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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 Kiyosa... more

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The F&B industry is often romanticised, but for Shareen Ramli, the reality is far grittier. Yet, for 23 years, she has stayed in the game, evolving from making curry puffs at 2 a.m. to running the 105-seater Siti Li Dining & Foodhall.

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In this episode of Open For Business, we sit down with Dr Shian Lee, the aerospace engineer behind Alphaswift Industries.

This is not a shiny drones conversation. It’s about what happens when machines start carrying real responsibility. We talk abou... more

Founded in 2017 as a simple telemedicine app, Doctor Anywhere (DA) became a pandemic darling, raising nearly $176 million from heavyweights like IHH Healthcare and Temasek-linked Pavilion Capital. But in a surprising twist, the digital disruptor spen... more

How do you turn nostalgia into a scalable business in one of Malaysia’s most crowded food and beverage markets?

On this episode of Open For Business, we speak with Nick Ng, Founder and CEO of Hock Kee Kopitiam, about building a modern kopitiam brand... more

In this episode of Open For Business, we look at why coworking seems to have lost its way and whether a quieter, more stripped-back model is the answer.

We speak with Timothy Tiah, founder of Jerry Coworking Space, about building a business that del... more

In late November, Costco filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the “Liberation Day tariffs", and the White House remained surprisingly silent.

BFM speaks with Bryan DeAngelis of Penta Group to decode this "quiet rebellion." Corporate... more

Restaurants are under pressure like never before like rising costs, staff shortages, shrinking margins, and systems that were never designed for today’s pace of business.

We speak with Squall Tan, CEO of FeedMe, about how a simple frustration with s... more

In 2015, advertising veterans Chantelle Teoh and Kelvin Long grew tired of the generic, "embarrassing" souvenirs found at Central Market. They wanted products that actually spoke the language of Malaysians, literally.

Starting with a single t-shirt ... more

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Warren Mak
CEO and co-founder of Ted Optimus, a local investment platform
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Joseph Chin
City organizer for AI Tinkerers, Kuala Lumpur and founder of docuask.ai
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Andrew Henderson
Founder of Nomad Capitalist
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Bruce Yang
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Aditya Haripurkar
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Founder and CEO of Arkmind, focusing on digitizing the non-bank lending sector
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Roshan Khanesan
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Old Recipes, New Ambitions: How Hock Kee Kopitiam Is Expanding
Q: Are you looking at other markets outside of Malaysia at all?
Ng confirms he had intentions to open in Singapore but decided to focus on stabilizing his Malaysian outlets before considering international expansion.
Old Recipes, New Ambitions: How Hock Kee Kopitiam Is Expanding
Q: Have you secured VC investment funds or has this thing been entirely bootstrapped?
Ng explains that they are using internal funds generated by the outlets to finance new openings, stating that solid revenue from existing outlets supports expansion.
Old Recipes, New Ambitions: How Hock Kee Kopitiam Is Expanding
Q: What do you think is your USP then? What makes you unique from some of the other chains and the outlets?
Ng mentions the importance of design, creating a comfortable environment that feels like home, and offering food that tells a story rooted in his childhood.
Old Recipes, New Ambitions: How Hock Kee Kopitiam Is Expanding
Q: Take me back to the beginning then. What made you think or what made you believe that this concept could become a business and not just a passion project?
Ng describes how he observed that Kopitiam food is something people eat daily and decided to serve Malaysian food that he takes pride in.
10 Years of APOM: From Selling Tees to “Rebranding Malaysia”
Q: How do you keep home and APOM separate?
It's a work in progress, and though it can be difficult, both respect each other's strengths, which helps in balancing personal and professional lives.

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