Wahine Capital empowers women with the tools and knowledge needed for financial independence and growth.

"Wahine" means 'woman' in Maori and Co-founder Rejina Rahim built Wahine Capital with her Sherry Sheriff after searching for a way to create more financial equality for women after 24 years in investment management.

In this episode, Rejina and Franki talk about all of the money worries that keep up up at night, but that we're sometimes afraid to talk about, like:

• How to talk about money with your partner;
• The financial lessons they want their daughters to know;
• Financial planning during a divorce; and
• The W Vault, a digital vault that stores and organises your financial documents so that you can share this with your loved ones.

Business On The Rise is produced in collaboration with On The Rise and ASBHive and supported by Maybank Trustees Berhad.

It takes a village to run a business. If you're looking for support as you launch, grow or fund your business, let On The Rise be yours.

Deborah Henry is one of the bravest women we know. In her 15 years of building Fugee Org, a non-profit refugee education organisation, she's encountered set back after set back - but also made an extraordinary impact.

What has she learned about building impact-driven businesses?

• That resilience is about showing up and rolling your sleeves up every day;
• Participation and buy-in from the communities you are serving is the key to creating real impact;
• How to create sustainable funding streams;
• Helping means helping all - we can't be selective in activism.

Business On The Rise is produced in collaboration with On The Rise and ASBHive and supported by Maybank Trustees Berhad.

It takes a village to run a business. If you're looking for support as you launch, grow or fund your business, let On The Rise be yours

Aisha Hassan is the Co-Founder of Dia Guild, a curated online store for the most beautiful of Southeast Asian fashion. Dia Guild's goal is to elevate and promote the designs of one of the most beautiful places in the world - the place we call home - on the global stage.

In this episode, Aisha and Franki talk about:

• Changing narratives around Southeast Asian fashion;
• Aisha's non-negotiables when it comes to mixing business with friendship; and
• The beauty of scaling slowly

And some exciting news - Dia Guild is opening it's first brick and mortar store in Bangsar Village 2, Kuala Lumpur this month. Check it out!

Business On The Rise is produced in collaboration with On The Rise and ASBHive and supported by Maybank Trustees Berhad.

It takes a village to run a business. If you're looking for support as you launch, grow or fund your business, let On The Rise be yours

Marisha Lakhiani is the Chief Growth Officer at Mindvalley. Marisha is fearless, and believes in putting herself in slightly uncomfortable situations so that she can grow. In this episode, Franki and Marisha talk about:

• How she bit the entrepreneurial bug early;
• How to convince anyone to do anything once you understand motivation;
• How to find the thing that is so exciting that you can go "all in" on it.

Business On The Rise is produced in collaboration with On The Rise and ASBHive and supported by Maybank Trustees Berhad.

It takes a village to run a business. If you're looking for support as you launch, grow or fund your business, let On The Rise be yours

Amazin' Graze started life as a small home grown healthy snack brand for busy professionals like Amy. It is now a global brand, distributed throughout Asia and the US with a team of over 100 people.

Amy wanted to take South East Asia's rich food history and delicious flavours and translate this into a scaleable healthy snack business.

Franki and Amy talk about:

• The importance of really understanding your customer;
• How Amazin' Graze focused on crafting a brand that made "healthy" feel exciting, delicious, and - let's face it, sexy - at a time when a lot of health foods were boring and bland;
• How the best returns come from backing yourself.

Business On The Rise is produced in collaboration with On The Rise and ASBHive and supported by Maybank Trustees Berhad.

It takes a village to start a business. If you're looking for support as you launch, grow or fund your business, let On The Rise be yours.

We're kicking things off by talking to Kim May Chee, founder of COCOdry about how she started and scaled a chain of blow dry bars here in Kuala Lumpur.

As a hairstylist's daughter, Kim's journey started with not wanting to work in the hair industry at all. However, she did want to be an entrepreneur. She drank the #girlboss koolaid of the early 2000s, but soon realised that entrepreneurship was less glamour and more a journey of personal growth.

Kim and Franki talk about:

• Letting go of what you can't control. When you lean into this, what you can control will come;
• Imposter syndrome grows as your business grows. The more you have to lose, the more you fear you have about whether your worthy of keeping it;
• The importance of finding the right investors;
• The responsibility she feels to pay it forward.

Business On The Rise is produced in collaboration with On The Rise and ASBHive and supported by Maybank Trustees Berhad.

It takes a village to start a business. If you're looking for support as you launch, grow or fund your business, let On The Rise be yours.

Launching a business is hard work, but you don't have to do it alone. Hi, I'm Franki. I'm the founder of Frankitas and co-founder of Bungalow18 by Frankitas. When I launched my bag brand Frankitas more than 10 years ago, I didn't have a guide book. Instead, I leaned on the support of other business owners around me. This podcast is a series of conversations with the female entrepreneurs in South-East Asia I admire most. It's the guide book I wished I had when I started my business, and I hope it helps you as you launch, grow and fund your brand.