Open For Business
Open For Business
Playlist by Open For BusinessThe flagship entrepreneurship show on BFM, featuring personal business stories from early stage start-ups, all the way to billionaire octogenarians in Malaysia and abroad. Notable guests include Marti…1,983 clip(s) in playlist
The Stage Has Changed. Define’s Principles Haven't.
Andrew Anthony has been in the events industry since 1995 — when he was still in school, working as an event crewmember to fund his own education, with RM50 and a late brother who showed him the ropes. Three decades later, Define International has ran what Google called their first ever business li…
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The ESG Firm That Was 15 Years Early, Then Right On Time
ESG guidance and advisory firm Joshua Rayan Communications (JRC) was established in 2007 with one clear conviction: that sustainability reporting should be done properly, personally, and affordably. Today, the bootstrapped, seven-figure firm boasts a near 100% client closure rate and serves corpora…
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Two Pilots, A Grill & A Burger Place
In November 2022, two grounded pilots came on Open For Business to talk about a smash burger stall they'd started from a home kitchen during the pandemic. The story was charming — airline pilots flipping burgers at night markets — but the business was still early, still scrappy, still unproven. …
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The Immigrant Story Behind America's Most Unlikely Aerospace Company
In 1977, Theresa Padilla moved from Mexico to the United States with nothing. Three years later, she took a job as a press operator at a small plastics company in Oxnard, California. That company was Rakar Inc. - founded in 1951 to make electrical connectors and insulators for the US military. F…
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Not a Nursing Home. Not a Daycare. Something Better.
By 2048, Malaysia will officially be an aged nation, yet currently, only 14.7 percent of our elderly are actually ageing healthily. The traditional eldercare market is almost entirely focused on clinical nursing homes, leaving a massive gap for seniors who are medically stable but socially isolated…
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The LEGO Alternative That Went Global Before It Had An Office
LEGO is one of the most valuable toy brands in the world. It is also, for a large portion of its most devoted fans, out of reach — either because the official sets don't go far enough in complexity, or because building a truly ambitious custom creation costs a small fortune in loose bricks. East…
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It Takes Shallot of Work to Fix Malaysian Agriculture
Malaysia spends over RM1 billion importing onions every single year. For decades, it was assumed that our local soil and climate were fundamentally hostile to the crop, making it cheaper to rely entirely on foreign manpower and imports. Shahrizal Denci is stepping into that massive market gap to pr…
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The Computer That Runs On Your Brain Cells
Most conversations about the future of technology are framed entirely around Artificial Intelligence. But what if the next massive leap in computing isn't artificial at all? Cortical Labs is pioneering a new paradigm known as "Synthetic Biological Intelligence," developing systems that merge living…
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Unlocking Land Value and the Future of Cyberjaya
For three decades, Cyberview has operated primarily as the landowner and custodian of Cyberjaya. Now, the agency is making a massive strategic pivot to become an active, innovation-led property developer. As the city celebrates its 30th anniversary, Cyberview is rolling out its new Strategic Plan 2…
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Selkirk’s Garage Origins, $200M Valuation & KL Expansion
How did Selkirk scale a "mom-and-pop" hobby into a $200 million pickleball performance powerhouse? In 2014, long before pickleball became America's fastest-growing sport, two teenage brothers opted out of college to start making pickleball paddles. Today, Selkirk Sport is a premium market leader…
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