Today’s guest on the podcast is Quinn Phan – Founder and CEO of MONA and Vegan and Beyond! Quinn was born in Vietnam and later emigrated to her second home, spending her teens in Savannah, Georgia (USA). Having lived in many countries, including Japan, Taiwan, and the USA, Quinn has settled in Korea for the last 9 years, where she started Vegan & Beyond, an all-in-one vegan restaurant focused on creating a comfortable space for both vegans and non-vegans. She has since closed Vegan and Beyond to focus full-time on her social impact start-up MONA.

MONA was created to address the environmental and social impact of excessive consumerism and waste generation. Their purpose is to build a community-driven platform that facilitates a circular economy and promotes sustainable living. MONA aims to connect people who have items they no longer need with those who can benefit from them, promoting the idea of sharing and reusing rather than buying and discarding.

Huge shout-out to Google for Startups campus in Seoul for allowing us to use their amazing facilities – FOR FREE!

Follow and link up with Quinn on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phanquynh/ Follow Mona on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/monaofficial.kr/

Mona’s website: https://monaofficial.co/index.html

Find the Mona facebook group here: MONA - Really Free Things in Korea

Google for startups campus Seoul: https://www.campus.co/seoul/