OWN Your Journey: Career, Education, and Entrepreneurship with Natalie Chan #20 On The Go With Manav

Natalie Chan is an entrepreneur, film producer, engineer, and educator. Before entrepreneurship, Natalie worked at Deloitte as a consultant and afterwards worked in various side jobs in the education field while completing her Master’s of Education degree. Natalie also worked in film production, where she realised she could create something out of nothing.

In 2016, she founded OWN Academy, a career education company developing young talent through hands-on career experiences. Currently, her team is building the One World Network, a global community transforming employers into educators.

Natalie’s diverse achievements include being selected as a Davos 50 Global Shaper, being an Ashoka Changemaker x Change fellow in 2019, and in 2021, she was awarded a fellowship by the Cartier’s Women Initiative as one of 24 female entrepreneurs around the world making an impact with their work.

In the podcast, we discussed:
How Natalie felt lost when she attended boarding school in the US during her teen years while trying to figure out her self-identity
How Natalie got a job at Deloitte during the 2009 financial crisis and realised that instead, she enjoyed understanding how people work and think
Post Deloitte: Natalie moved back to Hong Kong, started her Master’s Degree, worked in different jobs until she started her own company, and continuously dealt with her parents’ expectations throughout her career journey
How Natalie founded OWN Academy and her future vision for the company. At the moment, she is on a 15-30-year roadmap plan to turn her dreams of building her own school into reality
Natalie’s lessons as an entrepreneur, the dark side of entrepreneurship, what motivates her, and her advice to those who are 21 years old or younger

Instagram (Personal): @nataliechanverb
Instagram (Company): @ownacademy
LinkedIn: Natalie Chan
Email: [email protected]

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