So This Is My Why Podcast
A complete list of all the published STIMY episodes.
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- Ep 86 Part 1: Zeneca (Founder, ZenAcademy) – FOMOing in BAYC, Cryptopunks, Goblintown, ArtBlocks as an ex-professional poker player
- Ep 85: Robin Dunbar (Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Psychology, Oxford University) – How many friends can you have?
- Ep 84: Eric Toda (Global Head of Social Marketing & Head of Meta Prosper, Meta) – The Journey to Becoming a Facebook Executive
- Ep 83: Bilal Zaidi – Co-host of the Creator Lab & Not Investment Advice on landing high quality guests & working at Google
- Ep 82: Jamilia Grier (Founder, ByteBao) – The Law around NFTs & DAOs
- Ep 81: Mai Akiyoshi (Co-Founder, Curious Addys’ Trading Club) – Building a Cute, Educational & Interactive NFT platform for Web3 beginners
- Ep 80: Ee Ling (Executive Director, Global Programs (500 Global), Founder of Smarter Me & Young Founders Summit Asia
- Ep 79: Nicole Quinn (General Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners) – The “Celebrity Whisperer” & Investor of Lady Gaga, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sophia Amoruso, Calm, Cameo, Lunchclub etc.
- Ep 78: Debbie Soon (co-founder, HUG) – From Being the OG Apprentice (Chief of Staff, ONE Championship) to the Web3 World with Randi Zuckerberg
- Ep 77: Lily Wu (Co-Founder, WOW Pixies NFT) – How to Start Two 7-Figure Businesses & WOW Pixies (first DAO to invest in women-led web3 companies)
- Ep 76: Nicole Yap (Co-Founder, 8SIAN) – How to Sell Out a 8,888 NFT Collection of Asian Women & Run it as a Business
- Ep 75: Mumu the Stan (Founder, MalaysiaNFT & NFT Artist) – From Opening a Stan Account to Selling her 1st NFT to Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park lead singer)
- Ep 74: Michael Lints (Partner, Golden Gate Ventures) – Raising USD 74M+ in Southeast Asia
- Ep 73: Lee Williamson (Regional Editorial Director, Gen.T, Tatler Asia Group) – From Ai Wei Wei to Creating Generation T for Tatler
- Ep 72: Vincent Wei (Head of Growth, VEED.IO) – Adopting a Growth Mindset in the Startup World
- Ep 71: Sabrina Ooi, Co-Founder & CEO of Calm Collective Asia – Surviving A Suicide Attempt & Thriving
- Ep 70: Daniel Cohen – Managing Director, Beigel Baker Limited – London’s Most Iconic Jewish Beigel Bakery along Brick Lane
- Ep 69: Nnenna Nwakanma – Chief Web Advocate, World Wide Web Foundation – on Creating a Free & Open Web for All
- Ep 68: Neal Freyman – Managing Editor, Morning Brew – Creating Content for 3+ Million Subscribers at Morning Brew
- Ep 67: Daniel Flynn, Co-Founder of Thankyou – Creating Viral Campaigns for Social Enterprises
- Ep 66: Lauren Hom – Designer, Illustrator & Hand Lettering Artist – on creating a thriving hand lettering career
- Ep 65: Ansgar Koene, Global AI Ethics & Regulatory Leader, EY – How AI is manipulating our behaviour & how we can regulate it
- Ep 64: Esther Wojcicki aka “Godmother of Silicon Valley” – the T.R.I.C.K. to Raising Successful People
- Ep 63: DJ Didonna, Founder of the Sabbatical Project – on How to Craft the ‘Perfect’ Sabbatical
- Ep 62: Hawker Chef Chan – on serving the world’s cheapest Michelin-starred real (x4 Michelin starred chef)
- Ep 61: Austen Allred – Co-Founder & CEO, Lambda School – building the next-gen coding school using ISAs (& no admission fees!)
- Ep 60: David Grief – Senior Clerk, Essex Court Chambers – on “making & breaking” the careers of judges & barristers
- Ep 59: Ooi Boon Hoe – CEO & Director, Jurong Port (one of Singapore’s 2 main commercial ports)
- Ep 58: Nigel Stanislaus (Celebrity Makeup Artist, Mr Maybelline & Judge on Australia’s + Asia’s Next Top Model)
- Ep 57: Robert James Ashe: Head of Post Production, CONAN Show
- Ep 56: Amra Naidoo – Co-Founder, Accelerating Asia & former Head of Corporate Partnerships at UN Women (Project Inspire)
- Ep 55: Karl Mak – Co-Founder, Hepmil Media Group (SGAG, MGAG, PGAG, Creators’ Network) – on building a meme business
- Ep 54: Yulia Brodskaya – Paper Artist & Illustrator
- Ep 53: Rahul Chaudhary – MD & CEO of the Chaudhary Group & Son of Nepal’s 1st & Only Forbes-Listed Billionaire (Binod Chaudhary)
- Ep 52: Kendrick Nguyen (Co-Founder & CEO, Republic) – on Becoming the Amazon of Private Investing
- Ep 51 Part 2: Nick Bernstein – EP of the Pete Holmes show & Big Boss of the Late Late Show with James Corden
- Ep 51 Part 1: Nick Bernstein – Senior VP, Late Night Programming (West Coast), ViacomCBS
- Ep 50 Part 2: Ning-Geng Ong, Chocolate Maker & Founder of Chocolate Concierge + Culture Cacao
- Ep 50 Part 1: Ning-Geng Ong, Chocolate Maker & Founder of Chocolate Concierge + Culture Cacao
- Ep 49: Dato’ Thomas Mun Lung Lee – Lawyer, founding partner of Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill & son of Tun HS Lee (Malaysia’s 1st Finance Minister)
- Ep 48: Oz Pearlman – Mentalist, Magician & Finalist at America’s Got Talent Season 10
- Ep 47: Lincoln Lee Ming – Social entrepreneur, co-founder of Rice Inc & winner of the HULT Prize 2018
- Ep 46: Azran Osman-Rani – CEO, Naluri Hidup, AirAsia X & iFlix
- Ep 45: Lim Pui Wan (“Picoworm”) – Life of a Miniature Artist
- Ep 44: Joe Sidek – Festival Director, George Town Festival & Chairman of Penang Arts Council
- Ep 43: Nicky Gumbel – Vicar, Holy Trinity Brompton & Pioneer of the Alpha Course (that has reached over 25 million people worldwide!)
- Ep 42: Wai Ken Wong – Country Manager, StashAway (Malaysia) – on all things investment/ETFs
- Ep 41: Richard Lui – Anchor & Journalist, MSNBC & NBC News (Peabody & Emmy Award winner)
- Ep 40: He Ruiming & Goh Wei Choon (Co-Founders of The Woke Salaryman) – on building a 400+k community on personal finance in ~2 years!
- Ep 39: Guy Kawasaki – Chief Evangelist of Canva & Apple on the Art of Brand Evangelism, and why he loves podcasting & Clubhouse
- Ep 38: John Yohan Kim – Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Amasia, Vlogger, Musician & Serial Entrepreneur
- Ep 37: Ng Kai Yuan – Co-Founder, Our Grandfather Story (Singaporean digital publisher that tells timeless, untold stories across Southeast Asia)
- Ep 36: Kyne Santos (Onlinekyne): Mathematician, Viral Tik Toker/YouTuber & Drag Queen (who competed on Canada’s Drag Race!)
- Ep 35: Chye Neo Chong – ex-Managing Director of IBM Malaysia
- Ep 34: Shawn Chong – Malaysia’s Top Mixologists, x3 Diageo World Champion Malaysian winner & founder of Omakase + Appreciate
- Ep 33: Maurizio Leo – Founder of The Perfect Loaf (Sourdough), Food52’s Resident Bread Baker & Co-Founder of Terminal Eleven
- Ep 32: Darrion Nguyen (Lab Shenanigans aka Asian Millennial Tik Tok version of Bill Nye the Science Guy)
- Ep 31: Kenji Chai Vui Yung – Malaysian Graffiti Street Artist (aka “Chaigo”)
- Ep 30: Dr. Finian Tan – Chairman, Vickers Venture Partners
- Ep 29: Darren Teoh – Head Chef & Owner of Dewakan, Asia’s Top 50 Restaurants in 2019
- Ep 28: Lily Xu Lijia – Chinese Olympian & World Champion in Laser Radial (Sailboat)
- Ep 27: Freda Liu – Malaysia’s Top Business Radio Host at BFM 89.9, Author, Emcee & Moderator
- Ep 26: Cesar Kuriyama – American entrepreneur & Founder of 1 Second Every Day (mobile app)
- Ep 25: Chong Chan-Yau – CEO of CarbonCare Innolab (on climate change) & President of the Hong Kong Blind Union
- Ep 24: Malek Ali – Founder of KL Classifieds, BFM 89.9 & Fi Life
- Ep 23: Sarah – Co-Founder of Beyond the Billion (global consortium of over 80 VCs)
- Ep 22: Alena Ose Murang – Sarawakian sape player, visual artist & heritage advocate
- Ep 21: Saw Teong Hin – Malaysian Director, Producer & Writer (Puteri Gunung Ledang, You Mean the World To Me (Hai Ki Xin Lor), 2017 SEA Games)
- Ep 20: Tan Kheng Hua (陳瓊華) – Singaporean Actress & Producer (Phua Chu Kang, Marco Polo, Crazy Rich Asians)
- Ep 19: Patricia Kelikani – x12 Emmy Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker & Christian Entrepreneur
- Ep 18: Dr Jason Leong – Former Malaysian Doctor turned Stand-Up Comedian & Star of Netflix Special (Hashtag Blessed)
- Ep 17: Louisa Gurski – Two-time British Olympian & 3-time World Championship Winner (Sprint Kayaker)
- Ep 16: Renyi Chin – Co-Founder of MyBurgerLab, MyPizzaLab & MyBobaLab
- Ep 15: Yi Jun Loh – Malaysian Food Blogger, Writer & Podcaster
- Ep 14: Joey Yap – Former Senior Inspector of Police of Hong Kong Police Force & Mother of Hillary Yip (STIMY Ep 13 Guest)
- Ep 13: Hillary Yip – 15-year-old Founder & Ceo of MinorMynas
- Ep 12: Danielle Kettlewell – Olympian (Australian Synchronised Swimmer)
- Ep 11: Morgan Then – Electronic Musician (Slumberjack)
- Ep 10: Benjamin Von Wong – Photographer & Social Artivist Who’s Generated 100+ Million Organic Views
- Ep 9: Rabi Malla – Social Enterprise Founder of KOLPA (Nepal)
- Ep 8: Barbara Woolsey – Freelance Journalist
- Ep 7: Jan Wong – Serial Entrepreneur & Founder of OpenMinds
- Ep 6: Ashley Dean – First Artist, The Royal Ballet
- Ep 5: Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt – Violist, Dover Quartet
- Ep 4: Sara Holden – Hollywood Stunt Actress
- Ep 3: Julian Tan – Head of Digital Business Initiatives & Esports, Formula 1
- Ep 2: Red Hong Yi – Malaysian Artist Who Paints Without A Paintbrush
- Ep 1: Chloe Buiting – Wildlife Vet & Conservationist
- Ep 0: So This Is My Why TrailerE
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