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Regina Larko was my very first guest when I first started podcasting (with a live audience no less!), so I was delighted to do this follow up interview with her and find out more about what she’s been up to with Hashtag Impact since. Regina has built a successful business around podcasting, using her platform to spotlight change makers and leaders of charities and NGOs in Hong Kong to help their voices get heard. In this episode, we talked about what makes a good podcaster, launching her own online course and membership to build a sustainable business around podcasting, and how she is growing the impact of her podcast #impact through building an international network of co-hosts.
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In this episode, I talked to Kat Lai, Founder of DK Aromatherapy, one of the first aromatherapy businesses that started in Hong Kong. Kat has taken an incredibly diverse approach when it comes to growing her brand empire, ranging from innovation product development, personalised aromatherapy workshops for corporates to aromatherapy x personal development afternoon tea experience. She also shares some practical tips on how to use essential oil to keep your immunity system boosted during the pandemic seasons.
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In this episode I’m delighted to chat with Natalie Chan, Founder & CEO of OWN Academy and one of the most inspiring education innovators in Hong Kong. OWN Academy bridges classrooms and the real world by giving secondary school students practical industry experience with companies like New York Times and Cartoon Network, helping them to discover their unique talents and career path. Natalie will be sharing more about their programmes and industry partnerships, the challenges and future for OWN Academy, and her experience and insights from Davos.
What we talked about:
Natalie’s career journey going from corporate to becoming a film producer, to discovering her passion for education
The power of media in helping her create positive impact that reaches many more people
Do 12 year olds kids of this generation really know what they want to do with their lives? How OWN Academy help students discover their talents and the wide range of career opportunities that are available
How they are making it possible for secondary school students to get experience working with companies like New York Times and Cartoon Network
Natalie’s criterias when choosing companies to work with
OWN Academy’s biggest challenges and goals as a forward thinking education innovator
Natalie’s own role models and mentors
Her experience at Davos and insights on education and future of work
Natalie’s advice for mission driven creative entrepreneurs:
” Figure out your business model first (…) Ultimately to be sustainable and really make an impact you have to have a business model that supports it, so figure out how to make money. “
End of Season 1
This is the final episode of Season 1 of The Innovate for Growth Podcast. We’re going to be taking a short break while preparing our next season with some amazing guests lined up, including an international children’s character and TV show creator, a Tai Chi master and an author documenting the stories of Hong Kong’s traditional tradesmen and women. Until then, stay tuned!
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In this episode, I talked to Tom Grundy, Founder and Editor in Chief of Hong Kong Free Press, the only crowd funded English news media organisation in Hong Kong. We’re going to chat about what led him to start HKFP, how it’s been able to sustain itself as a non-profit news organisation with a growing presence in Hong Kong, and his thoughts on innovation and technologies when it comes to journalism.
What we talked about:
Tom’s inspiration behind starting HKFP and his entrepreneurship journey from being an English teacher and popular Hong Kong culture blogger who started ‘Hong Wrong’ blog to launching a news media startup
Building multiple income streams to ensure HKFP can be self sustainable as a non-profit
The importance of transparency and reducing barriers for people to donate when raising money through crowd funding
Changing consumer attitude towards paying for quality journalism
Recent political climate and local protests resulted in an increase in job applicants
Growing their audience through having a presence on multiple social media platforms and automating social media content publishing
His thoughts on innovation in journalism and the challenge of adapting new technologies as a news startup
Opportunities for news and media startups in Hong Kong
Tom’s tip on what it takes to be a good journalist: Have the discipline to remain as objective and neutral as possible.
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In this episode, I was delighted to have the opportunity to chat to Helen McEachern, CEO of Cherie Blair Foundation for Women who just happened to be stopping by Hong Kong.
As a charity dedicated to economic empowerment of women in developing countries through supporting women entrepreneurship, Helen shared with me more about the challenges of gender discrimination that leads to financial exclusion for women, the importance of education, why entrepreneurship is a necessity rather than privilege in developing countries, and her work in ensuring that women entrepreneurs have the skills required to build successful businesses through connecting them with mentors from around the world.
What we talked about:
Why economic empowerment is an important part of women’s rights and equalities particularly in developing countries
Unique challenges and opportunities for women entrepreneurs
How to combat against gender discrimination that leads to financial exclusion
The role of education in empowering women entrepreneurs
Connecting mentors from around the world to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries remotely by leveraging their online community platform and video calls
Their biggest challenge as a charity: Funding
Creating awareness as a charity foundation and leveraging technology to increase the reach of their online learning content
Helen’s advice for Social Entrepreneurs:
Think through the impact you want to have, is there anyone else doing it? Can you join forces with them? It’s great to start your own business but also look into partnerships, collectives and social enterprises. There are lots of different models to make social impact and create a livelihood for yourself.
Running a business/charity is not always easy – make sure you can get access to the learning you need to be successful
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