Growth & Failure

This is the story of Rana Abdelhamid, a human rights organizer, entrepreneur, martial artist, and the ultimate community builder. In this episode, you'll hear about her fascinating story. She was a victim of a hate crime.  At the young age of 16, Rana had the vision to create a movement supporting women’s empowerment through self-defense, entrepreneurship and organizing training. Since then, her non-profit called Melikah has trained over 20,000 women and girls in 20 cities across the globe with four primary pillars ofhealingself-defenseorganizing andfinancial literacy. In addition to leading Malikah's mission around the world, Rana balances a full time job at Google, is actively involved in their diversity and inclusion programs ... she's a black belt in karate and has given an incredible TedTalk. I found it an absolute treat to interview Rana Abdelhamid and I hope you enjoy this conversation.Thanks - Yinh

This is the story of Keren Eldad, an extraordinary speaker, author and coach.  On this episode, we discuss Keren's childhood of traveling the world as the daughter of a diplomat. She grew up living in over a dozen countries and speaks multiple languages. She served in the Israeli Army and got her master's degree from the London School of Economics and also attended Columbia Business School.We talk about her marriage, her divorce and her breakthroughs. It was from this journey that she discovered her passion and her gift in helping others. As an experienced crisis counselor as well as executive coach, Keren Eldad focuses a lot on humility and helping people understand that there's so much we don't know or understand about ourselves. I recommend watching her TedTalk: You don't know what you don't know.  For my superstar listeners, stick around to the end where Coach Keren has a special treat just for my listeners.  Please enjoy this enthusiastic interview with the superstar herself Keren Eldad.

Amanda Rice - Three time cancer survivor and hedge fund marketer extraordinaire.  Yinh and Amanda talk about Amanda's journey into finance and then the non-profit world as she  founded Chick Mission, an organization that helps women with cancer finance and understand fertility preservation after her own insurance claims were denied. When she isn't working on Chick Mission, Amanda is the Director of Investor Relations and Business Development at Maltese Capital Management.

This is the story of Rose Shoen. Founder and Head Coach for the Azteca Football Club.  On this episode, we discuss her journey from starting her own football club, being head coach and how she teaches her players to be a great soccer player on and off the field.

This is the story of Tahira Rehmatullah.  Fortune Magazine listed her as one of the Top 5 Most Powerful Women in Weed. On this episode, we discuss her journey from homecoming queen at Ohio State, her work in subprime mortgages, getting her MBA from Yale and ultimately getting into the world of cannabis.

This is the story of Julie Nguyen, founder and CEO of Methodology - a meal prep service has been on a mission to end autoimmune disease using food as medicine.  On this episode, we discuss her journey of dropping out of law school before heading into finance then to Silicon Valley to finally becoming an entrepreneur. 

This is the story of Tina Lindstrom, a Partner at First NY where she manages an oil volatility portfolio. On this episode, you'll hear a remarkable story of a fighter - literally. Tina talks about fighting in a boxing charity tournament and falling in love with martial arts on the side while balancing a demanding derivatives trading career for the last 20 years. We discuss how she first heard about trading at a career fair in college, why she loved Susquehanna to start her career in trading and how she helped launch a hedge fund only to have to wind it down a few years later. Tina opens up about feeling depressed, feeling like a big failure and how soul crushing it was talking with investors as she had to wind down that hedge fund.Please enjoy this conversation with Tina Lindstrom.

This is the story of Kelly Brennan, Head of ETF at Citadel Securities where she is responsible for the firm's ETF trading business globally. Before that she was head of Goldman Sachs' ETF trading and before that was at Susquehanna International Group. A fun fact about Kelly - while at Susquehanna, she become the only female specialist at SIG on the NYSE.On this episode, you'll hear a story about an exceptional woman who is clearly a very driven and focused person that constantly strives to get better. She admits one of her failures early in her trading career was trying to be something or someone that she wasn't and underestimating her strengths.  I'm grateful to have had a conversation that leveled up my thinking and my pursuit to cultivate what she calls an impactful personal board of directors. Please enjoy this conversation with Kelly Brennan.

This is the story of Sarah Piampiano – a professional triathlete and Ironman champion. On this episode, you'll hear about Sarah's journey from investment banking to being a professional triathlete and the mental strength she built along the way.Like what you hear? Be sure to subscribe to the podcast and leave a review!Thanks for listening - Yinh

This is the story of Grace Reyes. She is the President of the Association of Asian American Investment Managers (AAAIM).In this episode, you'll hear about Grace's journey. She immigrated from the Philippines and grew up in California's Central Valley, raised in Stockton by a single mother with her two younger siblings. She got a degree in Economics from UCLA and went on to get her MBA from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. Over the last two years, Grace has done such a wonderful job of marketing and strengthening AAAIM's brand and has doubled corporate sponsorships since she joined.She is one of the most self-aware people I’ve encountered. Grace inspires me to not fear judgment from others, to do what I feel passionate about and ultimately to spend precious time with people that genuinely support who I am. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Grace!Like what you hear? Be sure to subscribe to the podcast and leave a review!Thanks for listening - Yinh