Nicole discusses (0:55) her time studying Psychology and Neuroscience at Columbia University, (1:28) dealing with mental health issues at Columbia and trying to help others once she healed, (2:48) reaching people with mental health issues through Soul Health, (4:18) helping people reconcile their professional lives with their personal lives, (5:26) helping entrepreneurs avoid burnout, (7:43) dreaming of becoming an entrepreneur as a child, (11:29) entering Columbia as a Physics major, (12:28) pivoting twice with Soul Health, (13:48) life as a solo founder, (14:47) working with 3 accelerators and a venture capital firm, (15:28) making progress with Soul Health since February, (18:11) working on Soul Health while on a clean slate with her own mental health, (20:48) costs to advancements in technology in 2026, and (23:25) finding her hope through Christianity, her family and her faith in herself.

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www.getsoulhealth.co
https://www.instagram.com/nicolevieirapires
http://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-v-pires

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Mhraf discusses (1:04) growing up in Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa; then attending Trinity College in Connecticut in the U.S., (1:34) studying Economics and International Relations with a concentration in African Studies at Trinity College, (2:43) attending African Leadership Academy in South Africa with a tight-knit group of 100 students for two years, (12:47) working in education for 8 years, (13:43) heading sales and partnerships at Chatac, (15:40) moving back to Africa, (17:03) bringing over her network of educators to Chatac, (17:44) working together with her team of 8 people at Chatac, (19:25) serving almost 40,000 learners to lower-connectivity areas such as Afghanistan through Sola X, (20:34) allowing learning to happen on WhatsApp through AI, (23:20) working with a wide age group range and deploying learning in local languages and local contexts through AI, (26:04) scouting mission-aligned organizations in remote areas who are online, (27:54) training teachers in their pedagogy, (28:49) tapping into previous connections and talking to new connections to build a pipeline, (30:00) working to integrate Chatac into government entities, (32:00) attempting to build an intuitive platform on WhatsApp, (33:47) being wary of use cases for AI, (35:25) the role of AI in society and necessary protocol, (38:00) designing Chatac's AI around the 7 vectors of learning in the U.S, and (39:18) the importance of the human element in education.

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linkedin.com/in/mhraf
www.chatac.ai

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The Second Chance Project's Louise Prashad discusses (0:16) celebrating her birthday and anniversary with family this week, (1:40) growing up in York, U.K., (2:22) experiencing a coma mid-birth from a rare liver condition which led to the stillbirth of her twins in 2016, (3:04) waking up a month later from the coma and having had undergone a liver transplant, (3:50) coming to terms with the organ donor and finding light at the end of the tunnel, (4:17) having had spent the last 10 years rebuilding her life and building The Second Chance Project as a part of this, (4:39) struggling with depression as a 21-year-old experiencing a miscarriage and organ transplant, (5:06) starting small with The Second Chance Project by telling her story at talks at educational and professional institutions, (5:50) continuing her advocacy work for organ donation through The Second Chance Project, (6:02) recruiting speakers and motivating participants to stay active, (7:12) the details of the organ donation process, (8:21) meeting the organ donor's family, (9:30) the experience for the organ donation recipient's family, (11:04) learning to be resilient and rebuilding, (12:51) talking to educational and medical institutions about the power of organ donation, (13:47) finding a way out of depression through sports, (14:30) completing 320 races thus far, (14:44) giving back to transplant athletes and finding camaraderie at the British Transplant Games, (19:32) supporting individuals with intellectually disabilities through her day job at the Special Olympics and (32:48) improving her mental health, mindset and life through sports.

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https://www.instagram.com/a_gifted_life
https://www.linkedin.com/in/louise-prashad
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Louise will be competing in the Leeds British Transplant Games this weekend. Please donate to the British Transplant Games here: https://givestar.io/gs/a-decade-of-second-chances

In episode 26, Sarah Jakle discusses (0:26) supporting historically underserved high school girls in going to public service, (0:52) teaching perseverance and positive self-talk, (3:35) vastly underestimating the high school girls that she works with, (4:29) showing, not telling, leadership from young women through peer-to-peer mentorship and leadership programs, (6:20) building a pipeline for recruiting young women in office, (8:00) using grounding techniques in every step of Democrashe's workshops, (11:19) paying a stipend to Democrashe's participants in a grassroots effort to fight unpaid internship work, (14:40) instilling a sense of birthright and belonging for young girls in the U.S. to running for office and leading the country, (15:28) meeting success in using Instagram as a platform for recruiting girls nationally to Democrashe, (20:28) mentoring girls in Democrashe to take on authentic responses as they grow confidently into roles such as public office, (21:44) Sarah's military master's in social work at USC as part of her training to start Democrashe, (22:32) addressing the underrepresentation and misaligned treatment of women in U.S. politics, (25:20) further supporting the development of Democrashe and its work, (28:04) opening the speaker floor at Democrashe for any woman who is passionate about a cause or topic, (28:14) resourcing funding for Democrashe, (28:53) expanding Democrashe's workshops in the latter half of 2026, (34:23) passing bills in the House floor for Democrashe to prepare women to go into office in equipping them to save lives in the real world, (35:17) accrediting Melinda French Gates for giving roles to different sectors of society for the safekeeping of the United States as a republic and how advocating for women and girls to properly go into politics fits into that story.

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www.democrashe.org
https://www.facebook.com/DemocraShe-110108011246367
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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).

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www.wheretu.com
https://www.instagram.com/wheretu.abroad
https://www.tiktok.com/@wheretu.abroad
https://www.youtube.com/@wheretu.abroad/shorts
https://annaluzader.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/annacarmichael/

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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.

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www.enterprisenation.com
www.instagram.com/e_nation
www.girlsinmovement.com
www.instagram.com/girls_in_movement
https://www.linkedin.com/in/prameet-polly-dhaliwal-5537b677/

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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/

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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.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/hsuanchiunora/

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