Podcast

A list of all the episodes you will find in the So This Is My Why podcast, including show notes, links and other episodes that you might find interesting.

Loh Lik Peng, Founder & CEO of Unlisted Collection - hotelier with Michelin Starred restaurants - Rishi Naleendra - So This Is My Why podcast episode 140 with Ling Yah host and producer

Ep 140: The No-Nonsense ‘Lucky’ Hotelier?! | Loh Lik Peng (Founder, Unlisted Collection)

Loh Lik Peng is the founder & CEO of Unlisted Collection. In this STIMY episode, Lik Peng shares his journey from being a commercial litigator to an established hotelier with 9 Michelin-starred restaurants under his belt!

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Fong Wai Kheng, fourth generation owner of Tong Heng - Singapore's top confectionary that's 100 years old and sells its famous diamond shaped egg tarts

Ep 141: Inheriting a 100-year-old family business | Fong (Co-Owner, Tong Heng)

Fong Wai Kheng is the fourth generation owner of Tong Heng – Singapore’s top confectionary shop that’s been around for 100 years and sells its trademark diamond shaped egg tart. Here is Tong Heng’s origin story & what it’s like running a family business.

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Steve Chao investigative journalist war correspondent Al-Jazeera, VICE BBC, CTV Canadian broadcast asia bureau chief so this is my why podcast interview ling yah kl podfest 2024 pjpac signal flare productions company founder alpha

Ep 138: I Don’t Believe in Prince & Princess Journalists – Steve Chao [x2 Emmy-nominated investigative journalist & Al-Jazeera Senior War Reporter]

Steve Chao is the founder of Signal Flare Productions and investigative journalist and war correspondent for Al-Jazeera, CNN, VICE, CTV (Canadian) etc. This STIMY interview was recorded in front of a live audience at KL Podfest 2024

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Simon Alexander Ong is a bestselling author, international keynote speaker and business strategist. His work has seen him invited onto Sky News and BBC to be interviewed, while he has been featured in the likes of Forbes and Harvard Business Review. He has also spoken at some of the planet's most successful organisations such as Barclays, Salesforces, Adobe, EY and Microsoft. And his debut book Energize, published by Penguin in 2022 became an instant bestseller, receiving endorsements from the likes of New York Times bestselling authors Simon Sinek, Marie Forleo and Marshall Goldsmith. Here, Simon Alexander Ong is interviewed by host & producer, Ling Yah, for STIMY Ep 137 of the So This Is My Why podcast

Ep 137. Don’t Wait. Life Has Already Begun! | Simon Alexander Ong (Bestselling Author, Coach, Keynote Speaker & Business Strategist)

Simon Alexander Ong is a bestselling author, international keynote speaker and business strategist. His work has seen him invited onto Sky News and BBC to be interviewed, while he has been featured in the likes of Forbes and Harvard Business Review. He has also spoken at some of the planet’s most successful organisations such as Barclays, Salesforces, Adobe, EY and Microsoft. And his debut book Energize, published by Penguin in 2022 became an instant bestseller, receiving endorsements from the likes of New York Times bestselling authors Simon Sinek, Marie Forleo and Marshall Goldsmith. In 2023, Energize was also awarded Book of the Year within the Wellness & Wellbeing category at The Business Book Awards.

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Prestine Davekhaw - founder of MalaysianPAYGAP, Disappearing Jobs - shares life story on the So This Is My Why podcast with Ling Yah Wong, the host and producer

Ep 136: I don’t want to hang out with famous influencers because… [Prestine Davekhaw, Founder of MalaysianPAYGAP & Disappearing Jobs]

Prestine Davekhaw is the founder of MalaysianPAYGAP (wage transparency platform) & Disappearing Jobs (cultural photographer who documents jobs that are disappearing in modern times) and she shares her life story on the So This Is My Why podcast.

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Adlin Yusman, Managing Director of Endeavor Malaysia, on the So This Is My Why podcast with Ling Yah - on startups, entrepreneurship, raising funds from VCs, failures, giving up, bad hiring decisions

Ep 133: If It’s Easy, It Must Be A Scam + Hunting for 100 Cockroaches?! | Adlin Yusman (Managing Director, Endeavor Malaysia)

Adlin Yusman, Managing Director of Endeavor Malaysia, shares his life story e.g. launching 2 failed startups and now, building the Malaysian startup ecosystem.

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Terence Lee - editor-in-chief at Tech in Asia, $20 million purchase by Singapore Press Holdings - So This Is My Why podcast episode 132 interview

Ep 132: The Inside Scoop on Asia’s $30 Million Media Empire | Terence Lee, Editor-In-Chief at Tech in Asia

Terence Lee is the editor-in-chief of Tech in Asia, Southeast Asia’s leading tech business media, events, and jobs platform. Our goal is to build and serve Asia’s tech and startup community.

As a journalist, I seek to hold up a mirror to society and digest emerging trends. As a tech enthusiast, I enjoy harnessing it in my work, while also making sense of it from various angles. And as a leader, I combine talent, strategy, and tools to build a cutting edge organization.

I lead an editorial team that delivers investigative journalism, data, analysis, and timely reporting to thousands of paying subscribers and hundreds of thousands of readers each month.

I’ve been involved in all aspects editorial operations: from high-level strategic planning to shoe leather reporting to tinkering with no-code tools and APIs. I track a wide range of industries, from ecommerce to crypto to AI.

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Charlie Todd, founder of Improv Everywhere and was one of the very first comedy channels on the platform in early 2006

Ep 131. Becoming The Greatest Professional Prankster – Charlie Todd [Founder, Improv Everywhere]

In 2001, Charlie Todd founded the comedy collective Improv Everywhere, a New York group that pioneered large-scale surprise public performances, long before anyone had heard of the term “flash mob.” Charlie was one of the original YouTubers, and Improv Everywhere was one of the very first comedy channels on the platform in early 2006. To date the channel has over half a billion views. With viral hits like the legendary Grand Central freeze and the absurdly silly No Pants Subway Ride, Improv Everywhere has created iconic projects that have entered the zeitgeist and spread to all corners of the globe. Charlie’s success with Improv Everywhere has led to a career in television, recently serving as executive producer and director of the Disney+ series “Pixar In Real Life.”

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