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This M’sian Car-Sharing Site Carved Its Own Niche By Specifically Targeting Gig Workers

Back in Q4 2013, Hazim and 2 friends had just started their careers in the corporate world. They’d always wanted to start a business though, yet had no idea what to sell. Not to mention, they had little capital and no exposure to the business world. But one day, at …

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Robinsons Owes Over 440 Creditors Nearly S$32M – Singtel, SPH, SingPost And LVMH Among List

About 3 weeks ago (October 30), departmental store chain Robinsons announced that it will make its exit from Singapore for good, following losses in the recent years. It is closing its last two outlets here at The Heeren and Raffles City Shopping Centre. The retailer made the decision to liquidate …

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Uncle Tony Delivering My Food Won’t Be The Only Reason Why I’d Keep Using AirAsia’s App

Tony Fernandes has gone viral from posting a picture of himself next to an AirAsia delivery bike. It’s gotten customers riled up to try out the service themselves, just to catch a glimpse of “Uncle Tony”. Though he’ll only be starting his delivery rounds between December 1 till Christmas, I …

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Straight Outta SPM, She Took Over Her Parents’ Fried Rice Biz & Strategically Expanded It

If you work or study in Subang, you’ve probably had or heard of Uncle Soon Fried Rice.  If you’re on Twitter, you’ve probably seen their “hello ah boys and ah girls” tweets with their student crowd.  Their fried rice is famous for their wok hei (wok aroma) and sambal belacan …

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I Had High Expectations For Wild Digital SEA’s Virtual Event. Safe To Say, They Were Met.

My experience with last year’s Wild Digital SEA event was quite different from this year’s. For one, Wild Digital SEA 2020 went virtual. However, tickets still cost US$ 500-800 for individuals, depending on what kind of access you wanted at the event. This meant that one would have rather high …

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Malaysia’s Top 10 Most Attractive Employers To Work For In 2021 & Their Job Openings Now

2020 marks the third year of Graduates’ Choice Awards (GCA), an awards event held by Talentbank to showcase graduates’ top choices of employers in Malaysia. For this year, they got over 24,000 graduates from private and public universities in Malaysia to vote for who they thought were the most attractive …

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By Making Your Fresh Yoghurt On The Spot, This M’sian Startup Keeps Biz Costs Low

When Wilson and his then-girlfriend were having gut issues in 2013, they turned to yoghurt for help. They tried several yoghurt products together, but couldn’t find one that was consistent with improving their gut health. At the time, Wilson was also a food science and technology student, so he decided …

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PropertyGuru’s Virtual Expo Just Raised Our Expectations For Malaysia’s Proptech Industry

Virtual events have been sprouting lately thanks to the pandemic. Ever since citizens were directed to stay home, event companies have been forced to design ways for annual functions to go on. PropertyGuru kicked off their fully-online event, Asia Virtual Property Expo. The exhibition is joined by many established developers …

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At Home in London with Alidad

Renowned for his layered and opulent interiors, celebrated designer Alidad relies on his love of pattern, color and deep knowledge of history and art to create spaces with intricate bespoke detail and timeless appeal. And yet this was not always his career path. After a halcyon childhood in Iran, his …

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