Crazy Smart Asia lifts the lid on the unexpected stories behind some of Asia’s boldest disruptors. Every week we talk with a young leader about the crazy-smart approaches they’re taking to achieve success and tackle some of the biggest issues facing Asia today.
This week, we've picked out five inspiring quotes from the latest season of Crazy Smart Asia to help you build a better world, a better business, or even just a better you. Listen for a quickfire highlights reel of crazy-smart perspectives from our guests, with Tatler Gen.T's Chong Seow Wei.
"To build a great business, you need to tackle a problem," says YouTube co-founder Steve Chen in conversation with fellow tech legend Patrick Grove, co-founder and CEO of Catcha Group, on Crazy Smart Asia. The duo speak with 14-year-old youth tech advocate and Al researcher, Zara Khanna, about the disruptor's blueprint, why they'd take an A-plus hustle over a B-plus business plan any day and what it takes to be a one-in-a-billion entrepreneur.
Technology can democratise personal well-being, says sextech advisor and investor Maaike Steinebach and sex coach, sexologist and educator at Sarasense, Sara Tang, on Tatler Gen. T's Crazy Smart Asia. In conversation with Unsensible's co-founder Karis Cheng, the pair share their mission to make the world more sex-positive, the growing popularity of audio erotica and the cringeworthy sex-ed lessons they received at school.
"We have no time to doubt ourselves," says Malaysian biofuels industry trailblazer, Vinesh Sinha, the founder and CEO of FatHopes Energy on Crazy Smart Asia. In conversation with Gen.T's former regional head Lee Williamson, Sinha shares how one Top Gear episode inspired him to get started, how he's scaling a circular economy business using a 90/10 approach and the unexpected plastic surgery waste material you'll never guess can be upcycled.
"If you don't show fear, truly, honestly; they back up," says Mahbouba Seraj, a women's rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, on Crazy Smart Asia. In conversation with Tatler Gen.T's Tamara Lamuniere, Seraj shares why she refuses to leave Afghanistan, what happens when you're forced to fight for what you believe in, and why we must let up in the fight for the freedom and autonomy of women and girls, all over the world.
"What is success? For me, it's something that we can truly enjoy during our lives," says Juan Pablo Escobar, now known as Sebastián Marroquín, the son of the notorious politician, criminal and cartel leader, Pablo Escobar, on Crazy Smart Asia. In conversation with Gen.T's Lee Williamson, Marroquín shares how to step out of your father's shadow to redefine your legacy, the power of choosing your own path and what Netflix's Narcos got wrong about his father-the world's most feared drug kingpin.
"When you're sleep deprived and you have a bad diet, you're half dead," says the tech billionaire biohacking his body and mind in pursuit of immortality, Blueprint founder Bryan Johnson, on Crazy Smart Asia. In conversation with Gen. T's Lee Williamson, Johnson shares why being an unhealthy entrepreneur is holding you back, how his anti-ageing regimen has lowered his biological age by 31 years, and why sleep should always be your starting point.
