Vulcan Post

📰 She quit her 9-to-5 job to grow her ciabatta home biz into a full-fledged cafe in KL Founded by husband-and-wife duo Helene Hatta and Armand Ahyahudin, Chi Chi‘s journey began three years ago, a delicious tale that’s as heartwarming as their signature ciabatta bread. Helene, a former PR executive with a knack for baking, started small. “I started baking from home, initially just for fun,” she recalled. “My Instagram… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/863695/chi-chi-malaysian-cafe-seliing-ciabatta-asian-food-kuala-lumpur/

📰 Never too big to fail: SUPER Group scion on building & growing a CPG brand like Oatbedient Recently, we chatted with Elaine Teo of Oatbedientto learn more about the homegrown oat milk brand. You can read more about the business, which was founded by the family behind coffee empire SUPER Group, here. “Frankly, we come from a background where we do all these instant format beverages, so… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/863696/oatbedient-singapore-oat-milk-entrepreneurial-advice-tips/

📰 S$650 million was lost to scams in 2023. Will AI Deepfakes drive this higher in 2024? Someone recently called me from a mobile number, pretending to be a bank that needed my PIN details to clear a ‘stuck’ transaction. A quick visit to ScamShield’s WhatsApp bot, and I found out that this was indeed a new scam number, so the more reports against it, the quicker it will… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/864855/s650-million-lost-scams-2023-will-ai-deepfakes-drive-higher/

📰 From lab coat to apron: This M’sian turned his chemist dad’s baking hobby into a cookie biz Growing up, Shane Khaw’s father, who has a background in biochemistry engineering, was often the chef of the family, frequently plating up lunches and dinners. For the longest time, he had baking as a hobby. “During Chinese New Year, for example, he would bake his very own pineapple tarts in a flowery shape and… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/864328/the-baking-chemist-malaysia-home-based-cookie-brand/

📰 This agritech solution by UiTM & TechnoDex aims to boost food security & empower B40 farmers [This is a sponsored article with TechnoDex Berhad.] Climate change has significantly impacted agriculture, causing unpredictable weather patterns and shifts in growing seasons. These changes cut crop yields, affecting B40 farmers who rely on their harvests for income. At the same time, Malaysia’s rapid urbanisation is leading to a decrease in arable… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/864784/urban-farming-cabin-malaysia-b40-food-security/

📰 They spent S$8mil to turn an old power station into SEA’s largest virtual production studio “As a country, we lag behind our neighbours and the world in terms of movie and television because of [the] lack of resources, spaces to film, talent, and viewers,” Karen Seah, the co-founder of X3D Studio said to Vulcan Post. “However, if we’re able to lead in the space of virtual production, we’ll… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/864633/x3d-studio-largest-virtual-production-filming-singapore/

📰 This new M’sian e-hailing biz is changing the game for drivers with its subscription model Hailing a ride in Malaysia can be a gamble. Surge pricing during peak hours? Long waits while the app endlessly searches for drivers? MyRide, a new homegrown e-hailing app, promises to be the answer to our woes. But can this local challenger compete with established giants like Grab and the budget-friendly inDrive?… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/864419/myride-malaysia-ehailing-service-driver-subscription-model/

📰 Meet the startup that powers the backbone operations of over 7K M’sian F&B outlets [This is a sponsored article with FeedMe.] “We started understanding the frustrations in the F&B industry as we were building software for it,” Lo King Wei (King) told Vulcan Post. While frequenting his favourite kopitiam in Johor, the IT engineer always noticed the inefficiencies at the beverage counter while ordering… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/864658/feedme-pos-fnb-restaurants-malaysia/

📰 Spruce up your mechanical keyboards with artisanal keycaps by these 7 M’sian brands If you were active on the internet during the pandemic (and come on, who wasn’t?), you’d recall that mechanical keyboards had been all the rage. Even if you weren’t in the community, or were personally vested in buying into the culture, you likely have scrolled past videos where people were click-clacking away at their… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/864423/malaysian-artisanal-keycaps-mechanical-keyboards-where-to-buy/

📰 Singapore Charges Ahead: EV Adoption Accelerates, hitting 32.6% Market Share in 2024 In my 7 June 2024 article on upcoming EVs in Singapore, I mentioned a Bloomberg Green study that set the Tipping Point to the mass adoption of EVs when more than 5% of new car sales are electric. “when 5% of new car sales are purely electric. This threshold signals the… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/864669/singapore-charges-ahead-ev-adoption-31-6-market-share-2024/