Episodes

Anushia Kandasamy's path to where she is now is a little unconventional. She started out as a management consultant with McKinsey and worked for 11 years before starting her own consulting business. At every twist and turn, she has courageously taken the next step even though she didn’t really know what was in store. Anushia admits she has been very lucky throughout her career and business life. From being an exchange student in Japan to backpacking overland from Germany to Malaysia, Anushia i...

What happens when you're a fashion retailer with 7 stores and then you're forced to close due to the Covid-19 pandemic? Norhani Pacasum of Ziya Inc. had to re-evaluate her options and face her deepest fears as the Philippine government ordered a lockdown in the city of Manila. She felt she was, for the first time ever, in a truly dark place. She was fearful but she decided she was going to find the silver lining in this period of uncertainty. In this episode, Norhani speaks frankly about team...

Are you working so hard that you forget who you are and what you wanted? In this episode, Maresa Ng of The Spark Group Asia talks candidly about her coaching business. She began with a lot of passion and enthusiasm but she was pushing herself so hard and wanting to succeed so badly that she forgot how to live life. Insecurity, exhaustion, frustration - you name it, she had it. Maresa's business was running her to the ground and she came to a point where she had to make a huge decision about h...

What is Womenpreneur Asia all about? Here's a quick overview of what you can expect from this brand new podcast for women entrepreneurs in Asia from Krista Goon. All episodes of Womenpreneur Asia are sponsored by Redbox Studio. Look out for new episodes every Friday for the next 13 weeks.

Hawaii is where this all happened. This is the introduction episode for Womenpreneur Asia and how I faced up to all my fears. I had wanted to start a podcast for the longest time but it was just a lot of wishing and wondering. But Hawaii and the East-West Center (and all the good folks from mentors, mentees and peers) in July 2019 changed my life. Enjoy this episode!