Mongolia Business podcast was created to discuss major and trending topics with unfiltered views for doing business and investing in Mongolia.
People Behind the Podcast
- Mergen Chuluun, Founder, WebGuru
- Bobby Barnes, General Manager, ICMC Mongolia
- Lhagva Erdene, Public Relations Manager, Xac Bank
Ways to Listen to Our Show
- Subscribe on iTunes (see image below)
- Open iTunes
- In “iTunes Store”, search for “Mongolia Business”
- Hit “Subscribe”
- How to add the podcast manually on iTunes
- Open iTunes
- Choose “Subscribe to Podcast” option under “Advanced” menu item
- Type in “http://feeds.feedburner.com/MongoliaBusiness” and hit Enter.
- Subscribe to the podcast feed using other programs
- Go to http://feeds.feedburner.com/MongoliaBusiness
- Subscribe using your other programs
- Download & listen each individual episodes or MP3 files
- Go to the “Individual Episodes…” section below
- In Firefox, Right Click on the link with your mouse and hit “Save link as” option
- In Internet Explorer, Right Click on the link with your mouse and hit “Save target as” option
Individual Episodes in MP3 Format
Click to download/listen (you may need to right click to download; see instruction #4 above):
- H1N1 Scare and Perceived Corruption Increase – 2009/11/20
- Alcohol Marketing, Sky Resort, & Bobby Barnes Interview – 2009/11/27
- Traffic Stop Line, IT Industry, & Mongolian Hackers – 2009/12/04
- Democracy, Railroad, & Jim Dwyer of BCM – 2009/12/11
- Mongolian Law & Legal Environment with James Liotta of Lehman Lee Xu – 2009/12/18
- Mongolian Cultural Norms & Customs for Doing Business – 2009/12/23
- Money to Citizens, 2009 Highlights, & Coping with Winter Weather – 2010/01/08
- Mining News, SME Loans, & Accounting Fun in Mongolia with Roy Dongen of Panthere Midland & Ganymedes – 2010/01/15
- Low Cost Housing with Mongolia’s Country Director Charles Jolliffe of Habitat for Humanities – 2010/01/22
- Freezing Zud and Quality Standards with Barrie Evans of Churchill’s Quality – 2010/01/27
- Two Part Special on Microfinance in Mongolia – 2010/02/05:
- Being an International Consultant in Mongolia with Steve Ujvarosy of Telchar Systems – 2010/02/12
- Corporate Governance in Mongolia with Demir Yener of USAID – 2010/02/19
Upcoming Podcasts
February & March:
- February 26, 2010: “Thoroughbred Race Track Building in Mongolia” with Guest speaker John Gorton
- March 5, 2010: “Transparency 101″ with guest speaker Demir Yener
- March 12, 2010: “Social Environmental Risk” with guest speaker Amy Sexton, Senior Advisor, Sustainability East Asia
TBD:
- “Corporate Social Responsibility & Responsible Mining” with guest speaker Amy Sexton, Senior Advisor, Sustainability East Asia
- “Uranium Mining in Mongolia” with guest speaker Eric de SEZE, General Director / CEO, Areva Mongolia (www.areva.com)
- “Women in Consulting” with guest speaker Amy Sexton, Senior Advisor, Sustainability East Asia
Future Podcast Topic Ideas
- Managing Mongolian Staff
- Mining
- … anything you want us to cover?
Give Feedback or Get Involved
Please send us your questions/comments and suggestions for improvement.
If you are interested in becoming a guest speaker or working together with us, please contact us at either MongoliaBusinessBlog (at) gmail (dot) com.
You can also connect with us on LinkedIn and follow us on Twitter.




First thing I would like to say is it’s great that I can save these podcast as mp3 on my computer or in my music player.
Next one is when I see upcoming as well as future topics, it seems it’s mostly for foreigners who are starting in Mongolia, does it? Not for Mongolians who live in here ??
Anyway, it’s good to listen and keep up the great work.
Goodluck and cheers,
Zoloo
@Zoloo Thanks for the compliment. To answer your question… Yes, we are more or less targeting foreigners looking to do business and invest in Mongolia. I think in most cases, Mongolians already do have understanding on the subject matter or can obtain it from other sources. If not, I would highly encourage other Mongolians to start creating their own radio shows, or podcasts.
To be perfectly honest with you, part of the reason why we do this for free is to connect with future potential clients. Hopefully, by providing useful content and information, they will be interested in doing business with us.
Thanks again for the nice words and the compliments. Glad you have found it interesting.
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Mergen ahaa, finally downloading the episodes. Will listen to them tonight. Looks great so far.
@Nate thank you for downloading our podcast. let me know your thoughts on how we can make it better. cheers!!
Okay. I have to say it’s a great podcast, targeted to the businessmen and investors in Mongolia. I really liked the way it started without musical intro, straight to business, lol.
I would, however, recommend buying a different microphone, as the speakers’ voices sound, er…, a bit monochrome. It’s slightly hard to distinguish people’s voice, but it should be okay if you buy appropriate equipment. A decent mic is definitely worth the price.
Also, if the speakers could make the discussion a little more moderated. It’s not necessarily a better idea, but I would do the following:
a) If the speakers could brainstorm on main points, and ask the guests their prepared questions. You’d record the guests’ answers, and play them on your podcast with some headlines and anchoring by yourselves. I know this adds pre and post-production hassles, but i’m sure that ‘the marginal profit exceeds marginal expense’.
b) Another variation is, to have only one speaker at a time. You guys can turns, and of course the speaker should mention all of their credits.
c) This is applicable only when a) is accomplished i guess. it’s about introducing the major topics in the beginning with a music in the background. I’m talking about BBC-esque Mongolian news about business, just like Asia Business on BBC.
The simpler it is, the more people will listen. And KA-BOOM! You guys are famous!
Good luck, this podcast sounds interesting. I’ll be following you guys, as diligent as i can.
By the way, a friend of mine recently came to study in Kansas City, Missouri. He says he’s having a hard time finding a job. He needs some heads up. What would you advise him?
Just two things.
1.) this is over-exxagerated. but something like this is bound to be popular. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs
2.) Can there be a podcast player embedded on the blog? I’d make it snappy by putting one and rather than downloading, the visitors can just play them.
Best,
Nate
http://mongolangle.blogspot.com
Mergen,
Did Lghava say that there are 900,000 people under 18 and receiving a disability pension who are getting the 70,000tg distribution on the Feb 12th podcast? Since I know a little bit about how people get the diagnosis of disability in Mongolia, I would really question the reliability of those numbers. I know that people with disabilities can certainly use that 70,000tg, but is that really productive and sustainable?
Hey Ulaanaa, I think we agree with you here. Most of us do believe that there are many urgent needs that need attention rather than plain handing out money. Infrastructure, education, business environment, etc all need improvement.