 In 1997, Malik was on the original team at Forbes.com led by David Churbuck.In 1999 he left Forbes.com to work in the venture capital world, serving as an investment manager at Hambrecht & Quist Asia Pacific; his stay there lasted only a few months because he decided he preferred being a writer.In 2000, he moved to San Francisco, California to write for "Business 2.0" magazine.