Latest Etiqa Podcast Episodes
S02E12 - Building a brand beyond just building a business.. with BrandGeeks
Tech This Way - December 30, 2021 01:00 - 1 hourWhen 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 every...
S02E11 - Prof Yasmin on commercialising university IPs
Tech This Way - December 20, 2021 00:27 - 1 hourProfessor 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...
S02E10 - Arief is a consumate entrepreneur and Serv is his next adventure
Tech This Way - November 27, 2021 23:42 - 1 hourHaving 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...
S02E09 - Azran's always up for a challenge, and it has shaped his journey so far
Tech This Way - August 01, 2021 05:38 - 1 hourAzran 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 th...
S02E08 - The challenges of growing a business during COVID, how is Hisham doing it for Monthley
Tech This Way - July 18, 2021 11:10 - 58 minutesHisham 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 buildin...
S02E07 - How did it all begin for Malek Ali and is he driven by an agenda greater than just profit ?
Tech This Way - May 29, 2021 01:00 - 1 hourA lawyer by qualification (and profession briefly), Malek had a front row seat to Web 1.0 and saw first hand how Silicon Valley was changing the world. Picking up the "Loot" model from the UK, Malek decided to go into the classified business in Malaysia. His first foray into entreprenuship hit a...
S02E06 - Typically a taboo topic but Queenie wants you to help prepare for the next stage with Memori
Tech This Way - May 23, 2021 03:09 - 57 minutesAfter several deaths in the family whilst studying abroad, Queenie realised there seemed to be a need to support families manage funeral arrangements. But before jumpin into that, Queenie immersed herself in the startup eco-system in Brunei by setting up Startup Brunei, a startup builder. Being ...
S02E05 - Indy thinks consumerism is not sustainable and feels renting could be one of the answers
Tech This Way - May 14, 2021 01:00 - 1 hourBuying his bicycle bag (and only using it once) followed by realising that his other cycling buddies could have lent it to him made Indy realise that there must be a better way than always buying things. Learning from other renting platforms in UK & US, Indy decided to start Rentsmart. YouTube ...
S02E04 - Max wants to solve your public transport woes with Justnaik
Tech This Way - May 02, 2021 10:30 - 52 minutesWinning a hackathon with a bus scheduling app for customers, Max decided to pursue the idea. But as he delved deeper into the bus industry, and looking at it more from a bus operator standpoint, he realised there's more issues that the operators are facing. Working a fulltime job, he moonlighted...
S02E03 - Dato Wei has come a long way from Kota Bharu to bringing a startup to listing and now giving back to the nation
Tech This Way - April 24, 2021 09:16 - 1 hourStarting his career with HP, Dato Wei saw the convergance of computing and telephony, and decided to quit and with a few friends, developed a product for voice mail. Initially bootstrapping and then backed by an angel investor, the business grew tremendously. But the path to IPO was not easy and...
S02E01 - Pinjam.co's Huzaifah learnt that an entrepreneur can create the perfect solution that nobody needs
Tech This Way - April 17, 2021 01:17 - 52 minutesFresh as a software engineer back from Canada, Huzaifah jumped straight into his first startup and started building the perfect solution... and kept building and building and building until he realised it's not exactly what his customers needed. He even realised he wasn't sure who his customers ...
S02E01 - Direct Lending, Yik Seongs journey from corporate suit to a fintech startup
Tech This Way - April 17, 2021 01:05 - 1 hourYik Seong was an accountant with the big four followed by a large bank and spent most of his career in the UK. Deciding to return to Malaysia, he gave himself one chance at being an entrepreneur and started Direct Lending. From only one transaction within a few months, they have grown much much ...
Episode 52 - Do startups need to engage a PR firm ? What do they do ? iOli gives the low down
Tech This Way - April 17, 2021 01:04 - 1 hourYan Lim's journey to running her own PR firm was almost accidental, like most intersting journeys. From just freelancing on a big gig, to suddenly finding herself servicing government agencies, corporates and startups. But what exactly does she do, and does it make sense for a startup to engage ...
Episode 51 - How does one person try to digitise the construction industry ?
Tech This Way - March 06, 2021 23:15 - 1 hourPui Mun worked on a contruction project for a few months and immediately saw all the inefficiencies, silos and leakages in the business. What she didnt realise was that it was going to be a long journey to make people agree that there is a better way of doing things.. YouTube: https://youtu.be/...
EP 50 - Easyparcel Part 2. We visit their office and find out more about Clarences time in UK
Tech This Way - February 20, 2021 05:35 - 30 minutesWanting to do it by himself, Clarence insisted to work his way through university in UK. How did he do that ? And why the move from UK back to Penang ? We also do a quick tour of their office in Penang. YouTube: https://youtu.be/aKZGyfrj72E
Episode 47 - Easyparcel Part 1 , with an aerospace engineering background, does easyparcel deliver faster ?
Tech This Way - February 14, 2021 03:14 - 54 minutesLeaving a good job from UK, Clarence decided to come home and start selling vouchers online. Was he mad or was the need to scratch that entrepreneruship itch too strong ? With no experience, he decided to get into deliveries to support SMEs. From 5 to 400 people, find out how Easyparcel has grow...
Episode 48 - One of Penangs favourite tech sons, Chan, talks Exabytes
Tech This Way - February 06, 2021 04:05 - 1 hourHow do you convince your parents you dont want to study anymore ? How do you conquer the tech world from Penang ? Is running a tech business from the gorgeous Pulau Pinang better than the 'usual' KL ? What next beyond hosting ? YouTube : https://youtu.be/gJy8z70jM_Y
Episode 49 - Leading the telemedicine pack with DoctorOnCall
Tech This Way - February 01, 2021 13:47 - 1 hourMaran stumbled into the medicine line, whilst an ex-colleague Hazwan decided to stumble into it with him. From just a handful of doctors on the platform and trying to convince patients to get onboard, they now have millions of visitors a month to their site. What's next for this pioneering Malay...
Episode 46 - From Perak to Silicon Valley and back.. what is Ariffin searching for ?
Tech This Way - December 19, 2020 01:26 - 1 hourLike all interesting people, Ariffin's journey has interesting twist and turns. From quitting school, going in to the music industry, becoming the group architect at Yahoo and now helping companies transform their revenue streams. And we go under the hood a little on how search engines work. Yo...
Episode 45 - The first peer to peer car rental service in Malaysia keeps on mooving
Tech This Way - November 22, 2020 03:22 - 56 minutesThe corporate world was too slow for Nik and he picked up key lessons from several startups before venturing on his own with Moovby. As usual, it always starts with a personal experience, and then taking the leap to see if the idea works. YouTube: https://youtu.be/-VTUFANOD6E
Episode 44 - Let's interview the interviewer for a change Mr Karamjit
Tech This Way - November 15, 2020 01:42 - 1 hourIf you don't know Mr Karamjit Singh... you can stop here. For the rest of us, he has been giving us the tech news on our side of the world for as long as I can remember the internet through a V.34 modem. But do you know that man behind the honest, open, direct and sometime controversial article...
Episode 43 - Katsana hacks the driver and can change your behavior
Tech This Way - October 31, 2020 07:38 - 1 hourSyed Ahmad Fuqaha started from taking support calls to tracking vehicles. How exciting was it to track their first stolen car in real time ? And using his vast analytics, can he finally tell us, who is the better driver ? YouTube: https://youtu.be/sGUJgKVt9sg
Episode 42 - A day trip to KL became a much longer stay
Tech This Way - October 25, 2020 23:57 - 1 hourHeading to Singapore with no business idea yet, Hajime decided to move to Malaysia instead thanks to MDEC. He then started building a shopping mall application which they sold to a Japanese company. He then became CEO of Tokyo based Alphaus Cloud and now looks to use Malaysia as a hub to expand ...
Episode 41 - No, digitising education is far beyond having classes on Zoom
Tech This Way - October 09, 2020 22:43 - 1 hourAs CEO, Tan Lin Nah has an exciting role to steer INTI into the digital age of education. As she looks forward, she draws experience and insight from a surprisingly non education related background.. YouTube : https://youtu.be/aJxzt0Q76Nk
Episode 40 - A social entreprise, Suncrox Solar strives to bring light to families off the grid
Tech This Way - October 02, 2020 23:26 - 1 hourNoor Shahiwan graduated in biology, but somehow it bugged him why there were still areas in Malaysia without electricity. He decided to embark on bringing solar to far flung places. Without realising it, he had setup a social entreprise. For each commercial project, they would fully subsidise so...
Episode 39 - In which direction will Rafiza take Cradle to in it's next phase of the marathon ?
Tech This Way - September 25, 2020 23:52 - 1 hourA chartered accountant, Rafiza started from the corporate finance world to strategy and innovation, and now she'll bring all that experience to Cradle. Starting in Cradle at the beginning of the COVID crisis, she's hit the ground running helping startups take opportunity, pivot and move forward....
EP38 - Large Tech can really help the small tech, just ask Peter
Tech This Way - September 19, 2020 04:35 - 1 hourPeter Tam has worked with quite a few of the large tech giants who are household names, Accenture, Microsoft, IBM and Apple. Throughout, he's always used them as a platform to support entrepreneurs and SMEs. In the next part of his journey, he's dedicating himself to help coach startups navigate...
Episode 37 - Qwikwire found a niche for cross border settlement for property developers
Tech This Way - September 12, 2020 01:00 - 46 minutesRay worked in the family business even as a teenager, and saw the harsh realities of entrepreneurship early in his life. He even franchised a cafe business. Moving to the US, he used up his savings to start a remittance business from college, wanting to earn easy money.. and learned the hard way...
Episode 36 - Ashran from Dattel knows more about you than you do
Tech This Way - September 05, 2020 01:00 - 1 hourAshran left Petronas and started on his tech entrepreneurship journey with web development and started on the video streaming idea even before YouTube ! Remember RealPlayer ? "Do Something Different" lead them to social content network Joota which almost went public. That journey was the best MB...
Episode 35 - Dr Siva on funding to helping local startups grow
Tech This Way - August 29, 2020 00:20 - 1 hourHow did a corporate consultant with no tech background start from the world of telexes to VCs, fund raising, creating Technopreneurs Assoc. Malaysia (TeAM) and setting up some foundational tech eco-systems in Malaysia. Remember Cocktails with 3Capital? YouTube: https://youtu.be/hjcC14L4jd4
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