Episodes
Sept. 9, 2022
Teh Wuan Xin, Founder & CEO of AI Talent, Malaysia
Today’s episode is with an entrepreneur from Malaysia, Teh Wuan Xin. She is the Founder & CEO of AI Talent, a business that develops child entrepreneurs. At its core, it is an e-learning platform that provides a conducive env...
Sept. 2, 2022
Womenpreneur Asia Season 5 Starts Today
Welcome to Season 5 of Womenpreneur Asia and I am your host, Krista Goon. I started this podcast during the pandemic lockdown in 2020 and it's been a journey indeed! In this trailer, I talk about some exciting news and some o...
June 8, 2022
Yap Sook Yee, Co-founder of Frienden Arts and WeCareJourney, Malaysia
Today’s episode is with a social enterprise entrepreneur from Malaysia, Yap Sook Yee. Sook Yee is the co-founder of Frienden Arts and WeCareJourney. WeCareJourney is an association that helps parents and caregivers with child...
June 3, 2022
Olivia Quah, Co-founder of Asian Integrated Medical Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
In today’s episode, I am speaking to Olivia Quah who is the co-founder of Asian Integrated Medical Sdn Bhd in Malaysia. Her business specialises in elderly care products and interestingly she began her business because of her...
May 27, 2022
Uyanga Batzogs, Founder & Executive Director of Quality Life, Mongolia
In today’s episode, I am speaking to Uyanga Batzogs who is the Founder and Executive Director of Quality Life from Mongolia. Uyanga started the NGO when she discovered a 2015 survey of over 500 elderly citizens in Ulaanbaatar...
May 20, 2022
Kanyachat Lerttanapaiboon, Co-Founder & CEO of Her Hyness, Thailand
Today’s episode is with an entrepreneur from Thailand, Kanyachat Lerttanapaiboon who is fondly known as Elle. She is the co-founder & CEO of Her Hyness, a skincare brand that focuses on ingredients that are safe and good for ...
May 12, 2022
Jocelyn Pantastico, Co-Founder & CEO of Olivia Technology Group, The Philippines
Today’s episode is with Jocelyn Pantastico who is the Co-founder & CEO of Olivia Technology Group based in The Phillippines. Jocs as she is more fondly known has spent most of her life in the corporate world, with many of tho...
May 6, 2022
Evi Mariani, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Project Multatuli, Indonesia
Today’s episode is with Evi Mariani, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Project Multatuli based in Indonesia. Evi was the former managing editor at The Jakarta Post. Her collaborative projects won the 2020 Public Service ...
April 29, 2022
Michelle Hon, Founder of MomBoss Academy, Singapore
Today’s episode is with Michelle Hon who is the founder of MomBoss Academy based in Singapore. Most of my podcast guests are fun but Michelle is another level of fun. We talked about the concept of false beliefs about working...
April 21, 2022
May Sresthaporn, Founder of MSHAPPYDIET and PLANTOGENIC, Thailand
Today’s episode is with May Sresthaporn who is the founder of MSHAPPYDIET and PLANTOGENIC in Thailand. One is about the community while the other is about products but both are about health, wellness and balanced living. She ...
April 15, 2022
Evon Heng, Principal & COO of PropNex, Malaysia
In today’s episode, I am speaking to Evon Heng who is the Principal & Chief Operating Officer of PropNex Malaysia, a real estate agency with 1,000 negotiators. It wasn’t always this way and in the early days when she started ...
April 7, 2022
Lalita Raman, CEO & Founder of Transitions Intl. Ltd., Hong Kong
This week I speak with Lalita Raman who is the CEO and founder of Transitions Intl Ltd based out of Hong Kong where she facilitates and coaches in the areas of leadership and communications. This Mumbai native started her bus...
March 31, 2022
Dr Wendy Liew, Founder of The Image Creator, Malaysia
Today’s episode is with Dr Wendy Liew who is the founder of The Image Creator, a corporate training business based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She was a delight to interview - we had so much fun and laughter and even tears - a...
March 24, 2022
Linda Lo, Director of Ambon Boenda, Malaysia
Linda Lo is this week's guest and she is the founder and director of Ambon Boenda, a food business involved in baking and retailing Indonesian layer cakes in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Linda was born in Indonesia and currently l...
March 17, 2022
Eri Kobayashi, Founder & CEO of Ripplenity Inc., Japan
From disaster risk management to closet consultant and now founder of a fashion tech startup, Eri Kobayashi wants us to rethink how we wear our clothes and at the same time, wants to give women convenient access to other imag...
March 10, 2022
Jomie Casas, Founder of Just Rent A COO, The Philippines
Episode 1 of Season 4 is about Jomie Casas from The Philippines who helps other entrepreneurs manage their companies remotely. As the founder of Just Rent a COO, Jomie and her team help clients run their businesses on autopil...
March 6, 2022
S04E00: A Quick Peek + Trailer w/ Krista Goon
Here's a birthday gift to myself and to you too, yes, today is my birthday - I created a short trailer for Season 4 because I felt that this season is going to be super exciting. If you're new to my podcast, please subscribe ...
Dec. 30, 2021
S03E014: BONUS Episode with Dianne Lee, Los Angeles, USA
In this bonus episode that caps Season 3, I am speaking to Dianne Lee , a Malaysian-born woman who lives and works in Los Angeles, USA. Dianne is an executive director with Kitchell Corporation, a construction engineering com...
Dec. 23, 2021
Debbie Choa, Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer of Projek57, Malaysia
In this episode, I am speaking to Debbie Choa, co-founder and chief operating officer of Projek57, a social enterprise in Malaysia that focuses on unity and youth. Projek57 began when its founders were dismayed that racial po...
Dec. 16, 2021
Michelle Sin and Melissa Sin, SKB Shutters Corporation Berhad, Malaysia
In this week’s episode, I am speaking to Michelle and Melissa Sin of SKB Shutters Corporation Berhad from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The business had its roots in Penang but since Michelle and Melissa’s father took over, they re...
Dec. 9, 2021
Tanya Rolfe and Christine Yu, Co-founders of Sophia, Singapore & Hong Kong
In this episode, I spoke to Tanya Rolfe and Christine Yu, two out of the three founders of Sophia. Sophia is a learning platform made for women who want to learn about money and investing and how to put their money towards ve...
Dec. 2, 2021
Fiona Marcus Raja, Founder & Managing Director of Borneo International Exhibition Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
This episode is all about Malaysian entrepreneur, Fiona Marcus Raja who is based in Kuching, Sarawak. She started five businesses in five years since she came back to Sarawak after being away with her family and caring for he...
Nov. 25, 2021
Penny Choong, Founder of Penny Essentials, Malaysia
Penny Choong of Malaysia is this week's guest. She is the founder of Penny Essentials, a business that helps people enjoy being healthy. Yet years ago, she was suffering from such severe migraine attacks that she couldn’t eve...
Nov. 18, 2021
Padmaja Vaswani, Founder & CEO of Siksha Group, India
This episode is about Padmaja Vaswani from India who manages 3 businesses focusing on learning and development, organisational development in addition to diversity and inclusion. Padmaja is the Founder & CEO of Siksha Group, ...