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The Mind Your Business Show
The Mind Your Business Show explores what it takes to excel in business and Sales. Our hosts, Tahmid and Arshvyn, hold candid conversations with business owners and sales experts. These conversations go deep. With the aim of understanding these amazing people and finding out the how and the why of what they do, and what can we – the listener- learn from it
The Mind Your Business Show
118 – Why I Got into Business: A Journey Across Continents- with Sabina [Part 1]
In this episode, Sabina shares her entrepreneurial journey that began in Sri Lanka and led her to study marketing in the USA. She talks about the various cities she has lived in, including Penang, Dubai, and Singapore, and the unique experiences each location brought. Sabina delves into the challenges and rewards of starting a business, her family's adaptation to new cultures, and the strategies she uses to support small businesses. From her thoughts on not charging her clients at the start in Singapore to her advice on not romanticizing the startup process, this episode is packed with insights and anecdotes from a seasoned entrepreneur's life.
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Guest
Sabina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabina-ariff-munshi-918587107/
Businesses explored
Spot On by Sabina (marketing): https://spotonbysabina.com/
Bareskin Website: https://bareskin.sg/
Bareskin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bareskinsg/
Hosts
Tahmid Nasif: https://www.instagram.com/tahmzup/
Arshvyn Prakas: https://www.instagram.com/arshvynprakas/
Show notes:
00:30 : Why I got into business. “Entrepreneurs are a glutton for punishment” [Sabina]
02:00 : Growing up in Sri Lanka - studying marketing in USA [Sabina]
04:00 : Singapore is our home now, background of our travels [Sabina]
06:00 : Living in Penang for a few years [Sabina]
08:00 : Why did you leave Penang? [Arshvyn]
09:00 : Having a child in each city [Sabina]
10:00 : Is Dubai really all that? [Tahmid]
13:00 : Ranking the cities we have lived in [Sabina]
15:00 : Best Hokkien Mee in Singapore [Arshvyn]
17:00 : Making sure my Son adapts to SIngapore before his National Service [Sabina]
18:00 : The Boutiques Fair in Singapore - good for small businesses [Sabina]
19:00 : Targeting small businesses as a customer base [Sabina]
20:00 : Packaging a marketing system for small businesses [Sabina]
22:00 : Charging nothing to my clients [Sabina]
23:00 : Our business development strategy - word of mouth [Sabina]
24:00 : Try not to romanticize starting a business [Sabina]
As always, thank you for listening. We hope you found value in this.