Ctrl + Alt + Career Podcast:
Education & Nonprofit in Asia Episodes
Ctrl + Alt + Career shares the stories of those who have left a traditional corporate job to pursue a creative career in Asia.
(PS - I’d love to hear from you! You can reach me on Instagram @ongjennifer_)
03: From Yale to Social Entrepreneur, Jasmine Lau
Jasmine is a Yale graduate and the founder of PIM (Purpose in Motion), a social enterprise focused on teaching young leaders in China how to be the social entrepreneurs of the future. PIM has two main arms - (1) where they partner with universities to offer immersive courses to teach students the business behind philanthropy, and (2) is an accelerator program that incubates social impact start ups.
Along the way, Jasmine has been awarded Forbes 30 under 30 for her work with PIM, and aside from her day job running PIM, she is also part of the Gates Foundation Goalkeepers Initiative and serves as an advisory board member for them.
In this episode she shares -
How she went from a girl who had no idea what she wanted to do after graduating from college to turning her interest in community service into a company
How she managed to redefine success for herself and found the courage to pursue an alternative career
How she managed to get the CFO of Alibaba Joe Tsai to reply to her cold email
The difference between for-profit and non-profit fundraising
What the philanthropy landscape looks like in China
How she found ways to get the corporate experience since she had never worked in the corporate world
And many more…
You can find out more about PIM at https://pimglobal.org/
13: Scott Lee, founder of education tech startup Gooroo
Scott is the founder of Gooroo, an online education tech startup based in the US that started off as a marketplace to connect tutors and students, and has now expanded to become a Netflix for education content.
In this episode he shares -
How to build a two sided marketplace
How to fundraise
How to figure out what your passion is and whether entrepreneurship is for you
And many more…
For more about Gooroo - https://www.gooroo.com/
As always you can find me on Instagram @ongjennifer_, pop by and say hi!
23: Christina Wong, from doctor to founding 10X Study Academy
Christina Wong is the founder of 10X Study Academy, an online training programme that has helped thousands of students around the world learn how to study better and achieve better results in school. Before starting 10X Study Academy, Christina studied medicine at Imperial College London and served as a junior doctor in the United Kingdom.
In this episode she shares -
How she turned her tutoring side hustle into a full-time business
Factors to consider when pricing your services
How to balance both a traditional full-time career with your passion
And many more…!
For more about 10X Study Academy - www.10xstudy.org
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If you’re feeling unhappy with your corporate job and looking for some guidance to find a more fulfilling career, feel free to reach out to me on Instagram @ongjennifer_ or LinkedIn, I’d love to see how I can help!
Download my free guide to finding your passion here.
24: Amanda Chong, lawyer, poet and co-founder of ReadAble
Amanda Chong is a full-time lawyer trained at Cambridge and Harvard with a focus on gender justice. On the side, she is also a published poet and the co-founder of ReadAble, a non-profit organization that runs weekly English literacy classes for children and migrant women in an underserved neighbourhood with the aim of improving social mobility.
In this episode she shares -
How to find your passion
How she balanced her full-time career, side hustles and also me-time
Her thoughts on careers in general and pursuing the arts as a side hustle
And many more…!
For more about ReadAble - https://www.readablesg.com/
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If you’re feeling unhappy with your corporate job and looking for some guidance to find a more fulfilling career, feel free to reach out to me on Instagram @ongjennifer_ or LinkedIn, I’d love to see how I can help!
Download my free guide to finding your passion here.
37: Tanya Zakowich, from NASA & Boeing Engineer to Math Tiktoker
Tanya is the Founder of Pink Pencil Math, a company that provided digital math courses. She also build the Tiktok account of the same name, amassing 1.7 million followers to date. Prior to this, she was an engineer at NASA - her childhood dream job, but decided to pivot away from engineering entirely. Listen to the full episode to find out why and how!
In this conversation, she shares -
(i) Her engineering experience and why she pivoted from NASA
(ii) The different ideas she was pursuing as a business
(iii) How she started Pink Pencil Math on TikTok
(iv) And many more…!
Find out more about Pink Pencil Math - https://www.pinkpencilmath.com/
To connect with Tanya, find her on Instagram or LinkedIn.
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If you’re feeling unhappy with your corporate job and looking for some guidance, you can find me on -
(i) Instagram @ongjennifer_
(ii) LinkedIn
(iii) Or download my free guide to finding your passion here.
(iv) Want to work with me 1:1? Sign up for a FREE discovery call to learn more about my career coaching program here.