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The new normal requires a new mindset. AngelCentral ’s Huang Shao-Ning suggests that companies that recognize the opportunities and modify their business model can actually grow in this global pandemic. However, entrepreneurs should always have an exit strategy for their business plan, despite the economic situation. The angel investor shares her candid views on what she looks for before investing in a startup, how freelancers & solopreneurs can scale their business and balancing motherhood while running a  business.

 

Huang Shao-Ning started her first business JobsCentral as a fresh graduate back in 2000. She grew and exited the business in 2011 to CareerBuilder. She is "anal" about processes and particular about doing things for the right reasons. Since her exit, her life focus has been to be relevant and pay it forward. Shao-Ning has been actively advising deep tech startups and also some social entrepreneurs. She is a peer-mentor to many women but most importantly she is a wife and mom to four boys.In the family angel/PE portfolio, she has investments in more than 35 startups, of which, 7 are led by women CEOs! and 7 VC investments.

 

You can connect with Shao-Ning at @shaoning on LinkedIn

Or follow Angel Central @AngelCentral.Co on Facebook and @angelcentral on LinkedIn

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Design thinking isn’t just for designers. It is a mindset that focuses on how to approach the challenges around us. A mindset that can help us adapt to the process of being more mindful, and open to the right direction towards innovation. We speak to Design Singapore’s Emily Ong about how non-designers can adopt and use the design mindset as a strategy to grow and innovate their businesses. Whether you are considering design as a career or want to explore how design can help your business, check out what Emily has to say about the scholarship and other opportunities and schemes provided by DesignSingapore Council. Emily has more than 25 years of professional experience spanning the arts, media, design and infocomm in the private and public sectors. She started her career in advertising and marketing with Miller Freeman Pte Ltd and Singapore Press Holdings Ltd in the media sector

Emily spearheads policies and initiatives, as well as works with companies, schools, professional bodies and individuals to grow the arts, media, design and infocomm sectors in Singapore. During this time, Emily has been involved in formulating and developing major masterplans such as the Arts & Culture Strategic Plan, Infocomm Media 2025 and Design 2025 Masterplan. 

 

Check out DesignSingapore: https://www.designsingapore.org/

Connect with DesignSingapore on Facebook and LinkedIn @designsingaporecouncil and Instagram @designsingapore 

 

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Could TikTok be a viable platform for your social media marketing strategy? With 800 million users worldwide, TikTik has only just begun exploring paid advertising and offers an open arena for influencers and brands to fight for top positions. We speak to Yang Xiao Saunders about how she leverages TikTok and Wechart’s AI driven geo-targeting function to launch businesses and find the right customers while driving sales and building up brand loyalty.

 

Yang Xiao Saunders has many years of diversified brand marketing experience and successful cases. Good at predicting market trends, keen grasp of business opportunities, and very experienced with western and Chinese online social media marketing, can help global and SEA companies to better promote the brand, optimize online marketing strategy.

 

Check out Deren Marketing http://derenmarketing.com/ 

And connect with Xiao on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xiaosaunders/ 

 

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Everybody has a story to tell. We all have our own experiences based on which our life stories are made. Pearlin Siow is passionate about sharing this wisdom with the rest of the world, whether you’re writing a memoir, outlining a breakthrough formula, or crafting a self-help book on living or working smarter. We talk to her about writing tips and how to communicate effectively for your business. 

 

Pearlin Siow runs Boss Of Me, a boutique book-writing agency that specialises in helping people write as well as publish books. A former journalist with SPH, she wrote her first book, 'Boss Of Me', featuring 20 top entrepreneurs in Singapore which became a bestseller in 2008. This was followed by Boyd Au’s biography, 'I Don’t Want To Be Poor', which topped the Straits Times Bestseller List in 2012. Together with her team of content specialists, she has produced several bestselling biographies for top entrepreneurs and companies in Singapore. Her clients range from billionaires to stay-at-home mothers.

 

Connect with Pearlin at www.bossofme.sg, on her IG @pearlin or FB.

 

 

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In the wake of a global pandemic, there is much uncertainty concerning the future, and many threats to our sense of security. Sha-En Yeo shares about mindfulness can relieve our stress and anxiety about our new reality and reconnect with ourselves and each other

 

Sha-En Yeo is a TEDx Speaker, and over the past 10 years, has trained more than 20,000 people in the tools & research of Positive Psychology. She has been featured on the documentary ?Chasing Happiness?, Business Times, MyExecutive newspaper and radio 938NOW & MONEY FM.

 

Connect with Sha-En at www.happinessscientists.com, on her Facebook @happinesscientists, on Instagram @shaenyeo and LinkedIn at @shaenyeomapp

 

 

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Back in 2008, Maria Fung graduated during the height of the economic recession. Despite the rough start, she used the opportunity to kickstart her own business and built up her freelancing writing and design career in the UK and Singapore. She shared her story of resilience and resourcefulness and how to use the downturn to your advantage to pivot and grow your business and career. 

 

As a freelance graphic designer and writer, Maria Fung gains inspiration from anything that takes her creativity to the next level. She has lent her magic touch to brands like LinkedIn, Golden Village, Aviva and ION Orchard. Maria also loves to create her own handicrafts and D.I.Y makeover projects.

 

Connect with Maria at www.mariafung.com, on her IG and Facebook @mariafungdesign or  Twitter @mariafung 

 

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Starting a business with your friends is incredibly rewarding, but it comes with its own unique challenges. Style Atelier founders Joy Tan and Violet Chan shared how they set their ground rules for working together and how their strong friendship is the foundation for a business that continues to thrive in midst of a pandemic.

The Style Atelier provides a full range of coaching solutions and personal services which are designed to hone your personal brand holistically in aspects related to appearance, behaviour and communication. SkillsFuture accredited programmes are also available. Visit www.styleatelier.com to find out more. 

Follow Style Atelier on Facebook and Instagram. 

 

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For a trio podcast experience visit: https://www.freelancecreativeexchange.com/

 

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This is filmed in accordance with social distancing measures.

 

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The world needs more women investors. From greater diversity to an emphasis on impact technologies, women can potentially transform the startup industry for the better. According to data from the Angel Capital Association (ACA), just 22% of angel investors in the U.S. are women. And the situation is more dire worldwide, including Singapore. Christina shares her mission to address this issue by serving as a bridge between corporates and startups through communities and angel networks. 

Christina Teo empowers female #investorship through she1K, the world's 1st corporate executive angel network with more than 80% female representation. She runs a Women Changemaker networking series and just wrapped a second  season  of C-shark Tank recently.

 

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For a trio podcast experience visit: https://www.freelancecreativeexchange.com/

 

Watch the main Freelance Creative Exchange series, a podcast about business of podcasting here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyEgcfzkuV7oC7Nl3njGLaVsG0aMXh96p

 

This is filmed in accordance with social distancing measures.

 

These episodes are recorded on the following Audio-Technica (S.E.A.) microphones.

 

AT5040: https://www.audio-technica.com/cms/wired_mics/ebf915ca0e65db10/index.html

AT4041: https://www.audio-technica.com/cms/wired_mics/b43bffe4d4295274/index.html

2020 is a year of unprecedented changes as our lives were upended by the global pandemic. In our new spin-off series, we want to highlight stories of resilience and creativity in our Singaporean women. We hear how they take charge and thrive as they find opportunities in their business and careers in this new normal.

In this first episode, our hosts Fanny and Jayce speaks about what is like to run a creative agency like CreativesAtWork during this normal, what is the outlook like for their freelancers and how they are pivoting their businesses to take advantages of the new opportunities.

What will be the impact of the pandemic on our film industry? How will it change the way we make documentaries? We catch up with filmmaker and documentary storyteller OKJ who shares how his perspective has changed during this period and why he is pivoting to different platforms and methods to tell stories.

Welcome to our new resilience series, where we invited previous Freelance Creative Exchange podcast guests to discuss how they are dealing with Circuit Breaker and if they have any advice or encouraging words for the rest of us during this challenging period.

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- THE FREELANCE CREATIVE EXCHANGE -  The Freelance Creative Exchange is our first ever podcast about freelancing by freelancers.  We catch up with professionals over coffee at the PIXEL Studio and share stories about freelancing or anything in and around the topic.  Hosted by CreativesAtWork co-founders Fanny and Jayce, you will find candid conversations with the creative professionals about freelancing and the gig economy in Singapore & beyond. 

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