

Turning iPhone Videos Into A 6-Figure Wedding Empire
When Muns and Pareesha started The Wedding Diaries in 2023, the concept of a "wedding content creator" didn't really exist in Malaysia. Betting on a global cultural shift, the duo left their full-time careers in marketing and advertising to pioneer this new category locally. Fast forward to today, …

How Decube Is Unblocking Enterprise AI
Major enterprises are rushing to deploy AI, but many are hitting a brick wall: their underlying data is a mess. AI is only as smart as the context it’s given, and without proper data lineage, ownership, and quality controls, enterprise AI initiatives are doomed to stay in the experimental phase. En…

Is Regenerative Business Just A Luxury? A 50,000km Quest For The Truth
Is "regenerative business" a practical reality, or just an ESG buzzword? Benjamin Parent decided to find out by doing something extreme: quitting his corporate job to cycle from France to Japan. His project, Trees on the Way, is a three-year global expedition to interview 21 "regenerative" entrepre…

From Hipster Tea To RM3 Million: WonderBrew’s Mass Market Formula
For years, kombucha was dismissed as a niche, "hipster" health drink. Now, WonderBrew has transformed it into a mainstream Malaysian beverage, scaling from a home kitchen in 2018 to over 2,000 retail touchpoints today. But how do you mass-produce a living, fermenting beverage without compromising i…

12 Studios, 8 Figures, PE-Backed: Inside The Flow Studio
How do you scale "good vibes" & namaste into a sustainable, 8-figure business? On the surface, the boutique fitness industry looks like a beautiful blend of aesthetics, mindfulness, and calm. But underneath that highly curated exterior is a fiercely competitive, operationally intense environment wh…

Can This Startup Democratise Diagnostics?
Advanced diagnostics often remain locked inside centralised laboratories and are technically impressive, but inaccessible to many who need them most. Ablesen is attempting to bridge that gap. Founded by Zainiharyati Mohd Zain and selected as one of the top startups in the 2025 PACE Bootcamp by A…

20 Years, 300 Stores: Inside Coolblog's Post-Founder Era
How does a homegrown, 20-year-old beverage brand survive the influx of massive foreign competitors like Mixue? Coolblog CEO Sueli Lew joins us to unpack the company's evolution from a founder-led business to a private equity-backed franchise empire generating RM70 million in revenue. We discuss the…

Beyond Dead Batteries: The Business Of Roadside Rescue
BateriHub doubled from 100 to 200 branches in a year, promising roadside battery support within the hour. But what does it really take to scale reliability across Malaysia? With over 800,000 vehicles sold in 2025 alone, breakdown scenarios are no longer rare inconveniences. They’re part of everyd…

The Growthpro Strategy to Combat Traditional SEOs
Most digital agencies sell rankings and traffic. Growth.pro sells visibility within AI systems. Founder and CEO, Alvin Koay, has built an AI-first SEO agency designed for a world where search engines are no longer the only gatekeepers. Instead of focusing purely on keywords, the company helps br…

30+ Years Of Serai: Building A 9-Figure F&B Family Biz
Running a restaurant is notoriously brutal. Running one successfully for over three decades is rare. Scaling it into a 9-figure, multi-brand F&B empire, while keeping it entirely in the family, is something else entirely. Founded in 1990 as a single restaurant in Shah Alam, Serai Group has evolve…