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Interesting Innovations & Case Studies in SE Asia

I’m back from a 1-month mission with SwissEP in Vietnam. During this mission, I was matched with BizCare, a local for-profit accelerator which focuses on serving non-tech, SME, female founders, and social impact businesses. Together, we designed and launched one of Vietnam’s first female founder oriented mastermind groups. Here are some interesting observations and insights …

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How to NOT die on a lazy river float

Non-business post, but I’m sharing it in the event that the information below might help save someone’s life. I’ve been obsessed about river floating since I first went tubing down Coquitlam River in 2016. There’s something magical about a cool relaxing float with good music and a can of beer on a warm summer day. …

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Cancelling the #DoGoodBusiness Challenge

2-days prior to the scheduled start of the #DoGoodBusiness Challenge , I’ve made the difficult decision to call off the event. Why? We did not get enough registrations to ensure that the competition would be an amazing experience to all participants. Why did registrations fall short? Many possible reasons, hard to pin down if there …

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Advisory Email – October 2019

In the view of transparency, below is an excerpt from an advisory email I sent this month: October has been busy with work at Spring and preparation for travels. Although unrelated to VH, we’ve been working on some rather interesting projects at Spring that I’ll share at the bottom: UPDATES 🎉 GRATITUDE WALL 🤝 NEXT STEPS 👣 …

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Reflections on Impact Career Fair 2019

A fair warning that today’s blog post will be a relatively raw and come from a very personal perspective as I work through the emotional roller coaster and current mental space I’m in coming out of the event. After all, businesses, companies, startups, are all run by humans. Disappointed via GIPHY Is a harsh way …

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