All Episodes

Documenting Ungoogle-able Malaysian Stories to 138k followers | Shi Han, co-founder of Human Edition

$106,241/year from 8 income streams?! - Rachel How (UX/UI Designer)

Pinn Yang: How He Built A RM75 Million Media Empire & What Drives Him [CEO, Foodie Media Berhad]

🎬 I Built Rotten Tomatoes... for Jackie Chan (& nearly collapsed) | Senh Duong (Co-Founder, Rotten Tomatoes)

Ep 153: From Being Told to "SHUT UP" to RM150+ million in 5 years?! | Hui Jing Lee, Co-Founder of Bila-Bila Mart

Ep 152.2: Art World's Greatest Conman Escaped the Mafia & FBI Using This Tactic?! | Ken Perenyi

Ep 152.1: Art World's Greatest Con Man: How Ken Sold Fake Art For Millions & Escaped the Mafia & FBI!

Ep 151: There is NO Joy in Film Production 😫 | Jared Lee (Founder, The Grim Film)

Ep 150.2: I committed career suicide?! | Jonathan Mildenhall (ex-CMO, Airbnb & ex-SVP, Coca-Cola)

Ep 150.1: I was the poster child at Coca-Cola... | Jonathan Mildenhall (ex-CMO, Airbnb & ex-SVP, Coca-Cola)

Ep 149: This Is Not Going to Work! | Rodney Wong (CEO, Munchy's)

Ep 148.2: The Impossible Game + Scared of Wives Club?! - Dato Sri Idris Jala [Chairman, PEMANDU]

Ep 148.1: "I Wrote the Cockiest Letter!" | Dato' Sri Idris Jala (Chairman, PEMANDU)

Ep 147: "I landed the dream job because my dog was sick!" | Arthur Kiong (CEO, Far East Hospitality)

Ep 146.2: Waiting to Die + We Don't Have to be that Woke?! | Woon Tai Ho (Founder of Channel News Asia & Author)

Ep 146.1: I didn't know I was poor! | Woon Tai Ho (Channel NewsAsia founder & Bestselling Author - George Yeo trilogy, Soul of Ink, Riot Green)

Ep 145: Are You a Masochistic Book Lover? | Kenny Chan (ex-diplomat & ex-Senior Director at Kinokuniya Book Stores (Asia Pacific))

Ep 144: Going viral with 500k following as an Italian Chef | Gero DiMaria Mohammed Omar (Kucina)

Ep 143: Becoming Singapore’s 1st Professional Adventurer - You Never too Old to Take Risks! | Khoo Swee Chiow

Ep 142: I've Done Something Many Haven't Had the Opportunity to Do | Lucas Lu (Head of Zoom Asia)

ICYMI: The 6 Powerful Women in the Room - Jacqueline Novogratz, Lydia Fenet, Nicole Quinn, Pink Pencil Math etc

Ep 141: Inheriting a 100-year-old family business | Fong (Co-Owner, Tong Heng)

Ep 140.2: The Secret to Picking F&B Winners & Winning Michelin Stars | Loh Lik Peng (Founder & CEO, Unlisted Collection)

Ep 140.1: The No-Nonsense 'Lucky' Hotelier?! | Loh Lik Peng (Founder, Unlisted Collection)

Ep 139: Sneak Peek - Singapore Subseries!

Ep 138: I Don't Believe in Prince & Princess Journalists - Steve Chao [x2 Emmy-nominated investigative journalist & Al-Jazeera Senior War Reporter]

Ep 137: Stupid to call myself a coach! | Simon Alexander Ong (Bestselling Author, Coach, Keynote Speaker & Business Strategist)

Ep 136: I don't want to hang out with famous influencers because… [Prestine Davekhaw, Founder of MalaysianPAYGAP & Disappearing Jobs]

Ep 135: Final day of 2023?!

Ep 134: Build Your Why - STIMY Updates, Highlights & A Special Offer?!

Ep 133: If It’s Easy, It Must Be A Scam + Hunting for 100 Cockroaches?! | Adlin Yusman (Managing Director, Endeavor Malaysia)

Ep 132: The Inside Scoop on Asia's $30 Million Media Empire | Terence Lee, Editor-In-Chief at Tech in Asia

Ep 131. Becoming The Greatest Professional Prankster - Charlie Todd [Founder, Improv Everywhere]

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

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

Ep 128: The Bamboo SWAT Team | Ewe Jin Low (Founder, TENTEN & Better Bamboo Buildings)

Hey STIMIES! Here's a special September check-in

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

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

Ep 125: From Building NASA Launch Pads to 1.9 Million TikTok Followers?! | Tanya Zakowich (Founder, Pink Pencil Math)

Ep 124: More Than One Way to Live | Jacqueline Novogratz (Founder & CEO, Acumen)

Ep 123: Regret What You Tried, Not What You Gave Up On | Dr. Giovanna Graziosi Casimiro (Ex-Metaverse Producer, Decentraland Foundation)

Tribute: The King of Singapore | Adrian Tan (President, Singapore Law Society)

Help! I Wanna Quit My Job ASAP! | Peter Yong aka Mr Money TV (153k YouTube subscribers)

Ep 122 Part 2: I Am NOT Your Father! | Peter Yong aka Mr Money TV, the 7-figure YouTube Businessman

Ep 122 Part 1: The Replacement Son Who Refuses to Drive a Porsche?! | Peter Yong (aka Mr MoneyTV the Personal Finance YouTuber)

Ep 121: I'm OK, Man! | Dr Ong Kian Ming (Former Deputy Minister of Malaysia's Ministry of Investment, Trade & Industry)

Ep 120: 40 Secs to Win & The Power of Psychotic Obsession | Apolo Ohno (Most Decorated US Winter Olympian with 8 Olympic Medals & 21 World Championships)

Ep 119: Building a Global Media Empire | Justin Byam Shaw (Chairman, ESI Media - Evening Standard & the Independent; Founder, Felix Project)

Ep 118: The Uncharismatic Leader We All NEED | Chen Chow Yeoh (Co-Founder, Fave & KFit)

Ep 117: From an Intervention by the Pope to Overhauling the US Financial System, SVB, Signature Bank & Trumplestilkin | Barney Frank (former US Congressman, Chairman of the US Financial Services Committee)

Ep 116: The EPIC Life in Building Homes in 3 days?! | John-Son Oei (Founder & Chief Epic Officer, EPIC Collective)

Ep 115: The Most Powerful Woman in the Room | Lydia Fenet (former Christie's Managing Director & Global Head of Strategic Partnerships and Most Powerful Woman in the Room

Ep 114: Confessions of a former opium addict & secret society member | Alvin Chiong (ex-convict, Triad Trail tour guide & chef)

Ep 113: How Do You Build a 200,000+ community in 3 years?! | Bryan Pham (Co-Founder, Asian Hustle Network, AHNF, AHN Ventures, Hate Is A Virus)

SPECIAL: Questions from the Audience with Eric Sim (former Managing Director of UBS Investment Bank)

Ep 112 Part 2: How to Gain 2.9 MILLION LinkedIn Followers & Build a Second Career | Eric Sim (former Managing Director, UBS Investment Bank)

Ep 112.1: Confessions of a hawker's son turned MD of UBS (with 2.9 million LinkedIn followers!) | Eric Sim (former Managing Director, UBS)

Ep 111: Building the hottest Southeast Asian Tech Startup Newsletter | Amanda Cua (Founder, Backscoop)

Ep 110 Part 2: Where the hell is everybody?! | Ian Lee (Co-Founder, Syndicate; former Head of Crypto & Blockchain, Citi)

Ep 110.1: How do you measure your life? | Ian Lee (Co-Founder, Syndicate & Former Head of Crypto & Blockchain, Citi)

Ep 109: From a £1.75 billion purchase of Lehman Brothers to Tony Blair & Web3 | Chrissy Hill (General Counsel, Parity Technologies)

Ep 108: How To Build a 4.4 million YouTube following in Asia | Gerald Sebastian (co-founder, Kok Bisa)

Ep 107: The Story Behind the Story - How a CNN Reporter Built Her Career | Michelle Toh (Writer & Reporter, CNN)

ICYMI: Boys Like Clubs, Girls Like Secrets - Dr Robin Dunbar

Ep 106: WTF? This is the best secret to unhappiness | Xav Desmet, Head of Digital Natives, Startups & Unicorns for Asia @ Zoom

Ep 105: Sneak Peek into the STIMY 2023 Lineup!

Goodbye! 😱

Ep 103: The House of Yes | Nicole Levinson (Chief Marketing Officer, audo; Senior VP, Playboy Club New York)

Ep 102: Confessions of an Ex-Convict, Secret Society Member & Social Escort Business Owner | Notle Chew

SPECIAL: Questions from the Audience - Adrian Tan (the King of Singapore)

Ep 101.2: The Return of the King of Singapore [Part 2] | Adrian Tan (President of Singapore's Law Society, LinkedIn Influener & Partner at TSMP Law Corporation)

Ep 101.1: The King of Singapore [Part 1] | Adrian Tan (President of Singapore's Law Society & Partner, TSMP Law Corporation)

Ep 100: So Is This MY Why?! | ft Red Hong Yi (guest host) x Ling Yah

SPECIAL: Audience Questions - Davy Liu (former Disney Animator)

Ep 99: Life of a Former Disney #LionKing #Mulan #BeautyAndtheBeast Animator | Davy Liu (Former Disney Animator & Founder, Kendu Films)

Ep 98: From Devil Wears Prada to Web3 High Fashion?! | Francine Ballard (Founder, Metagolden)

Ep 97: From Vaccine Research to Head of Strategic Projects in Asia | Jeremy Au (Chief of Staff & Head of Strategic Projects, Monk's Hill Ventures + Podcaster, BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech Podcast)

ICYMI: Bullish about Generative Art (Art Blocks) - Zeneca 33

Ep 96: Being Mr Stingy | Aaron Tang (Blogger & Country Manager of Malaysia's First Regulated Crypto Exchange)

Ep 95: From Launching Angry Birds Space with NASA to Throwing Parties in Decentraland | Marja Konttinen (Marketing Director, Decentraland)

Ep 94: Turning the Tables on... Me?! | Ling Yah x Freda Liu (BFM 89.9 Radio Host)

ICYMI: Can we have MORE than 150 friends?! - Dr Robin Dunbar

Ep 93.2: Web3 for the Economically Marginalised | Geoffrey See (CEO, Poko DAO & WEF Young Global Leader)

Ep 93.1: Raising North Korean Entrepreneurs | Geoffrey See (former Chairman, Choson Exchange & WEF Young Global Leader)

Ep 92: Life of a 4 Star General Who Founded the Malaysian Special Forces | General Tan Sri (Dr) Borhan bin Ahmad (former Chief of Defence Forces, Malaysia)

Ep 91: This Room is Filled with Crazy! - SPECIAL EDITION

Ep 90: Building the Bloomberg & Yahoo Finance of Crypto | TM Lee (co-founder & CEO, Coingecko)

Ep 89: So You Want to Enter the Metaverse? | Tibor Mérey (Managing Director & Partner, Global Co-Lead Metaverse, BCG)

ICYMI: What's it really like being part of BAYC - Zeneca 33

Ep 88: How Fortune 500 Brands Can Enter the Metaverse | Diego Borgo (Metaverse Strategist - Adidas, Gucci, Salesforce, L'Oreal)

ICYMI: Can Virtual Friends be REAL Friends?! - Dr Robin Dunbar

Ep 87: Building Evernote, Startup Success is Worse than Startup Failure & Why Blockchain is Bullsh*t | Phil Libin (co-founder, Evernote, mmhmm & All Turtles)

Ep 86.2: How to x100 your net worth in 1 year via NFT investments | Zeneca 33 (NFT Thought Leader with 300k Twitter Followers & ZenAcademy Founder)

ICYMI: Investing in Celebrities like Lady Gaga - Nicole Quinn, General Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

ICYMI: Why We Fall for Romantic Scams - Dr Robin Dunbar

Ep 86.1: FOMOing into NFTs, BAYC, Cryptopunks & Goblintown with Zeneca - NFT Thought Leader, 300k Twitter Followers, Founder of ZenAcademy

ICYMI: Plan it like a WAR - Dr Finian Tan (Chairman, Vickers Venture Partners)

Ep 85: How many friends can you have? | Dr Robin Dunbar (Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Psychology, Oxford University)

Ep 84: Becoming a Facebook Executive | Eric Toda (Global Head of Social Marketing & Head of Meta Prosper, Meta)

Ep 83: From Running an Arsenal Review blog with 500k views to Google & Podcasting | Bilal Zaidi (Entrepreneur & Podcaster at Creator Lab & Not Investment Advice)

Ep 82: The Law around NFTs & DAOs - Jamilia Grier (Founder, ByteBao)

Ep 81: Building a cute, educational & interactive NFT platform for Web3 beginners | Mai Akiyoshi (CEO & Co-Founder, Curious Addys' Trading Club)

Ep 80: Ee Ling Lim, Executive Director of Global Programs, 500 Global & Co-Founder of Smarter Me + Young Leaders Summit Asia

Ep 79: Celebrity Whisperer & Investor of Lady Gaga, Gwyneth Palthrow, Sophia Amoruso, Tom Brady etc.

Ep 78: Creating a Web3 Accelerator & Curate-to-Earn Platform with Randi Zuckerberg | Debbie Soon (Co-Founder, HUG & former VP, Head of Consumer Products, ONE Championship)

Ep 77: Founding Two 7-figure Businesses & Launching the First Venture DAO for Women | Lily Wu (Startup Partner Lead, SEA & Co-Founder, WOW Pixies NFT)

Ep 76: How to Sell Out a 8,888 NFT Collection & Run It As A Business | Nicole Yap (Co-Founder, 8SIAN NFT Collection)

Ep 75: Selling Her 1st NFT to Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park)! | Mumu the Stan (Founder, MalaysiaNFT)

Ep 74: Raising USD 70M+ in Southeast Asia | Michael Lints (Partner, Golden Gate Ventures)

Ep 73: From Ai Wei Wei to Building Generation T (Tatler) | Lee Williamson (Regional Editorial Editor, Generation T, Tatler Asia Group)

Ep 72: From (almost) DropKick to Scaling Fast-Growing Startups | Vincent Wei (Head of Growth, VEED.IO)

Ep 71: Surviving A Suicide Attempt & Thriving | Sabrina Ooi (Co-Founder, Calm Collective Asia)

Ep 70: Running London's iconic Jewish Beigel family business | Daniel Cohen (Managing Director, Beigel Bake Limited)

Ep 69: Creating a Free & Open Internet for All | Nnenna Nwakanma (Chief Web Advocate, World Wide Web Foundation)

Ep 68: Creating Content for 3+ Million Subscribers at Morning Brew | Neal Freyman (Managing Editor, Morning Brew)

Ep 67: Building Viral Campaigns for Social Enterprises | Daniel Flynn (Co-Founder, Thankyou)

Ep 66: The Business of Lettering | Lauren Hom (Designer, Illustrator & Hand Lettering Artist)

Ep 65: How AI is manipulating our behaviour & how to regulate it | Ansgar Koene (Global AI Ethics & Regulatory Leader, EY)

Ep 64: The "T.R.I.CK." to How You Can Raise Successful People | Esther Wojcicki

Ep 63: Creating the "Perfect" Sabbaticals for Peak Experiences | DJ Didonna [Founder, the Sabbatical Project]

Ep 62: Serving the World's Cheapest Michelin-Starred Meal | Hawker Chef Chan Hon Meng

Ep 61: Austen Allred (Co-Founder & CEO, Lambda School) - Building the Next-Gen Coding School with ISAs

Ep 60: David Grief (former Senior Clerk, Essex Court Chambers) - Building the Careers of Barristers & Judges

Ep 59: Ooi Boon Hoe (CEO & Director, Jurong Port Pte Ltd)

Ep 58: Nigel Stanislaus (Celebrity Makeup Artist, Mr Maybelline & Judge on Australia's Next Top Model + Asia's Next Top Model)

Ep 57: Robert James Ashe - x4 Emmy-nominated Hollywood editor & title designer + former Head of Post Production, Conan show

Ep 56: Amra Naidoo (Co-Founder, Accelerating Asia & General Partner, Accelerating Asia Ventures)

Ep 55: Karl Mak (Co-Founder, Hepmil Media Group - SGAG, MGAG, PGAG) - Running a Meme Business

Ep 54: Yulia Brodskaya (Paper Artist & Illustrator)

Ep 53: Rahul Chaudhary - MD & CEO, CG Corp Global & CG Hospitality Holdings - on running a 140-year family empire

Ep 52: Kendrick Nguyen (Co-Founder of Republic) - on Creating the Amazon of Private Investing

Ep 51.2: Nick Bernstein (Senior Vice President, Late Night Programming (West Coast), ViacomCBS) - on the Pete Holmes show & Late Late Show with James Corden

Ep 51.1: Nick Bernstein (Senior Vice President, Late Night Programming (West Coast), ViacomCBS)

Ep 50.2: Ning-Geng Ong (Founder, Chocolate Concierge & Culture Cacao)

Ep 50.1: Ning-Geng Ong (Founder, Chocolate Concierge & Culture Cacao)

Ep 49: Dato' Thomas Mun Lung Lee - Senior Partner, Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill & son of Tun HS Lee (Malaysia's 1st Finance Minister)

Ep 48: Oz Pearlman (Emmy Award-Winning Mentalist & America's Got Talent Finalist)

Ep 47: Lincoln Lee Ming (Co-Founder, Rice Inc & Winner of HULT Prize 2018)

Ep 46: Azran Osman-Rani (CEO of Naluri Hidup; formerly CEO of AirAsia X & iFlix)

Ep 45: Pui Wan Lim ("Picoworm") - Life of a Professional Miniature Artist

Ep 44: Joe Sidek - Festival Director, George Town Festival

Ep 43: Nicky Gumbel (Vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton, London & Pioneer of the Alpha Course)

Ep 42: Wai Ken Wong - Country Manager, StashAway (Malaysia)

Ep 41: Richard Lui (MSNBC & NBC News TV Anchor & Producer of Sky Blossom)

Ep 40: The Woke Salaryman (ft. He Ruiming & Goh Wei Choon) - on building a 400+k following in less than 2 years!

Ep 39: Guy Kawasaki - Chief Evangelist of Canva (formerly at Apple), Podcaster, Book Author, Venture Capitalist & Serial Entrepreneur

Ep 38: John Kim [Managing Partner, Amasia; Vlogger, Musician & Serial Entrepreneur]

Ep 37: Kai Yuan Ng (Co-Founder, Our Grandfather Story)

Ep 36: Kyne Santos (OnlineKyne): Mathematician, Tik Tok Star & Drag Queen (starred in Canada's Drag Race)

Ep 35: Chye Neo Chong - ex-MD of IBM Malaysia

Ep 34: Shawn Chong (x3 Diageo World Class Malaysia Champion, Mixologist, Co-founder of Omakase + Appreciate & Bar Class Academy Asia)

Ep 33: Maurizio Leo (Software Developer & Sourdough Blogger/Writer at The Perfect Loaf

Ep 32: Darrion Nguyen ("Lab Shenanigans" aka the Asian Millennial Tik Tok version of Bill Nye the Science Guy)

Ep 31: Kenji Chai Vui Yong - On Life as a Street Artist (aka "Chaigo")

Ep 30: Dr Finian Tan (Chairman, Vickers Venture Partners - 5th most consistently performing fund manager worldwide)

Ep 29: Darren Teoh (Head Chef & Owner of Dewakan - Asia's Top 50 Restaurants 2019)

Ep 28: Lily Xu Lijia (x2 Olympic Medallist & x3 World Champion Medallist in Laser Radial)

Ep 27: Freda Liu (Malaysian Business Radio-TV Host, Book Author, Emcee & Moderator)

Ep 26: Cesar Kuriyama (Founder, 1 Second Every Day)

Ep 25: Chong Chan-Yau (CEO, CarbonCare Innolab & President, Hong Kong Blind Union)

Ep 24: Malek Ali - Founder of BFM 89.9 & Fi Life

Ep 23: Sarah Chen - Co-Founder of Beyond the Billion & Lean in Malaysia

Ep 22: Alena Murang - Sarawakian Sape Player, Visual Artist & Heritage Advocate

Ep 21: Saw Teong Hin - Director, Producer & Writer [Puteri Gunung Ledang; Hai Ki Xin Lor (You Mean the World to Me)

Ep 20: Tan Kheng Hua - Singaporean Actress & Producer (Phua Chu Kang, Marco Polo, Crazy Rich Asians)

Ep 19: Patricia Kelikani - Emmy-Award Winning Filmmaker & Entrepreneur

Ep 18: Dr Jason Leong - Malaysia's Top Stand-Up Comedian & Netflix Special Star (Hashtag Blessed)

Ep 17: Louisa Gurski - 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 Law - Former Senior Inspector of the Hong Kong Police Force & Mother to 15-Year-Old CEO, Hillary Yip

Ep 13: Hillary Yip - 15-Year-Old Founder of MinorMynas

Ep 12: Danielle Kettlewell - Olympian (Australian Synchronised Swimmer)

Ep 11: Morgan Then - Electronic Music Artist (Slumberjack)

Ep 10: Benjamin Von Wong - Social Artivist Who's Generated 100+ Million Views

Ep 9: Rabi Malla - Social Entrepreneur & Founder of KOLPA

Ep 8: Barbara Woolsey - Canadian Freelance Journalist (Reuters, Guardian, Telegraph, Lonely Planet Guidebooks)

Ep 7: Jan Wong - Malaysian Serial Entrepreneur & Founder of OpenMinds Resources

Ep 6: Ashley Dean - First Artist of the Royal Ballet (UK)

Ep 5: Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt - Violist of the Dover Quartet

Ep 4: Sara Holden - How I Became A Hollywood Stunt Actress

Ep 3: Dr Julian Tan - From Subang to Becoming the Head of Digital Business Initiatives & Esports, Formula One

Ep 2: Red Hong Yi - A Malaysian Artist Who Paints Without A Paintbrush

Ep 1: Chloe Buiting - Vet & Wildlife Conservationist on Protecting the Natural World

Ep 0: What is the 'So This Is My Why" podcast about?