Rising Giants - N.10 Kenny Matthews, Founder and CEO, Moo Moo Farms
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In this episode we interview Kenny Matthews, the CEO & Founder of Cambodia's first commercial dairy farm; Moo Moo Farms. His entrepreneurial journey is a fascinating story, as we talk about what brought him to Cambodia and everything dairy - from the challenges of transporting cows across the boarder to building out the first supply chain system in the country. The lessons he shared with us as a founder in a frontier market since starting the business in 2015 are valuable to any entrepreneur interested in starting a business in a similar market.
We get into:
👷🏼 Why dairy was the entrepreneurial venture that fulfilled Kenny’s motivations for positive change in the country
🐄 The trials and tribulations of being a first mover in a nascent industry (like getting cows across international boarders!)
📑 Strategies for raising capital in frontier markets; the importance of telling a story and engaging the right investor audience
🧠Want to learn more about the dairy sector in Cambodia?:
How Cambodia’s new dairy industry is taking the country by storm.
The big potential of dairy alternatives and how these products are entering the market.
📱 Follow Moo Moo Farms Facebook page to learn more about the recent activities of the company!
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📰 In Frontier and Emerging Market News:
How the global economic shift to East Asia is providing a “golden opportunity” for Cambodia to develop and modernize its industries, productions, and services.
Encompassing update of the Southeast Asia Venture Capital scene and investment activity during the week of March 15th through March 19th - Deal Street Asia
Stanford University’s outlook on what the next 10 years of the Impact Investment space will look like.
An update on the current situation happening in Myanmar.
📚 Knowledge Base: Entrepreneur and Investor Learning Resources:
💸 What founders should know when building a startup in Southeast Asia
💂 What it’s like to be the head of people in a rapidly growing Southeast Asian Startup
🔥 Hot Global Topic: Everything you need to know to understand Non-Fungible tokens (NFTs).
👨🏼💻 Frontier Market Job Opportunities:
Capria is hiring for an Investment Fellow in multiple countries.
Roland Berger is hiring for an Consultant in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
The Private Financing Advisory Network is hiring for 2 Junior Consultants in their Vienna, Austria office (deadline extended).
UNDP is looking for International Interns at their Cambodia country office.
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🧐 About Rising Giants
The Rising Giants Podcast was created in November 2020 by Max Thornton and Dominic Kalousek after realizing that there were a limited number of resources available for insight into the local startup ecosystem in Southeast Asia.
Our mission is to talk to entrepreneurs and investors in the world’s most rapidly evolving frontier markets to help understand what it takes to have bold ideas and build the business disruptors of tomorrow. Through our personal exploration of these landscapes, we dive deep in our interviews with inspirational individuals learning about their career journeys, ideas, and insights into the markets of developing startup ecosystems, and expanding on why they see their business and the region as a "rising giant".