Grace Sai is the Co-founder and CEO of Unravel Carbon, an enterprise software that helps companies track and reduce their carbon emissions, backed by Sequoia and Y Combinator.
Grace is a 2 times exited founder, a VC, a Kauffman Fellow, and is widely regarded as a node of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Asia.
How did a dream kickstart Grace's journey building 3 startups? How has her experience as a two-time exited founder shaped her journey today, and what did she learn? What does Unravel Carbon actually do?
Topics:
[00:00:00] - Shifting Away from Doing Things Directly
[00:08:10] - Childhood and Early Vision of Success
[00:11:25] - Living abroad in Singapore
[00:12:15]- Formative experience in junior college
[00:17:23] - Starting Books for Hope
[00:21:27] - Starting a Social Enterprise
[00:23:19] - Oxford MBA Experience
[00:29:06] - Impact Hub Singapore
[00:31:24] - Lessons from Acquisitions
[00:38:40] - Unravel Carbon's Mission
[00:40:00] - Reducing Carbon Emissions for Enterprises
[00:45:25] - Importance of Disclosing Greenhouse Gas Numbers
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