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- 741Enabling the Future of Design | Goh Yiping - E74225 Oct 2026 · 51 minYiping Goh▶Show page
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Goh Yiping, co-founder and CEO of Formas.ai, traces her path from startup founder and venture capitalist to McKinsey partner, then to an executive role at immersive entertainment company NEON, and explains how each stage taught her to scale and think at an institutional level. She then explains the family decision to…
- 740Starting Again at 65: Rosaline Koo on Building covee’s AI Insurance Ecosystem | E74121 Oct 2026 · 1h 7mRosaline KooProcter & GambleRosaline Chow▶Show page
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Rosaline Chow Koo, founder of covee and formerly of CXA, traces her path from a Procter & Gamble plant in Iowa and banking to insurance in Singapore, where she grew Mercer's Asia business 800% and went from 4 to 14 countries. She left at 51 to build CXA, a tech-led benefits brokerage that won 500 companies in five…
- 739Finding Hope In A Long View Of History - Gita Sjahrir | BRAVE E74018 Oct 2026 · 45 minDavid Van▶Show page
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Gita, an Indonesian who lived abroad for decades and now lives in Indonesia, joins host Jeremy Au to discuss Revolusi by David Van Reybrouck, which she has read twice. She describes how the book, built on interviews with about 185 people, presents Indonesian independence as the work of ordinary people, including…
- 738Making a Podcast About Lawrence Wong: 20+ Interviews, 15+ Drafts and a Story to Weave | Jean Hew - E73915 Oct 2026 · 47 minLawrence Wong▶Show page
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Jean Hew explains how The Neighbourhood Boy, Jom's podcast series on Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, was made over three years. The team picked the subject because Wong had just been named the next PM, and Sudhir and economist Donald Low could speak about his early years. Most interviewees described a guai,…
- 737Unlearning Prestige & Unlocking the Golden Handcuffs - E73811 Oct 2026 · 20 minGold House Ventures▶Show page
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In this compilation episode hosted by Edric Poon, Daniel Suh, general partner at Gold House Ventures and a former corporate lawyer, describes the guilt second-generation Asian Americans feel toward immigrant parents, and why that pushes many toward prestige careers. He recounts five years in consulting with senior…
- 736China’s AI & Robotics Are Advancing Faster Than Expected - E7377 Oct 2026 · 23 min▶Show page
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Jianggan Li joins Jeremy Au to report back from a week in China visiting five humanoid robot companies and three AI investors. They cover the US-China summit that produced a hotline and the term superintelligence, why Jianggan reads the agreement more generously than the media did, and the near-absence of safety…
- 735Fred Ng: The Einstein Visa, Getting Paid Before Building Anything & Letting AI Do the Paperwork - E7364 Oct 2026 · 35 minVisaSquare PegFrederick Ng▶Show page
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Most founders who come to Beyond Border assume a US work visa works like an ESTA: fill in a form, get an answer in 48 hours. Frederick Ng, its co-founder, explains why a good O-1 process takes about three months and a 700- to 1,000-page petition. He joins Jeremy Au to cover the O-1 and L visas for founders and their…
- 734E735 - Singapore: Health, Scale & Policy Blueprint30 Sept 2026 · 23 min▶Show page
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In 2016, Singapore declared a War on Diabetes. This BRAVE compilation looks at what the Singapore blueprint gets right on health and public policy, and what that stability may cost in entrepreneurial drive. Dr. Sue-Anne Toh of NOVI Health explains TOFI (thin outside, fat inside), why Asians develop diabetes at lower…
- 733Edy Widjaja: From Jakarta Provision Shop to Bain Senior Partner & The Lessons In Between - E73427 Sept 2026 · 59 minBain & CompanyNorthwestern University▶Show page
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Edy Widjaja, former Senior Partner at Bain & Company and author of The Accidental Partner, joins Jeremy Au for a candid look back at a 16-year management consulting career. They cover what the job actually consists of once you take away the slides and the pitch, how performance reviews and feedback really work inside…
- 732EdTech: The Future of Learning & K-12 Disruption - E73323 Sept 2026 · 16 min▶Show page
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Get the basics right in school and everything else builds on it. Miss that window, and it is very hard to course correct. In this compilation from the BRAVE archive, Adam Huh Dam of Stick 'Em, Adriel Yong of Clouted, Henry Motte-de la Motte of Edge Tutor and host Jeremy Au break down what actually improves learning…
- 731Singapore Buys Fintech. Thailand Builds Data Centers. | Wing Vasiksiri E73221 Sept 2026 · 32 minWing Vasiksiri▶Show page
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Wing Vasiksiri joins Jeremy Au to analyze a major wave of tech M&A deals and macro growth trends reshaping Southeast Asia. They dissect Grab’s $1.5 billion acquisition of a 60% stake in Atome Financial, examining its unique performance-linked staged structure, offline-to-online retail synergies against Sea Group, and…
- 730Selling My Company Taught Me More Than Building It | Ajay Bulusu - E73116 Sept 2026 · 43 min▶Show page
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Ajay Bulusu sold NextBillion.ai after a two-year process, and his verdict on cross-border M&A is blunt: 99% of attempts fail, and the founders who never sell are usually stopped by greed rather than by the market. He tells Jeremy Au why 2021 SaaS valuations stopped being fundable the moment ChatGPT arrived, why he…
- 729AI Has Changed The Way We Create, Consume And Value Content | Adriel Yong - E73014 Sept 2026 · 44 minSlow Ventures▶Show page
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Adriel Yong is the Co-Founder and COO of Clouted, the AI-native clipping and distribution company that turns long-form content into short video and routes it to the right platform and audience. Clouted has raised a $7M seed led by Slow Ventures, following a $4.45M round backed by a16z SPEEDRUN and AppWorks under its…
- 728What 500 Harvard Case Studies Actually Do To Your Brain - E7299 Sept 2026 · 56 minCase Studies▶Show page
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Jeremy Au takes the hot seat in a reverse interview hosted by Edric Poon to unpack the true value of a Harvard MBA and the fundamental principles of business leadership. Jeremy unbundles the prestigious degree into three core components: practical utility and learning, building a long-term global network, and…
- 727The Truth About China's Competitive Advantage - E7286 Sept 2026 · 30 min▶Show page
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Jianggan Li returns for a China read: Europe's run on Chinese air conditioners, the humanoid robot games, Shein's discounted Hong Kong listing, and what breaks when Chinese firms go abroad. One thread runs through all four. China's advantage is not invention. Midea did not build a better aircon, it read Europe's…
- 726Itamar Novick: Where AI Replaces People, and Where It Does Not - E7272 Sept 2026 · 46 minItamar NovickRecursive Ventures▶Show page
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"How are you going to stay ahead of the competition in a world where two kids can vibe code a clone of your product over a weekend?" Itamar Novick is a solo capitalist and the founder of Recursive Ventures, a pre-seed fund focused on AI and emerging tech startups. He has supported over 50 successful startups,…
- 725$70,000 Per Child: What Singapore's New Family Package Actually Changes - E72631 Aug 2026 · 44 minShiyan Koh▶Show page
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Jeremy Au and Shiyan Koh take apart Singapore's new SG Child Support Package: almost $70,000 per Singaporean child paid out over 17 years, more childcare leave, and preschool fees heading towards $150 a month. Jeremy on why the number only means anything relative to income. Shiyan on why the preschool change matters…
- 724The Next 3 Years Will Deliver 30 Years of Innovation | John Lin - E72526 Aug 2026 · 39 minJohn LinF-Prime Capital▶Show page
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The next three years should deliver what the last thirty did. That is John Lin's argument, and it is why he thinks the ground under founders has shifted. John Lin is the Founding Partner of Linea Ventures. Previously, he helped start F-Prime Capital's west coast tech practice and was also a Principal at Trinity…
- 723The Innovation Playbook of 3 Southeast Asian Founders - E72423 Aug 2026 · 27 minGooglePeter ThielAnthony Chow▶Show page
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Where does innovation in Southeast Asia actually start? Not in a lab. In this compilation from the BRAVE archive: a lock that took eleven hours to install, a Peter Thiel put-down at Harvard, and customers using a real estate website to sell food. Anthony Chow built Igloo's first smart lock from parts bought in…
- 722Leadership Lessons From Best-Selling Authors - E72319 Aug 2026 · 31 minColumbia Business SchoolEric Ries▶Show page
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An offhand compliment from a leader becomes praise. An offhand insult becomes a verdict. Nobody in a leadership role gets to opt out of that. Three conversations from the BRAVE archive with three best-selling authors, and one thing they share: all three went and checked what everybody already assumes about…
- 721The New Architecture Of Tech: Seat Pricing, Orbital Rings & Superstar Employees - E72216 Aug 2026 · 28 minOri Sasson▶Show page
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Software has been sold by the seat for twenty years. Nobody has ever had to promise it worked. Three conversations from the BRAVE archive, on what changes when software starts getting paid for outcomes instead of access, and what has to be rebuilt underneath it. Andres Klaric spent a decade in private equity…
- 720AI in Healthcare: Will it work for you? - E72113 Aug 2026 · 26 minJay FajardoThomas Kelly▶Show page
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What is technology actually doing to healthcare, and what can it still not touch? Four conversations from the BRAVE archive, on the gap between what medicine can do and what a doctor actually has time to do. Dr. Thomas Kelly walked away from vascular surgery to build Heidi, an AI scribe and care partner now used by…
- 719Navigating Southeast Asia: Jeremy Au on Building, Investing, and Career Pivots - E72010 Aug 2026 · 55 min▶Show page
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Jeremy Au joined Rohit Malhotra on Life Self Mastery to talk about the moves between founder, VC, and operator, and what each seat actually teaches you. Now leading Cosmetic Physician Partners Asia after Bain, CozyKin, Monk's Hill Ventures, and Lucence, Jeremy is candid about what does not transfer between roles.…
- 718Stop Chasing Unicorns - E7195 Aug 2026 · 41 minMohan Belani▶Show page
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Jeremy Au joins an episode of The Accidental VC podcast. Hosted by seasoned founders and VCs from ANZ and SEA, this show reveals how unlikely beginnings can lead to extraordinary outcomes. Whether you’re building, backing, or just curious, tune in for stories, strategies, and sharp takes from those who’ve been there.…
- 717Navigating the Longevity Market | Dr. Sue-Anne Toh - E7182 Aug 2026 · 59 min▶Show page
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Dr. Sue-Anne Toh , CEO and co-founder of NOVI Health , joins Jeremy Au to discuss the critical intersection of metabolism, longevity, and health policy. They explore the "War on Diabetes" in Singapore, unpacking why Asian populations are predisposed to insulin resistance and visceral fat accumulation even at lower BMI…
- 716AI: State of Industry and Investment | Aravind Kandiah, Jun Wakabayashi, John Homer Alvero - E71729 Jul 2026 · 30 minJun WakabayashiAirbus VenturesSequoia Capital▶Show page
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Everyone has the same access to the same frontier models. So what's actually left to compete on? Jeremy Au moderates a panel at the Crosscurrents Summit in Parañaque on where enterprise AI adoption really stands. Aravind Kandiah is CTO and Co-founder of Bifrost, a robotics infrastructure company that simulates the…
- 715Building the World's Most-used Medical AI | Dr. Thomas Kelly of Heidi - E71627 Jul 2026 · 46 minThomas Kelly▶Show page
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Dr. Thomas Kelly was a vascular surgery trainee in Melbourne before he walked away from medicine to fix the problem he hated most: paperwork stealing time from patients. Today he is co-founder and CEO of Heidi Health, an AI medical scribe and "care partner" used by clinicians in more than 100 countries, valued at…
- 714Spent $1.5m On One Sperm Race and It Went Viral | Eric Zhu - E71522 Jul 2026 · 33 min▶Show page
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An 18-year-old got kicked out of high school, built a data startup from a bathroom stall, and now raises millions to race human sperm on live television. In this episode of the BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech Podcast, Jeremy Au sits down with Eric Zhu, founder of Aviato and Sperm Racing, to unpack one of the strangest…
- 713Zombie Unicorns: Southeast Asia's Structural VC Problem | Kristie Neo - E71420 Jul 2026 · 58 min▶Show page
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Southeast Asia's venture market is not in a downturn. It is in a structural winter, and mid-2026 is when that distinction stopped being academic. Kristie Neo returns to break down what is actually happening across the region: Singapore's IPO revival is real but is being carried by data centres and REITs rather than…
- 712Climbing the Wrong Mountain: Why I Walked Away from Big Law and PE | Daniel Suh - E71316 Jul 2026 · 43 minGold House Ventures▶Show page
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Daniel Suh spent a decade optimizing for prestige. Korean immigrant parents who left careers behind to start a small business in the US, a childhood spent moving apartments through bankruptcy, UCSD, five years in consulting to put his brother and mother through school, then an accelerated JD-MBA at Northwestern. He…
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