Benjamin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Kinobi, an education tech startup focused on helping university students find jobs. He dropped out of law school, pivoted into finance and spent time working in private equity and family offices before pivoting again into entrepreneurship. Ben is also currently a Board Member of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Indonesia. —- In this conversation, Benjamin shares - (i) His journey of leaving law school and pivoting from private equity (ii) How to build a...

Jeremy is a venture capitalist at Monk’s Hill Ventures. He’s also the host of BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech Podcast, which focuses on startups and VCs in Southeast Asia. Prior to this, he started his career as a management consultant at Bain before going to founding two startups - one in Singapore and one in the US before pivoting into VC. Additionally, he is an angel investor in multiple companies. —- In this conversation, Jeremy shares - (i) How to know when you to move on from your job (ii)...

Sabrina is the Co-Founder and CMO of HuntStreet, an online luxury marketplace based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Outside of fashion, she’s also very involved in church and set up the Catholic Fellowship Jakarta. She studied in Switzerland and graduated with a bachelor’s in hospitality management and moved to Shanghai to study Mandarin. She realized that agency life was not for her, and also found that there wasn’t a luxury marketplace in Jakarta. Thus, moving on to co-founding Hunt Street —- In...

Kai is the Founder and CEO of Rocket Academy, an online coding bootcamp that helps people become software engineers. He spent 5 years at Stanford University, where he graduated with a Master’s Degree in Computer Science. In his time there, he did internships at Alibaba and Facebook as a Software Engineer Kai wanted to start a business when he returned to Singapore, but his first venture, Project We Forgot, did not take off. He eventually founded Rocket Academy in 2019 after realising his...

Jane is the Founder and CEO of The Horan Group, a strategic consulting firm helping individuals and organizations build inclusion and purpose. Dr. Jane Horan is an expert in career transitions, unconscious bias and cross-cultural leadership. Her life has lead her to the US, China, Hong Kong, and Singapore where she currently resides. She has a Doctor of Education in Asian Women Leaders and has written multiple books with topics ranging from workplace politics to leadership of Asian...

Jane is the Founder and CEO of The Horan Group, a strategic consulting firm helping individuals and organizations build inclusion and purpose. Dr. Jane Horan is an expert in career transitions, unconscious bias and cross-cultural leadership. Her life has lead her to the US, China, Hong Kong, and Singapore where she currently resides. She has a Doctor of Education in Asian Women Leaders and has written multiple books with topics ranging from workplace politics to leadership of Asian...

Felix is the Co-Founder and CEO of ADPList, an online platform hosting a community of mentors and learners. He has always been interested in building his own company, and his first business was Packdat, which he founded with his brother while still in school, that was eventually acquired. Felix went on to work at other startups before embarking on his own. The first version of ADP List was a tab on Google Sheets with a list of volunteer mentors. It has since grown to have 13,000 mentors...

Nellie is the Founder and CEO of Tigerhall, a social learning platform focused on empowering professionals in their career. She hails from Sweden, having her first experiences in entrepreneurship there. She then moved halfway across the world to study in Singapore, and after taking on a role in sales and marketing at Michael Page. In 2018, she founded Tigerhall in Singapore and has since expanded to the US market as well. In part 2 of this conversation, she shares - (i) How Nellie founded...

Nellie is the Founder and CEO of Tigerhall, a social learning platform focused on empowering professionals in their career. She hails from Sweden, having her first experiences in entrepreneurship there. She then moved halfway across the world to study in Singapore, and after taking on a role in sales and marketing at Michael Page. In 2018, she founded Tigerhall in Singapore and has since expanded to the US market as well. In this conversation, she shares - (i) Her rule of thumbs to...

Sarah is the Founder and CEO of Retykle, a luxury resale platform for secondhand children’s wear. She started off her career in America, working at Bloomington and Holt Renfrew, before upending her life and moving across the world to Hong Kong. Then she gained more experience in the fashion industry at Lane Crawford, DFS, and Shanghai Tang. Sarah left the workforce when she became a mother for a couple of years, and came back wanting to build something she can be proud of. Her experience in...

Coral is the Co-Founder and CEO of SENREVE, a digitally native brand revolutionising the luxury industry, which pioneered the luxury convertible handbag and backpack category with the iconic Maestra Bag. Growing up in a multicultural and entrepreneurial household, she graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a double degree in Finance & Management and International Studies. Her first job out of college was as a consultant at Bain & Company, before returning to business...

Lauren is the Co-Founder and COO of Cocoon, a leave management platform that simplifies the complexities of compliance, claims, and payroll for a seamless, more empathetic employee leave experience. Prior to the founding of her company, she was a research analyst at Goldman Sachs. Later, she took the risk in leaving her “safe and comfortable” job at Goldman Sachs to join the then relatively unknown startup Stripe. In part 2 of this conversation, she shares - How and Why she founded...

Lauren is the Co-Founder and COO of Cocoon, a leave management platform that simplifies the complexities of compliance, claims, and payroll for a seamless, more empathetic employee leave experience. Prior to the founding of her company, she was a research analyst at Goldman Sachs. Later, she took the risk in leaving her “safe and comfortable” job at Goldman Sachs to join the then relatively unknown startup Stripe. In this conversation, she shares - Her first taste of entrepreneurship while...

"How do I get to my dream job?" is such a huge, demanding question, and I know, we some times don't have the time or effort to figure out the answer. This episode will help you break down the whole process, making you one step closer to where you want to be! I do a lot of work on this topic in my 1:1 career coaching program, so if you’re feeling lost and would like some guidance, send me a message and let’s see how I can help! You can find me on Instagram @ongjennifer_, YouTube and Linkedin.

With the Great Resignation still in full swing, many of us have one question in mind: Should we quit our jobs? This episode will help frame your thinking and decision making, providing you with tips and questions that will help in deciding whether you should quit your job or not. I do a lot of work on this topic in my 1:1 career coaching program, so if you’re feeling lost and would like some guidance, send me a message and let’s see how I can help! You can find me on Instagram @ongjennifer_,...

In this episode, I talked about my role at Style Theory and why it was my dream job, and how I made the decision to quit that job. I also shared the one question that helped me gained clarity to make such an immense career move. This episode is also the first in the newest season to be posted on YouTube! Catch the episode to find out what that question is. I do a lot of work on this topic in my 1:1 career coaching program, so if you’re feeling lost and would like some guidance, send me a...

Chris Edwards is the Founder and CEO of The Honeycombers, a leading digital lifestyle magazine in Singapore, Bali and Hong Kong. She has also founded other companies, including Launchpad, a community of ambitious, daring and smart entrepreneurs that supports one another in their endeavors, and Digital Collective Asia, which helps businesses explode their sales through ROI and performance driven marketing strategies. Prior to her entrepreneurial journey, she was the Marketing Manager at Krispy...

Lily Wu is the Startup Partner Lead at Stripe and the co-founder of WOW Pixies NFT, a social DAO investing in women- and diversity-led projects in the NFT space. Prior to this, she is a two-time seven-figure entrepreneur, selling shoes and building a startup in the education space. In part 2 of this conversation, she shares - What social DAO WOW Pixies NFT is all about How to build a community Advice on being an entrepreneur and starting your own side hustle And many more…! For more about...

Lily Wu is the Startup Partner Lead at Stripe and the co-founder of WOW Pixies NFT, a social DAO investing in women- and diversity-led projects in the NFT space. Prior to this, she is a two-time seven-figure entrepreneur, selling shoes and building a startup in the education space. In part 1 of this conversation, she shares - How she built two seven-figure businesses before graduating university How to effectively scale your business How she travelled the world while working full-time And...

Aaron is the co-founder of The Editors Company, which provides online interior styling services dedicated to making home design accessible for everyday people. Prior to this, he sold credit data at Dun & Bradstreet, and was the general manager of BoConcept Hong Kong. In this episode he shares - Why he started his career in sales His journey to becoming an entrepreneur How to appeal to customers most effectively And many more…! For more about The Editor’s Company -...

JJ Wu Chang is a matchmaker and date coach at The Love Consultant, and he recently launched The Meat Consultant, a meat charcuterie business. Before this, JJ worked in advertising and marketing, and studied business management at Boston University. In this episode he shares - Why he decided to go into matchmaking How he pivoted his career from matchmaking into meat curing Lessons learned from his multi-faceted career And many more…! For more about The Love Consultant -...

Ee Chien is currently the director of business development at Endowus. On the side, he owns and runs Jekyll & Hyde, a cocktail bar in Singapore. Prior to this, Ee Chien worked at Goldman Sachs, Uber and Grab. In this episode he shares - Why he chose to buy a business instead of starting one from scratch What it is like to own a F&B business Lessons learned from his corporate jobs at Goldman Sachs, Uber and Grab And many more…! For more about Jekyll & Hyde -...

Vinnie Ong is the founder of Happy Human, a sustainable startup selling refillable cleaning care that reduces single-use plastic waste and carbon emissions. Prior to this, Vinnie worked in finance at Morgan Stanley and Blackstone. In this episode she shares - How she started her own business from scratch What customer research and product testing is like How to get funding for your business And many more…! For more about Happy Human - https://www.heyhappyhuman.com/ —- If you’re feeling...

Renée Chow is a YouTuber with her popular YouTube channel, Gothamista, where she covers beauty and skincare from a very scientific angle and has currently over 650,000 subscribers. Before this, Renée started her career as a buyer at the fashion retailer company, Toppy, and then at luxury brand Hermès, eventually working her way up to being the General Manager of Hermès China. After that, she started her own brick and mortar lifestyle store in New York City, selling products from skincare,...