This is part one of a three part call with the Malaysian entrepreneur, coach and investor who previously founded and grew Fave Group and since been supporting other founders through his 1% Advisory and Coaching.

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Transcript

He is also a mentor for Insignia Ventures Academy's StartCXO program

Timestamps

(00:00 ) Highlights;

(02:03 ) Chen Chow's career from consulting to tech;

(03:47 ) Exposure to the entrepreneurial mindset and early influences

(08:06 ) How Chen Chow was called to start a company;

(13:29 ) Part 2 Sneak Peek;

About the guest you are on call with:

Yeoh Chen Chow, or known as CC, is now offering advisory, consulting, executive/biz coaching, keynote speaking, fireside chat, workshops via One PerCent Advisory and Coaching (1% Advisory & Coaching). Clients engage CC for office/coffee hour.

CC has extensive experience building up startups (Fave, KFit) from scratch, till being acquired by Pine Labs for USD45mil. Through the process, raised fund from ~20 VCs, corporates & angel investors across the region, and acquired/acqui-hired 9 companies, including 3 subsidiaries of Groupon in MY, SG and ID. He has invested in 30+ startups/companies around the region too.

His experience from both sides of aisles, give him good perspectives across the whole process. He has worked at global consulting firm, mid-sized startups, multinational companies as well.

He is an Eisenhower Fellow and an alumnus of Cornell University. He is passionate and active in youth/student/entrepreneur empowerment, and he spent quite a bit of his free time in mentoring for various programs, including McKinsey's Youth Leadership Academy since 2010. He started USAPPS, non profit initiative which has been running since 2006, helping Malaysians to achieve their dreams to study at top US universities.

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