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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)
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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 ..
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