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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.

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In this conversation, Benjamin shares -

(i) His journey of leaving law school and pivoting from private equity

(ii) How to build a great working relationship with clients

(iii) The impact that storytelling can have on sales

(iv) And many more…!

Find out more about Kinobi - https://kinobi.tech/

To connect with Benjamin, find him on LinkedIn.

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If you’re feeling unhappy with your corporate job and looking for some guidance, you can find me on -

(i) Instagram @ongjennifer_

(ii) LinkedIn

(iii) Or download my free guide to finding your passion here.

(iv) Want to work with me 1:1? Sign up for a FREE discovery call to learn more about my career coaching program here.

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.

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In this conversation, Jeremy shares -

(i) How to know when you to move on from your job

(ii) Where your business should be when looking for VC funding

(iii) The most important aspect for an entrepreneur

(iv) And many more…!

Find out more about Monk’s Hill Ventures - https://www.monkshill.com/

BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech Podcast - https://www.bravesea.com/

To connect with Jeremy, find him on LinkedIn.

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If you’re feeling unhappy with your corporate job and looking for some guidance, you can find me on -

(i) Instagram @ongjennifer_

(ii) LinkedIn

(iii) Or download my free guide to finding your passion here.

(iv) Want to work with me 1:1? Sign up for a FREE discovery call to learn more about my career coaching program here.

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

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In this conversation, Sabrina shares -

(i) Her move from agency to entrepreneurship

(ii) What to look for in a co-founder

(iii) The 3 keys to a successful platform

(iv) And many more…!

Find out more about HuntStreet - https://www.huntstreet.com/

To connect with Sabrina, find heron LinkedIn.

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If you’re feeling unhappy with your corporate job and looking for some guidance, you can find me on -

(i) Instagram @ongjennifer_

(ii) LinkedIn

(iii) Or download my free guide to finding your passion here.

(iv) Want to work with me 1:1? Sign up for a FREE discovery call to learn more about my career coaching program here.

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 desire of teaching and his expertise in coding.

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In this conversation, Kai shares -

(i) Why he chose to pursue entrepreneurship over large tech companies

(ii) The initial start of Rocket Academy

(iii) His experience when looking for a first job after graduating

(iv) And many more…!

Find out more about Rocket Academy - https://www.rocketacademy.co/

To connect with Kai, find him on LinkedIn.

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If you’re feeling unhappy with your corporate job and looking for some guidance, you can find me on -

(i) Instagram @ongjennifer_

(ii) LinkedIn

(iii) Or download my free guide to finding your passion here.

(iv) Want to work with me 1:1? Sign up for a FREE discovery call to learn more about my career coaching program here.

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 women.

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In part 2 of this conversation, she shares -

(i) Tips on building your network in and out of your company

(ii) How to build mentor relationships either organically or deliberately

(iii) Questions to find meaning and purpose at work

(iv) And many more…!

Find out more about The Horan Group - https://thehorangroup.com/

To connect with Dr Horan, find her on LinkedIn.

Jane’s Books

How Asian Women Lead: Lessons for Global Corporations

I Wish I'd Known That Earlier in My Career: The Power of Positive Workplace Politics

Now It's Clear The Career You Own

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If you’re feeling unhappy with your corporate job and looking for some guidance, you can find me on -

(i) Instagram @ongjennifer_

(ii) LinkedIn

(iii) Or download my free guide to finding your passion here.

(iv) Want to work with me 1:1? Sign up for a FREE discovery call to learn more about my career coaching program here.

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 women.

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In part 1 of this conversation, she shares -

(i) Her journey across the US and Asia to founding The Horan Group

(ii) Her thoughts on impostor syndrome, core values, and opportunities

(iii) Her learnings when speaking to Asian women leaders

(iv) And many more…!

Find out more about The Horan Group - https://thehorangroup.com/

To connect with Dr Horan, find her on LinkedIn.

Jane’s Books

How Asian Women Lead: Lessons for Global Corporations

I Wish I'd Known That Earlier in My Career: The Power of Positive Workplace Politics

Now It's Clear The Career You Own

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If you’re feeling unhappy with your corporate job and looking for some guidance, you can find me on -

(i) Instagram @ongjennifer_

(ii) LinkedIn

(iii) Or download my free guide to finding your passion here.

(iv) Want to work with me 1:1? Sign up for a FREE discovery call to learn more about my career coaching program here.

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 today.

In this conversation, he shares -

(i) The founding of ADPList

(ii) Tips on cold outreach and networking with senior executives

(iii) His lessons and conversations with other founders

(iv) And many more…!

Find out more about ADP List - https://adplist.org/

To connect with Felix, find him on LinkedIn.

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If you’re feeling unhappy with your corporate job and looking for some guidance, you can find me on -

(i) Instagram @ongjennifer_

(ii) LinkedIn

(iii) Or download my free guide to finding your passion here.

(iv) Want to work with me 1:1? Sign up for a FREE discovery call to learn more about my career coaching program here.

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 Tigerhall

(ii) Tapping on purpose to start a business

(iii) Tips on recruiting

(iv) And many more…!

Find out more about Tigerhall - https://tigerhall.com/

To connect with Nellie, find her on LinkedIn.

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If you’re feeling unhappy with your corporate job and looking for some guidance, you can find me on -

(i) Instagram @ongjennifer_

(ii) LinkedIn

(iii) Or download my free guide to finding your passion here.

(iv) Want to work with me 1:1? Sign up for a FREE discovery call to learn more about my career coaching program here.

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 fundraising

(ii) Building relations and networking for fundraising

(iii) Things to note when starting a business

(iv) And many more…!

Find out more about Tigerhall - https://tigerhall.com/

To connect with Nellie, find her on LinkedIn.

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If you’re feeling unhappy with your corporate job and looking for some guidance, you can find me on -

(i) Instagram @ongjennifer_

(ii) LinkedIn

(iii) Or download my free guide to finding your passion here.

(iv) Want to work with me 1:1? Sign up for a FREE discovery call to learn more about my career coaching program here.

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 bringing up her kids led to the founding of Retykle.

In this conversation, she shares -

(i) Why she moved halfway across the world

(ii) The Founding of Retykle

(iii) Juggling entrepreneurship and motherhood.

(iv) And many more…!

Find out more about Retykle - https://retykle.com/

To connect with Tanya, find her on LinkedIn.

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If you’re feeling unhappy with your corporate job and looking for some guidance, you can find me on -

(i) Instagram @ongjennifer_

(ii) LinkedIn

(iii) Or download my free guide to finding your passion here.

(iv) Want to work with me 1:1? Sign up for a FREE discovery call to learn more about my career coaching program here.