Episodes
Nov. 11, 2021
Chalita Hongsakul, Managing Director of Wakingbee Corporation, Thailand
This episode is about Thai entrepreneur, Chalita Hongsakul. Chalita is the Managing Director of Wakingbee Corporation based in Bangkok, Thailand. She doesn’t call herself a fitness freak but came to start a fitness and active...
Nov. 4, 2021
Saliza Abdullah, Managing Director & CEO, BG Capital Holdings Group of Companies, Malaysia
This episode of Season 3 is with Saliza Abdullah, the Managing Director & CEO, BG Capital Holdings Group of Companies in Malaysia. Saliza manages a 100% woman-owned security services business - one which belonged to her late ...
Oct. 28, 2021
Titaporn Tuchinda, Managing Director of The Growth and Change Co. Ltd., Thailand
Titaporn Tuchinda is this week's guest and she is an executive coach, entrepreneur and investor in Thailand with more than one business! She is the Managing Director of The Growth and Change Co., Ltd, Thailand and founder and...
Oct. 21, 2021
Jayce Tham, Chief Businesswoman of CreativesAtWork Pte Ltd, Singapore
Jayce Tham co-founded CreativesAtWork with her sister, Fanny, in 2012 and the two sisters couldn’t be more different! Jayce spent years in the corporate world while Fanny was in the creative industry. The two Singaporean sist...
Oct. 14, 2021
Laura Phan, Founder & CEO of iZi Community, Vietnam
This week I speak to Vietnamese startup founder, Laura Phan, the founder & CEO of iZi Community. iZi Community is an online gamification and AI-based education platform made for learners who need snack-sized learning. Interes...
Oct. 7, 2021
Helen Tan, Executive Chairman of Blanc Designs, Malaysia
Following your dream. After working for a few years in London, Helen came home to Penang, Malaysia to work in the family business. Yet, her heart was always in the arts. She described how she would visit museums and art galle...
Sept. 30, 2021
Yuka Imanishi, Founder & CEO of CURIO Japan Inc.
Welcome to Season 3! We kick off our third season with Yuka Imanishi who is the founder and CEO of CURIO Japan Inc. Yuka's business started as a B2C business and soon after, became also a B2B business and now she even has a t...
July 8, 2021
Amita Nandi, CEO and Founder of Tact World, Malaysia - Season 2, Ep. 13 with Krista Goon
For the final episode of Season 2, I spoke to Amita Nandy, CEO and Founder of Tact World, Malaysia. Her story has a twist at the end. TACT World began in 1991 when she had to leave full-time work to take care of her family an...
July 1, 2021
Eve Phua, Founder of Believe Beauty Academy - Womenpreneur Asia Season 2, Ep. 12 with Krista Goon
This episode is about a Singaporean mumpreneur, Eve Phua who is the founder of Believe Beauty Academy, a beauty and wellness business where she helps women look their best - using products by Mary Kay. She was top in her pers...
June 24, 2021
Michelle Yeo, Co-founder and General Manager of Dandy Modern Food - Womenpreneur Asia Season 2, Ep. 11 with Krista Goon
In this episode, I spoke to Michelle Yeo who is the Co-Founder and General Manager of Dandy Modern Food in Penang, Malaysia. She has two outlets in Penang with a third planned for Kuala Lumpur. Dandy is an all-day casual eate...
June 17, 2021
Boonsiri Somchit-Ong, Co-founder & Chief Conceptualist of Xtrategize Technologies Sdn Bhd - Womenpreneur Asia Season 2, Ep 10 with Krista Goon
In today’s episode, I spoke to Boonsiri Somchit Ong who is the co-founder and chief conceptualist of Xtrategize Technologies Sdn Bhd based in Penang, Malaysia. Boonsiri is of Malaysian Thai-Chinese descent and is well known i...
June 10, 2021
Radha Mohan Durbha, Co-Founder & Director of Kereses Consulting India Private Ltd, India - Womenpreneur Asia Season 2, Ep. 9 with Krista Goon
This week, I spoke to Radha Mohan Durbha who is the co-founder and director of Kereses Consulting India Private Ltd, India. She started her business when she was 41 and in looking back, she wished she had started much earlier...
June 3, 2021
Jaklin Juanis, Founder of Professional Advancements Resources - Womenpreneur Asia Season 2, Ep. 8 with Krista Goon
Jaklin Juanis is the founder of Professional Advancements Resources based in Malaysia. Jaklin was born and bred in Kota Belud in rural Sabah, East Malaysia. Her village didn’t have electricity and as a child she studied by ca...
May 27, 2021
Shamala Hinrichsen, CEO of Hanai - Womenpreneur Asia Season 2, Ep 7 with Krista Goon
In this episode, I spoke to Malaysian entrepreneur Shamala Hinrichsen. Shamala is the founder of Hanai, a social enterprise that empowers women to take charge of their health. Her first app, Hanai Jiwa Ibu, targeted at rural ...
May 20, 2021
Cha-Ly Koh, CEO & founder of Urbanmetry Sdn Bhd - Womenpreneur Asia Season 2, Ep 6 with Krista Goon
In this episode, I spoke to Cha-Ly Koh who is the CEO & founder of Urbanmetry Sdn Bhd in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Urbanmetry is a data company that cleans and analyses large amounts of city data, through its proprietary algori...
May 13, 2021
Shadaitul Intan, Director of Profound Learning Solutions Sdn Bhd - Womenpreneur Asia Season 2, Ep 5 with Krista Goon
In this episode, I spoke to Shadaitul Intan, the director of Profound Learning Solutions Sdn Bhd, a training consultancy based in Malaysia. Intan, as she is fondly known, grew up in a small town of Batu Gajah, Perak but was e...
May 6, 2021
Sophie Ha Nguyen, Co-founder & CEO of Skabella - Womenpreneur Asia Season 2 , Ep 4 with Krista Goon
In this episode, I am speaking to Sophie Ha Tu Nguyen from Vietnam who is the co-founder and CEO of Skabella, a children's clothing business. Sophie's business was hit particularly hard by the pandemic as hers was a retail bu...
April 29, 2021
Susan Chee, Founder & Director of Criteria & Connections - Womenpreneur Asia Season 2, Ep 3 with Krista Goon
Episode 3 is where I speak to Susan Chee who is the founder and director of Criteria & Connections in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Her business helps companies create memorable events, launches and conferences. Some of her notewor...
April 22, 2021
Rowena Morais, Editor, Writer, Publisher and Programme Director at Vertical Distinct - Womenpreneur Asia Season 2, Ep 2 with Krista Goon
Episode 2 of Season 2 features Rowena Morais who is a Malaysian entrepreneur with a strong communication slant to her work. Rowena is the editor, writer, publisher and programme director at Vertical Distinct with offices in M...
April 15, 2021
See Wai Hun, Co-founder and CEO of JurisTech & CEO of iMoney Group - Womenpreneur Asia Season 2 Ep 1 with Krista Goon
Welcome to Season 2 of Womenpreneur Asia! For the next 13 weeks, we will feature 13 incredibly inspiring yet down-to-earth women in business across Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and India. A new episode airs every Friday. In t...
April 8, 2021
Bonus: Anushia Interviews Krista
This is a bonus episode where Anushia Kandasamy (of Episode 4) decides to reverse the roles and ask me questions! She did a brilliant job as she made me talk about what mattered to me the most and how I ended up doing what I ...
Jan. 14, 2021
Krista Goon, Co-founder of Redbox Studio - Womenpreneur Asia Episode 13
This is the episode where I will tell you more about who I am and why I am doing what I am doing right now. I never wanted to be an entrepreneur; all I wanted to do was to do well in my career. I never thought I was a risk-ta...
Jan. 7, 2021
Anja Juliah Abu Bakar, Founder of Athena Holdings Sdn Bhd - Womenpreneur Asia Episode 12 with Krista Goon
Anja Juliah Abu Bakar is the founder of Athena Holdings Sdn Bhd (formerly Blubear Holdings Sdn Bhd), a Malaysian social enterprise that sells washable cloth pads and other earth-friendly products. Her journey as an entreprene...
Dec. 31, 2020
Rina Neoh, Co- Founder & Managing Partner of Ficus Venture Capital - Womenpreneur Asia Episode 11 with Krista Goon
Rina is a Malaysian entrepreneur who started out as a computer scientist and the classic example of a woman who is able to spot opportunities and turn them into success. Presently, she is an angel investor with investments in...