Jeanette Cheah: Global upbringing and asian heritage + inside how they're bringing fun innovation education for the next gen at HEX!

In this episode #103 w Jeanette Cheah, learn about:

• Her global upbringing, born in Hawaii and then Japan before settling down in Melbourne
• Chinese and Malaysian heritage
• How seeing her parents, with mum an accountant and dad an economist made education the cornerstone of her early years
• Starting career in the banking sector and then realising she didn’t want to play by those rules
• How HEX started with trade missions to san Fransisco with a group of students from Australia
• Being 3 days away from travelling to Austin, Texas on a big program and the borders shut down when COVID hit in 2020
• Raising money from investors
• Funding challenges for female founders
• Current economic climate 
• + stay tuned for some very cool info about Jeanette’s assistant and more!

It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!

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