Real conversations with the people who build, fund and mentor ASEAN businesses.

Publisher of Asia Success Inc. Branding Magazine and organising chairman of the Asia Success Award, which has recognised hundreds of entrepreneurs across Asia-Pacific. Conferred the title Dato' by HRH the Sultan of Pahang in 2015, and named Community Leader of the Year 2019.

• Corporate branding
• Media
• Entrepreneur recognition

Corporate feng shui consultant to business owners across Malaysia and beyond, who also sits in on the management of several companies. Master Martin sells no feng shui products: the advice is about people, timing and decisions, and 70% of the client base isn't even Chinese.

• Corporate feng shui
• BaZi
• Business timing
• Succession planning

Corporate lawyer and partner at Tay Chambers, working across M&A, due diligence, shareholders agreements, ESOS and cross-border deals. Glady sees fundraising from the investor's side of the table: the person to ask what gets checked before anyone says yes.

• M&A
• Due diligence
• Shareholders agreements
• ESOS
• Cross-border deals

Leads investor relations at GMX (Global Mentorship Xchange), working with both sides of the table: founders who have hit a growth wall, and successful operators who want to give back as mentors. Kingson's episodes are about the kind of help money can't buy.

• Investor relations
• Mentorship
• Founder networks

Founder and Managing Partner of CS Capital Consultant. On The Data Room, Allan unpacks one of the most misunderstood ideas in capital: the price someone offers is not the value of the business.

• Capital advisory
• Business valuation

Director at Bluum Marketing, whose team runs Kickstarter campaigns that let Malaysian products collect orders from around the world before a single unit is manufactured. On Network Effect, Alexis explains reward crowdfunding: pre-orders, not shares and not donations.

• Reward crowdfunding
• Kickstarter
• Pre-order campaigns

Founder and Group Managing Director of VA Partners, which helps SMEs build the three foundations that decide whether growth is survivable: the business model, the people and the systems. More than 15 years of practice and 200+ SMEs supported.

• Business model
• Organisation & people
• Business systems
• Scaling SMEs