
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
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 1998 | Founded | 16 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Business | |||

Operating a restaurant in Singapore is exceptionally challenging. With world-leading commercial rents, strict labour laws, and volatile food costs, traditional F&B margins are razor-thin. Joseph Ryan spent years navigating this system, opening major ... more
When Choy Peng Yew last appeared on the show in early 2023, Pet World was on a massive growth trajectory. As Malaysia's largest homegrown pet food manufacturer behind household brands like ProDiet, ProBalance, and Delizios, the company was scaling at... more
Fresh off an $8 million Series A funding round co-led personally by the CEO of Bybit, David Low, Co-Founder and CEO of Hata, unpacks what’s next for this young crypto exchange.
We discuss how the platform accumulated over 225,000 users and passed RM... more
Red Communications has been running since 1999 — 26 years of producing television, film, branded content, and digital programming for audiences that the industry had largely ignored: women, young people, families. The 3R show ran for 15 years and was... more
In Japan and South Korea, parking a car is entirely automated. You drive into a bay, turn off your engine, and walk away while a robotic system lifts and stores your vehicle in a multi-level tower. There are no ramps, no circling for spots, and no wa... more
After a 30-year career at PETRONAS, a pandemic-induced mental health challenge pushed Zalina Abdul Rahim to completely rethink her retirement. Retreating to her family's farm in Hulu Langat, she witnessed three distinct crises converging at once: a g... more
The enterprise AI market is currently flooded with polished demos, confident sales pitches, and massive invoices. But behind the scenes, many of these highly touted agents and automation platforms break the moment they encounter real data, real users... more
Edwin Yap's family built the physical infrastructure of retail. As the leaders of Jemco Group, they grew the family business into Malaysia's largest producer of the shelving, racking, and logistics systems that hold supermarkets and warehouses togeth... more
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Across episodes, the show spotlights diverse entrepreneurs and leaders navigating growth, transformation, and industry disruption in Malaysia and beyond. Conversations range from legacy manufacturing and family business leadership to frontier tech, urban innovation, and purpose-driven startups building globally while rooted locally. Notable throughlines include pragmatic growth strategies (bootstrapping to outside capital, scaling operations, and go-to-market), navigating regulatory and funding landscapes, and balancing mission with profitability. A distinctive trait is how guests come from hands-on industries—manufacturing, elder care, food halls, hospitality tech, and hardware startups—often sharing tangible lessons on hiring, partnership... more
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