Send us a text When you meet Hafiz Kasman, you don’t feel hustle. You feel a presence. Hafiz grew up in a lower-middle-class Malay family in Singapore, where stability was prized and risk-taking came second. He started his career as a management consultant — a path few from his background dared to walk. But at 25, he did something bold: he left it all to build Kinobi, an ed-tech platform helping students across Asia navigate their careers. In just a few years, Hafiz and his team grew Kinobi t...
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Send us a text When you meet Hafiz Kasman, you don’t feel hustle. You feel a presence. Hafiz grew up in a lower-middle-class Malay family in Singapore, where stability was prized and risk-taking came second. He started his career as a management consultant — a path few from his background dared to walk. But at 25, he did something bold: he left it all to build Kinobi, an ed-tech platform helping students across Asia navigate their careers. In just a few years, Hafiz and his team grew Kinobi t...
Episode 14: The Unicorn Hunter: How Di Joined 4 Billion-Dollar Startups by Trusting Her Gut
Asian Rebel Club Podcast
1 hour 9 minutes
3 months ago
Episode 14: The Unicorn Hunter: How Di Joined 4 Billion-Dollar Startups by Trusting Her Gut
Send us a text Di’s career sounds like a startup fairytale—she’s worked at four billion-dollar companies (Zhihu, KEEP, Airbnb, and Zoomcar) before they hit it big. But her real superpower? Defying expectations. In this episode, we explore: How she escaped the "study-or-fail" pressure of her upbringing in ChinaWhy she turned down a traditional career path (and her parents’ approval) for startupsThe cultural comparisons of working in China, Singapore, and Japan, and the work habits she had to u...
Asian Rebel Club Podcast
Send us a text When you meet Hafiz Kasman, you don’t feel hustle. You feel a presence. Hafiz grew up in a lower-middle-class Malay family in Singapore, where stability was prized and risk-taking came second. He started his career as a management consultant — a path few from his background dared to walk. But at 25, he did something bold: he left it all to build Kinobi, an ed-tech platform helping students across Asia navigate their careers. In just a few years, Hafiz and his team grew Kinobi t...
