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#5G #China #Chips JF Technology’s Dato’ Foong Wei Kuong: Malaysia’s 5G Flagbearer in China Dato’ Foong Wei Kuong heads the fast-rising semiconductor company JF Technology Bhd (JF Tech), which he founded in 1999 and grew into one of the top three test contacting solutions providers in the world with over 200 MNC clients and owner of 68 patents filed worldwide. In 2020, Dato’ Foong led JF Tech into China via a 5G partnership with Huawei, gaining access to her vast market of over 1.4 billion people. (Vistage Malaysia engaged Do More to conduct this interview. Vistage is the world’s largest CEO coaching and peer advisory organisation for small and midsize business leaders, with over 27,000 members worldwide.) .. CONTENTS 00:24 - Born Poor: What Do You Do Next? 02:33 - There Was A Guru: What Did He Teach? 04:07 - From Country Manager to Starting JF Tech: How? 05:50 - Faith: How Does It Help? 07:08 - Dato Foong’s Success Factors 09:38 - How a Business Network Helps 10:53 - What Keeps Dato Foong Up At Night? 13:23 - Management Tips and Techniques 15:43 - Implementing Multiple Growth Engines 17:32 - What It Takes to Partner a Giant Like Huawei 18:37 - What It’s Like to Do Business in China 19:27 - Different Business Styles: China vs US 21:05 - Will China and the US Go To War? Will We Need To Choose Sides? 21:58 - Advice to Entrepreneurs 22:46 - Where Will JF Tech Be in 2032? .. Follow Dato’ Foong and JF Tech Here: URL: www.jf-technology.com LinkedIn: https://my.linkedin.com/in/wei-kuong-foong-5b4119b9 .. Follow Vistage Malaysia & Singapore Here: URL: https://vistage.com.my/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/VistageMalay... LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vist... To Become/Refer A Member: https://vistage.com.my/membership/mem... To Become A Vistage Chair: https://vistage.com.my/vistage-chair/... .. .. Follow Chuang here: URL: http://www.domore.my/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hsu-chuang-khoo-ab199343/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/khoo.chuang/ IG: instagram.com/khoohsuchuang/ --- Follow DoMore here: WEBSITE: https://www.domore.my/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/DoMoreTakeChargeofYourLife ITUNES: https://apple.co/2lQ47mS GOOGLE PLAY: https://bit.ly/3b1l8iO SPOTIFY: https://tinyurl.com/y6zufvcp PODBEAN: https://domoreasia.podbean.com/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/domore.asia/

#Entrepreneur #Investor #Malaysia Having held key positions in public life with Malaysia's telco regulator MCMC and in the International Telecommunications Unions (ITU), Commonwealth Telecommunication Organisation, World Bank and the United Nations Development Program, Dato' Sharil Tarmizi has a unique viewpoint on the local and international regulatory landscape. He has successfully parlayed this with his own background in law to invest in his personal capacity in some of Malaysia's most successful startups, while continuing to play a directorship role in PLCs, GLCs and private companies like POS Malaysia, Digital Nasional Bhd, Amanat Lebuhraya Rakyat, Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia, Opcom Holdings, Bina Darulaman, Privasia Technology, QuantePhi Sdn Bhd, Lotus Cars UK, Endeavor Malaysia, Multimedia Development Corporation and BinaFikir Sdn Bhd. In this latest edition of the Do More Podcast's Think Inspire Series with Endeavor Malaysia and CGS-CIMB, Sharil shares some of his wisdom and experience with Khoo Hsu Chuang. .. CONTENTS: 00:01:45 - What Sharil Looks For Before Investing in a Business 00:02:42 - What Makes a Good Entrepreneur? 00:04:36 - Lessons Learnt From Passing on Twitter (!) 00:08:08 - Metrics to Seek When Analysing a Business? 00:10:11 - Key Differences Between US and Asian Startups 00:12:06 - Why Do These Differences Exist? 00:14:31 - There Are Different Types of Entrepreneur .. 00:18:25 - The Trouble With Too Many Handouts 00:20:54 - Malaysia’s Entitlement Malaise 00:27:00 - Does Malaysia Inc. Stymie Entrepreneurs? 00:29:14 - Malaysia’s 5G Lethargy - Why? 00:34:26 - Dealing With Structural Limitations 00:37:58 - Should the Govt Shrink? 00:41:05 - Govt Engagement and Policy: Sufficient? 00:46:53 - What’s Wrong With a Foreign Listing? 00:49:52 - Advice To Entrepreneur in a Competitive ASEAN 00:52:53 - No Safety Net: What Happens? 00:55:12 - Older Entrepreneurs Means Experience 00:56:10 - One Rule Above All to Succeed in Business --- Follow Dato’ Sharil Here: ZICO: https://zico.group/people/dato-mohame... LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharil-ta... Crunchbase: https://www.crunchbase.com/person/dat... --- Follow Chuang here: URL: http://www.domore.my/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hsu-chuan... FB: https://www.facebook.com/khoo.chuang/ IG: instagram.com/khoohsuchuang/ --- Follow DoMore here: WEBSITE: https://www.domore.my/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/DoMoreTakeC... ITUNES: https://apple.co/2lQ47mS GOOGLE PLAY: https://bit.ly/3b1l8iO SPOTIFY: https://tinyurl.com/y6zufvcp PODBEAN: https://domoreasia.podbean.com/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/domore.asia/

#cars #IPO #ecommerce Carsome's Eric Cheng - Malaysia's First Unicorn In just 7 short years, Carsome's Eric Cheng has built Malaysia's first unicorn, thanks to years of hard grinding and a dogged will to succeed, following years of failure. Find out what it takes to build a unicorn (ie a company worth a billion US dollars or more) in this day and age. 00:00:58 - How A College Dropout Starts A Unicorn 00:04:22 - Building Resilience -- 'Armour' -- Bouncing Back From Failure 00:06:54 - Eric Executes Really, Really Well - Where Did He Learn It? 00:09:42 - From Employee to Entrepreneur 00:14:02 - Management Lessons From Left Field 00:18:25 - Where Do You Find Good People? 00:22:40 - The Right People For Regional Expansion 00:26:41 - Playing the Unicorn Game 00:28:40 - What Data Does Eric Use to Plan? 00:30:37 - Profiling Customers in a Disparate ASEAN Market 00:34:12 - Challenges of Regulation? Policy? 00:36:52 - Dealing with Volatile Times 00:39:16 - Dealing With Negative Sentiment to Tech 00:41:38 - Can ASEAN Unicorns Ever Surpass American Unicorns? 00:43:35 - Can Carsome Go Global? 00:45:22 - Advice to Aspiring Entrepreneurs 00:47:46 - What Defines Passion? 00:50:10 - What Will Light Your Fire? 00:51:04 - What Doesn't Kill You .... 00:53:30 - Lessons From WeWork 00:55:08 - What the Future Holds for Carsome 00:56:55 - The Biggest Risks? 00:58:03 - Where Carsome is in 6 Months .. --- FOLLOW ERIC HERE: IG: https://www.instagram.com/ericccccccc/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/Im.Eric.Cheng LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericcheng85/ FOLLOW CARSOME HERE: IG: https://www.instagram.com/carsomemalaysia/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/Carsome.my LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/carsome/ Follow Chuang here: URL: http://www.domore.my/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hsu-chuang-khoo-ab199343/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/khoo.chuang/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/khoohsuchuang/ Follow DoMore here: WEBSITE: https://www.domore.my/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/DoMoreTakeChargeofYourLife ITUNES: https://apple.co/2lQ47mS GOOGLE PLAY: https://bit.ly/3b1l8iO SPOTIFY: https://tinyurl.com/y6zufvcp PODBEAN: https://domoreasia.podbean.com/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/domore.asia/ Enjoy Life! Carpe Dieme!