #adobe #creativecloud   Acestar’s Natalie Sit - Never Forget the Taste of Poverty    Natalie Sit is the multiple award-winning owner of software services firm Acestar, a platinum reseller of Adobe Creative Cloud licences, having reached the pinnacle despite having no tertiary education, the daughter of noodle sellers in Ipoh. This is her story, as told to Khoo Hsu Chuang.(Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More...

#retirement  #malaysia  #aged  EPF’s Nurhisham Hussein - Malaysia’s Retirement Crisis Is Already Upon Us    With costs outrunning salaries and a rapidly ageing population, Malaysia’s retirement time bomb has already exploded.  Nurhisham Hussein, a longtime professional acquaintance and Chief Strategy Officer at the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), Malaysia’s largest pension fund, talks to Khoo Hsu Chuang about some solutions, both at a personal and policy level. (Hint: they’re both...

#China #War #ASEANLoh Wei Hoong - China: an Autocratic Warmonger or ASEAN’s Biggest Opportunity? China is the biggest enigma of our time. For us in ASEAN, she is either our biggest threat or our greatest opportunity. Or can China be both? The more viewpoints we have, the more data points we can obtain to triangulate our opinions to form an educated guess.Loh Wei Hoong, a longtime educator, investor and entrepreneur in China and Vistage chair, shares his point of view with Khoo Hsu...

#war #inequality #nuclear #economy  Professor KS Jomo - Facing Up to War, the Military Industrial Complex, Food Security and Central Banks  Professor KS Jomo is one of Asia's most prominent economists of our time, having spent much of his career examining the challenges besetting the growth and development of emerging market economies in Asia and Africa. This, in the context of the policies practised and fomented by some of the world's richest nations in Europe and North America.  Hailing...

Pemandu’s Dato' Sri Idris Jala: The Leader Malaysia Could Have Had - But Didn’t  #Leadership #Turnaround #MAS #Proton #Malaysia  PEMANDU's Dato' Sri Idris Jala - The Leader Malaysia Could Have Had - But Didn't  Born in Sarawak as a devout Kelabit Christian, Dato' Sri Idris Jala wasn’t meant to work at Shell for 23 years. Nor was he meant to head Malaysia Airlines, help Proton in its turnaround strategy, work as a former Minister in the Malaysian government, much less advise governments and...

#property #realestate #reit #malaysia #klangvalley #singapore  Knight Frank’s Justin Chee - Is The Malaysian Property Market Finally Coming Back?  Knight Frank Malaysia’s Executive Director Justin Chee shares his thoughts on the Malaysian property market and the new areas for property investment, which has always been a good hedge against inflation.  (Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded....

#investing #antifragile #change  Penjana Kapital’s Taufiq Iskandar: ‘Read, Adapt, Antifragile’ Malaysians have a chance to prosper in an uncertain yet unexciting future but first they must learn to shed old habits while adopting new approaches that appear daunting at first, says Taufiq Iskandar, CEO of Penjana Kapital, whose mandate is to assist in ensuring Malaysia’s success.  CONTENTS 00:00 - Intro00:39 - The Unpredictability of Today's World 01:54 - Applying the Knowns and Unknowns to...

#ula #ecommerce #Internet #Indonesia Ula's Nipun Mehra: Conquering Indonesia's Vast and Fast-Growing E-Commerce Market  Nipun Mehra, the Founder and CEO of Indonesia-based e-commerce firm Ula, came to entrepreneurship late in life, having first worked atSequoia Capital, Flipkart, Pine Labs, Amazon and Boston Consulting.  The delay didn't hurt though, with Ula now counting Jeff Bezos, Prosus Ventures, Tencent and B-Capital Group among its investors, hoping to capture a portion of the $300B+...

Richard Eu is the great-grandson of Eu Kwong Pai, who founded the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) business Eu Yan Sang, which first began in Perak, Malaysia in 1879. He has been credited not only with keeping the 144-year-old brand relevant and thriving, but also for wresting back control of the business from Lum Chang in a series of buyouts, listing (and de-listing) the company on the SGX and steering the brand into the digital age. Like most scions of multi-generational, successful...

EP Plus’ Pang Tse Ming: Profitable, Innovative and Altruistic   Tse Ming is the founder and CEO of EP Plus, a healthcare and pharmaceutical company he founded to escape his humble beginnings. Now profitable and exploring a regional expansion into three more countries on top of the existing three (Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia), the company’s focus has shifted to also incorporate Innovation and Altruism    CONTENTS 00:18 - Kuala Pilah, Sports, Risk-Taking and Being a ‘Have-Not’ 03:15 -...

#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #business Medispec's Teng Beng Lee -- From Fighter Pilot to Successful Business Exit  From humble beginnings in Penang, Malaysia, to wanting to become a fighter pilot in the SIngapore army and then into business having obtained his first product from Thailand, determination marked Teng Beng Lee's success in business.  (Vistage Malaysia engaged Do More to conduct this interview. Vistage is the world’s largest CEO coaching and peer advisory organisation for small...