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A podcast for and about leaders at the frontlines of social change in Asia. Hear their inspiring stories, their valuable insights, and the tips they picked up along their journey to success, in conversation with social impact advocate and entrepreneur, Priya Thachadi. Talk Impact is a series with the movers and shakers in the Impact Investing and Social Entrepreneurship ecosystem in Asia. Priya Thachadi’s heart to heart discussions with industry leaders are engaging, thought-provoking, and a call to action to all those who are part of this dynamic realm. Through this series, she hopes to add momentum to the ecosystem and give it a much-needed platform to discuss new ideas, initiatives, and programs. As co-founder and CEO, Villgro Philippines, Priya believes in the power of simple ideas that can solve big challenges. She also co-founded Unlock Impact, a leading social impact consulting firm that partners with enterprises, investors and funders to scale inclusive solutions in gender and climate change in South and Southeast Asia. She currently serves as the Co-Chair of ANDE (Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs) East and Southeast Asia Chapter.
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In this Episode, leading women entrepreneurs Ronica Jones, Global Credit Pros, Maan Sican, Happy Helpers, and Katherine Yu, Rumarocket sit down for a very candid chat with Priya Thachadi to look back on a year that had its fair share of challenges and opportunities. Catch their pearls of wisdom, tips, and hacks picked up as they navigated personal and business challenges in 2021.
Priya sits down with Nirmala "Nimmi" Sankaran, Co-founder of HeyMath! to discuss what it takes to last the journey of growing your venture and build a culture that is open and inclusive. Nimmi shares her 20-year journey on leading with empathy and what it takes to build 'Zebra' ventures.
Priya and her co-collaborators Derya Bischoff, Advisor, Her & Now, GIZ and Aditi Seshadri, Co-founder, Unlock Impact & Business Transformation Advisor, StanfordSeed discuss the challenges that women entrepreneurs face in the pandemic, making the case for women entrepreneurs to invest in themselves to lead with empathy and resilience in these challenging times. They share their thinking behind the design of the SHELeads program, an 8-week learn-as-you-go curriculum, from Unlock Impact and GIZ, focused on leadership and gender training.
Hear from the fabulous Nathalie Molina Niño, a serial tech entrepreneur, a gender and climate-focused investor (at O³), and author of Leapfrog: The New Revolution for Women Entrepreneurs. Nathalie's pathbreaking book is the new bible for women entrepreneurs everywhere. Nathalie sat down with Priya on the sidelines of the launch of the WE Rise Community, a new initiative from UN Women and Villgro Philippines. Catch the full conversation on this episode as Nathalie and Priya discuss the gender financing gap and the power of rising up together to change the status quo.
Catch Priya in conversation with impact investor Gregorie Perez and Ecosytem Builder Katherine Khoo as they look back at the year that was 2021 and take a peek into what to expect in the new year, bundled with an exciting announcement.
In this episode, Priya shares some key insights into the gender financing gap, and the challenges and barriers faced by women entrepreneurs. The post Covid-19 world is a tough landscape and women have been affected disproportionately. Priya also talks about WE Rise, a new initiative her team has designed to support women entrepreneurs in the Philippines. Tune in to find out more!
In the inaugural episode of Talk Impact, Priya chats with the trailblazing investor Shuyin Tang, Partner at Patamar and Co-founder & CEO of the Beacon Fund, about her journey in impact investing and being one of the first and (still) few female investors in the region. Shuyin is an outstanding leader in the impact investing space and has pushed the boundaries of investing with new fund models and instruments, especially to address the gender financing gap in Asia.
Welcome to Talk Impact - a show that brings you stories, insights and tips from leaders who are on the frontlines of social change in Asia - hosted by Priya Thachadi.
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