Cedric Chin

Most Asian conglomerates are family-controlled businesses. Succession in any family business is a tricky thing. We look at a few cases as part of the Asian Conglomerate Series.

How Robert Kuok used the joint venture to expand his business empire ... and what this tells us about business in Southeast Asia.

One simple idea that falls out of the Heart of Innovation book — that you can use immediately — is this idea of selling into situations, not selling to ideal customer profiles. It’s what the pros do anyway.

How one of the oldest business empires on the subcontinent got started, and how one man’s values laid the foundation for five generations of business conduct.

Three cases from The Heart of Innovation, picked to demonstrate the ideas of Deliberate Innovation.

A theory of demand (and product market fit) that explains it all, and does NOT require ‘pain’ to do it.

Every Asian Tycoon we’ve examined got their start in a world with tariffs. They could thrive and adapt under severe uncertainty. So can we. Here’s how to calibrate for that world.

We study the rise of Vanguard, the index fund management company, as a case study of how customer demand is not always about pain.

How and why the Jobs to be Done Framework can help you sell more, faster, and accelerate your understanding of demand.

The life and times of one of the most skilled tycoons of South East Asia: Robert Kuok. This is the fourth case on the rise of a tycoon in the Asian Conglomerate series.