

Asian Hustle Network
Bryan Pham and Maggie Chui
Bryan and Maggie interview Asian entrepreneurs around the world to amplify their voices and empower Asians to pursue their dreams and goals. They believe that each person has a message and a unique story from their entrepreneurial journey that they can share with all of us.
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Mar 20, 2021 • 48min
Richie Le // Ep 51 // Building a Community With Richie Le Collection
Welcome to Episode 51 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Richie Le on this week's episode.
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!
Originally born in the small town of Fort Smith Arkansas to Vietnamese immigrant parents, Richie Le has gone against the odds and built a successful career in the industries of digital media and fashion. As a content creator, he has garnered over 1.1 million subscribers on Youtube with over 220 million total views within the streetwear and sneaker niche. Beyond social media, he is co-owner and founder of fashion brand ‘Richie Le Collection’ operating under the multi-million dollar parent company ‘The Leverage’. Despite the tremendous growth and the many big things yet to come, he always makes sure to stay true to his original mission to inspire, entertain, and help his audience in any way he can.
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.

Mar 17, 2021 • 42min
Kelly Mi Li // Ep 50 // Entrepreneur, Producer, and Star of Bling Empire
Welcome to Episode 50 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Kelly Mi Li on this week's episode.
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!
Kelly Mi Li is a Chinese-American serial entrepreneur, film producer, and the founder of Wet Paws Media. She established one of the first and more successful tech incubators in Los Angeles in 2011 and was the managing partner at East West Artists, a company under HTC that managed some of the biggest musicians and actors in Asia and America, from 2016 to 2019. While at East West Artists, Kelly teamed with her own Greyscale Lab merchandising firm to brand and service some of today’s top talents.
Now as a television and film producer, Kelly brings a unique blend of talent management, merchandising, and IP development. She has an animation film with Stan Lee in post-production called Panda Vs Aliens, a Michael Shannon film called Echo Boomers that premiered both in theaters and digitally on November 13, 2020, and a full FBI decoding series called Cypher with Sonar Entertainment that has hit #1 on Netflix in the territories where it has launched (Cypher is set to premiere in the US spring 2021). She also recently starred and EP'd in the Netflix hit unscripted series, Bling Empire.
Currently, Kelly is in post-production on a thriller feature titled AMP House and in pre-production for Aaron Eckhart’s crime drama, Afterward. She has five more projects in the pipeline to be shot in 2021 under her new production company, Wet Paws Media.
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.

Mar 13, 2021 • 48min
Nick Chen // Ep 49 // The Case for Taking Venture Capital
Welcome to Episode 49 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Nick Chen on this week's episode.
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!
Nick Chen is a product designer and the co-founder and CEO of Pico, a business platform empowering experts to sell information and ideas online. Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30, Nick started the company with childhood friend and Stanford classmate Jason Bade, primarily out of a deep concern for the sustainability of the Fourth Estate, a core pillar of our democracy that is dependent on journalists like Nick's sister, CNN national correspondent Natasha Chen. Outside of working on Pico, Nick sings in the NYC a cappella group The Workshop.
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.

Mar 10, 2021 • 52min
Jay Wey // Ep 48 // Following Passion Through Basketball, Tech, and Comedy
Welcome to Episode 48 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Jay Wey on this week's episode.
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!
Jay Wey was born and raised in the Bay Area. Both of his parents are Taiwanese. He played NCAA Division I in basketball as well as professional basketball in Taiwan. Jay co-founded a tech company based in Taipei, focusing on long-range wireless technologies IoT (internet of things). He also dabbles in TikTok and has grown his platform to over 900K followers in less than ten months.
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.

Mar 6, 2021 • 51min
Justin Kan // Ep 47 // Transforming Habits Into Destiny
Welcome to Episode 47 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Justin Kan on this week's episode.
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!
Justin Kan is the cofounder of Twitch (world's biggest live-streaming platform). He's been a serial entrepreneur and technology investor at Y Combinator and his new fund Goat Capital. Justin is also the host of The Quest, a podcast that brings the world stories of the people who struggled to find their own purpose, made it in the outside world, and then found deeper meaning beyond success.
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.

Mar 3, 2021 • 56min
Mike Kim // Ep 46 // Grinding Forward and Never Stopping
Welcome to Episode 46 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Mike Kim on this week's episode.
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!
After years of taking jobs he hated and almost losing his life, Mike Kim left everything behind to pursue his true passions. Now he is a standup comedian, actor, and podcaster risking it all to make his dreams come true... the grind never stops.
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.

Feb 27, 2021 • 57min
Mike Kim // Ep 45 // Finding Passion in Marketing From Art and Culture
Welcome to Episode 45 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Mike Kim on this week's episode.
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!
Mike Kim is a business coach and marketing strategist who specializes in personal branding, product launch strategies, and copywriting. His core philosophy of marketing is this: Marketing isn’t about closing a sale, it’s about opening a relationship.
When we get this part of marketing right, results follow. He has used this same approach to serve today’s most influential thought leader brands including John Maxwell, Donald Miller, Suzanne Evans, and Catalyst Leadership.
Before running his own consulting business, he worked for several years as the CMO of a successful multi-million dollar company near New York City. He coaches students, serves clients, and also records his show, the Brand You Podcast — a show dedicated to personal branding.
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.

Feb 24, 2021 • 49min
Alan King (Cheung) // Ep 44 // The Gen Z Fashion Designer Behind AKINGS
Welcome to Episode 44 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Alan King (Cheung) on this week's episode.
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!
Alan King (Cheung) is the founder and creative director behind luxury brand AKINGS. His brand is recognized for its signature J shape cut, a cut that allows his denim to be worn by everyone from 4'11'' to 7'0'' - it's a denim for all heights.
Alan’s designs include skinny stacked jeans, everyday tops/jackets, and essential accessories and masks. The label can best be described as “Clothing that makes you feel like A KING” and his brand can be seen on artists such as Lil Baby, Lil Nas X, Steve Aoki, Tyga, and many more. His work and industry opinions are featured by major publications like Entrepreneur, Esquire, Forbes, GQ, and Vogue to name a few.
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.

Feb 20, 2021 • 54min
Yan Fan // Ep 43 // Creating Coding Bootcamps to Fuel Passion in Tech
Welcome to Episode 43 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Yan Fan on this week's episode.
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!
Yan Fan, CTO/Co-Founder of Code Chrysalis, is changing the way software engineers are being trained in Asia and advocating for innovation through diversity & inclusion.
Code Chrysalis is a software engineering bootcamp in Tokyo helping individuals gain coding skills and make career changes, and helping Japanese companies upskill their teams. Prior to Code Chrysalis, Yan worked as a software engineer in Silicon Valley.
Code Chrysalis is Yan's second coding bootcamp; she co-founded and served as CTO of a coding school in Jordan helping refugees in 2016.
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.

Feb 17, 2021 • 51min
Alex Su // Ep 42 // Making the Transition From Big Law to Legal Tech
Welcome to Episode 42 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Alex Su on this week's episode.
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!
Alex Su is the Director of Business Development at Evisort, a Series A enterprise legal technology company backed by Microsoft. Before his technology career, Alex was a lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell, one of the world's most prestigious law firms, and was the first law clerk hired by the Honorable Edmond E. Chang, the first Asian American federal judge in Chicago. Alex graduated from Northwestern Law in 2010, where he served on the law review and was elected by his classmates to be the student commencement speaker. He's also a 2005 graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, where he was the President of the Taiwanese Students Association and a charter member of Lambda Phi Epsilon, a national Asian-interest fraternity.
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.


