BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech: Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand & Malaysia Startups, Founders & Venture Capital VC (English)

Jeremy Au

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Jan 13, 2022 • 50min

Projjal Ghatak: Stanford GSB Experience, Uber War Stories & Founder Safety Nets - E127

Projjal Ghatak is the CEO & Co-Founder of OnLoop, a pre-launch VC-backed seed stage SaaS start-up in a new category called Collaborative Team Development (CTD) to reinvent how individuals and teams of knowledge workers develop in a new hybrid future. Prior to founding OnLoop in 2020, Projjal spent three and a half years at Uber in a variety of roles including leading Strategy for Business Development globally, leading Strategy for the APAC rides business, and GM of the Philippines rides business. A lot of his personal pain as a leader in high-growth, high-functioning orgs led to the founding of OnLoop. Projjal has also spent time in finance raising debt and equity from New York hedge funds for an industrials conglomerate, in strategy consulting in South East Asia, and in early stage companies in Latin America. He has an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, and a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems and a Bachelor of Business Management from the Singapore Management University. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/projjal -ghatak You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/projjal-ghatak
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Jan 10, 2022 • 50min

Joshua Simon: Radio & Creator Journey, LGBTQ Representation & Staying True to Yourself - E126

Joshua spearheaded The SG Boys podcast to create a platform for gay stories in Singapore. Outside of co-hosting the podcast, he is a radio presenter in Singapore, known for his interviews with the world’s biggest stars, from Katy Perry to Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds. Joshua’s interviews have crossed millions of views on YouTube. Joshua is also an independent singer-songwriter whose debut album, titled Filthy, was hailed ‘one of the best albums to come out of Singapore, by music publication Bandwagon Asia. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/joshua-simon You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/joshua-simon
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Jan 6, 2022 • 55min

Anita Hossain: Empathetic Coaching, Thriving Communities & Navigating Career Transitions - E125

Anita Hossain is Co-founder and CEO of The Grand, a learning and development platform to help people navigate transitions at the intersection of work and life through the support of group coaching and community. Anita has extensive experience as an executive coach and group facilitator, supporting clients on their journeys to become the most effective and intentional leaders they can be. She previously was The Head of Knowledge at First Round, where she designed and launched hundreds of learning initiatives – from summits to unconferences to masterclasses and more – providing entrepreneurs and tech operators resources to stay motivated, accelerate their businesses and build community. Before joining First Round, Anita was an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank and managed over $400MM in investment portfolios for Latin American clients. She also worked for MTV and Nickelodeon to create integrated marketing strategies and amplify their social impact initiatives. Anita graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University, where she studied Marketing and International Business with a minor in Spanish. She is also an MBA graduate from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/anita-hossain You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/anita-hossain
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Jan 3, 2022 • 48min

Elise Tan: Bridging VCs and Founders, NOC Mafia and Impact Investing - E124

As a tech ecosystem builder, connector and investor, Elise's mission is to bring the global ecosystem closer together and nurture the next generation of entrepreneurs who will change the world for the better. Currently, she is Director of Communications and Community at Vertex Ventures. Previously she was VP of Investor Relations and Partnerships at LongHash Ventures, a blockchain-focused fund and accelerator. In her free time, she runs Asia Startup Network with like minded peers. One of the initiatives organised under ASN was #Mentorforhope, which gathered over 300 tech startups and 250 mentors together from the Asia Pacific region to support each other’s growth and entrepreneurial journey. Through the initiative, founders accessed over 520 hours of mentorship on areas ranging from business strategy to fundraising. She is also an advisor to the NUS Angels Ventures, SouthEast Asia's first student run angel investment network, established in 2020 to connect angel investors and mentors with startups. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/elise-tan You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/elise-tan
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Dec 30, 2021 • 36min

Brian Toh: Digital Health, Combating Medical Misinformation and Seeking Advice - E123

Brian Toh is a Singaporean software engineer and entrepreneur. He is the Founder & CEO of AskDr, a health information platform aiming to make reliable health information accessible to all, and is involved in product management, growth, remote culture, partnerships, and fundraising. Prior to that, he ran a digital product agency as the lead engineer focused on building, designing, and marketing digital products for clients across different industries. Brian received his Bachelors degree at University College London. Outside of work, Brian enjoys a good BBQ and is passionate about paying it forward by helping others learn how to code. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/brian-toh You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/brian-toh
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Dec 27, 2021 • 43min

Hazel Savage: Employee #25 at Shazam, Music Tech, and Working Internationally - E122

With 15 years experience in the industry, Hazel is a music-tech lifer, guitarist and CEO/Co-Founder at Musiio. She started her music-tech journey as an early employee at Shazam and spent time understanding the pain points of the industry at Pandora, Universal and HMV before launching Musiio in 2018.  Hazel travels the world speaking at conferences and educating catalogue owners about the value of artificial intelligence integration and digital transformation in the music industry. As a female CEO in the heavily male-dominated industries of music and tech, Hazel offers a breath of fresh air and insight, with interesting and humorous anecdotes, as well as easy-to-follow explanations and digestible use cases of artificial intelligence technology. Show notes at:https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/hazel-savage You can find the community discussion for this episode at:https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/hazel-savage
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Dec 23, 2021 • 47min

Karen Tay: Leading Equitable Transformation, Government’s Role in Tech and Avoiding Burnout - E121

Karen Tay was formerly Smart Nation Director in Singapore's Prime Ministers Office and Regional Vice President at the Economic Development Board, based in the Bay Area. She started and grew the Singapore Government's global tech talent recruiting function, boosting its pipeline by 20X, and was later hired by EDB to build its global talent platform for the tech sector in Singapore. She's passionate about transforming workplaces to be conducive to human flourishing, which she believes is the best strategy to attract and keep great talent. Her past experience includes implementing $2B preschool reforms to increase equitable access, starting up Strategic Communications and Engagement for the 40k-strong Ministry of Education, and serving as special assistant and speechwriter to various Ministers. She most enjoys full-stack work: bridging strategy, operations and team building. Show notes at:https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/karen-tay You can find the community discussion for this episode at:https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/karen-tay
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Dec 20, 2021 • 46min

Spencer Yang: Founder vs Operator Trade-offs, Angel Investing Frameworks and Cultivating Relationships - E120

Spencer Yang is a Senior Product Manager at Coinbase. He is an active angel investor with investments in various early-stage startups. He was the VP of Growth, Operations and Revenue at CoinMarketCap, the largest cryptocurrency information site. He led the business areas of spanning across data, content and revenue. He was part of the executive team and led the company through a successful acquisition by Binance.  Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/spencer-yang You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/spencer-yang
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Dec 16, 2021 • 44min

Reginald Koh: Podcasting Pioneer, Personal Finance Advocate and Overcoming Fake Gurus - E119

Reginald Koh is the founder and host of The Financial Coconut, the first podcast network in Singapore dedicated to personal finance. What started as a dining table project, grew to become a series contender in the finance content space. At the core, he is a creative and explorer, avid backpacker, serial failed entrepreneur, and now a champion for personal finance. He is quite a rebel and failed to meet most of the stereotypical goals embedded into the Singapore narrative. He hopes you can live a life you love while managing your finances well. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/reginald-koh You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/reginald-koh
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Dec 13, 2021 • 45min

Jingjin Liu: Sexual Wellness, Empowering Female Founders, and Destigmatizing Taboos - E118

Jingjin is co-founder and CEO of ZaZaZu, the first personalized sexual wellness hub in APAC that synergizes education, digital services and products to help women own their sexual wellbeing. Prior to ZaZaZu’s inception, Jingjin spent more than 10 years in the entrepreneurial and automotive scene. During her previous tenures, she has led global product management teams, driven portfolio turnarounds and built organisations from scratch, across a wide range of geographies such as Germany, China and US.  Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/jingjin-liu You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/jingjing-liu

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