EPISODE INTRODUCTION

For our season premiere for 2023, Amanda Cua of Backscoop joins us to share her inspiring journey from being on a gap year in college to creating Southeast Asia's most promising media startups. Amanda will share her early hustles in school and how she decided to take a gap year after high school before going to college because of the pandemic. She will also share how she ended up working in tech startups despite not having any experience and how she was able to learn lots of new things in a short amount of time. She will also share how she created BackScoop and how they grew their following quickly and how they were able to raise funds to kickstart their young journey.

EPISODE TOPICS

[0:02:01] Introducing Amanda Cua

[0:01:51] What’s your hustle?

[0:04:25] Hustleshare Time Machine

[0:05:00] Amanda’s Origin Story - The early hustle she had to do

[0:07:40] Amanda’s Educational Background

[0:08:55] Things that make her understand China’s culture and norms

[0:11:59] What did she develop after spending time in China?

[0:14:26] When did she start finding the path that led her to BackScoop?

[0:17:23] Things she learn and inspire her to create her own business

[0:19:47] How did she decide that creating business is what she wants?

[0:24:44] What made her persist and pursue her business?

[0:32:24] Steps she decided to do after taking a year gap

[0:44:51] Inspiration and how she decided to build BackScoop

[0:55:35] How did she build MVP and traction?

[1:02:45] How Amanda avoids burnout from publishing 4 articles per week?

[1:09:15] What makes a good and promising start up?

[1:13:55] What should people expect from this (upcoming) Podcast?

[01:15:46] What’s next for BackScoop?

Quotes from the Episode

• “...I think it was also a belief that if it's true that somebody could start a living from zero, then you can definitely start a great career, a great business, especially if you're not starting from absolutely nothing.” - Amanda Cua

• “There is always a different story, that you have to experience yourself and find out for yourself beyond the what news tells you or what other people tell you.” - Amanda Cua

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