Hong Kong Business Owners

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Hi, I'm Carmen, founder of Hong Kong Business Owners (HKBO). I share inspiring entrepreneurial success stories from business owners based in Hong Kong.What I'm curious to learn from my guests: what their keys to success are, how they overcome challenges and how they scale their business.Whether you're an established entrepreneur, aspiring to become one or simply curious to listen to entrepreneurs' experiences, get inspired by business success stories.To support me: leave me 5 stars and join my community on Instagram @hk.businessowners to get business tips and expand your network of entrepreneurs.And if you're a business owner looking to grow online, check out my social media marketing agency OctoGenHK.com.

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Sarah Fung, founder of HULA, Preowned Designer Womenswear

May 08 2024 37 mins

Have you ever bought a preowned item? It's a sustainable way of consuming. How has the image of shopping second-hand evolved over the years? What about the specificities of the Hong Kong market towards sustainability?These are some of the questions we discussed with Sarah Fung, founder of HULA, second-hand luxury fashion company that makes fashion sustainable.Sarah shares the lesso

Adam Michael Toctan, co-founder of MCG Talent, award-winning recruitment agency in Asia and Middle East

Apr 24 2024 36 mins

You work in Marketing, Comms or Technology in APAC or Middle East? Maybe MCG Talent helped you find your job.I sat down with Adam Michael Toctan, co-founder of this award-winning recruitment agency and we chatted about the evolution of the power dynamics between candidates and companies and the effect of AI-powered tools on recruiters.Adam also shared how MCG Talent was born and ho

Carla Martinesi, founder of CHOMP, a food-saving app to tackle the food waste problem in Hong Kong

Apr 10 2024 40 mins

Do you know that Asia is responsible for nearly half of the world's food waste? An appalling reality that Carla Martinesi, founder of the award-winning food-saving app CHOMP, shared with me.Carla started tackling Hong Kong's food waste problem in 2021. She tells me the lessons she learned throughout her journey as an entrepreneur acting for sustainability. What are the challenges o

Sebastien Salin, founder of Acheter pour Louer, real estate investment company

Mar 20 2024 33 mins

You think about investing in real estate but you don't where to start and what to keep in mind?That's where Sebastien Salin can help you. He founded Acheter pour Louer, a real estate investment company for people based in Hong Kong looking to invest in France (and now also in Bali).We discussed how he switched from a career in medical to staring his own business in investment. He h

Chris Brown, founder of ReThink, sustainable business conference

Mar 06 2024 48 mins

What's a sustainable business? What elements do you include in the measure of sustainability?This is what I discussed with Chris Brown, founder of ReThink, a sustainable business conference held in Hong Kong every year that gathers business leaders and sustainability practitioners. He also founded ReThink Foundation to provide funding and resources for social and environmental impa

Alain Ngalani, founder of Impakt, MMA club

Feb 21 2024 47 mins

For this episode, I sat down with Alain Ngalani, 5 times Muay Thai and Kickboxing world champion and owner of Impakt, an MMA club he founded 20 years ago in Hong Kong.Alain is one of a kind and he shared about his impressive athletic career, how it gives him a different approach to competition and achievement and how it helps him run his business started 20 years ago in a very comp

Delphine Lefay, co-founder of OnTheList, members flash sales

Feb 07 2024 36 mins

In this new episode, I had the chance to have a conversation with Delphine, co-founder of OnTheList, a members-only flash sales company that partners with retail brands and distributors to turn old inventory into exclusive sales. Founded in 2016, OnTheList is a success story that started from a garage sale in Hong Kong to become a 150-staff company spread over 7 markets in Asia Pac

Nils Pihl, founder of Auki Labs, augmented reality tech company

Dec 06 2023 46 mins

What do you know about augmented reality?In this episode, deep dive into a fascinating virtual world. Nils transmits his passion and determination to make digital devices understand the real world with spatial computing- no worries you'll understand everything even if you're not a tech person.We talked about what he's trying to achieve with Auki Labs, how his company grew from to 2

Selene Xie, founder of The Rebel Mums, fashion brands for mums

Nov 08 2023 33 mins

Selene Xie is what she calls a "mumtrepreneur". She's a mother of two and the founder of The Rebel Mums, a clothing brand that celebrates motherhood by providing mums with fashionable clothes and by starting a new conversation around motherhood through a community of mums who share their story freely.Selene shares why she decided to launch her own business in the middle of Covid wh

Celine Herren & Amit Oz, founders of Conspiracy Chocolate, chocolate company

Oct 25 2023 42 mins

Celine Herren and Amit Oz, two food lovers, founded Conspiracy Chocolate in 2018, a Hong Kong-based company that offers a range of chocolate, handcrafted from the bean to the bar, that stands out with distinctive flavours. Celine and Amit share their love for food - a mean for them to bring together people from different cultures. They go back through their journey as entrepreneurs