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From naivety to nailing it: POSH Nail Spa aims to take the nail industry to new heights

From naivety to nailing it: POSH Nail Spa aims to take the nail industry to new heights

Sereen Eng takes on a challenge like how she would prepare to wash a customer’s feet in her nail salon – she rolls up her sleeves and rises to the occasion.  The founder of POSH…

Healing with Passion

Healing with Passion

A personal quest that turns into a huge opportunity Once a niche trend championed by a few, the clean beauty and skincare movement has gone mainstream. Sustainable, natural and organic – all reflect a trend…

Fit and famous: Nana Al Haleq lifts the weight of her brand

Fit and famous: Nana Al Haleq lifts the weight of her brand

Nana Al Haleq had not done push-ups for almost three years due to a shoulder and elbow injury. When her trainer included it in her programme, she was cautious but gamed to try it. To…

Tackling the ugly side of the aesthetics business: How Beauty & Co builds integrity and impact

Tackling the ugly side of the aesthetics business: How Beauty & Co builds integrity and impact

Starting her own body aesthetic company, Bizzy Body, at the age of 25. Expanding the business to 30 outlets within five years. Establishing Malaysia’s first beauty co-working space, Beauty & Co, in The Gardens, Mid…

Not A Stretch: How MurFest found success uniting alternative therapies amidst scepticism

Not A Stretch: How MurFest found success uniting alternative therapies amidst scepticism

Some swear by it, others swear at it – alternative treatments and therapies tend to spark intense debate between supporters and detractors. Also known as traditional or complementary treatments, it covers practices not within mainstream…

Untangling Challenges: How Hairstory International is flipping the script for its industry

Untangling Challenges: How Hairstory International is flipping the script for its industry

Derick Ooi, the founder of Hairstory International, has a hair story. As a teenager, he often felt a pang whenever he looked in the mirror. Heng Ee High School in Penang – where he studied…

Ways to Turn Your Start-Up Into a Flourishing Business

Ways to Turn Your Start-Up Into a Flourishing Business

Starting your own business is a herculean feat fraught with difficulties. Everyone wants to be the exception, but most entrepreneurs struggle to build a profitable business that they are passionate about. Even companies that made…

THE PROPERTY SECTOR IN MALAYSIA SEES UNEVEN RECOVERY IN 2022

THE PROPERTY SECTOR IN MALAYSIA SEES UNEVEN RECOVERY IN 2022

As the country transitions into endemicity on April 1, the Malaysian property sector is expected to see a return to normalcy, with uneven recovery anticipated across the sub-sectors. All restrictions on business operating hours will…

FROM WASTE YARD TO – “GreenTech”

FROM WASTE YARD TO – “GreenTech”

Eclimo’s bumpy journey in building Malaysia’s first electric scooter In 2008, Dato’ Dennis Chuah combined two of his lifelong passion – bikes and batteries – and charged into what would become one of the hottest…

IDEAL VISION SEES A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR  AUTOMATED QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTIONS

IDEAL VISION SEES A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR AUTOMATED QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTIONS

INSPECTIONS There are jobs that humans just cannot do — for example, spotting flaws that are too tiny to be detected with the naked eye on electronic parts. These cracks or imperfections can cause the…