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HustlesharePriya Thachadi - The Hustle Behind Villgro PhilippinesPriya Thachadi, co-founder and CEO of Villgro Philippines, shares her inspiring journey from grassroots activism to driving social impact through entrepreneurship. After a diverse career spanning journalism, public policy, and social enterprise development, she moved to the Philippines to establish Villgro Philippines, a pioneering incubator supporting impact-driven startups. Priya opens up about the challenges of building an ecosystem from scratch, overcoming self-doubt, and empowering entrepreneurs from underserved communities. Whether you're a founder seeking impact, an aspiring changemaker, or someone navigating career pivots, this episode is rich with insights and advice you won't want to miss.
2025-03-161h 29
A Better NormalImpact for social and environmental good | Priya Thachadi of Impact Pioneers NetworkPriya Thachadi of Impact Pioneers Network talks about the intersections of impact and investment, the need to pour resources into climate crisis solutions, and the growing entrepreneurial space for this undertaking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-08-2239 min
Start Up Podcast PHStart Right #4: Villgro Philippines - Gender-Smart Social Enterprise Incubator and InvestorPriya Thachadi is Co-Founder & CEO at Villgro Philippines.
Villgro Philippines is a gender-smart impact incubator and investor. Villgro funds and mentors innovative social enterprises that are building solutions to improve the lives of the poor. Set up in 2001, Villgro has supported over 400 social enterprises in India and is now taking its unique incubation model and knowledge of building a social enterprise ecosystem to Southeast Asia.
In this episode | 00:00 Introduction | 00:56 What is Villgro PH? | 02:24 Why start Villgro PH? From India, then why the Philippines? | 10:49 What is impact entrepreneurship? | 13:43 What are some of the programs, initiatives, or a...
2023-03-1048 min
TechConnect PHEp.8: Create ImpactJoin Humble’s Co-Founder, Josef Werker, and their R&D and Communications Specialist, Rianna Bengzon, together with Villgro Philippines’ CEO and Co-Fonder, Priya Thachadi, and TechConnect host RJ Ledesma, as they share how their circular economy startup declutters homes and business by collecting things that people no longer need.DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed by the podcast creators, hosts, and guests do not necessarily reflect the official policy and position of Podcast Network Asia. Any content provided by the people on the podcast are of their own opinion, and are not intended to m...
2022-08-0553 min
Talk ImpactReflections on a year gone byIn this Episode, leading women entrepreneurs Ronica Jones, Global Credit Pros, Maan Sican, Happy Helpers, and Katherine Yu, Rumarocket sit down for a very candid chat with Priya Thachadi to look back on a year that had its fair share of challenges and opportunities. Catch their pearls of wisdom, tips, and hacks picked up as they navigated personal and business challenges in 2021.
2021-12-311h 17Talk ImpactLeading with Empathy with Nirmala SankaranPriya sits down with Nirmala "Nimmi" Sankaran, Co-founder of HeyMath! to discuss what it takes to last the journey of growing your venture and build a culture that is open and inclusive. Nimmi shares her 20-year journey on leading with empathy and what it takes to build 'Zebra' ventures.
2021-09-2226 minTalk ImpactUnleashing the Best Leader in YouPriya and her co-collaborators Derya Bischoff, Advisor, Her & Now, GIZ and Aditi Seshadri, Co-founder, Unlock Impact & Business Transformation Advisor, StanfordSeed discuss the challenges that women entrepreneurs face in the pandemic, making the case for women entrepreneurs to invest in themselves to lead with empathy and resilience in these challenging times. They share their thinking behind the design of the SHELeads program, an 8-week learn-as-you-go curriculum, from Unlock Impact and GIZ, focused on leadership and gender training.
2021-09-0743 minTalk ImpactLeapfrogging our way to Gender EqualityHear from the fabulous Nathalie Molina Niño, a serial tech entrepreneur, a gender and climate-focused investor (at O³), and author of Leapfrog: The New Revolution for Women Entrepreneurs. Nathalie's pathbreaking book is the new bible for women entrepreneurs everywhere. Nathalie sat down with Priya on the sidelines of the launch of the WE Rise Community, a new initiative from UN Women and Villgro Philippines. Catch the full conversation on this episode as Nathalie and Priya discuss the gender financing gap and the power of rising up together to change the status quo.
2021-04-1844 minTalk ImpactTaking a Leap of Faith into 2021Catch Priya in conversation with impact investor Gregorie Perez and Ecosytem Builder Katherine Khoo as they look back at the year that was 2021 and take a peek into what to expect in the new year, bundled with an exciting announcement.
2021-01-0643 minTalk ImpactTaking a Leap of Faith into 2021Catch Priya in conversation with impact investor Gregorie Perez and Ecosytem Builder Katherine Khoo as they look back at the year that was 2021 and take a peek into what to expect in the new year, bundled with an exciting announcement.
2021-01-0644 min
The #BeUnstoppable PodcastUnlocking impactSome of us have thought about creating social change at some point or the other, but how many of us go forward and do something about it? What does it take to create social impact and how can you contribute to it? Let's get talking to Priya and unlock some insights. You can listen to her podcast on https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/talk-impact-priya-thachadi-abFBY2rPTmg/
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2020-10-2253 minTalk ImpactGender Financing Gap in AsiaIn this episode, Priya shares some key insights into the gender financing gap, and the challenges and barriers faced by women entrepreneurs. The post Covid-19 world is a tough landscape and women have been affected disproportionately. Priya also talks about WE Rise, a new initiative her team has designed to support women entrepreneurs in the Philippines. Tune in to find out more!
2020-09-1711 minTalk ImpactAll things Impact Investing with Shuyin TangIn the inaugural episode of Talk Impact, Priya chats with the trailblazing investor Shuyin Tang, Partner at Patamar and Co-founder & CEO of the Beacon Fund, about her journey in impact investing and being one of the first and (still) few female investors in the region. Shuyin is an outstanding leader in the impact investing space and has pushed the boundaries of investing with new fund models and instruments, especially to address the gender financing gap in Asia.
2020-09-1656 minTalk ImpactIntroducing Talk ImpactWelcome to Talk Impact - a show that brings you stories, insights and tips from leaders who are on the frontlines of social change in Asia - hosted by Priya Thachadi.
2020-09-1602 min