Social Good Podcast

Soo Jung Han
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This podcast covers the intersection of social issues and technology. I interview high impact leaders in the nonprofit and business worlds and explore what it means to be a good citizen in today's world ㅡ of the internet, society and the planet ㅡ and the challenges we face on the road to becoming more socially conscious citizens.

  1. FEB 20

    #23 Ecopreneur's Philip Toussaint on building a volunteer tracking platform and AI proficiency

    Ecopreneur's Philip Toussaint on (2:47) pivoting his business from a media platform, (4:57) gathering feedback for a volunteer tracking platform, (7:51) the role of volunteering in students' lives, (9:56) working with user feedback to improve the platform, (12:23) reforming the team and rebuilding the tech stack, (13:38) transitioning to a new tech stack, (15:30) leading his team in a linear manner, (16:14) learning to think in systems from his previous positions at different companies, (18:04) continuing to do market research around his product, (19:17) working together as a team, (22:24) handling co-founder disagreements, (24:12) Ecopreneur's business model, (27:08) implementing AI into Ecopreneur's business model, (29:10) different demographics that can benefit from volunteering, (29:53) Ecopreneur's competitors, (30:39) leveraging marketing to stand out amongst competitors by being authentic, (34:59) trends around internships due to career anxiety and (36:57) the importance of AI proficiency in job candidates.

    38 min

  2. FEB 13

    #22 Nora Chiu on bringing Lydia AI to the East and doubling down on career pivots

    Nora Chiu discusses (1:54) discovering the startup ecosystem in Korea, (4:05) bringing Lydia AI to the Asian market, (6:42) Lydia AI's product offering, (8:15) partnering with financial institutions, (9:13) analyzing the government health cloud in Asia including Taiwan, (10:50) comparing health insurance plans in the West vs. the East, (14:12) delivering the message of Lydia AI and educating consumers through public speaking and media, (15:25) business culture differences in the East vs. the West, (22:12) seeking purpose through her career choices, (23:59) making pivots throughout her career, (27:37) growing a hard skillset at LINE, (31:08) using her linguistics degree towards her marketing career, (34:34) linguistics students training AI models, (37:01) career pivots as a summary and essence extraction, (40:26) redefining jobs in the age of AI and (42:20) building marketing automation systems and providing marketing consultation for companies.

    44 min

  3. 04/08/2025

    #21 Mentorly's Ashley Werhun on building a mentorship platform and building as a woman founder

    Ashley Werhun of Mentorly discusses (1:15) starting her career as a ballet dancer, (2:36) her aspirations to be a ballet dancer as a child, (5:13) her transition into tech, (6:41) the seeds of Mentorly being planted through mentoring relationships with ballet students, (9:47) the evolution of Mentorly in the early years, (11:20) the pivot from a B2C to B2B product, (12:49) a defining encounter with MIT, (16:40) going from a MVP to a full product, (18:40) Mentorly as we know it today, (19:03) leveraging AI on her team, (22:22) what channels Mentorly is active on, (24:47) current goals for Mentorly, (27:34) navigating challenges as a woman founder, (29:59) parental leave policies in Canada, (38:28) achieving profitability and sustainable growth, (40:20) company policies and (43:46) advice for aspiring entrepreneurs.

    48 min

  4. 02/23/2025

    #20 Crescent Health's Joshua Collin on building and selling a sleep coaching app to BetterUp

    Josh Collin discusses (2:08) starting Crescent Health from his dorm room, (4:41) moving to a founder house called the Atmosphere House with his co-founder Jason, (10:24) picking up funding from angel investors, (11:40) building Crescent Health from scratch, (13:52) bringing on big name coaches to Crescent Health, (17:40) early growth, (19:04) building for two different marketplaces, (25:22) path to acquiring first customers, (27:47) selling Crescent Health to BetterUp, (33:37) maintaining good relationships with people, (36:31) signing terms sheets and doing due diligence to sell Crescent Health and (39:18) his plans going forwards.

    41 min

  5. 11/05/2024

    #19 Ricardo Alanis on heading a data-driven company at Nowports

    Ricardo Alanis describes his work at Nowports including (5:50) visibility with data in shipping logistics, (7:14) increasing trust in data points for his customers, (15:12) providing financial data like inventory financing, (17:40) representation of goods imported from and exported out of Latin America, (19:48) his role at Nowports, (21:10) the role of AI in his work, (22:30) the Nowports platform, (24:29) the challenges that Nowports faces, (28:35) augmenting and informing data for clients and (30:18) delivering the data. We also discuss (33:38) Ricardo's past experiences including (36:00) digitalizing services for the public in Mexico, (44:44) his thoughts on AI (1:00:10) and thoughts on opening up company data to the public.

    1h 12m

  6. 10/18/2024

    #18 Cristina Vanko of Arrow on building an audio dating app and more

    Cristina Vanko discusses her journey to building Arrow, an audio dating app. Cristina discusses (0:30) her upbringing and her early experience as a designer and advertiser on the agency side, (3:32) jumpstarting her freelancing career and how an article about handwriting her text messages went viral, (5:00)(32:20) getting picked up by Penguin Randomhouse to write books on handlettering and adulting, (5:54) getting back into product design during the pandemic and getting the idea for starting an audio dating app, (7:56) building a community for Arrow, (11:20) features on Arrow, (12:48) feedback on Arrow, (14:43) what gave her the idea to build Arrow and why she wants to fight for an audio dating app, (19:00) the landscape for dating apps, (24:24) her search for a co-founder and (30:30) finding side jobs while building Arrow.

    41 min

  7. 09/30/2024

    #17 Chris Baek of InCloud on the case for empathy in business

    Chris Baek discusses how he got to working to provide IoT software services for domestic electrical goods manufacturers in Japan with his company InCloud. He discusses (3:01) his beginnings and reinventing himself at USC, (8:53) his first experience at a corporate job after college and what it taught him, (12:02)starting InCloud and his relationship with his cofounder, (15:00) InCloud's IoT services and market in Japan, (17:59) the importance of empathy for business and personal growth and (24:02) his advice for aspiring entrepreneurs.

    44 min

  8. 11/04/2021

    #16 Alana Karen of Google on leading teams

    Alana Karen (@alanatkaren) discusses getting her start at Google, making a switch from sales and marketing to the engineering team, the scrappy go-getter mentality in the early days at Google and leading the Google Fiber and Search platform teams. She also discusses finding work-life balance and documenting stories of women in tech along with their successes and challenges in her book The Adventures of Women in Tech. Links: https://twitter.com/alanatkaren www.alanakaren.com www.adventuresofwomenintech.com Contact Me: www.twitter.com/soojunghan_ www.twitter.com/_socialgoodpod anchor.fm/socialgoodpodcast

    41 min
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This podcast covers the intersection of social issues and technology. I interview high impact leaders in the nonprofit and business worlds and explore what it means to be a good citizen in today's world ㅡ of the internet, society and the planet ㅡ and the challenges we face on the road to becoming more socially conscious citizens.

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  • Creator
    Soo Jung Han
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    23
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Soo Jung Han
  • Show Website
    Social Good Podcast