Winnie Wong (her LinkedIn) is the author of Amazon #1 New Release - You Don't Have to Look the Part: How East Asian Women Thrive as Entrepreneurs (link). Winnie is also a business leader, educator, researcher, investor, and philanthropist. She

20. Moving From Finance to Fashion, Test Driving Your Next Dream Job and Investing in Yourself with Career Change Coach Jennifer Ong

Mar 13th, 2023 1h 23m

In this episode, we have a special guest - a career change coach who has helped numerous individuals successfully navigate their career transitions. If you're a millennial in Singapore looking to make a career switch, this episode is for you. F

19. Switching from Service Industry to Corporate, Working with Chatri Sityodtong at One Championship to Starting New Career in E-commerce and Showing Hunger at Interviews with Jasper Lim

Feb 27th, 2023 1h 24m

During a career switch, it is common to assume that one needs to take a pay cut when joining a completely different industry to "start from scratch". Or in job hunting, the candidate with the most relevant job experience should be the most obv

18. Three Lessons I learnt at Lazada

Feb 20th, 2023 11m 38s

In this solo episode, I share the 3 lessons I learnt during my time at Lazada Nov 2019 - Jan 2022. I had front row seat watching the world rushing to pivot to e-commerce when Covid19 brought the world to its knees in early 2020.Lazada is one o

17. Building No Harm Done, Uprooting his life and Management Consultant career in Europe to Yishun in Singapore and Reducing Social Isolation with Simon Lieberum

Feb 13th, 2023 42m 25s

It is one thing to have a career change. It is another to do it while you're uprooting your life to move to another country with no social network. It is one thing to start a business. It is another to start a social enterprise where you're cha

16. Starting Side Hustles, Building Activewear Fashion brand Whakamana, Early Employee at Fave, Property Investing in early 20s and Why You Don't Need a Degree with Bethia Wee

Feb 6th, 2023 1h

Not everyone can easily and/or necessarily need to make drastic career changes immediately to get more fulfilment. You can start a side hustle or passion project while keeping your day job. This episode is about side hustles and hustling. Beth

15. Interviewing at Shopify and 4 Career Takeaways in Sharing with SMU students (I regret not doing #4)

Jan 30th, 2023 11m 48s

Hi everyone, this is another special solo episode. This is a recording for a presentation I did for Singapore Management University (SMU) students in Jan 2022. It consists of three main parts:Brief summary of my career journey so far (skip this

14. Building Product at StashAway, Building Transferable Skills, Being a “Cockroach”, Career Optionalities, Frameworks for Career Switch and Hiring with Yaohong Ch’ng

Jan 23rd, 2023 1h 16m

Yaohong Ch’ng is the Head of Data and Engineering at January Capital, a venture capital (VC) firm based in Singapore. He is responsible for building data-driven solutions that will complement January Capital’s investment process. Before that, h

13. Building UglyFood, sustainability food startup after 12 years at Shell and MBA with Sean Goh

Jan 16th, 2023 32m 6s

Sean Goh is the co-founder of UglyFood, Singapore-based food startup whose mission is to eliminate food waste and revamp the food ecosystem. UglyFood aims to make sustainability a part of people’s everyday lives. They operate in the fruits and

12. My Career Journey So Far - 3 Transition Chapters (the last one was painful 😔 )

Jan 9th, 2023 22m 6s

Hi everyone, this is a solo episode where I will share my career journey thus far. I will tell you why and focus on the 3 career transition chapters:From banking 🏦 to laser tag 🔫From employer to startup employeeFrom untimely departure to ecom

11. Quick Review of 2022 and What to Expect in 2023 - We have a newsletter!

Jan 2nd, 2023 5m 3s

Hi everyone, this is a special episode (more of such to come) - to give everyone a quick review for 2022 and let everyone know what to expect in 2023. We launched an email newsletter - click to subscribe !3 things to do after listening to this

10. Co-hosting Business Over Drinks podcast, having co founders when starting businesses and growing up as a minority in Sri Lanka with Terng (Part 3)

Jul 18th, 2022 27m 51s

Our guest speaker, Terng Shing Chen, more commonly known as Terng, is the CEO and founder of SYNC PR, a technology company that provides public relations and content marketing.Before founding SYNC PR, he had an illustrious career as an in-house

9. Rethinking value of Public Relations (PR), entrepreneurs taking everything personally and starting Business Over Drinks podcast with Terng (Part 2)

Jul 11th, 2022 22m 35s

8. Public Relations (PR) vs Marketing, career in PR agency vs in-house and the REAL reason behind joining the PR industry with Terng (Part 1)

Jul 4th, 2022 31m 43s

7. [Full Conversation] Taking A Leap of Faith, Finding Purpose, Quitting Singapore Airlines in Los Angeles for Social Work and Redefining Success with Dennis Teo

Jun 4th, 2022 1h 37m

Imagine this: you’re at the peak of your career. You have a great job, maybe even a great boss, and you’re making good money. You’ve made it.Most people would say that this is where life gets easier—you’re already successful, now all you need i

6. [Highlights] Taking A Leap of Faith, Finding Purpose, Quitting Singapore Airlines in Los Angeles for Social Work and Redefining Success with Dennis Teo

May 28th, 2022 12m 32s

5. [Full Conversation] Joval Gan on why he left his $500K high life career, differences between Singapore and Hong Kong, how he co-founded cloud CRM platform Advocado and how to do well at sales

Apr 16th, 2022 1h 40m

“Imagine you are now dead, what would people say about how you lived your life?”If you think career change is only for those in their early careers or with unfortunate circumstances, you need to listen to Joval’s inspirational story.Joval Gan i

4. [Highlights] Joval Gan on mastering sales despite zero experience, why he left his $500K career and high life on his own terms and the ONE question we should ask ourselves more often

Apr 16th, 2022 22m 45s

If you think career change is only for those in their early careers or with unfortunate circumstances, you need to listen to Joval’s inspirational story.Joval Gan is currently co-founder and chief revenue officer of Advocado, a cloud-based loya

3. Best Jittida Haputpong on why you should not rush to find a job straight out of university, business vs tech roles at IBM, selecting mentors, startup compensation package and leaving banking to join early-stage startup Igloohome in 2016

Feb 20th, 2022 1h 4m

Best Jittida Haputpong is Vice President of Business Development at Igloohome (at time of recording), a tech startup from singapore which produces smart access solutions. 🔒🔒Best and I are ex-colleagues at Igloohome. (In this episode, we use I

2. Matthew Low on stumbling into entrepreneurship, finding the right business partner, co-founding a chatbot tech startup with no technical background and advice on joining startups and making career moves

Jan 4th, 2022 1h 24m

If you are curious about joining the tech startup scene 🧑‍💻, aspiring to be an entrepreneur or thinking about making a big career change 💼, do not miss this episode. Matthew Low started his career at Agency for Science, Technology and Resear

1. Aaron Wong on turning tofu waste to alcohol, joining a very early stage food tech startup, value of startup experience in corporate world and starting his YouTube channel

Dec 11th, 2021 1h 11m

Aaron Wong graduated from Singapore Management University with a summa cum laude in corporate communications. His first job out of university was at Changi Airport Group being a senior associate at Airport operations management, a role that was

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Nov 27th, 2021 3m 54s

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