Asian Financial Crisis
A traditionalist's take on tech entrepreneurship
In the late 90s at the height of the Dotcom boom, many Malaysians flocked to entrepreneurship eager to make something of the Asian Financial Crisis. Young, impassioned entrepreneurs relished the wealth of ideas and possibilities flowing out of Silicon Valley. They planned to build internet businesses and aspired to be the next Southeast Asian Pets.com. Afzal Abdul Rahim was one of them.