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Jeanette Cheah: Global upbringing and asian heritage + inside how they're bringing fun innovation education for the next gen at HEX!
Episode 103
Published 4 years, 2 months ago
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In this episode #103 w Jeanette Cheah, learn about:
- Her global upbringing, born in Hawaii and then Japan before settling down in Melbourne
- Chinese and Malaysian heritage
- How seeing her parents, with mum an accountant and dad an economist made education the cornerstone of her early years
- Starting career in the banking sector and then realising she didn’t want to play by those rules
- How HEX started with trade missions to san Fransisco with a group of students from Australia
- Being 3 days away from travelling to Austin, Texas on a big program and the borders shut down when COVID hit in 2020
- Raising money from investors
- Funding challenges for female founders
- Current economic climate
- + stay tuned for some very cool info about Jeanette’s assistant and more!
It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!
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