Adlin Yusman, Managing Director of Endeavor Malaysia, will work for anyone he’s hired.

A huge contrast to when he began his entrepreneurial journey with the mentality of, “I pay you a salary, you work for me and you do as I say.”

Which, as you can imagine, created quite a lot of issues.

That said, Adlin has had an eventful life. One that’s sprinkled with a generous serving of failures and spooky occurrences (e.g. receiving a 3am call from a female ghost?!).

He’s founded several startups that failed, but managed to stay friends with his former employees and investors, who don’t regret a single day of giving money to him.

So how did Adlin go from featuring a Maybach in the first edition of his luxury automobile publication

➡️ Making major hiring mistakes (e.g. hiring a wimp)
➡️ Hunting for 100 cockroaches
➡️ Raising USD 500k in 2 days
➡️ Working at Endeavor Malaysia, where he helps the likes of Bryan Loo of Loob Holdings in the startup ecosystem?!

You’ll just have to listen to the latest STIMY episode to find out!

Highlights:
0:00 A 3am call from a female ghost?!
3:05 Does Adlin even deserve his media feature?!
6:20 Fork in the road
9:55 Landing a Maybach as the cover of Adlin's first luxury automobile publication
12:51 How to sell yourself
19:07 Don't be a boss & analysis paralysis
20:55 Having an employee fire himself
23:24 Making terrible hiring decisions!
25:56 Working at Groupon & 8am calls?!
31:52 Building trust... through mothers
35:54 How Adlin landed USD 500k in 2 days?!
37:57 Finding the best nasi lemak in town + 100 cockroaches
41:03 Spending $500k of dry powder
42:37 Startup mistakes made
45:29 Quitting the startup
46:46 Failure isn't bad but...
48:53 The walk of shame
51:25 Investors don't regret a single day that they gave Adlin money
55:21 Joining Endeavor's Local Selection Panel (LSPs)
57:43 What founders always fail at - storytelling
59:35 You must have a Big Vision
1:04:05 Bryan Loo of Loob Holdings
1:06:35 Heart attack
1:08:01 Advice for community building
1:11:28 Who would Adlin work for?
1:13:08 Questions to ask to find out if a person has a shitty attitude


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I'm Ling Yah, a Malaysian lawyer & host/producer of the So This Is My Why, where I interview inspiring people about how they found their why, and their blueprint for turning that why into a reality. I’ve interviewed a former US Congressman, retired 4 star generals, Olympians, Michelin-starred chefs, top entrepreneurs, VCs, Hollywood actresses, and more.

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