Typhoon Survival, Family Pressure & Building a Remote Empire ft Le-an Lai Lacaba

At 18, Le-an survived Category 5 Typhoon Haiyan, when she realized that as she was about to drown in her childhood home, she decided to detach from the expectations of her family which was to become a lawyer and work abroad, to focus on building her remote career.Le-an Lai Lacaba is a serial entrepreneur, international keynote speaker, author, and certified AI consultant. Her entrepreneurial journey began at 15 as a ghostwriter. She chose to pursue a remote career and published her first books. By 20 she became a CEO, and at 23 co-founded 2xYou with a mission to create remote opportunities for 1 million Filipinos and help 10,000 entrepreneurs grow their companies.Named one of the Top 15 Most Influential Filipinos on LinkedIn (2024 & 2025) and a Business Woman of the Year finalist (2023), Le-an is a global speaker on entrepreneurship, AI delegation, and the future of remote work. She also hosts the Scale You podcast and is the author of Scale You.