Business & Entrepreneurship

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

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)

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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. 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]

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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)

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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

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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]

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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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Fabien Riggall - founder, Secret Cinema & Lost

Ep 129: Bringing Moulin Rouge & Abandoned Warehouses to Life?! | Fabien Riggall (Founder, Secret Cinema)

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Fabien Riggall is the founder of Secret Cinema & Lost. The former is premised on the idea that films can be turned into large-scale real life, cultural experiences in abandoned spaces.

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Alvin Wee Hollywood music mixer - Disney's Encanto, Harry Gregson-William, Hans Zimmer's Top Gun Maverick & Kung Fu Panda 3

Ep 130: Breaking into Hollywood – coz Asians Take Sh*t Very Well?! | Alvin Wee (Grammy, CAS & Golden Horse Award-Winning Music Mixer, Encanto)

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Alvin Wee is a Grammy, CAS & Golden Horse Award winning music mixer from Kuching whose work includes Disney’s Encanto, Hans Zimmer’s Top Gun Maverick & Kung Fu Panda 3, “Loyal, Brave & True” – sung by Christina Aguilera in Mulan etc here is Alvin’s story of breaking in and making it in Hollywood

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Alejandro Navia - founder NFT now web3 - So This Is My Why podcast interview with Ling Yah on how Pain Makes Us Grow

Ep 127: Pain Makes Us Grow | Alejandro Navia (Co-Founder & President, nft now)

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Alejandro Navia is the co-founder and president of NFT Now, the premier source of NFT news and analysis. As an advisor, coach, and early supporter of web3 and the creator economy, Alejandro has helped numerous founders and creators scale their communities and raise over $97MM in funding.

Prior to NFT Now, Alejandro held leadership positions at startups and enterprises in AI, aerospace, and media, including Verizon, where he led Content Strategy and Acquisitions, and Elite Daily, which he helped lead to a $50MM acquisition.

Alejandro currently lives in Miami, where he pursues interests in psilocybin research, spirituality, and mental health.

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Paul Millerd = The Pathless Path - So This Is My Why Podcast

Ep 126: Rejecting $200k for the Pathless Path?! | Paul Millerd (Solopreneur, Author & Podcaster)

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Paul Millerd is a former McKinsey consultant turned solopreneur, author and podcaster. He once walked away from a $200k/year pay check and blew up his life to build the pathless path for himself!

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