Hard Mode

Innovation Gap Year with HEX

Episode Summary

This episode of Hard Mode Podcast features the founder of HEX - Jeanette Cheah. HEX help thousands of young people bring their future to life by training up future startup founders, social activists and corporate innovators ,and giving them the skills, tools and brain-hacks they need.

Episode Notes

Welcome to this episode of Hard Mode Podcast featuring HEX founder Jeanette Cheah. The HEX team help thousands of young people bring their future to life by training up future startup founders, social activists and corporate innovators ,and giving them the skills, tools and brain-hacks they need.

HEX are creating a generation of leaders who take action to create the world they want to live in, via seriously fun virtual programs, study abroad experiences and hackathon-style events that 5000+ students have loved.

We talk about the transferral of magic to pivot HEX into what it is today, creating their own category, fundraising, the value in social capital and the factors of Jeanette's upbringing that have influenced the flavour of HEX's 'Innovation Gap Year' mission.

Talking points:

‘Love a Good Origin Story’
The beginnings of the HEX journey
Testing the MVP and developing the partnerships
Transferring the magic in order to pivot when the world changed
Interrupting the flow by creating HEX’s own category
Resilience building through early International exposure
Not likely to shift to ‘EASY MODE’
Network building for growth support
The value in social capital
Fundraising with an overwhelmingly high percentage of women investors
Receiving signals from the wider world, for Innovation Gap Year
Hex-cellent moments to reflect on

Links:

Online:

www.startwithhex.com

HEX on Instagram: @startwithhex

HEX on Twitter: @startwithhex

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This episode was hosted by Noga Edelstein: @nogsE