Krista Goon

Krista is the co-owner of Redbox Studio - a Penang business specialising in premium website design and marketing solutions - which she manages with her husband, Nic Sim. They are the authors of “Web Wisdom: The Definitive Guide To Getting Customers With Your Website Even If They’re 10,000km Away”. Since 1998, Redbox Studio has been helping entrepreneurs attract prospects and grow their businesses successfully with their websites. Besides creating websites with marketing strategy, Redbox Studio also offers consultation and workshops so that entrepreneurs can learn how to market confidently in the online world.

S01E07: Marlienna Suwito, CEO of Heavenly Nest

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In this week’s episode, I spoke to Marlienna Suwito who is the CEO of Heavenly Nest based in Jakarta, Indonesia. This gorgeous mother of two is in the business of rearing swiftlets for their nests in 2006. Marlienna, as you will hear in this episode, has a heart for her community. This is why she volunteers at Focus on the Family Indonesia, an international foundation established to empower families across the archipelago and Woman and Youth Detention Centre, Tangerang.

S01E06: Nina Othman, Founder of Grow The Goose

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In this week’s episode, I speak to Nina Othman of Grow The Goose. Her business offers financial literacy programmes for children that includes an entrepreneurial component. This Malaysian social entrepreneur didn’t start out wanting to be a social enterprise. Grow The Goose happened because her two sons came to her one day and asked for roller shoes! Listen as Nina tells how she got her boys to put on their thinking caps to earn their own money and how her suggestion turned into a business.

S01E05: Zhafira Loebis, CEO of Babyloania

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When she was pregnant with her first child in 2014, Zhafira was dismayed at how expensive everything was! This problem prompted her and her husband to start their business called Babyloania, a baby equipment rental business. Zhafira reveals a lot of practical strategies in this episode that she uses in the running of her business from the creative way she got her first employee to how she turned to her competitors to collaborate and even shared best practices with them.

S01E04: Anushia Kandasamy, CEO of Samanea Asia Consulting

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In this episode, I spoke to Anushia Kandasamy, the CEO of Samanea Asia Consulting in Malaysia. Anushia is an independent adviser focusing on socio-economic development, change management and transformational leadership since 2016. This interview was delightful as we spoke about life as she experienced it and Anushia is such an optimistic person. She counts herself lucky at every turn even though some things didn’t initially work in her favour.

S01E03: Norhani Pacasum, CEO of Ziya Inc.

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In this episode, I spoke to Norhani Pacasum who is the CEO of Ziya Inc., a fashion retail business in The Philippines. Norhani started her business when she walked into a mall and asked if the mall had space that she could lease and that was how Ziya, her fashion business began in 2004. Hear how Norhani and her business were in a dark place when the coronavirus lockdown started in Manila and what changes she made to her business to continue staying afloat.

S01E02: Maresa Ng, CEO of The Spark Group Asia

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In this episode, I spoke to Maresa Ng of The Spark Group Asia who is a business growth turnaround specialist and a business intelligence coach who works with business owners to help them work more effectively to obtain better results in their businesses without sacrificing their lives. Yet at one point in her life, she was working so hard that she almost burnt out! She shares openly about the dangers of having your business run you and the mistakes she made in her business life.

S01E01: The Hawaii Effect

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My first episode is all about how Womenpreneur Asia got its start. And it started in Oahu, Hawaii when I was chosen to undergo a two-week leadership programme for women entrepreneurs organised by the East-West Center. I am grateful that I got the opportunity to fly all the way from Penang, Malaysia to Oahu and Maui, Hawaii for two weeks of immersive learning on a full scholarship. More than that, the programme made this podcast a reality.