Small Talk, Big Ideas

Blankslate presents ‘Small Talk, Big Ideas’ - we talk to Jovy Low, Co-Founder of AMENIC Film Space. Two guys took their mutual love for movies to a whole new level (to a unit above a café!) and came up with a personal cinema paradise! We go behind the scenes with Jovy to find out exactly what it takes for films to make it to the Malaysian big screens, why many don't and why this is starting to become an issue in the industry.

Blankslate presents ‘Small Talk, Big Ideas’ - we speak to Melvin Poh, Founder of The Asian Entrepreneur. Starting off with a career in law, Melvin took an unconventional dive into the entrepreneurial world 8 years ago and hasn't looked back since. Fuelled by his passion for knowledge, he began an open access platform that now boasts the largest global database of practical knowledge on entrepreneurship in Asia. Find out what he has to say about adapting business models, fulfilling knowledge gaps and recapturing market value for your brand.

Blankslate presents ‘Small Talk, Big Ideas’ - we talk to Shermaine Wong,  Founder & Managing Director of Tish Events as well as Founder of  Cult Creative. When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade right? Well, when life gave all of us an unexpected turn of events, Shermaine and her team at Tish Events decided to shift their focus into creating  and curating Cult Creative KL, an initiative to connect, support and unite the creative community. We find out what she thinks the future of events in Malaysia will look like and why it’s important to support our local creative community.

Blankslate presents ‘Small Talk, Big Ideas’ - we talk to Timothy Tiah, Executive Director of Colony Coworking Space. "Not a single person was skipping to work". This was the humble beginning to an idea that has completely changed the experience of working spaces. We follow Tim's journey from his days at Nuffnang and what lessons he's brought over to help him start again from the ground up.

Blankslate presents ‘Small Talk, Big Ideas’ - we talk to Timothy Tiah, Executive Director of Colony Coworking Space. "Not a single person was skipping to work". This was the humble beginning to an idea that has completely changed the experience of working spaces. We follow Tim's journey from his days at Nuffnang and what lessons he's brought over to help him start again from the ground up.

Blankslate presents ‘Small Talk, Big Ideas’ - we talk to Kim Lim, CEO and co-founder of PichaEats. Very much like the content we create, stories can also be told through food. History, culture and purpose. We talk to PichaEats about how passion changed a humble initiative into a successful food delivery/catering service that supports refugee empowerment and how they plan to continue doing do that one meal at a time.

Blankslate presents 'Small Talk, Big Ideas' - we talk to Bryan, Ming Yue and Raj, the team behind Blankslate and Core Studios about what brands can do to stand out in a progressively crowded digital space. We also feature our experiences with these strategies from our own company aligned with our observations, highlighting strategies that work for  some businesses and why.  

Blankslate presents ‘Small Talk, Big Ideas’ - we talk to Renyi Chin,  co-founder of myBurgerLab about building a business based on cultures  and values they believed in, their initiatives to help the youth and  what goes into overcoming the challenges people don't usually see.

Blankslate presents ‘Small Talk, Big Ideas’ - we speak to Ai Ching Goh, CEO and co-founder of Piktochart as she shares about her personal journey and struggles, managing an international customer base while being a Malaysian-bred company, tough situations while dealing with people as well as seasoned advise on working from home / remote working for teams.

Blankslate presents ‘Small Talk, Big Ideas’ - we had a chat with Derrik Yaw from Graph Studio sharing about his company’s big break into the commercial production scene, business scaling strategy, brand culture and his approach to balancing people, time and money.