In this, the season finale of Talking Heads we meet Mark Chang the CEO of Jobstreet Malaysia. After building the company for almost 20 years, Jobstreet was acquired last year for almost 2 billion ringgit. Now he will be focusing his energies on running a private seed fund, with ambitions to to help create the next 10 hot billion-ringgit startups who can compete on the global stage.

In this session he will be interviewed by Timothy Tiah, the co-founder of Netccentric Pte Ltd that is worth RM100 million today. Probably best known for its blog advertising company Nuffnang. they continue to expand into new products and markets.


TALKING HEADS EPISODE 5: MARK CHANG CEO OF JOBSTREET

In this, the season finale of Talking Heads we meet Mark Chang the CEO of Job Street Malaysia. After building the company for almost 20 years, Jobstreet was acquired last year for almost 2 billion ringgit. Now he will be focusing his energies on running a private seed fund, with ambitions to to help create the next 10 hot billion-ringgit startups who can compete on the global stage.

In this session he will be interviewed by Timothy Tiah, the co-founder of Netccentric Pte Ltd that is worth RM100 million today. Probably best known for its blog advertising company Nuffnang. they continue to expand into new products and markets.

TALKING HEADS EPISODE 5: MARK CHANG, JOBSTREET

In the first episode of “Talking Heads” an intimate and insightful conversation on the challenges of taking your business to the global stage, we meet two leaders who’s companies solve problems via the world wide web.  We hear from Anthony Tan, CEO and cofounder of MyTeksi, a startup that aims to revitalise the Malaysian taxi industry and now has offices across Asia; and Lee Ching Wei, CEO of iMoney, a financial comparison website that exists for the sole purpose of helping consumers to make quick, well-informed decisions for all banking products and services currently in the market. 
 
How did these companies get to where they are today? And what strategies do they suggest for a startup to grow beyond Malaysian shores?

Talking Heads Season 2, Episode 1: Think regional, act local

In the second episode from season two of “Talking Heads” an intimate and insightful conversation on the challenges of taking your business to the global stage, we meet two leaders who are big players in the F&B market here in Malaysia. We hear from Datuk Sri Nelson Kwok, CEO and founder of Nelson’s corn, the self-proclaimed biggest ‘corn-man’ in Malaysia with over 1000 franchises worldwide; and Wong Kah Lin, CEO and founder of the Chicken Rice Shop Group, who aims to emulate Datuk Sri Nelson’s success.

Talking Heads: Creating conversations around Malaysians who have successfully gone global – Produced by the Economic Transformation Programme.

Talking Heads Season 2, Episode 2: From Subang, to Saudi.

In the third episode from season two of “Talking Heads” an intimate and insightful conversation on the challenges of taking your business to the global stage, we meet two leaders who are from very different backgrounds, yet share some similarities in the way in which they were raised. We hear from Tan Sri Liew Kee Sin, Chairman of EcoWorld Development Group BHD, a home-grown real estate development group making waves overseas; and Bryan Loo, master franchisor and CEO of the fastest growing beverage brand in Malaysia, Chatime.

Talking Heads: Creating conversations around Malaysians who have successfully gone global – Produced by the Economic Transformation Programme.

Talking Heads Season 2, Episode 3: Building and brewing beyond our shores.

In the final episode from season two of “Talking Heads” an intimate and insightful conversation on the challenges of taking your business to the global stage, we meet two leaders from the heavy-hitting industry of Oil and Gas.

We hear from Wan Ruzlan Iskandar, President of Market Units for Scomi Energy and Tuan Haji Abu Fitri Abdul Jalil, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineer, (MMHE). 

To date in 2015 Scomi has secured RM260 Million worth of contracts with a large portion of these from overseas, whilst MMHE are in the process of bidding for RM4.5 Billion worth of projects beyond Malaysian shores. Exactly how much work goes into this process, what is the best way to grow abroad, and who are the best people to deal with whilst working on projects of this scale? 

Talking Heads: Creating conversations around Malaysians who have successfully gone global – Produced by the Economic Transformation Programme.


Talking Heads Season 2, Episode 4: Plan Before You Expand.

What role can industry play in shaping the future of Technical
Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Malaysia? 

We speak to Tengku Azian Shariman, Director ofEducation and SRI Human Capital Development, PEMANDU, who has a clear vision of the changing face of our TVET education prospects, and the possibilities for Malaysia if industry is brought on board.

Hear & Now in Malaysia is produced by the Economic Transformation Programme and brought to you by BFM.

Hear & Now Limited Season - Vocational Education

For many decades people have been concerned about finding and using cleaner sources of energy. In the past people may have felt it their duty to bear the cost of protecting the planet for future generations. Now however, a new breed of energy company is offering households access to green technologies, that are also proving to be sound investments.

This week, on Hear and Now in Malaysia, we talk about a future in which solar power enters the mainstream. We look at how new sustainable energy initiatives will have positive benefits, not only for the individual consumer, but also, for the economy as a whole.

Hear and Now in Malaysia - Sound Solar Investments

Hear and Now in Malaysia: Growing Rural Malaysia

The development and growth of rural Malaysia is absolutely crucial to the future of our country’s economic growth. Infrastructure development is something we can all see and feel, but it is the innovation and advancement of human capital that oftentimes goes unnoticed. 

This week, on Hear and Now in Malaysia, we're telling you two stories of innovative and enterprising Malaysians doing their part, collaborating with local farmers and artisans, in order to grow their individual economies.

Hear and Now in Malaysia: Growing Rural Malaysia

Each time the yearly floods in Malaysia's East Coast happen, lives are devastated. In trying to overcome the challenges, the NGOs, the social enterprises, the volunteers, the folks of Dabong Kelantan, have brought out other human qualities - creativity, inventiveness, selflessness, and cooperation. Today on Hear and Now, Umapagan Ampikaipakan takes a look at the efforts to build new homes and opportunities in Dabong Kelantan. 

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