Burmese Entrepreneur

In this first English-language-only episode, my guest is Neya - a vlogger and content producer who lived in Myanmar for 2 years.

Here, she talks about her journey getting started on YouTube, her favourite and least favourite things about her time in Myanmar and .. what it means to have entrepreneurial spirit.

 

See this conversation on video:

https://youtu.be/zJ4NIlZOIEg

 

See Neya's videos:

https://www.youtube.com/c/neyavlogs

 

See more from Burmese Entrepreneur:

https://www.burmeseentrepreneur.com/blog

In this episode my guest is May Kyi Noo - the owner of a new Burmese business based in Manchester, England.

Here she shares her story of moving to the UK as a teenager, finding the North 'boring!' compared to the South, and finally going on to start her online chilli oil brand: Rice Over Everything.

 

 

In this episode, my guest Ko Kenneth Wong talks about how he fell in love with Burmese literature as a child before moving on to reading James Bond and Agatha Christie in English.

Upon arriving to California, he experienced a memorable moment at the airport which confirmed to him that America was a land that would welcome those escaping tyranny.

In‌ ‌this‌ ‌episode‌ ‌my‌ ‌guest‌ ‌is‌ ‌Min‌ ‌Paing‌ ‌-‌ ‌co‌ ‌founder‌ ‌of‌ ‌Spring‌ ‌University‌ ‌Myanmar‌ ‌whose‌ ‌mission‌ ‌is‌ ‌to‌ ‌support‌ ‌students‌ ‌and‌ ‌teachers‌ ‌who‌ ‌are‌ ‌currently‌ ‌taking‌ ‌part‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ country's ‌Civil‌ ‌ Disobedience‌ ‌Movement.

SUM aims to provide an alternative platform‌ ‌to‌ ‌learn‌ ‌skills‌ ‌in‌ ‌a‌ ‌variety‌ ‌of‌ ‌disciplines‌ such‌ ‌as‌ ‌languages,‌ ‌law,‌ ‌economics,‌ ‌science,‌ ‌technology,‌ ‌engineering,‌ ‌math‌ ‌and‌ ‌many‌ ‌more.

I talk to Thanda Ko Gyi - dive master and founder of Myanmar Ocean Project whose mission is to restore and protect the health of Myanmar’s oceans which are increasingly becoming impacted by overfishing.

http://www.myanmarocean.org/about-us.html

 

 

My guest in this episode is 20 year old influencer, creator and food photographer Kyi Phyu.

We talk about how she started her social media journey and how the next generation of Burmese youth can access the world via the internet.

My guest this week is lecturer, author and Burmese language expert Thuzar Winn. Together with her husband Detlef Eckert she published the book, 'Burmese: A Gateway To An Intriguing Language.'

Here, we discuss whether language shapes culture, especially in the case of Burmese speakers.

BridgeBurma, is a passion project created by a group of Burmese college students studying abroad to provide a space for sharing knowledge and cultivate wisdom in Myanmar.

I speak to 2 members of BridgeBurma’s founding team: Thiha and Zack to discuss their mission.

https://www.bridgeburma.com/

 

My guest in this episode is Ki Ki Jenny Moe - a student at Orange Coast college in California.

Jenny talks about
- the college application process
- tuition fees as an international student
- the importance of continuous learning and keeping an open mind
- human biases during conflict situations 

My guest Ko Thaung Myint was born in Rangoon, came to the US to study on a college scholarship.
He has an extremely interesting work life as a data engineer, qualified chef and licensed pilot.

We discuss the importance of diversity - in terms of ethnicity as well as thought.

The first part of this conversation is in Engish - the second in burmese.