Your Grit Story

Since its inception in 2002, the highly acclaimed NUS Overseas Colleges Program alumni have founded more than 700 companies and received more than S$800 million in investments and funding. 

There must be a reason why this program is so successful, developing passionate entrepreneurs and problem solvers, growing the startup scene in #Singapore 🇸🇬 in the past decade, together with other programs by NUS Enterprise.

To uncover the above, we are excited to launch #NOCAlumni Series, chatting with #alumni who went through the program and went to chase their #passion to create #impact through starting up. Hosted by Eric Chan Jq, who is a NOC Alumni himself, he speaks with founders venturing in different verticals - Education, Mental well-being, Finance, HRTech, and many more.

In the first episode of this series, we chat with Felix Tan, who is helping Gen Zs bridge the career transition gap with their #skills, instead of putting emphasis on grades.

Felix is the CEO and co-founder of Skilio. Being passionate about the education space and being involved in the youth community, Felix started the company during his 1st year in National University of Singapore as a student and found his co-founders along the way to join him in this journey to help job seekers get hired for their skills. 🌟

Check out the episode link in the comments section below.

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#Founders #Startup #Entrepreneurs #NOCAlumni #NUSEnterprise #NUSOverseasColleges 

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We have the 4th episode of the #Parenting series to wrap it up! Parcsen, Head of Programs at DADs for Life & Centre for Fathering shared with us his lessons and insights around #marriage and #parenting. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Parcsen is married for 31 Years, and he is a Father of 3 kids who are already adults! Given his fair share of going through the ups and downs in his own marriage in his early years, he is deeply passionate about coaching couples and helping them to build strong marriages, which is the key to good parenting. 🗝️

He is also a Grandfather, definitely the first one on our podcast! The host, Eric Chan Jq also took the chance to ask about how to manage multi-generation relationships, which might be tricky at times! 😂

He is also a podcaster at WADT, with co-host Hafiz Othman, that has done over 60 episodes about tips to overcome #fathering challenges and connect with our family. Search "WADT" on Spotify to check it out!

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 [1 June 2022] Happy Global #Parents Day!

Parenting is hard, especially in this dynamic environment. But it is not impossible.

In the 3rd episode of the #Parenting series, Bryan Tan, CEO of DADs for Life & Centre for Fathering shared with our host Eric Chan Jq about his transformation journey from a lost and uninvolved dad to an invested and nurturing dad. 

One who is #passionate about involved parenting, Bryan reminded us that parenting is indeed a #partnership between Mum 👩 and Dad 👨, and he also shared the importance of BEING PRESENT, especially in the formative years of the children. 👶

Leading Dads For Life, he strongly believes in #coaching parents and building a supportive #community for #fathers! With #Singapore opening up, he also shared with us exciting activities that are coming up in next few months for #Families! 🎉🎉🎉

🎧 Catch the full episode via the link in the comments below.

#DadsforLife #CentreforFathering #ParentsWithGrit #Family

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Our guest for this special episode wears many hats. Dr Loretta Chen is a Professor, Author, Creator, Artist, Director, Entrepreneur, Speaker, and Trainer. Honestly, she reminds us of our previous guest, Ng Nichol, whom we called a #Superwomen! One more added to the list! 🦸‍♀️

Loretta, co-founder of Smobler Studios, is a natural storyteller as she shares with us the fundamental pillars around what she does are [3C] #Create, #Connect, and #Communicate, and what fuels her to achieve so much are [3P] #People, #Purpose, and #Possibilities. 

She also shared with us about her family and what fundamentally drove her are her values, being kind and considerate and never making anyone less off in her pursuit. ❤️

As an advocate of [DEI] #Diversity, #Equity, #Inclusion, and mental health, she sees the world with a different lens after she lost her first partner when she was 24, which she shares openly about it.

In this episode, she also shared about Smobler Studios's vision of Cobbleland in The Sandbox, currently one of the biggest #metaverses. They also partnered with The Food Bank Singapore recently to create awareness and raise funds for the hungry in Singapore, marking the first time that an NGO is entering the NFT/Metaverse space.

Recently, she has been busy writing a book, M/OTHERS , which highlights the challenges of mothers who raise children despite extraordinary circumstances. Follow Dr Loretta Chen as she shares more about her latest book launch! 📖

👇🏼 Catch the full episode via the link in the comments section.

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👩‍👧‍👦 Happy Mother's Day to all Mummies out there! 

What could be better than to hear from the co-founder of Mums for Life, Adriana Lim Escaño about her motherhood journey of FOUR kids in the second episode of the #Parenting series!

Adriana Lim, who is a leader in the Retail industry, is also the founder of ABRY Pte Ltd and she shared with us about her parenting struggles while chasing after her own dreams and the revelation that she had, which transformed her from an over-achiever perfectionist to a #nurturing mum who embraces real #motherhood and believes in being a #happy mum instead of a perfect mum.

🎧 Catch also previous episodes from other mumpreneurs-guests Ng Nichol and Alice Yu Yuebo 余跃波!  Easily search for "Your Grit Story" where you hear your podcasts!

#HappyMothersDay #MothersDay2022 #MumsForLife #Parenting DADs for Life & Centre for Fathering #Founders #Entrepreneurs

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We are kicking off a new #parenting series that will run across May and June, with Mother's Day and Father's day around the corner!

Our first guest of this series is Alice Yu Yuebo 余跃波, #founder and #podcast host of Mama on Palette, Singapore's first community for mothers who love arts, helping mothers embrace happier parenting through art!

During this podcast, we chatted about:

👉🏼 How it all got started when Alice's husband asked her to pick up her brushes to overcome challenges during pregnancy 🤰🏼
👉🏼 The journey of starting and growing a supportive community of more than 500 mothers who love art 🎨
👉🏼 Organising Making of Happier Parenting event with The Red Pencil Humanitarian Mission, theAsianparent, vLookUp - Starting 4th May 2022 - https://www.linkedin.com/events/themakingofhappierparenting-per6926911096264015872/
👉🏼 How Alice You manages her time with her #passion project, family, on top of a demanding full-time role ⏱️
👉🏼 Balancing #scope and #priorities between her husband via a 家庭会议 (Family Meeting in Chinese) 🤝🏼
👉🏼 What's the best method of managing conflicts with a preschool child 👪
👉🏼 Other tips for parenting 💡

#MamaOnPalette #Parenting #Art #Community #Mumpreneurs #Founders #Entrepreneurs 

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The Earth Day theme for 2022 is "Invest in our Planet". That's something close to the heart of our next guest.

In this special #EarthDay2022 episode of Your Grit Story Podcast, we are extremely honoured to have Steve Melhuish, a sustainability investor and founding partner at Wavemaker Impact and Planet Rise. He is also the co-founder of PropertyGuru Group, that just went public in NYSE last month in March 2022. 📈

We took this precious opportunity to learn about his journey of bringing PropertyGuru from ZERO to ONE, and also deep-dive into his passion in sustainability, investing in our planet, the Earth. 🌍

Watch the episode snippet of Steve's response when the #podcast  host Eric Chan Jq asked why he is so passionate in investing and supporting companies tacking the problems around #ClimateChange and #Sustainability.

➕ Follow Your Grit Story Podcast so you won't miss any snippets and highlights coming your way. We will be drop the full episode, which we covered topics like how to position CleanTech companies like TablePointer for #ProductMarketFit and common pitfalls for #founders.

If you are in the sustainability space, you won't want to miss this! 

#EarthDay #ClimateChange #Sustainability #Startups #Entrepreneurs #Innovation #YourGritStory

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[Special Easter Episode] This #entrepreneur is driven by her Faith. ✝️

In this episode, Charmain Tan, CEO and founder of QuickDesk shared with our host Eric Chan Jq on how her faith kept her going, overcoming challenges to help businesses empower and automate sales through technology and education. 📖

She also shared about her lowest points of life having depression and how she is given a new life 🌱 to do things right again through her faith. Thanks for opening up and sharing about your life, Charmain! 🤗

With timely miracles in her journey startup up, she made it to Forbes Asia’s 30 Under 30 list for #EnterpriseTechnology and Singapore’s top 100 #WomenInTech List. Humbly, she believes that these achievements is to help her impact more lives and it's a way for her to give thanks to people who supported her along the way.

Charmain also appreciated her mentors such as Ben Leong and Kristav (Kris) Childress, for being there for her to provide timely and precious advice. Paying it forward, she is running a cross-chapter mentorship program via Entrepreneurs'​ Organization. 🤝🏼

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#Faith #Entrepreneurship #Impact #QuickDesk #YourGritStory #BeInspired 

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It's a wrap to the #ChangeMaker series on the World Social Work Day 2022! #WSWD2022 🌏

In this 4th episode of the series, Denise Tay, co-founder of KampungKakis, shared with the host Eric Chan Jq on the "why" and the "how" of the Neighbourhood Buddy Matching platform. 🏘️

With her co-founders Mae Tan and Michelle, the trio came together to start this as COVID-19 hit the shores of #Singapore, to support the eldery and vulnerable during the pandemic and beyond. 

Supported by philanthropic organisations such as The Majurity Trust Temasek Trust, and Awesome Foundation, Kampungkakis has  grown the community to >1000 volunteers, matching eager-to-help community organisations (Willing Hearts, @communituition, and , Hey, You Got Mail!) with the needy on the ground. 🔗

With these, Denise is running it on top of her full time job at Income as a Growth Hacker (What a cool name!). She is also involved in spreading awareness for Social Enterprises like Swapaholic Official , Innervate Fitness, and boxgreen, which we managed to chat with co-founder Walter Oh in our 2nd episode of the series!

Clearly, Denise's Passion for #SocialGood is deep with #KampungKakis and the #SnackGood Initiative by Income!

#KampungKakis #SocialGood #ChangeMakers #Volunteering #cityofgood #YourGritStory #BeInspired

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Happy International Women's Day 2022! 👱‍♀️

In this third episode of #ChangeMaker Series, Ng Nichol, co-founder of The Food Bank Singapore and CEO of X-Inc shares her advice and learnings for female founders and go-getters 💪🏼  out there, given her enriching experience in running enterprises as a female founder, especially in a male-dominant industry, and being a mother of FOUR kids!

If you are a #Female #Founder or a #Hustler who is breaking through the glass ceiling right now, this episode is for you.

💡 In fact, through the interview, we realised that Nichol is not just a women. She is a #Superwoman! Catch the episode on Spotify to find out why and also to know more about her mission to end Food Insecurity for all!

#InternationalWomensDay #IWD #BreakTheBias #WomenInBusiness #CelebrateWomen #Entrepreneurship #FoodBankSingapore #ChangeMaker #SocialImpact #Founders #YourGritStory

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