Growth Without Borders

Workshop 3: Growth Without Borders

🗓️ Date : Wednesday, 18 November 2026

⏰ Time : 9.30 am – 4.00 pm
📌 Venue : Yamaha Music Store & Music School, Kelana Jaya

Event overview
- Is your business ready to grow beyond Malaysia?

Growth Without Borders is Workshop 3 of the Scaling in a Changing World series, focusing on ASEAN expansion readiness and cross-border growth.

Expanding into a new market requires more than ambition. Businesses need stable operations, sufficient capacity, financial buffers and a clear understanding of where their products or services fit.

Through an expert panel and a structured working lab, participants will explore these considerations and assess their own readiness for regional growth. The aim is to develop a clearer direction: what to strengthen, what to explore and what to prioritise next.

What participants will learn

Participants will explore how to:

• Assess the foundations needed for regional expansion.
• Identify gaps in business stability, capacity and financial readiness.
• Consider market fit when exploring new markets.
• Set clearer priorities for a 12–24 month growth outlook.

Programme highlights:

Expert Panel

• Perspectives on ASEAN expansion readiness and cross-border growth, helping participants consider what regional expansion could mean for their businesses.

Structured Working Lab

• A practical session to assess business readiness and work towards an Expansion Readiness Map.

Speakers, session timings and the full programme will be announced closer to the event.

Interactive component: Expansion Readiness Map

Participants will assess five areas:

• Business stability
• Operational capacity
• Financial buffer
• Market fit
• 12–24 month outlook

The exercise will help participants identify readiness gaps and priorities for their next stage of growth.

Who should attend

• SME founders, co-founders and business owners
• Managing directors and operations leaders
• Businesses considering ASEAN markets or cross-border growth
• Companies seeking stronger foundations before expanding
  
  

Format
Type: Expert panel and structured working lab
Focus: ASEAN expansion readiness and cross-border growth
Intended output: An Expansion Readiness Map and clearer regional strategy direction
Series structure: Workshop 3 of the three-part Scaling in a Changing
World series. Each workshop offers standalone value