EP.4 Professional Collective | Building the Alibaba of Southeast Asia, A Interview With Chen Chow Yeoh

Mr. Chen Chow Yeoh is currently the Co-founder of Fave, Southeast Asia’s leading merchant digital platform founded in 2016. Most of us may know Fave by its vouchers and deals platform. Today, besides distributing coupons for merchants and issuing cashback rewards to customers, Fave is also tapping into new verticals such as financial services and transforming its platform into a “merchant super app". Its mobile payment service, FavePay, is listed among the five most actively used e-wallet platforms in both Singapore and Malaysia. Before starting Fave, Mr. Yeoh was in Groupon Asia Pacific, including Groupon Malaysia and Taiwan. Prior to Groupon, he was a product manager at JobStreet.com and a management consultant at Accenture. Mr. Yeoh was also a graduate of Cornell University and an Eisenhower Fellow. In our episode, Yeoh shares his journey in fave, his vision for Southeast Asia's e-payment scene, and advice to young entrepreneurs.

Chen Chow Yeoh目前是Fave的联合创始人。他毕业于是奈尔大学，曾因为创新精神荣获艾森豪威尔杰出人物奖。在创办Fave之前，他曾在Groupon亚太区工作，也是JobStreet.com的产品经理和埃森哲（Accenture）的管理顾问。Fave是一个成立于2016年的, 在东南亚区域领先的商业数字平台。最初，很多客户对Fave的印象来自它发放的各种优惠券。如今，除了向商家发放优惠券和向顾客发放返现奖励外，Fave还在开发新的垂直领域：如金融服务等，目标是转变为一个“商家超级程序” （merchant super app）。今天Fave已经在东南亚取得了显著的成就，其移动支付服务FavePay是新加坡和马来西亚使用最活跃的五个电子钱包平台之一。在我们的节目中，Yeoh 分享了自己的创业经历和和对年轻创业者的建议。