Cyber Defence Basics as Threats Multiply

As Malaysian SMEs digitise faster than they can secure themselves, "good cybersecurity" means different things depending on who you ask and how much you can spend. CF Fong and Yee Chee Meng join us to map out the steps SMEs should prioritise, which assets to secure first, and how AI fits into the p…

What Should Be in PJ's New Pet Cafe Guidelines?

Pet cafe owners in Petaling Jaya have faced summonses for running a business concept that doesn't officially exist. That may be changing: MBPJ is rolling out new licensing guidelines covering animal care businesses for the first time. Nakata Teoh and Jia Wei Chan join us to share what it's really b…

Why Honest Pay Talk Keeps Employees Around

According to the Jobstreet Salary Pulse 2026, more than a quarter of Gen Z workers in Malaysia earn under RM2,500 a month, yet they're the generation most likely to say they're happy with their pay, while Gen X, who earns the most, feels the least fairly paid. Nicholas Lam of Jobstreet by SEEK tell…

Malaysia's Job Market: Where Are the Jobs?

Malaysia's labour market is sending mixed signals. Retrenchments jumped 36% between January and May 2026 compared to last year, yet there were about 1.5 job placements for every worker retrenched over the same period. Derek Toh joins us to unpack what's really behind these numbers and whether it re…

Malaysia's SOE Governance Gap and Its Business Cost

Malaysia has around 1,800 government-linked companies with no single law governing how they're run, relying instead on a "patchwork" of statutes and directives. A State-Owned Enterprises Act was flagged last year but never made it into Budget 2026, even as neighbours like Indonesia, Thailand, and V…

When Machines, Not Humans, Visit Your Website

AI traffic grew about 30% between January and May 2026, roughly 6.5 times faster than human traffic, and most of it comes from AI crawlers scanning the web for information. Fernando Medrano of Fastly joins us to unpack what this means for business infrastructure and costs, and what companies should…

Building an Accurate Tax Tool

AI is making it cost-effective for small businesses and finance teams to build their own tax tools, but even a well-set-up tool can hallucinate, producing confident answers that hide costly errors. Professor Anna tells us about the tax risks businesses face, where AI tax tools tend to go wrong, and…

Business Opportunities in the AI Boom

The social media era was largely dominated by American platforms, but the AI race looks more like a US-China contest, with Chinese firms like Alibaba, Tencent, and DeepSeek competing hard on cost rather than raw model supremacy. George Chen joins us to unpack what this shift means for businesses, f…

What's Driving Malaysia's Robust IPO Market?

Southeast Asia's IPO count fell 11% in the first half of 2026, yet funds raised jumped 117%. Meanwhile, Malaysia accounted for 36 of the region's 47 listings. Wong Kar Choon from Deloitte unpacks what’s driving interest in Malaysia’s equity market, the new regulatory guidelines and what a genuinely…

How to Win Trust in the Naked Economy

Social media, the 24-hour news cycle, and vocal stakeholders mean businesses are  operating in full view of employees, customers, and the public, what some call the Naked Economy. Rajeev Peshawaria joins us to unpack how businesses can actually thrive in this environment, what they must get right, …