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Karthik Vaidyanath is the Director of Product at Indeed Singapore. Prior to Indeed, Karthik was the Chief Product Officer at GoPlay, the video-on-demand app under the GoJek ecosystem. Karthik is originally from India and is a 3-time entrepreneur with one unicorn exit. His start-up InstaLively was acquired by Hike Messenger in India. When launched in 2014, InstaLively was the first mobile live streaming app in Asia and one of the pioneers of Live Streaming in the entire region. In this episode we dig into the difference in launching products in global markets, the approaches of Western vs. Asian expansion, and the pros and cons of international business units that operate independently from HQ vs. centralized decision making. Connect with Karthik here Join the Get World Savvy Community here Learn more about how I can help you at www.ivyxu.co You can connect with me on Instagram @ivyxvine or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xuivy/

When I first went to China in April 2019, I was shocked by how little I knew about Chinese tech companies and consumer products. Even as a Chinese (Canadian) working in the US, at a cross-border company, Wish, I paid little attention to the Chinese e-commerce environment, China, and the rest of the world. I googled "Unicorns in China" and came across the first hit, Wikipedia's list of global unicorns. At the time of this search, I could probably count all the public and private Chinese tech companies I knew on my fingers and toes - this proved to be accurate as Wikipedia listed 227 Chinese unicorns, and only 20 of them had links. This means 207 Chinese companies valued at over $1 BILLION USD practically don't exist on the entire Western internet. How can we learn from the best, connect with the world, and increase global productivity if we don't even know what we don't know? In this episode I talk about three defining characteristics of the Chinese tech ecosystem and how we can all take advantage of opportunities presented to us by the state of Chinese tech! Join the Get World Savvy Facebook Community You can connect with me on Instagram @ivyxvine or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xuivy/

Albert Qian is the founder of Albert's List, an online facebook community with over 43,000 job seekers, recruiters, supporters, and professionals in the Bay Area. It is one of the most active groups on Facebook and many job seekers have found overwhelmingly warm support and community through the group - including myself! Join Albert's List here Join the Get World Savvy Community at www.getworldsavvy.com Learn more about how I can help you at www.ivyxu.co You can connect with me on Instagram @ivyxvine or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xuivy/

Are you at a place where you feel like your professional growth is stalling, yet you’re ambitious, impact hungry, and just want MORE out of your career because you’re bursting with energy and inspiration but can’t quite find an outlet? In this episode, I talk about two of the frameworks I use when I'm feeling stuck in my professional life. You'll learn the channels you have to choose from to grow in your career and how to use marketing concepts on yourself so that you become indispensable. Join the Get World Savvy Community at www.getworldsavvy.com Sign up for my free new-age job search masterclass www.ivyxu.co You can connect with me on Instagram @ivyxvine or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xuivy/

Brandon Li is the General Manager at Setter, a concierge service for homeowners. In this episode, we talk about what other companies like TaskRabbit and Yelp may be getting wrong about the home improvement space, how to build out new markets from zero, and the concept of trust when it comes to tech. You can connect with Brandon on Instagram @brandonhli Join the Get World Savvy Community at www.getworldsavvy.com Learn more about how I can help you at www.ivyxu.co You can connect with me on Instagram @ivyxvine or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xuivy/

I wanted to build a global network early so that it can pay back in multiples no matter where I decided to work or what I decided to do. In 2019, I traveled the world interviewing tech leaders and learning about emerging markets and emerging tech. I was in search for the best possible career opportunity which I share in Episode 4 of this podcast and I had the intention of expanding my global network. I spent the last year grabbing coffees and lunches with tech leaders in 16 different markets from the likes of Tencent in China, Jumia in Kenya, Softbank in Japan, Grab and Go-Jek in South East Asia, and many more. In this episode, I talk about how I managed to get face time with all these successful and extremely busy people, how I built my open network, and how you can start building your network without traveling the world. Join the Get World Savvy Community at www.getworldsavvy.com Join the waitlist for Break Into Tech Intensive at https://www.ivyxu.co/products/job_course/ You can connect with me on Instagram @ivyxvine or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xuivy/

Hugh Olliphant is the Senior Director of Analytics and Data Science at Bill.com, which recently IPO’d and now has a 3.55 Billion Dollar Market Cap. Hugh has been in fintech for over 20 years and has been a multi-time founder. His first startup, G-Money sold to Paypal in the early 2000s and Hugh went on to become a senior product leader at Paypal. I met Hugh because he was my first boss in the Bay Area and has been a tremendous mentor to me since. In this episode we talk briefly about product and then deep dive into the scope of data science in tech companies today, how to ask the right strategic questions to use data effectively, and how the data team has evolved over the last two decades and how it will change again over the next ten years as data tools begin to replace jobs. Join the Get World Savvy Community at www.getworldsavvy.com Learn more about how I can help you at www.ivyxu.co You can connect with me on Instagram @ivyxvine or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xuivy/

“Where someone sees a challenge, someone else will see an opportunity” After checking out all the emerging markets, where do I think has the best opportunities? Turns out, there’s opportunity everywhere - if you are competent, hard working, and focused. There’s really about-to-emerge markets like Ethiopia, just starting to privatize telecom and opening up to private companies. Think China 30 years ago. Then there’s Japan, who’s hey days were in the 80s. But those like Aditya Mhatre, Director of Product at Pay Pay and India’s Paytm, are seizing the opportunity to bring new tech from emerging markets to mature ones. In Israel, Shahar Matorin at Startup Grind showed me a startup nation built on exporting tech and being the off-shore research center for the world. If you’re lucky enough to have your pick in where to go pursue your career, the world is your oyster. Join the Get World Savvy Community at www.getworldsavvy.com Learn more about how I can help you at www.ivyxu.co You can connect with me on Instagram @ivyxvine or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xuivy/

Connie Chang has been a customer advocate for over 12 years. She is currently the Director of Community Engagement at Wish, where she leads a team of global community managers who are building a trusted community of content creators to provide engaging experiences on Wish and collect valuable insights that help drive product decisions. She previously fostered vibrant communities at Facebook, Gogobot and Yelp. Community is just starting to become one of the hottest non-technical teams in tech. Community is the bridge to a company’s customers. By building a community that eagerly tells you exactly what they’re problems are, the engineers will know exactly what to build, how to prioritize the product roadmap, and marketers will be able to take the community’s exact language to create and get immediate feedback on branding and engagement strategies. In this episode, Connie and I discuss why a community is important for business, what are practical tips in building an engaging community, and what growth is made possible only by teaming up with the amazing community of top shoppers on Wish. We hope this episode inspires more talent to go into community and more companies to begin building communities. Join the Get World Savvy Community at www.getworldsavvy.com Learn more about how I can help you at www.ivyxu.co You can connect with me on Instagram @ivyxvine or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xuivy/

Joyce is a Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford alum, multiple time founder, and has worked in Silicon Valley for several years. She is the CEO and Co-Founder of Alariss, a global talent marketplace that matches talent educated or working in developed countries with emerging marketplace opportunities. In this episode, we discuss what anyone with Western experience can contribute to developing markets. Joyce is interested in meeting professionals with work or education experience in developed countries who want to make an impact in emerging markets. You can connect with her via email: contact@alariss.com Join the Get World Savvy Community at www.getworldsavvy.com Learn more about how I can help you at www.ivyxu.co You can connect with me on Instagram @ivyxvine or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xuivy/

Andre Charoo, one of the first 25 employees at Uber and Hired, talks about what to look for when deciding on a startup to join and/or invest in. Andre is interested in meeting Canadian founders and Canadians working abroad. You can connect with him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acharoo/ Join the Get World Savvy Community at www.getworldsavvy.com Learn more about how I can help you at www.ivyxu.co You can connect with me on Instagram @ivyxvine or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xuivy/