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423: Lessons on Languages, Life & Leadership with Mike Shangkuan (CEO, Lingoda)

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By Olly Richards. Discovered by Player FM and our community — copyright is owned by the publisher, not Player FM, and audio is streamed directly from their servers. Hit the Subscribe button to track updates in Player FM, or paste the feed URL into other podcast apps.

In this episode, Olly speaks with Mike Shangkuan, CEO of Lingoda.

In a wide-ranging discussion, you'll hear about:

  • Growing up as a Chinese-American with a passion for languages
  • How Mike pivoted his career from banking to language tech
  • The challenges of building a tutoring business
  • Adapting language teaching for the online world

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