Podcast highlights:

• 12:50 How does Fransiska motivate herself to always stay curious? How can everyone keep being curious?


• 22:00 What role does Fransiska want to play in the future of humanity with regards to programming?


• 32:00 What can people learn from Fransiska being strong and successful even as a "minority"? Fransiska's key lessons - believe in yourself and have the right mentors

Podcast notes:

• 00:05 ASH16 - Ashley Talks with Ashley Galina Dudarenok


• 00:10 Welcome Fransiska Hadiwidjana to Ashley Talks


• 01:00 Fransiska tells why she's so interested in STEM and how she went about achieving all these fantastic things


• 09:50 What does Fransiska have to say to people who say tech, math, physics - stuff she's interested in from early on - is not a "girl thing"?


• 12:50 How does Fransiska motivate herself to always stay curious? How can everyone keep being curious?


• 13:50 Who are some of Fransiska's inspirators, mentors, cheerleaders - people who she looks up to and who drive her forward?


• 14:40 Why programming? What's so fascinating about that and what has Fransiska learned along the way that kept her coming back to it?


• 16:00 Can anyone learn technology and what is the future of technology in a general sense?


• 17:45 Does Fransiska think that everyone will know programming? And if so, why shall ordinary people not professionally involved in that be on point?


• 19:00 Fransiska advises where people should start with regarding programming


• 20:30 Where does Fransiska think technology is gonna take us in the coming 5-10 years?


• 22:00 What role does Fransiska want to play in the future of humanity with regards to programming?


• 23:30 If Fransiska had $1 billion available to her and she could build anything in the world, what would this product/project be that she would like to realize?


• 24:30 What is Fransiska most excited about in terms of biotechnology right now?


• 26:10 How is Indonesia unique to the rest of the world? How is doing business in Indonesia different from the rest of Southeast Asia?


• 27:55 Does Fransiska think that Indonesia is the next miracle of China?


• 29:22 What does Fransiska think is the biggest threat to doing business in Indonesia?


• 30:25 Being a woman in Indonesia, Fransiska is an example to many. Does she feel that there are unique advantages/disadvantages for being a female founder, owner and CEO in Indonesia and her particular market?


• 32:00 What can people learn from Fransiska being strong and successful even as a "minority"? Fransiska's key lessons - believe in yourself and have the right mentors


• 34:05 How do you find the right mentors?


• 35:40 What does Fransiska think is the future of this shared economy, second-hand used products and e-commerce in general?


• 37:35 How soon are people gonna turn more into shared economy and reuse great goods? How soon is this shift going to happen?


• 39:00 100 years from now, does Fransiska see people focusing on consumption or people being altruistic beings that are creating a better world for themselves and others?


• 40:20 How in this economy does marketing come in?


• 42:30 On recently being named Asia's 30 Under 30 by Forbes - has this transformed Fransiska's life so far and how does it feel to be a "30 Under 30 queen"?


• 43:30 Fransiska plugs Prelo as founder and CEO of the company