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Episode 13 – Kathy Wong
Today's guest is Kathy Wong. She defines herself as a "serial entrepreneur", having founded and run several businesses in various industries. This includes branding, design and marketing. In a second phase, she created an artisan business, focused in jewelry. Currently she runs Moeloco, a shoemaking company with a social goal.
Kathy trained as a visual communicator, has always been a passionate philanthropist, loves children and has a thirst for personal development and people.
Her desire with Moeloco is to create a heart centered community of engaged individuals wanting to be the change they see in the world.
Facts
Kathy Wong was recently (2018) nominated as one of the 35 social entrepreneurs to watch in 2018 by Cause Artist Magazine
She's passionate about social change and inspiring the next generation of social entrepreneurs and changemakers.
After running several businesses and retiring in her early 40’s, Kathy grew discontent with her contribution to society and the gap between business and community engagement.
In 2014, she came out of early retirement and established Moeloco, a social entrepreneurial business that has impacted over 7,000 children in poverty and has created a growing youth ambassador program.
Energised by her motto of ‘dream crazy’, Kathy is now in the start-up phase of creating a youth entrepreneur incubator program, bringing leading social entrepreneurs together to educate and mentor the next generation of change makers.
Kathy has been a keynote speaker at The Spark Festival, NSW University wide entrepreneurial learning program- Interchange, The Shine Conference and speaks at various social change, changemaker and youth leadership events.
Kathy’s no-nonsense practical and heart felt presentation style has inspired many young people and women to take action, live their crazy dreams and make a positive difference.
Quotes
"I've always been quite a big dreamer. But this was, even for me, a huge stretch. So, you know, I just believe that to be able to do things of this scale, you gotta be quite crazy"
"I wanna see a world where every little thing that we consume and purchase can have a positive impact on humanity."
"I'm interviewing as many social entrepreneurs as I can around the world. And the reason for that is (...) making everybody aware of what social entrepreneurs do. Because, unfortunately, the majority of the public don't know that we exist. Or, if they do, they get us continuously confused with charities."
"I hope that one day, soon, we don't even talk about social entrepreneurs, or social enterprise, because this is just the way that business will be done"
"Action is a really powerful form of motivating others. And also (...) just being honest. Being just vulnerable and honest with people, I think that it's really important too. [It] definitely inspires people."
Links
https://www.moeloco.com/
https://www.facebook.com/moelocoflipflop
http://instagram.com/moelocoflipflop
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCItmpvLhMM3LG1aLBQ4CcMgù
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathywong
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Today's guest is Kathy Wong. She defines herself as a "serial entrepreneur", having founded and run several businesses in various industries. This includes branding, design and marketing. In a second phase, she created an artisan business, focused in jewelry. Currently she runs Moeloco, a shoemaking company with a social goal.
Kathy trained as a visual communicator, has always been a passionate philanthropist, loves children and has a thirst for personal development and people.
Her desire with Moeloco is to create a heart centered community of engaged individuals wanting to be the change they see in the world.
Facts
Kathy Wong was recently (2018) nominated as one of the 35 social entrepreneurs to watch in 2018 by Cause Artist Magazine
She's passionate about social change and inspiring the next generation of social entrepreneurs and changemakers.
After running several businesses and retiring in her early 40’s, Kathy grew discontent with her contribution to society and the gap between business and community engagement.
In 2014, she came out of early retirement and established Moeloco, a social entrepreneurial business that has impacted over 7,000 children in poverty and has created a growing youth ambassador program.
Energised by her motto of ‘dream crazy’, Kathy is now in the start-up phase of creating a youth entrepreneur incubator program, bringing leading social entrepreneurs together to educate and mentor the next generation of change makers.
Kathy has been a keynote speaker at The Spark Festival, NSW University wide entrepreneurial learning program- Interchange, The Shine Conference and speaks at various social change, changemaker and youth leadership events.
Kathy’s no-nonsense practical and heart felt presentation style has inspired many young people and women to take action, live their crazy dreams and make a positive difference.
Quotes
"I've always been quite a big dreamer. But this was, even for me, a huge stretch. So, you know, I just believe that to be able to do things of this scale, you gotta be quite crazy"
"I wanna see a world where every little thing that we consume and purchase can have a positive impact on humanity."
"I'm interviewing as many social entrepreneurs as I can around the world. And the reason for that is (...) making everybody aware of what social entrepreneurs do. Because, unfortunately, the majority of the public don't know that we exist. Or, if they do, they get us continuously confused with charities."
"I hope that one day, soon, we don't even talk about social entrepreneurs, or social enterprise, because this is just the way that business will be done"
"Action is a really powerful form of motivating others. And also (...) just being honest. Being just vulnerable and honest with people, I think that it's really important too. [It] definitely inspires people."
Links
https://www.moeloco.com/
https://www.facebook.com/moelocoflipflop
http://instagram.com/moelocoflipflop
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCItmpvLhMM3LG1aLBQ4CcMgù
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathywong