15 Choosing Impact Over Profit with Tammy Cho - a podcast by Sharon Kilon Han

from 2020-04-21T07:49:39

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Y'all I'm SO excited to share with you this episode with my dear friend, Tammy Cho! Tammy Cho is a tech startup founder who transitioned into the world of social justice and nonprofits. She is currently the CEO and co-founder of BetterBrave, a nonprofit that fights workplace sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. She is also the co-organizer of #HATEISAVIRUS, which is a movement to combat racism and xenophobia against Asians fueled by COVID-19, and the co-producer of Hidden Narratives podcast.


Ep. 15 Choosing Impact Over Profit with Tammy Cho


QUESTIONS ASKED



  • Can you walk us through your personal journey of dropping out of college to work on your company full time? What it was like when you were making that decision? (5:41)

  • What led you to start BetterBrave, a non-profit organization that fights against sexual harassment in the workplace? (22:11)

  • What made you decide to do a non-profit model instead of a for-profit model? (24:32)

  • How are you tackling the issue of racism and xenophobia with the #HATEISAVIRUS movement? (35:40)

  • How do you think you've personally transformed in your journey as an entrepreneur? (42:35)

  • What are some of the biggest insecurities you've seen come up in your journey? (47:37)

  • What were some failure moments that you learned from? (50:52)

  • What was your biggest faith over fear moment? (1:00:48)

  • If you were to write a letter to the millennials, what would you write? (1:10:13)


YOU WILL LEARN



  • Generational gap and cultural gap between our parents and us (15:47)

  • Downsides of the tech start-up culture with sexism and discrimination she experienced as a young female founder (18:03)

  • How she decided to optimize for impact over profits (24:43)

  • The primary campaign goals of #HATEISAVIRUS movement (37:25)

  • Importance of not grounding your worth on work and taking time for yourself (42:46)

  • How she learned to transform her insecurities into strengths (47:48)

  • Failures she learned from (51:01)

  • Her biggest faith over fear moment (1:01:00)


LINKS: 


Connect with Tammy: https://www.instagram.com/tammycho/


BetterBrave, #HATEISAVIRUS, Hidden Narratives Podcast: https://linktr.ee/tammycho


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