Podcasts by Pats Chat

Pat's Chat Ep. #044 - Sinan Ismail, The Digital Durian Founder from 2021-10-07T17:30:46

Born in Malaysia, spent the first few years in UK, completing his studies back in Malaysia at University Sains in Penang (Computer Modeling) he started as 3D Animator. Never great at drawing, he...

Pat's Chat Ep. #043 - Nadia Jalil, The Social Impact Advertiser from 2021-08-27T01:45:59

Is it a coincidence, that many of my guests studied law before eventually becoming entrepreneurs?  How did Nadia start her awesome social impact advertising company? Social impact because e...

Pat's Chat Ep. #042 - Xteven Teoh, The Automation Expert from 2021-07-23T04:57:13

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Pat's Chat Ep. #041 - Anushya Safira, The 'Mênê' Founder from 2021-07-16T04:31:51

Always interested in fashion, Anushya shares here awesome stories growing up as a 'Chindian' the struggles and what she has taken from that experience. Starting her career as fashion designer, s...

Pat's Chat Ep. #040 - Benjamin Croc, The HR-tech Enthusiast from 2021-06-24T16:40:26

Living in Malaysia for 10 years, Ben is originally from France. Now the Co-founder/CEO of the HR Tech company BrioHR. Awesome story about his journey from School to not one, but 2 (!) MBAs, via ...

Pat's Chat Ep. #039 - Rizal Azis, The Incomplete Leader from 2021-06-11T03:13:10

Malaysian but not born in Malaysia - living abroad in Australia and Japan for almost 15 years. How did it feel to come back to Malaysia? And what were the motivators? Venturing into his own busi...

Pat's Chat Ep. #038 - Mallory Loone, The Creator of Opportunities from 2021-06-03T15:19:22

3x TEDx Speaker, Mentor/Judge at Startups events, Committee Member at Tulips Movement   - women-centred Malaysian based Community Interest Company (CIC) and of course Co-Founder at Wor...

Pat's Chat Ep. #037 - Marc Chua, The Sports Apparel Innovator from 2021-04-29T16:31:26

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Pat's Chat Ep. #036 - Marjorie and JJ, The EMERGE Esports Co-Founders from 2021-04-23T00:44:48

Coming from different backgrounds, Marjorie and JJ are among the Co-Founders of EMERGE esports, a Singapore-based professional gaming and esports talent management company. While Marjorie alread...

Pat's Chat Ep. #035 - Pui Mun, The Construction Software Founder from 2021-04-15T14:17:25

Grown up in Kuala Lumpur, studied Law in UK, to return and disrupt the construction industry with an awesome management software. Pui Mun shares her stories, her journey from law, to constructio...

Pat's Chat Ep. #034 - Harith Ridzuan, The Green Carpenter from 2021-04-02T02:24:50

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Pat's Chat Ep. #033 - Wuan Xin, The Children-Entrepreneurs Builder from 2021-03-12T00:39:22

Grown up in Penang and studying in Australia, Wuan Xin tells her story from side-hustling and how to properly manage time with the main-employer, being a founding member of Food-Ninja (a zero fo...

Pat's Chat Ep. #032 - Dato Sri Ganes, The TVET thought leader from 2021-03-04T14:33:12

How can someone be so passionate about training and skills development? Over 20 years in business with the SG Education Group, that he founded and leads, Dato Sri Ganes shared his story and gran...

Pat's Chat Ep. #031 - Shayna Teh, The Auditor turned Entrepreneur from 2020-12-18T03:26:21

Studying and being an Auditor for 10 years to follow family business. But entrepreneurship was more of what Shayna wanted to be in her life. Designing shoes was at the beginning of that new jour...

Pat's Chat Ep. #030 - Ranukka Singham, The Image & Perception Coach from 2020-12-10T15:41:12

A refreshing, inspiring and insightful chat with an image and perception coach. Ranukka shared openly about her background, why she studied optometry and how that influenced her early business l...

Pat's Chat Ep. #029 - Geeta Lachmandas, The Healthy Cooking Coach from 2020-12-04T03:47:55

Relocated from Singapore to Malaysia with a bachelor degree in law. Geeta was looking for other things to do, started cooking to become eventually a recognized chef and teacher in healthy cookin...

Pat's Chat Ep. #028 - Jan Wong, The Youth Entrepreneur from 2020-11-05T17:21:34

Started entrepreneurship early at 17, a side hustle to studying...or was it even earlier? Is entrepreneurship something you have to have in your blood, or can you learn it? How did Jan learn fro...

Pat's Chat Ep. #027 - Zac Liew, The Fintech Entrepreneur from 2020-10-30T05:49:15

Studied law in UK to eventually start a career in a bank, followed by a tech company which made the ideal foundations to start a FinTech company. Talked with Zach about the challenges and opport...

Pat's Chat Ep. #026 - Ms Suchi, The Laughter Queen from 2020-10-09T14:05:36

Just back from the UK, I was able to chat with famous Ms Suchi, when she served her quarantine days in a hotel in Singapore. Taking about laughter therapy, depression, early detection and signs....

Pat's Chat Ep. #025 - Dr. Jason Leong, The blessed, fighting comedian from 2020-10-02T05:15:36

Stand-up comedian Dr. Jason Leong is the guest for my small anniversary show, the 25th episode. Everyone knows already that he was a medical doctor, turned very successful comedian. So I talked ...

Pat's Chat Ep. #024 - Laila White, The Fitness & Wellness Creator from 2020-09-25T06:33:20

Born and raised in Singapore among 8 siblings, with a difficult childhood being molested and even raped at young age.
Later became Single-mom, left with 200'000 SGD of debts, she explains in...

Pat's Chat Ep. #023 - Peter Kua, The Data Science Evangelist from 2020-09-18T02:33:35

Peter grew up in Penang, Malaysia and went on to study in US. Back in Malaysia, he ventured into Data Science to eventually become one of Malaysias' highly decorated evangelist. Building a huge ...

Pat's Chat Ep. #022 - Simon Li, The Memory Grandmaster from 2020-08-28T06:11:09

Winner of several memory championships and owner of numerous memory records, Simon Li from Hong Kong talked with me about how he found his passion in the memory science, methodologies and how he...

Pat's Chat Ep. #021 - Dr. AJ Minai, the brand storyteller from 2020-08-21T00:17:30

TEDx Speaker, serial entrepreneur, blockchain enthusiast, brand storyteller, public speaker...there's a lot to learn about and especially from AJ. What makes a great storyteller? Someone that ma...

Pat's Chat Ep. #020 - Anuj Kulkarni, the training and innovation consultant from 2020-08-07T07:03:46

Born in India in a family of artists, his early jobs made him travel around the world. Working in the USA, Europe and Singapore, he learnt a lot about different cultures and different approaches...

Pat's Chat Ep. #019 - Andrea Zsapka, the coach, dancer and community builder from 2020-07-30T02:30:09

Born in Hungary, Andrea started dancing at the age of 6. A passion that accompanies her entire life.... An interesting story about love brought her to Malaysia, where she started building commun...

Pat's Chat Ep. #018 - Daniele Gambero, the Propenomist from 2020-07-02T16:40:32

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Pat's Chat Ep. #017 - Gladys Tan, Facilitator Virtues Workshop and Mentoring from 2020-06-25T15:25:59

Gladys grew up in Malaysia, moved to Singapore and is currently back in Malaysia. Being flight attendant for both Singapore airline and Malaysia airline, she eventually started to learn and love...

Pat's Chat Ep. #016 - Wandalyn Tan, Founder Caltan Training and Consultancy from 2020-06-21T07:01:49

Audit Manager turned author, career coach and speaker. Wandalyn grew up in Philippines and is now working in Dubai. What made her move and stay there for nearly 11 years now?  Also we talke...

Pat's Chat Ep. #015 - Garry Chow, CEO Asia Mediation Center from 2020-06-11T16:46:20

A "KL boy", Garry studied law to become a better negotiator. However finding out, that there was more, or something else, he became an expert in EQ and used his skills as mediator to teach, coac...

Pat's Chat Ep. #014 - Noor Shahiwan, the Solar Energy Social Entrepreneur from 2020-06-05T07:34:04

Iwan grew up in Ampang, studies Biology first to then complete a Master in environmental Science and Management. Before and during starting his Solar Engergy company, he worked as a VIP chauffeu...

Pat's Chat Ep. #013 - Umar Munshi, the Islamic Fintech Expert from 2020-05-29T06:47:55

Born and grown up in Singapore, Umar figured out early, that studying wasn't his thing. Traveled across South-East Asia staying for some years in Indonesia, building and leading startup's includ...

Pat's Chat Ep. #012 - Vyasa Kandasamy, the man behind "Conversations that matter" from 2020-05-22T03:03:51

After studying mechanical engineering, he launched a first an integrated chip design company, followed by a reward/incentives design company to eventually become CEO of Cad training center. An a...

Pat's Chat Ep. #011 - Babu Priyavrat, the "AI Geek" from 2020-05-15T07:22:05

Grown up in India, he's was traveling and relocating to other countries throughout his life. Settling down in Malaysia back in 2011, he started to focus more on AI, founding a community called "...

Pat's Chat Ep. #010 - Jimmy Lee, CEO/Co-founder of Foodie Box, YummyLicious and many more... from 2020-05-08T08:10:32

Born in Penang, he was studying law, only to start a video editing company first. Making his first million, before going through some tough struggles, to eventually venture into the food busines...

Pat's Chat Ep. #009 - Diana Nguyen, "The JoyFool Artist" from 2020-05-01T08:15:47

2nd generation Vietnamese-Australian....or is it Australian-Vietnamese?

Diana shares some of her struggles and challenges in her early life, the relationship with her mother and much more...

Pat's Chat Ep. #008 - Roshan Thiran, Founder and CEO of Leaderonomics from 2020-04-28T09:14:26

Moved to US to study under a soccer scholarship - started working for Exxon Mobile and GE to become all about Leadership. No wonder people such as Jack Welch and John Maxwell also have been auth...

Pat's Chat Ep. #007 - Jocelyn Goh, The engagement video producer from 2020-04-24T08:42:08

Jocelyn is from Singapore and after working couple of years with Alibaba - visiting even the HQ in Hangzhou couple of times, she decided to start her own company last year.

Producing enga...

Pat's Chat Ep. #006 - Mei Phing Lim, Founder of Got a Phing from 2020-04-22T08:01:27

Grown up in Penang, Malaysia - her path went quickly southwards, via Kuala Lumpur to Singapore. Travelling a total of 37 countries, she was finally launching her own business  - coaching an...

Pat's Chat Ep. #005 - Joy Abdullah, The Strategic Marketing Specialist from 2020-04-17T07:01

30 years of experience in Marketing, Joy shares his awesome insights in how marketing changed, what are the differences between Branding and Marketing, and how both are so important, especially ...

Pat's Chat Ep. #004 - Sha-En Yeo, the Positive Psychology Expert from 2020-04-14T09:30:39

Today's chat with a TEDx speaker, book author and founder at Happiness Scientists - Sha-En Yeo from Singapore:
10 years running her business at Happiness Scientists, helping people having a...

Pat's Chat Ep. #003 - Max Liang, the Feng Shui Master from 2020-04-10T09:35:44

Max grew up in Singapore, feeling some powers, that were un-explainable, even his family didn't believe what he felt. Interested in Science, he studied Biochemistry, worked as a Microbiologist, ...

Pat's Chat Ep. #002 - Carrie Anne Yu, the Chinese Market Strategist from 2020-04-03T06:02:06

Talking with Carrie from Hong Kong about how she became an Entrepreneur, starting being a school teacher and then ventured into Marketing...  What are the popular marketing tools in China a...

Pat's Chat Ep. #001 - Homam Alghorani, the Hologram Man from 2020-04-03T05:56:39

First episode of my new chat and absolutely honored, that my friend from  Startups.Zone, Mr. Homam Alghorani is my first guest.  Born in Syria, he eventually relocated to Malaysia for ...