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I’m Carmen, host of Asian Business Owners (ABO) — a podcast featuring honest conversations with entrepreneurs across Asia.We dive into the real journey of building a business: the wins, the struggles, and everything in between.⭐ If you enjoy the show, subscribe and leave a…
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Building a Consumer Brand With $20K | Ryan Black, Founder of Buddy Bites (opens the original)
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What does it actually take to build a consumer brand from scratch? In 2020, Ryan Black was working in commercial real estate when a dinner with his now co-founder, Chris Lee, sparked an idea. That conversation eventually became Buddy Bites , a premium pet food brand built around subscription, strong branding and giving back to the community by donating to shelters. Ryan and Chris had no background in pet food, they bootstrapped the business before raising funds. In this episode, Ryan shares: how
What If the Path You Chose Isn't the One for You? (opens the original)
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What happens when the path you've been following no longer feels like yours? In this special episode, I bring together stories from three founders, including me, who changed direction. One thought he would become a doctor before discovering a completely different path through business in Asia. Another realised that being an observer wasn't enough anymore and wanted to build something himself. And lastly, I share my story, when I arrived in Hong Kong without knowing what I would eventually do the
Success Wasn't Enough | Romita Ghosh, Founder of Maap AI (opens the original)
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What happens when you achieve the success you once thought you wanted and realise it isn't enough? Romita Ghosh has spent around 20 years building companies. She's had successful exits, awards and the kind of achievements that traditionally define entrepreneurial success. But over time, she started asking: what makes me feel fulfilled? That question eventually led her to build Maap AI, an AI-powered child growth monitoring system to help detect child malnutrition and create personalised nutritio
Does Growth Always Mean Going Faster? | ☀️ Summer Series (opens the original)
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Does growth always mean going faster? In this last episode of the Summer Series, I chatted with Julien Gaubert for the second time. Julien runs Ykone, a creative influence agency operating across Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore. He's spent his career in some of the fastest-moving industries and cities in the world, from Hermès in New York to building creative agencies across Asia. But this summer, he takes some time to reflect and reset. Instead of pushing harder, he's learning to listen more
You Can't Do It All | ☀️ Summer Series (opens the original)
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Faye thought she could do it all: Run her business, be a present mum, finish every project, keep every opportunity moving. But she realised she can't keep every plate spinning at once. In this episode of the ☀️ Summer Series, Faye Caddie, founder of Bump & Co., social antenatal programme, shares what she's learning about ambition, motherhood, business and knowing when to let something wait. We talk about: The pressure to do everything The decision to postpone projects How her customers changed t
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