Facing roadblocks head on with Angkas co-founder and CEO Angeline Tham

09/28/23 • 42 min

“If we don’t do this, I don’t think anyone else can do it,” says Angeline Tham, the co-founder and CEO of Angkas, the on-demand motorcycle taxi app revolutionising how people get around in the gridlocked city of Manila, on Crazy Smart Asia. In conversation with Gen.T’s Lee Williamson, Angeline shares insights on how to successfully run a business with your partner, the moment that led her to consider hiring bodyguards, and why ending poverty in the Philippines is her ultimate mission.

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