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. Apr 16

    #25 WhereTu's Anna Luzader on instilling a love of travel in people

    Where Tu’s Anna Luzader on starting One Heart Africa in 2011 (1:15), learning to be adaptable (2:34), receiving 200K USD in annual donations through her non-profit (4:09), working with villages in Mozambique and navigating ethical challenges of employing and supporting community members (6:06), resorting to hiring out (8:04), focusing on being a good reporter and providing accountability for their donors (8:18), seeking out and leaning on mentors in the community (9:44), falling in love with Southern Africa (10:21), learning how to tell stories in an ethical way (11:46), leaving One Heart Africa (12:56), navigating a conflict of values within the leadership team at One Heart Africa (14:44), carrying lessons on integrity and ownership from her 8 years at One Heart Africa (16:36), moving to Korea and taking a job as an English teacher at both a South Korean franchise academy and international school (20:16), pursuing creative freelancing with Anna Luzader Culture and Creative after One Heart Africa (24:38), getting into intercultural consulting and social media management (25:56), getting hired and working for Edelman Korea (27:00), getting encouragement from her sister on accepting her job offer at Edelman Korea (28:44), growing up fast at Edelman Korea and eventually leaving Edelman Korea (32:16), meeting her fiance Alex in Korea and relocating to the U.S. shortly after (34:36), achieving her dream of finally starting WhereTu (35:06), joining a startup incubator and winning the pitch competition (35:40),  growing WhereTu as a business that advises Americans move abroad in a sustainable way (36:41), working with individuals who are reevaluating the “American dream” and want to experience life in different countries (37:51), helping families move abroad (40:45), partnering with medical and travel insurance companies to help cover her clients (43:24), aiming to live overseas again in the future (44:55), working remotely from Las Vegas and traveling for fun (46:56) and learning a love of travel early on in her Southern Baptist Church Sunday school classes (48:57).   Links:www.wheretu.comhttps://www.instagram.com/wheretu.abroadhttps://www.tiktok.com/@wheretu.abroadhttps://www.youtube.com/@wheretu.abroad/shortshttps://annaluzader.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/annacarmichael/   Find us on:www.thesocialgoodpod.com www.youtube.com/@socialgoodpodcasthttps://open.spotify.com/show/6OBpddWHUqO1jGWsMHidmGhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/social-good-podcast/id1562812869 www.instagram.com/socialgoodpod   Also by Soo Jung: Support me on my journey in building my charity dining app. Sign up for my waitlist at www.getyourbrighton.com

    53 min

  2. Mar 21

    #24 Enterprise Nation's Polly Dhaliwal on fighting for small businesses and startups and girls' education

    Enterprise Nation and Girls in Movement’s Polly Dhaliwal on (1:05) supporting startups and small businesses through Enterprise Nation, (1:45) matching businesses with support in less than 3 clicks, (2:53) growing Enterprise Nation, (3:47) supporting female founders looking for funding, (4:15) how Enterprise Nation works and operates, (4:28) capturing data from small business applicants to present to corporate sponsors, (5:00) working with Uber to provide grant funding to entrepreneurs in London and doing a storytelling campaign within the Enterprise Nation community, (5:54) working with government to lobby for rights of small businesses and startups, (6:28) operating as a two-sided marketplace, (9:22) different business sectors and demographics that they work with, (11:20) incentives for corporate partners to work with Enterprise Nation, (11:50) staying positive while working with entrepreneurs, (13:30) the rising rate of starting businesses, (15:20) challenges to helping startups and small businesses in the U.K., (17:17) supporting one million girls worldwide in their education through Girls in Movement, (19:23) accessing education and confidence for girls, (24:28) lowering barriers to entry for business support and girls’ education and (26:37) creating a space for AI projects to adhere to the U.N. 17 sustainable goals through Sustainabletech.ai.   Links: www.enterprisenation.com www.instagram.com/e_nationwww.girlsinmovement.com www.instagram.com/girls_in_movementhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/prameet-polly-dhaliwal-5537b677/   Find us on:www.thesocialgoodpod.comwww.youtube.com/@socialgoodpodcasthttps://open.spotify.com/show/6OBpddWHUqO1jGWsMHidmGhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/social-good-podcast/id1562812869www.instagram.com/socialgoodpod   Support Soo Jung in her work: Join me on my journey in building my charity dining app BrightOn. Sign up for the waitlist at www.getyourbrighton.com

    33 min

  3. Mar 16

    #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.   Links:https://ecopreneur.digital/ www.instagram.com/ecopreneur.inc www.instagram.com/ecopreneurphil www.linkedin.com/in/philiptoussaint/   Find us on:www.thesocialgoodpod.comwww.youtube.com/@socialgoodpodcasthttps://open.spotify.com/show/6OBpddWHUqO1jGWsMHidmGhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/social-good-podcast/id1562812869www.instagram.com/socialgoodpod   Also by Soo Jung: Support me on my journey in building my charity dining app. Sign up for my waitlist at www.getyourbrighton.com

    38 min

  4. Mar 12

    #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. Links:https://www.linkedin.com/in/hsuanchiunora/ Find us on:www.thesocialgoodpod.com www.youtube.com/@socialgoodpodcasthttps://open.spotify.com/show/6OBpddWHUqO1jGWsMHidmGhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/social-good-podcast/id1562812869www.instagram.com/socialgoodpod Also by Soo Jung: Support me on my journey in building my charity dining app. Sign up for my waitlist at www.getyourbrighton.com

    44 min
  5. #21 Mentorly's Ashley Werhun on building a mentorship platform and building as a woman founder

    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. Links:www.mentorly.co www.instagram.com/ashleyatmentorly www.instagram.com/mentorlydotcomhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleywerhun/ Find us on:www.thesocialgoodpod.com www.youtube.com/@socialgoodpodcasthttps://open.spotify.com/show/6OBpddWHUqO1jGWsMHidmGhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/social-good-podcast/id1562812869 www.instagram.com/socialgoodpod Also by Soo Jung: Support me on my journey in building my charity dining app. Sign up for my waitlist at www.getyourbrighton.com

    48 min
  6. #20 Crescent Health's Joshua Collin on building and selling a sleep coaching app to BetterUp

    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. Links: www.instagram.com/blessed.momentum.678/ www.instagram.com/joincrescentco/ www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-collin/ www.joshcollin.com   Find us on:www.thesocialgoodpod.com www.youtube.com/@socialgoodpodcasthttps://open.spotify.com/show/6OBpddWHUqO1jGWsMHidmGhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/social-good-podcast/id1562812869www.instagram.com/socialgoodpod   Also by Soo Jung: Support me on my journey in building my charity dining app. Sign up for my waitlist at www.getyourbrighton.com

    41 min
  7. #19 Ricardo Alanis on heading a data-driven company at Nowports

    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. Links: www.instagram.com/elricalanis https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricalanis/   Find us on:www.thesocialgoodpod.comwww.youtube.com/@socialgoodpodcasthttps://open.spotify.com/show/6OBpddWHUqO1jGWsMHidmGhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/social-good-podcast/id1562812869www.instagram.com/socialgoodpod   Also by Soo Jung: Support me on my journey in building my charity dining app. Sign up for my waitlist at www.getyourbrighton.com

    1h 12m
  8. #18 Cristina Vanko of Arrow on building an audio dating app and more

    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
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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
    25
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Soo Jung Han
  • Show Website
    Social Good Podcast