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The flagship entrepreneurship show on BFM, featuring personal business stories from early stage start-ups, all the way to billionaire octogenarians in Malaysia and abroad. Notable guests include Martin Cooper (father of the mobile phone), Julian Assange (founder of WikiLeaks), Ralph Henry Baer (father of video games), Tony Buzan (Mindmap Guru), Isaac Tigrett (Hard Rock Cafe founder), Robert Kiyosaki (Financial Guru), Nick Vujicic (motivational speaker) and more. Tap into this valuable resource of shared experiences for the SME industry, which also touches on news, issues and trends affecting the business community and beyond.
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Building a catering business is easy to start, and notoriously hard to scale. For Andrew Chee, Founder and CEO of RunningMen Celebrations Group, the challenge wasn’t just serving good food, but building a system that could deliver consistency, creativity, and reliability at scale.
In this episode, Andrew breaks down how RunningMen grew from a student-run venture into a multi-format halal catering and events business, the gap they spotted in a crowded market, and the operational decisions that shaped their positioning today.
We explore how the company thinks about revenue, service design, and execution in a low-margin industry, and what the next phase of growth looks like as RunningMen plans ahead
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Previous episodes
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4476 - Can A Catering Business Really Scale? RunningMen Did Thu, 12 Feb 2026
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4475 - The Business of Slow Blooms: Why Nook Flowers is Choosing Principles Over Profits Wed, 11 Feb 2026
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4474 - It’s Not About Coffee. How ZUS Beat Starbucks. Tue, 10 Feb 2026
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4473 - Can This Startup Rewire Medical Tourism? Mon, 09 Feb 2026
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4472 - Her Duit: Why Money Is No Longer Enough Sun, 08 Feb 2026
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4470 - Applecrumby’s New Chapter: Scaling Past E-Commerce Thu, 05 Feb 2026
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4469 - How This Marketer is Turning Practitioners to Paid Professionals Wed, 04 Feb 2026
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4468 - Turning Banking Apps Into Billboards? The Buzz Pivot Tue, 03 Feb 2026
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4467 - Scaling the Sweet Spot: The Discipline of Gula Cakery Mon, 02 Feb 2026
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4466 - Building Huddle: AirUpThere’s Startup Journey Thu, 29 Jan 2026
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4465 - From Gaming Chairs to Building Ergonomic Lifestyles Wed, 28 Jan 2026
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4464 - 1.9 Million Empty Homes: How Urby Rescues the Ruins Tue, 27 Jan 2026
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4463 - Milk, Money, and Kid-Genius Ideas Mon, 26 Jan 2026
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4462 - Halogen's Crypto Moat? 0 to RM400M AUM in 3 Years Sun, 25 Jan 2026
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4461 - Bonus Checks and Bass Lines Thu, 22 Jan 2026
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4460 - When Passion Gets Professional Wed, 21 Jan 2026
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4459 - From 2 AM Curry Puffs to Siti Li: 23 Years of F&B Survival Tue, 20 Jan 2026
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4458 - From Cargo Drones To Passenger In The Sky Mon, 19 Jan 2026
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4457 - $176M: How an “Accidental Founder” Built Doctor Anywhere Sun, 18 Jan 2026
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4456 - Old Recipes, New Ambitions: How Hock Kee Kopitiam Is Expanding Thu, 15 Jan 2026
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4455 - Anti-Coworking, by Design Wed, 14 Jan 2026
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4454 - Suing Trump’s White House: Has Costco Cracked the Code? Tue, 13 Jan 2026
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4453 - FeedMe: The Operating System For Better Dining Tue, 13 Jan 2026
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4452 - 10 Years of APOM: From Selling Tees to “Rebranding Malaysia” Mon, 12 Jan 2026
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4451 - Sagtec: From POS Systems to NASDAQ & A 50% Stock Drop Sun, 11 Jan 2026
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4450 - Greening The Grey — A Farm In The City Thu, 08 Jan 2026
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4449 - No Equity, No Fee Accelerator? AppWorks’ Deal Flow Engine Wed, 07 Jan 2026
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4448 - Morgan Stanley to Fintech: Helicap’s Private Credit Play Tue, 06 Jan 2026
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4447 - Can Ted Optimus Fix Retail Investing? Mon, 05 Jan 2026
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4446 - AI Startups: Why Distribution is the Only Moat Left Sun, 04 Jan 2026
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4445 - Nomad Capitalist: Building a Life Where You’re Treated Best Thu, 18 Dec 2025
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4444 - Replacing Microsoft Office with Memes? Inside Agnes AI Wed, 17 Dec 2025
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4443 - Being SME-First: How HitPay Scaled to $1B Volumes Tue, 16 Dec 2025
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4442 - Turning Buffet Waste Into A Business Mon, 15 Dec 2025
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4441 - From Paper to AI: Why Arkmind is Digitising Money Lenders Sun, 14 Dec 2025
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4440 - The HOPE Box That Started a Movement Thu, 11 Dec 2025
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4439 - Series A, B, Then Exit? Why SEA Has a $400M Exit Ceiling Wed, 10 Dec 2025
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4438 - From KL to Texas: Superdough’s Global Expansion Story Tue, 09 Dec 2025
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4437 - Branding Places, Not Just Projects: Inside IMAJEN’s Strategy Mon, 08 Dec 2025
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4436 - Symbiotica: Turning RM10K into a RM125M Global Export Biz Sun, 07 Dec 2025
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4435 - Building Game-Makers, Not Just Graduates Thu, 04 Dec 2025
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4434 - From Family Legacy to Industry Leader: The Fire Fighter Story Wed, 03 Dec 2025
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4433 - WORQ’s New Strategy: The 'Country Club' Office Tue, 02 Dec 2025
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4432 - From Weddings to Corporate: Evenesis’ Pivot to Survive Mon, 01 Dec 2025
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4431 - Can ECCO’s Cow-to-Shoe Model Survive the “Promo Pandemic”? Sun, 30 Nov 2025
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4430 - Should AI Watch Your Parents? Thu, 27 Nov 2025
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4429 - OMS Energy: From MBO to NASDAQ & A 40% Stock Drop Wed, 26 Nov 2025
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4428 - Lit Books: "Always 2 Months Away From Shuttering" Tue, 25 Nov 2025
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4427 - This Furniture Brand’s Plan to Grow 50X in 5 Years Sun, 23 Nov 2025
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4426 - How This AI Whiteboard is Changing How Teams Think Thu, 20 Nov 2025