Asian Hustle Network

Bryan Pham and Maggie Chui
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Dec 4, 2021 • 52min

Ennie Lim // S2 Ep 107 // Creating a Happier Workforce With HoneyBee

Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 107 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Ennie Lim on this week's show. We interview Asian entrepreneurs around the world to amplify their voices and empower Asians to pursue their dreams and goals. We believe that each person has a message and a unique story from their entrepreneurial journey that they can share with all of us. Check us out on Anchor, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Stitcher, and more. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave us a positive 5-star review. This is our opportunity to use the voices of the Asian community and share these incredible stories with the world. Ennie Lim is the CEO and co-founder of HoneyBee, a Certified Benefit Corporation® with a mission to give free access to financial support in the workplace providing no-cost rainy day funds and on-demand financial therapy for employees and their families, creating a healthier workforce environment. HoneyBee is the result of Lim’s journey through her personal financial challenges after her divorce. They provide support for issues that disproportionately affect these marginalized groups. Ennie is passionate about diversity and inclusion initiatives and building businesses for a better tomorrow. Comcast RISE, which stands for Representation, Investment, Strength and Empowerment, is an initiative designed to help strengthen small businesses owned by people of color that have been hit the hardest by the economic impact of the pandemic. Comcast RISE aims to create sustainable impact and give meaningful support to the small businesses with FREE marketing services, media opportunities, and tech upgrades. Head to https://bit.ly/RISEQ4_AHN-Podcast to apply today! Episode analytics
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Dec 1, 2021 • 54min

Lilly Tong // S2 Ep 106 // Rising up to Climate Action

Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 106 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Lilly Tong on this week's show. We interview Asian entrepreneurs around the world to amplify their voices and empower Asians to pursue their dreams and goals. We believe that each person has a message and a unique story from their entrepreneurial journey that they can share with all of us. Check us out on Anchor, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, TuneIn, Spotify, and more. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave us a positive 5-star review. This is our opportunity to use the voices of the Asian community and share these incredible stories with the world. We release a new episode every Wednesday and Saturday, so stay tuned! Lilly Tong is a Chinese-Canadian climate activist, creative, and the first Asian Youtuber and Podcaster in the world to focus on tackling climate change. She runs a one-woman show, Make Peas Not Beef, where her mission is to use her humor and creativity to create educational content that makes climate action fun and relatable to the average person. Lilly is excited to bring billions of people of color into the climate movement with her to accelerate our transition into a post-carbon world. To stay connected within the AHN community, please join our AHN directory: bit.ly/AHNDirectory
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Nov 27, 2021 • 59min

Matthew Liu // S2 Ep 105 // Bringing NFTs to the Masses with Origin Protocol

Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 105 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Matthew Liu on this week's show. We interview Asian entrepreneurs around the world to amplify their voices and empower Asians to pursue their dreams and goals. We believe that each person has a message and a unique story from their entrepreneurial journey that they can share with all of us. Check us out on Anchor, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, TuneIn, Spotify, and more. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave us a positive 5-star review. This is our opportunity to use the voices of the Asian community and share these incredible stories with the world. We release a new episode every Wednesday and Saturday, so stay tuned! Matthew is the co-founder of Origin Protocol, a blockchain project founded in 2017. Origin’s mission is to bring NFTs and DeFi to mainstream audiences. Matthew is a serial entrepreneur and has founded several companies previously. He served as co-founder of PriceSlash (acquired by BillShark) and as co-founder and CEO of Unicycle Labs. Earlier in his career, Matthew was an early employee and one of the earliest Product Managers at YouTube (acquired by Google), leading multiple products on the consumer, partnership, and monetization teams. Later, he was VP of Product at Qwiki (acquired by Yahoo) and VP of Product at Bonobos (acquired by Walmart). He has a MS and BS from Stanford University. To stay connected within the AHN community, please join our AHN directory: bit.ly/AHNDirectory
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Nov 24, 2021 • 58min

Michael Yamashita // S2 Ep 104 // The Legend of National Geographic

Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 104 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Michael Yamashita on this week's show. We interview Asian entrepreneurs around the world to amplify their voices and empower Asians to pursue their dreams and goals. We believe that each person has a message and a unique story from their entrepreneurial journey that they can share with all of us. Check us out on Anchor, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, TuneIn, Spotify, and more. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave us a positive 5-star review. This is our opportunity to use the voices of the Asian community and share these incredible stories with the world. We release a new episode every Wednesday and Saturday, so stay tuned! After graduating from Wesleyan University with a degree in Asian studies, photographer Michael Yamashita spent seven years in Asia, which became his photographic area of specialty. Upon returning to the US, Yamashita began shooting for the National Geographic as well as other American and international magazines and clients. Combining his dual passions of photography and travel has culminated in a career spanning over 35 years, an Instagram following of more than 1.8 million, and most recently entered him into the world of NFTs.  A frequent lecturer and teacher at universities and workshops around the world, Yamashita has received numerous industry awards, including those from the Pictures of the Year, Photo District News, the New York Art Directors Club, and the Asian-American Journalists Association.  His work has been exhibited in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and at the National Gallery in Washington, DC.  Yamashita’s most recent exhibitions, currently traveling the world, are focused on the theme of the Silk Road Journey following both the overland and maritime silk road routes. In addition to Yamashita’s focus on Asia, his work has taken him to six continents. Yamashita’s particular specialty is in retracing the paths of famous travelers and historical routes resulting in stories on Marco Polo, the Chinese explorer Zheng He, Chamagudao - the Tea Horse Road, the Great Wall of China, the Mekong River from source to mouth. Yamashita has published thirteen books, mostly inspired by his 30 National Geographic stories.  His passion for the Tibetan world led him to shoot 4 stories for Natgeo: Our Man in China; Joseph Rock, The Forgotten Road, Tibetan Gold and Journey to Shangri-La photographed over a 6 year period, which resulted in the book, Shangri-La [along the tea road to Lhasa]. While not traveling, Michael Yamashita lives with his family in rural New Jersey, where he maintains a studio and is an active volunteer fireman. To stay connected within the AHN community, please join our AHN directory: bit.ly/AHNDirectory
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Nov 20, 2021 • 45min

Stephanie Hu // S2 Ep 103 // Dear Asian Youth

Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 103 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Stephanie Hu on this week's show. We interview Asian entrepreneurs around the world to amplify their voices and empower Asians to pursue their dreams and goals. We believe that each person has a message and a unique story from their entrepreneurial journey that they can share with all of us. Check us out on Anchor, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, TuneIn, Spotify, and more. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave us a positive 5-star review. This is our opportunity to use the voices of the Asian community and share these incredible stories with the world. We release a new episode every Wednesday and Saturday, so stay tuned! Stephanie Hu, a high school senior from Southern California, is the Founder and Executive Director of Dear Asian Youth and the Co-Founder of CUSD Against Racism. Her identity as a Chinese American has pushed her to passionately uplift marginalized voices into intersectional activism. Stephanie's organization, Dear Asian Youth, currently has over 180 chapters around the world and 400 works of literature. Stephanie is also the Co-Executive Director of the Women of Color Conference, which united 4,850+ girls of color to engage in a 2-day, virtual conference with career-oriented panels from 31 renowned speakers and $4000 in scholarships.  In addition, Stephanie is the Education Policy Director of the California Association of Student Councils, which seeks to equip California students with tools to directly influence the education system, as well as the Media Director of Empowerment Collective, which works to engage and mobilize youth in every step of the legislative process to pass groundbreaking legislation in California. To stay connected within the AHN community, please join our AHN directory: bit.ly/AHNDirectory
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Nov 20, 2021 • 31min

Ally Maki // S2 Special Episode // Redefining What it Means to be a Modern Asian American Woman

Welcome back to Season 2, a special episode of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Ally Maki on this week's show. We interview Asian entrepreneurs around the world to amplify their voices and empower Asians to pursue their dreams and goals. We believe that each person has a message and a unique story from their entrepreneurial journey that they can share with all of us. Check us out on Anchor, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, TuneIn, Spotify, and more. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave us a positive 5-star review. This is our opportunity to use the voices of the Asian community and share these incredible stories with the world. We release a new episode every Wednesday and Saturday, so stay tuned! Ally Maki is a Japanese American actress and the founder of Asian American Girl Club, an apparel company and social impact community that aims to redefine what it means to be a modern Asian American woman. Ally can most recently be heard as the voice of Giggle McDimples in the Oscar award-winning Toy Story 4 as the first Asian American woman in a lead role in the Toy Story universe, as well as in Freeform's Marvel series Cloak and Dagger and the TBS comedy Wrecked. Additionally, she can be seen as Ikumi in Dear White People and in roles on popular series such as New Girl, 2 Broke Girls, NCIS, The Big Bang Theory, and 10 Things I Hate About You, as well as the role of 'Min' in the film Geography Club. Multi-talented, Ally was signed to Columbia Records upon arriving in Los Angeles at the age of 14. Maki will next be seen in Disney +’s Home Alone reboot alongside Kenan Thompson, Ellie Kemper, and Rob Delaney. Beyond acting, Ally is vocal about ensuring representation in Hollywood and is dedicated to her mission of creating equitable and promising opportunities for Asian Americans across all walks of life, especially amongst young women and the next generation. To stay connected within the AHN community, please join our AHN directory: bit.ly/AHNDirectory
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Nov 17, 2021 • 40min

Simon Yu // S2 Ep 102 // Changing the World with Crypto Through StormX

Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 102 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Simon Yu on this week's show. We interview Asian entrepreneurs around the world to amplify their voices and empower Asians to pursue their dreams and goals. We believe that each person has a message and a unique story from their entrepreneurial journey that they can share with all of us. Check us out on Anchor, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, TuneIn, Spotify, and more. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave us a positive 5-star review. This is our opportunity to use the voices of the Asian community and share these incredible stories with the world. We release a new episode every Wednesday and Saturday, so stay tuned! Simon Yu is the CEO & Co-Founder of StormX. StormX allows users to earn cashback in crypto when they shop from stores like eBay, Nike, and 1,000+ stores. At the age of 19, Simon was forced to drop out of college when his parents declared bankruptcy and sold Korean tacos to students around his college campus to start his first business. StormX has raised $45M+ with users across 187+ countries and is also the first blockchain company to be a jersey patch in the NBA with a partnership with the Portland Trailblazers. Simon has also been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Nasdaq, and has spoken at numerous conferences. To stay connected within the AHN community, please join our AHN directory: bit.ly/AHNDirectory
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Nov 13, 2021 • 42min

Hao Tran // S2 Ep 101 // Bringing Vietnam to the World with Vietcetera

Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 101 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Hao Tran on this week's show. We interview Asian entrepreneurs around the world to amplify their voices and empower Asians to pursue their dreams and goals. We believe that each person has a message and a unique story from their entrepreneurial journey that they can share with all of us. Check us out on Anchor, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, TuneIn, Spotify, and more. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave us a positive 5-star review. This is our opportunity to use the voices of the Asian community and share these incredible stories with the world. We release a new episode every Wednesday and Saturday, so stay tuned! Hao currently serves as the CEO of Vietcetera, a digital multimedia company that he co-founded in 2016. He has shared on trends that are emerging in Vietnam and greater Southeast Asia including and not limited to venture capital, e-commerce, technology startups, food and beverage, tourism, retail and trade. His insights and those from Vietcetera and his projects have been featured on media outlets such as Monocle, CNBC, CNN, the Washington Post, the New York Times, the LA Times, and Bloomberg News. A native of the San Francisco Bay, work has also taken Hao to both coasts of the US, Europe, India and now Ho Chi Minh City. In addition to his native English, Hao speaks fluent Spanish and Vietnamese. To stay connected within the AHN community, please join our AHN directory: bit.ly/AHNDirectory
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Oct 27, 2021 • 51min

Christopher Naoki Lee // Special Episode // Promoting Social Change and Diverse Representation With “Dinner Party”

Welcome to a special episode of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Christopher Naoki Lee on this week's show. We interview Asian entrepreneurs around the world to amplify their voices and empower Asians to pursue their dreams and goals. We believe that each person has a message and a unique story from their entrepreneurial journey that they can share with all of us. Check us out on Anchor, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, TuneIn, Spotify, and more. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave us a positive 5-star review. This is our opportunity to use the voices of the Asian community and share these incredible stories with the world. We release a new episode every Wednesday, so stay tuned! Christopher Naoki Lee is a Los Angeles native, with a BFA in theater from New York University, and has been working in the industry for nearly 25 years, recently wrapping up a season-long arc as Ken Uehara on the critically acclaimed AMC series, The Terror. He’s recurred on Amazon’s Too Old To Die Young and Jean Claude Van Johnson, Apple TV+’s Mythic Quest, among others. Chris has written and directed digital series to pilots, but his feature film directorial debut, Dinner Party, is far more personal. He wanted to tell the story of a group of diverse friends, not dissimilar to his experience, that has to grapple with the changing of their current times, where issues of race, gender equality, classism have come to the forefront of the modern conversation. His aim for this film is to help facilitate that dialogue even further, showing that there is always more than one side to a story and that we can become a beacon of positive change if we so choose to be. As a person of color, it’s an honor for Chris Naoki Lee to depict such a diverse ensemble on screen with these incredible collaborators on Dinner Party. It truly takes a village. Please check out our Patreon at @asianhustlenetwork. We want AHN to continue to be meaningful and give back to the Asian community. If you enjoy our podcast and would like to contribute to our future, we hope you’ll consider becoming a patron. Episode analytics
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Oct 20, 2021 • 47min

Elephante // Special Episode // The Elephante in the Room

Welcome to a special episode of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Tim Wu aka world famous DJ Elephante on this week's show. We interview Asian entrepreneurs around the world to amplify their voices and empower Asians to pursue their dreams and goals. We believe that each person has a message and a unique story from their entrepreneurial journey that they can share with all of us. Check us out on Anchor, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, TuneIn, Spotify, and more. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave us a positive 5-star review. This is our opportunity to use the voices of the Asian community and share these incredible stories with the world. We release a new episode every Wednesday, so stay tuned! A wildly innovative producer, artist, and songwriter fusing melodic electronic dance music with pop, blues, rock, and other genres, Elephante (American musical artist Tim Wu) is living what many people might call “The American Dream”. As the son of Taiwanese immigrants, his Asian-American upbringing in Michigan was unique and sometimes isolating. He graduated from Harvard University and entered corporate America at a top global consultant firm....and HATED it, so he addressed his unhappiness — “the elephant in the room” — and pursued his passion in music. To date, he’s garnered hundreds of millions of streams across his two indie EPs: I Am The Elephante (2016), a nine-track exploration of progressive house, synthpop and trap; and Glass Mansion (2018), which shot to #1 on iTunes! U.S. Dance chart. His upcoming project, Heavy Glow, represents his first full-length studio album, a largely solo effort further pushing the boundaries of dance music, featuring the debut single, "High Water.” Elephante has headlined two sold-out national tours, played nightlife residencies including those at Hard Rock and Wynn Las Vegas, and appeared at major music festivals such as Lollapalooza, EDC Las Vegas, and Electric Zoo. Please check out our Patreon at @asianhustlenetwork. We want AHN to continue to be meaningful and give back to the Asian community. If you enjoy our podcast and would like to contribute to our future, we hope you’ll consider becoming a patron.

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