#cars #IPO #ecommerce
Carsome's Eric Cheng: Malaysia's First Unicorn
In just 7 short years, Carsome's Eric Cheng has built Malaysia's first unicorn, thanks to years of hard grinding and a dogged will to succeed, following years of failure.
Find out what it takes to build a unicorn (ie a company worth a billion US dollars or more) in this day and age.
(This interview was part of a collaboration between the Do More Podcast, CGS-CIMB and Endeavor Malaysia as part of the 'Thought Inspire' Series, filmed at the Asia School of Business (a partnership between MIT Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia)
​ @asiaschoolofbusinessincoll7881
CONTENTS
00:00:58 - How A College Dropout Starts A Unicorn
00:04:22 - Building Resilience -- 'Armour' -- Bouncing Back From Failure
00:06:54 - Eric Executes Really, Really Well - Where Did He Learn It?
00:09:42 - From Employee to Entrepreneur
00:14:02 - Management Lessons From Left Field
00:18:25 - Where Do You Find Good People?
00:22:40 - The Right People For Regional Expansion
00:26:41 - Playing the Unicorn Game
00:28:40 - What Data Does Eric Use to Plan?
00:30:37 - Profiling Customers in a Disparate ASEAN Market
00:34:12 - Challenges of Regulation? Policy?
00:36:52 - Dealing with Volatile Times
00:39:16 - Dealing With Negative Sentiment to Tech
00:41:38 - Can ASEAN Unicorns Ever Surpass American Unicorns?
00:43:35 - Can Carsome Go Global?
00:45:22 - Advice to Aspiring Entrepreneurs
00:47:46 - What Defines Passion?
00:50:10 - What Will Light Your Fire?
00:51:04 - What Doesn't Kill You ....
00:53:30 - Lessons From WeWork
00:55:08 - What the Future Holds for Carsome
00:56:55 - The Biggest Risks?
00:58:03 - Where Carsome is in 6 Months ..
FOLLOW ERIC HERE:
IG: / ericccccccc
FB: / im.eric.cheng
LinkedIn: / ericcheng85
FOLLOW CARSOME HERE:
IG: / carsomemalaysia
FB: / carsome.my
LinkedIn: / ---
Follow Chuang here:
URL: www.domore.my/
LinkedIn: / hsu-chuang-khoo-ab199343
FB: / khoo.chuang
IG: / khoohsuchuang
Follow DoMore here:
WEBSITE: www.domore.my/
KZfaq: / domoretakechargeofyour...
ITUNES: apple.co/2lQ47mS
GOOGLE PLAY: bit.ly/3b1l8iO
SPOTIFY: tinyurl.com/y6zufvcp
PODBEAN: domoreasia.podbean.com/
INSTAGRAM: / domore.asia