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              Entrepreneurship Sharing Session                                                                                       Tealive is one of Malaysia’s well-known  Later, Mr Loo introduced Tealive’s
                                                                                                                                     bubble tea shops, but it doesn’t just focus  value proposition, starting off with the
                                                                                                                                     on tea. Tealive outlets have been known  technological advancement in their

                                                                                                                                     to sell a wide variety of beverages and  operational system. The innovative
                                                                                                                                     snacks  too, sometimes  even  mixing  Kitchen Display System (KDS) simplifies
                                                                                                                                     sweet and savory together to create the  the company’s barista training process,
                                                                                                                                     perfect combination. The company often  which in turn increases the number
                                                                                                                                     collaborates with different companies  of skilled in-house baristas in a short

                                                      On the 7th of June 2022, the Commerce Club                                     to create inspired drinks. Most recently,  period of time. Mr Loo also pointed out
                                                      of Kuen Cheng High School organized a talk,                                    Tealive has introduced an onde onde  another progressive system in which
                                                      inviting Mr Bryan Loo, the Founder and CEO                                     themed menu, which includes local- the headquarters maneuvers the menu

                                                      of Loob, to share his entrepreneurial journey                                  delight inspired beverages.                      TV across every outlet to lessen man-
                         Mr Bryan Loo                 with our students.                                                                                                              made error and increase productivity. He

              Mr Loo kicked off by introducing his company, Loob Holding Sdn Bhd, which was                                          One of many reasons why Tealive takes  continued  to  provide  other  impressive
              established in August 2010. It is a company managing a diverse portfolio of food                                       the throne in the bubble tea industry is  systems             such      as    semi-automatic
              and beverage brands in Malaysia and other countries worldwide. Loob introduced                                         because the company focuses on outlet            equipment and multi-channel ordering.
              the largest bubble tea brand in Southeast Asia, Tealive, in 2017, selling more than 60                                 R&D (Research and Development).

              types of drinks with a wide range of topping options. Under their wings, they also                                     Mr. Loo never held back when it came  Mr Loo also stated that innovative
              have Bask Bear Coffee, which is the largest online coffee delivery brand in Malaysia                                   to outlet development by bringing it  forms of branding and marketing play
              with over 150 physical and virtual locations. They also created SodaXpress, a                                          beyond regular storefronts. Located in  an important role in the development of
              sparkling water machine that enables Tealive to create sparkling drinks and become                                     Melbourne, Australia, the world’s smallest  Tealive. The company not only has a strong

              Malaysia’s leading sparkling water machine retailer. In 2021, Loob moved into the                                      Tealive outlet used to be an abandoned  social media presence, but also regularly
              kombucha (fermented tea) business with a 35% strategic stake in WonderBrew.                                            ATM Machine before it was rebirthed by  collaborates with other companies to
                                                                                                                                     Mr Loo’s team.                                   create  themed  campaigns  with  new

              At the age of seven, Mr Loo had already dived into the world of business. He began                                                                                      menu items. An example would be their

              charging his classmates in Perlis 50 cents to read his comic books at lunch, and                                                                                        collaboration with Food Panda (a food
              quickly upscaled the business, buying a collection of cartoons for a discount price                                                                                     delivery service company) to distribute
              and renting them out at recess. Before his eighth birthday, he had made nearly                                                                                          free coffee during rush hours in traffic.
              US$300. This was a foreshadowing of the success he seemed destined to enjoy later                                                                                       Such campaigns have earned Tealive a

              in life.                                                                                                                                                                wide array of awards and accolades.


              After graduating from university, Mr Loo was stuck in a career he hated. That’s                                                                                         Aside from that, Tealive has a strong track
              when he had his first breakthrough moment: quitting his job to chase his passion.                                              Tealive’s Operational System             record for scaling up in terms of outlet

              Recognizing that Malaysia’s market for tea was undeveloped compared to coffee,                                                                                          development. Tealive has outlets and
              he traveled to Taiwan and obtained the Malaysian franchise rights for Chatime,                                                                                          kiosks in various countries throughout
              which was owned by La Kaffa, a bubble tea company, and rebranded it into a                                                                                              Asia, most of them being located in petrol
              premier lifestyle tea chain with more than 600 stores. Today, the new and improved                                                                                      stations, shopping malls, transportation

              franchise, Tealive, continues to grow and expand into one country after another.                                                                                        hubs and more easily accessible areas
                                                                                                                                                                                      where they are able to attract more
                                                                                                                                                                                      customers.



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