ASBhive Stories & Insights
Founder stories, ecosystem insights, and thought leadership from ASBhive.
Broaden Your Sourcing, Grow Your Impact: Join the Star Social Enterprise Open Day 2026
Corporate buyers and social enterprises meet at Menara Star on 17 Nov for business matching, speed pitching and a frank panel on social procurement. Register by 6 Nov.
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Exporting the Malaysian DNA: ASBhive Moderates at Alliance Bank BizSmart 2026
Redza Shahid of ASBhive moderated a panel with Bayu Somerset, KANTIN and MinNature on how homegrown brands can scale overseas without losing their cultural soul.
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MyCreative SEF: Coach and Grow. Three Days, Six Creative Social Enterprises, One Big Sprint
Heritage meets hustle: six creative social enterprises, one three-day sprint, and a lot of big plans.
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Reflections on Leading the MARA Lecturer Incubator Program (MLIP)
Eight weeks, 15 MARA lecturers, and a Demo Day judged by industry heavyweights, here's what it took to run the MARA Lecturer Incubator Program and what it taught me about project management along the way.
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From Pledge to Practice: ASB Recognised for Social Procurement at KEPS 2026
ASB was named one of just 10 Malaysian organisations, and the only university, committed to social procurement at KEPS 2026, with Minister YB Steven Sim recognising the institution's work funding and buying from social enterprises across the country.
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MARA Lecturer Incubator Program (MLIP): Be Part of Their Journey!
ASBhive and MARA are running an 8-week incubator helping lecturers turn ideas into real businesses. They are in customer validation and help them out by filling in a survey.
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Inside the Global Innovation & Entrepreneurship Residency
Two cohorts of high school students from India spent a week on the ASB campus building Battle Bots, shaping MVPs and pitching startup ideas on Demo Day.
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From ASB MBA to Founder: How Thomas Maddison Kickstarted Candour Labs
After mining in Australia and an MBA at Asia School of Business, 2025 graduate Thomas Maddison is building Candour Labs to help MBA graduates grow as leaders and land the right jobs.
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Alumni Success Stories: Chee Hoe & Thandiwe — From ASB MBA to Founders
Two ASB MBA graduates — Chor Chee Hoe of Qarbotech and Thandiwe Gondo of Konnect Edu-Tech — share how action learning and global exposure shaped them as entrepreneurs.
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Goodday KidSTART 3.0 Goes National on Astro — ASB Joins the Judging Panel
Malaysia's biggest kidpreneur programme made its TV debut on Astro Ria & Ceria, with Asia School of Business mentoring and judging the young finalists. 12-year-old Pearl Liang took home RM20,000.
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On BFM: Turning Procurement Into a Tool for Social Impact
Redza Shahid Ridzuan of ASB's Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center joins Biji-biji Initiative's Rashvin Pal Singh on BFM 89.9 to talk values-driven procurement and inclusive supply chains.
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Flexible Education and Innovation Drive Malaysia's Startup Ecosystem
In an interview with Utusan Malaysia, ASBhive's Redza Shahid shares how flexible learning, smarter fundraising and ESG-led innovation will shape Malaysian startups.
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