Tech This Way

S02E12 - Building a brand beyond just building a business.. with BrandGeeks

When you build a business, do you have a purpose ? Can you build it to become more by building a brand ? The dynamic duo from BrandGeeks, Manisah & Silmy returns to chat about how businesses has had to react to the impact of COVID and channel disruption. How does brand building change when everyone (almost) has digitised and it's becoming a really crowded market ? YouTube : https://youtu.be/K7II1KuLmok

S02E11 - Prof Yasmin on commercialising university IPs

Professor Yasmin was a hard core researcher in virology since the late 80s. Whilst deep in plant molecular biology and biotech research, she had a short stint in MOSTI, then wrapping up an illustriust career as the Director for UMCIC (University Malaya Centre for Innovation and Commercialisation). It was a short retirement as she's back in UM again as CEO of UMCapital, running UM startup ventures support and ecosystem. YouTube : https://youtu.be/bRRticW2Pto

S02E10 - Arief is a consumate entrepreneur and Serv is his next adventure

Having observed first hand the successes and failures of family businesses, he plotted his entreprenueral roadmap during his days in school. Even at 18, Arief was already trading second hand cars, and always looking for the next business to do. This is a fascinating journey of this young man who wants to flip the typical journey, instead of starting with school leading to business, but start with business and finishing with school. YouTube: https://youtu.be/h-CjIeRa_x4

S02E09 - Azran's always up for a challenge, and it has shaped his journey so far

Azran has had an exciting career so far, from consultancy to being an entrepreneur. From helping others build their business, to putting his foot in and building his own. Always up for a challenge, Azran has experienced plenty of highs and lows. In his latest foray, he setup Naluri to address therapies that link mental & physical health. YouTube: https://youtu.be/QLnxojtnmjw

S02E08 - The challenges of growing a business during COVID, how is Hisham doing it for Monthley

Hisham has worked for 18 companies before setting his own system development company. As they developed systems for others, he saw an opportunity to build a platform themselves, to service companies who needs help to do monthly billings. Being a tech heavy team, they initially started by building the best technology platform, but their philosophy has moved to what is the best for customers instead. He also wants to run the business as a group of friends, but does that work ? YouTube : https://youtu.be/cX2zjaowj6s