For keeping his Asian knowledge hub free and open-access
Melvin Poh
Founder, Empirics Asia
Location: Malaysia
Recent wins for Melvin Poh’s crowd-publishing platform include successful fundraising rounds, passing a million published articles and growing the active readership to 40 countries. But with growth comes challenges, such as staying ad-free and maintaining editorial integrity. Melvin’s success has been to overcome those challenges while doggedly sticking to the principle of open-access knowledge. In that spirit, Empirics Asia is eyeing further growth through its recently established publishing arm.
