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EP 14. ZEN ROOMS Launched in 2015 in Indonesia and now in 7 countries, ZEN Rooms is undoubtedly the largest and fastest growing budget hotel chain in Southeast Asia, with more than 5,000 rooms across 35+ locations. In this episode Sameer Kaushik, Country Manager of Malaysia and Sri Lanka is representing ZEN Rooms to share the journey of the founders of the startup and how they get into business in this region. ZEN Rooms takes control in providing a good hospitality services with their partner hotel, including improving their services by training hotel staffs. ZEN Rooms gets the best rating for the budget chains in this region, and the customers satisfaction is their main priority. ZEN Rooms is also giving away promo codes for their rooms. Listen to the end of the podcast to know what’s the promo code for it! Check out ZEN Rooms at www.zenrooms.com [https://www.zenrooms.com/] Download [https://efmlive.podbean.com/mf/play/k3tfp5/Ep14_Startup_talk_-_ZEN_Rooms.mp3] The post Ep14. ZEN Rooms [https://efm.live/episodes/ep14-zen-rooms/] first appeared on eFM Live [https://efm.live].

EP 13. ATHENA Athena is 100% women-owned social enterprise that established in 2015. Athena empower girls from within through self-development programs that encourage ‘switch’ for better menstrual hygiene management. In this episode, Anja Julia, Head of Social Impact of Athena Empower shares the challenges of producing mentrual hygiene product in not just urban community, but most importantly girls from rural villages across Malaysia. Check them out at athenaempowers.com [https://athenaempowers.com/] Download [https://efmlive.podbean.com/mf/play/ah6vvf/Ep13_Startup_talk_-_Athena.mp3] The post Ep13. Athena [https://efm.live/episodes/ep13-athena/] first appeared on eFM Live [https://efm.live].

EP 12. BUMBUNG Bumbung is a real estate tech company in Kuala Lumpur that is creating long-term solutions for both home seekers and real estate agents. The property platform aims to simplifies the property search through delivering quality listings through verified agents. In this episode of Startup Talks, Gadiy Lim shares his experience developing Bumbung and become the matchmaker in the real estate industry, discovering opportunities and beating challenges in the rise of startups. Check them out at bumbung.co [https://bumbung.co/] Download [https://efmlive.podbean.com/mf/play/2ej8r5/Ep12_Startup_talk_-_Bumbung.mp3] The post Ep12. Bumbung [https://efm.live/episodes/ep12-bumbung/] first appeared on eFM Live [https://efm.live].

EP 11. TOURPLUS Tourplus is an online marketplace for travelers to connect with local tour guides. It enables users to communicate with the local guides and customize itinerary for their trips. Problems such as security, languages, and local knowledge are no longer issues for adventurous travelers by having local experts travel with them. Tourplus now supports countries in Southeast Asia region. Personalizing travel experience has become possible with Tourplus. Tourplus began in 2014 when Rickson met Kyle during a trip to California. Kyle hosted Rickson and showed Rickson around in San Francisco like a local. Rickson need not bother with the online scattered information and reviews anymore. Later, both founders decided to return to their home country – Malaysia and started up a business to help solve problems in travel. Therefore, the birth of Tourplus. Now, thousands of hosts and travelers choose to create free Tourplus accounts so they can list their services and hire tour guides as local friends while traveling. Listen till the end of the podcast to receive discount when you use Tourplus! Check them out at www.tourplus.my [http://www.tourplus.my/en] Download [https://efmlive.podbean.com/mf/play/6mrwh5/Ep11_Startup_talk_-_Tourplus.mp3] The post Ep11. Tourplus [https://efm.live/episodes/ep11-tourplus/] first appeared on eFM Live [https://efm.live].

EP 10. CHEQQME CheQQme is an action-based (call-to-action) mobile marketing platform for merchants to have more interesting campaigns for their customers and fans which can meet their favourite lifestyle needs geographically; navigate on smart phones with greater visibility; promotions; entertained and engaged with “fun sales” that they will never get enough with. In this episode of Startup Talks, Wei Chee Lee, the founder of CheQQme shares his experience in designing to incorporate fun elements into merchant’s loyalty programs and marketing campaigns, where users will be able to enjoy fun and unique campaigns with their favourite brands. With the presence of CheQQme, it intends to bridge gap by directing online traffic to merchant’s physical store. Users discover great deals, rewards, enjoy fun challenges and have a unique mobile buying experience with CheQQme’s marketing campaigns and loyalty programmes. CheQQme redefines the traditional way of customer engagement into the mobile way by helping merchants convert online traffic to offline foot traffic via its platform, including personalized marketing campaigns, payment gateway facilities, and point-of-sale solutions, all which provide merchants a peace of mind in marketing, customer engagement and operations. Check them out at cheqqme.com [http://cheqqme.com/] Download [https://efmlive.podbean.com/mf/play/w5vzjj/Ep10_Startup_talk_-_Cheqqme.mp3] The post Ep10. CheQQme [https://efm.live/episodes/ep10-cheqqme/] first appeared on eFM Live [https://efm.live].