Asian Hustle Network

Welcome to Episode 22 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have  Mikkoh Chen and Megan Ruan 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! Mikkoh Chen is a Taiwanese-American entrepreneur and diversity champion. The Los Angeles native turned New Yorker is driven by building scalable platforms that aim to shift societal norms and create greater equity across all mediums. Given his firm belief that growing diverse talent and matching it with premier opportunities engenders stronger leadership, Mikkoh has always had a passion for the intersection of recruiting and technology. Outside of Gold House, Mikkoh leads marketplace operations at Trusted Health, a digital employment platform that optimizes the healthcare workforce, and advises Mathison.io, the first diversity talent marketplace. In addition, he is a passionate member of the LGBTQ+ organizations StartOut and Out in Tech. Outside of his professional career, he co-leads Gold House’s success arm, including the top accelerator for Asian-led businesses, Gold Rush. Mikkoh has made it a mission to unite all types of entrepreneurs and inspire the next generation of community and business leaders. Megan Ruan is a Chinese-American entrepreneur, investor, and advocate based in New York City. Born and raised in the Midwest, she is passionate about building communities in which women and minorities have equal access to mentorship, funding, and media representation. Megan co-heads Gold House’s initiatives for founder and investor success. Over the past 18 months, her team has built Gold Rush (the nation’s leading Asian accelerator) from the ground up, creating a program that provides 1:1 advisorship, networking, and educational seminars to hundreds of founders. To date, Gold Rush companies have raised over $250 million in funding. In addition, Megan leads Gold House’s efforts to build a network of influential Asian angel investors that invest in high potential early-stage companies. Outside of Gold House, Megan is an investor at the Johnson & Johnson family office. Megan began her career as an analyst at Morgan Stanley and earned dual degrees with distinction from Yale University in Economics and Psychology. Learn more about Gold House: https://goldhouse.org/ 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.

Welcome to Episode 21 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Jerry Ting 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! Before turning 30, Jerry Ting started a company that upended one of the largest sectors of the legal industry. The company, Evisort, uses AI to read contracts automatically, saving household-name brands like Jelly Belly, Fujitsu and Cox Automotive millions of dollars per year on legal fees, earning Jerry the distinction as one of the founders of modern contract management. Evisort’s AI is revolutionizing the contract management industry, and the technology is impressive in its own right. The software can read a 30-page contract in 15 seconds, extracting relevant legal and business terms, recognize key expiration dates and organize the information in a central repository. It can read 230+ contracts and 50+ provisions and metadata “out-of-the box.” Evisort is one of very few enterprise AI companies with its own R&D lab, building proprietary models to help legal, sales and procurement professionals more efficiently manage their contract workflows. Today Jerry leads a full team of 70+ employees in Silicon Valley, Boston, Toronto, and the Philippines, helping clients manage and analyze over a billion dollars in contract value around the world. He’s been recognized in Forbes 30 under 30 and Silicon Valley Business Journals’ 40 under 40. 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.

Welcome to Episode 20 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Amanda Ang 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! Amanda Ang is the founder of August Bespoke, a custom jewelry house that helps couples skip the cookie-cutter experience of traditional stores and create one-of-a-kind engagement rings to celebrate their love story. She was introduced to gemology at a young age by her mother, a passionate gemstone collector, and was inspired to start August Bespoke to help her friends who didn't know who to trust with such a symbolic and important long-term investment. Amanda is certified in diamonds and colored gemstones by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) in New York City - one of the largest and most important diamond markets in the world. Prior to founding August Bespoke, Amanda's career has spanned multiple industries. After graduating from Boston College with a degree in Finance, she became a star analyst at Goldman Sachs in New York where she helped launch some of the most exciting and important Asian IPOs of the time such as AIA, Agricultural Bank of China, and China's version of YouTube. After leaving Wall Street, Amanda did a brief stint as a travel and food writer, before moving into the startup world. There, she led international expansion efforts for a Japanese marketplace called Voyagin (the predecessor to Airbnb Experiences) into new countries like Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Her team's international success led to an eventual acquisition by Rakuten, Japan's largest e-commerce platform. Amanda is passionate about supporting female entrepreneurs and is excited to be building a company with heart in a traditional, male-dominated industry. 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.

Welcome to Episode 19 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Edwin Wong 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! Edwin Wong is Senior Vice President, Insights & Innovation at Vox Media, the leading independent modern media company known for building the best media brands and the technology that enables them. He leads research to identify key trends in consumer behavior and help advertisers capitalize on these trends to effectively connect with their core audiences. He has been studying digital consumer behavior for nearly 20 years and has held previous roles at BuzzFeed, Pinterest and Yahoo. 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.

Welcome to Episode 18 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Tania Wu 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! Tania is a real estate investor, broker, property manager, and author. She came to the US at the age of 20, after 2 years of college in Taiwan, to study English literature at the University of Texas. While early in her Ph.D. program at UC San Diego, she discovered her passion for financial freedom after taking a few investment courses. She dropped out of her Ph.D. program to pursue a real estate career and invest in multifamily properties in the Greater Boston area. She quickly became the top-selling agent at her firm and started her own property management company to manage her and her clients’ properties. Within four years of entering real estate, she had accumulated 5 million worth of real estate. Her first book, half memoir, half historical fiction based on her experiences from Asia to America, will be published in spring 2020. An avid traveler and has lived in Taiwan, California, Texas, and Massachusetts, she has an international perspective on the Greater Boston Real Estate Market. Tania is an active member of the Top Broker Network, National Association of Realtors, and the Asian Real Estate Association of America. She is also the President of the Taiwan Youth Chamber of Commerce in New England, an organization committed to providing entrepreneurship education and networking for young professionals. Her real estate team has a large network of contractors, stagers, photographers, and mortgage brokers. Her online real estate platforms have 10,000+ followers. 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.

Welcome to Episode 17 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Andrew Chau 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! Andrew Chau is one half of Boba Guys and Tea People USA. A former blogger for GOOD magazine, Andrew writes about entrepreneurship through the lens of brand marketing, technology, and the lean startup approach. Prior to a career in CPG and corporate marketing, Andrew started and exited his first startup in 2011. He has his MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. 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.

Welcome to Episode 16 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Ming Zhao 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! Ming has a natural gift for business and discovery. Prior to founding Proven, she was the head of business development at NerdWallet, a private equity investor at Bain Capital and a strategy consultant with the Boston Consulting Group. She holds an MBA degree from Harvard Business School and is certified in cosmetic formulation. Ming has lived and worked in numerous regions around the world, including China, India, Austria, Rwanda, Hong Kong and the United States, and has absorbed the beauty and wellness wisdom from her wanderings. She is also a 3rd generation entrepreneur - her grandfather became a baker/ entrepreneur after trekking 1200 miles on foot to escape a famine. Her father, similarly, made the journey to America from China to expand his computer literacy school, in the process immigrating the family and the then 12-year-old Ming to the US. 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.

Welcome to Episode 15 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Hanson 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! Hanson Li is the founder of Salt Partners Group and a Stanford alumni.  Salt Partners Group is a development and investment company focused on the food and beverage industry. We take an active role in creating and managing exceptional food concepts and companies. Our portfolio includes Crenn Dining Group (Atelier Crenn - Michelin 3-Star, Petit Crenn, Bar Crenn - Michelin 1-Star), Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream, LocoL, Saison, High-Proof (a SF based bar group that opened Horsefeather and Last Rites), Brown Sugar Kitchen, and Saison Cellar. Hanson also manages an investment fund called Salt Capital.  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.

Welcome to Episode 14 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Dominic Zhai 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! Plans of becoming a doctor were suddenly thrown off course when Dominic failed the MCAT - and if you could fail while going the “safe” route, you might as well fail while doing what you love. With that in mind, Dominic booked a one-way ticket from Madison to Los Angeles to pursue acting. He managed to land a gig as Tang Wei’s acting coach for a film in Hong Kong...but even that dream was short-lived, ending just a couple of weeks into the job. Taking things in stride, Dominic turned his side hustle as an SEO strategist into a full-time remote job while traveling to over 30 countries - reading, learning, experiencing. He’s now the founder and CEO of a multi-million dollar marketing agency, and a Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient. An unconventional path, to say the least...but it worked out. And by sharing life and career advice with the next generation of graduates, Dominic hopes to use his platform and experience to encourage them to chase after what they want. 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.

Welcome to Episode 13 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Brian Yang 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! Brian Yang is an actor and producer whose producing credits include LATE LIFE, the Golden Horse Best Documentary Award-nominated feature on former New York Yankees pitcher Chien-Ming Wang; the Jeremy Lin documentary LINSANITY which premiered at Sundance Film Festival; Shanghai International Film Festival award-winning biopic ANOTHER SHOT, on former NBA player Stephon Marbury's life in China; I CAN I WILL I DID starring Tony Award nominee Mike Faist; and the upcoming SNAKEHEAD by Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Emerging Filmmaker Award winner Evan Leong. Yang has also produced documentary specials for ESPN and Fox Sports.  As an actor, his film credits include SAVING FACE, THE JADE PENDANT, and LAUNDROMAT and TV credits include THE PATH, WESTWORLD, BLACKLIST, and HAWAII 5-0, which he played the lab tech Charlie Fong for five seasons on.  This past year, he joined the Andrew Yang 2020 campaign in a role as a Regional Fundraiser Director. 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.