Ep 385 - The Hustle Behind Dream Bigger PH with Christeen Green

Most founders get stuck in the "Hustle Trap"—growing fast but leaving a trail of broken systems behind. Today, Christeen Rico Green (Dream Bigger PH) joins us to talk about a better way: Redemptive Entrepreneurship.

Christeen spent years at Apple and PwC before coming home to help Filipino founders build "restorative" businesses. She’s sharing the exact leadership frameworks used by the world’s elite companies to help you build a startup that lasts for generations.

EPISODE TIMELINE

00:01:00 – “Know who you are” — Christeen on identity and purpose

00:03:26 – Christeen explains the mission behind Dream Bigger

00:07:03 – “I sacrifice and we win” — redefining entrepreneurship

00:11:14 – Growing up in an immigrant Filipino household

00:15:22 – Entrepreneurial energy before knowing the word “entrepreneur”

00:22:12 – Why Christeen chose NYU and New York City

00:27:00 – Surviving NYU in one of the world’s most expensive cities

00:33:45 – Why being surrounded by smarter people is a blessing

00:39:27 – PwC lessons: solve problems and add value fast

00:45:40 – How global business exposure changed Christeen’s worldview

00:51:24 – “Know who you are and why you do what you do”

00:57:43 – The Dream Bigger Manila pitch competition origins

01:03:25 – Connecting Filipino founders with faith-driven capital

01:05:19 – Launching Dream Bigger Squad and offshore sales training

01:13:24 – Reacquiring Filipino citizenship for the long game

01:19:35 – Why startup investing is harder than expected

01:21:58 – The power of investors who stay during hard times

QUOTE/S FROM GREEN

“I'll just speak from my experience. You sometimes  when you're at the  US headquarters, right? And you're, you're part of like the US headquarter But I think, you know, when,  and, sometimes it can be tempting to just be impatient with the other people who  don't speak English at the same pace.  Because different cultures, different cultures, they just have different speaking cadences. And if English is not their first language, then they might have a difficult time really explaining  their ideas clearly. But for me, I think working with international teams taught me that discipline of creating  spaces  to make sure everyone, no matter where they're from. If they have the space and the opportunity to communicate their ideas. And I just kind of trained myself to  never underestimate the person who doesn't have perfect English. They're still really smart, but  they, may just need more time to unpack like what they're trying to say because  they're just not as trained in English, they still know like they're in finance. Like they still know finance.  It's just, it's just going to take us more time to learn it. And so I just think working with international teams, really increased  my empathy and my appreciation for how smart people are all over the world and how interesting their ideas are. But sometimes when you're impatient, you miss out on that. “

Resources:

LinkedIn (Christeen Rico Green) - https://www.linkedin.com/in/christeengreen/

Linkedin (Dream Bigger PH) - https://www.linkedin.com/company/joindreambigger/

Website (Dream Bigger PH)- https://www.dreambigger.ph/

Links/Sponsors: 

OneCFO: https://www.onecfoph.co/

PLDT Enterprise: https://pldtenterprise.com

MSME Fiberbiz:  https://bit.ly/pldtenterprise-ROId-nbsi-fiberbiz 

5G SIM Only:  https://bit.ly/pldtenterprise-ROId-nbsi-smart-postpaid

Paymongo: https://www.paymongo.com/

This episode is brought to you by Villgro Philippines: , Paymongo, GoTyme Bank & SeekCap

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