Asian Hustle Network

Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 135 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Mai Kim Le 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! Mai Kim Le is a Vietnamese American who plunged into a new culture at the age of three after starting her journey traveling by boat from war-torn Vietnam to the U.S. She grew up in Seattle, WA, in the 80’s at the height of the grunge culture and moved to sunny Anaheim, CA, before Phước Lộc Thọ was erected in Westminster. Mai’s family finally settled in Lawrence, MA, which became her beloved childhood hometown. She graduated from Bowdoin College and Princeton University. She spent most of her 20’s saving the world in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. She then gave all of that up for love and moved to Boston to be with her college best friend. Mai is the author of a new memoir, Worlds Apart: My Personal Life Journey through Transcultural Poverty, Privilege, and Passion. This up-close-and-personal exposé on everything Mai has felt under the skin plays a powerful role in her mission to amplify the Asian American voice and help people of all backgrounds come together in the face of their differences. Worlds Apart is available on Amazon and in select bookstores. A serial entrepreneur, Mai is currently the CEO and co-founder of Haystack Dx, a medical device start-up. She resides in Boston with her husband, three kids and two furry friends. To stay connected within the AHN community, please join our AHN directory: bit.ly/AHNDirectory

Welcome back to Season 2 and a special episode of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Domee Shi 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! DOMEE SHI (Directed by/Story by/Screenplay by) began as a story intern at Pixar Animation Studios in June 2011, and was soon hired as a story artist on the Academy Award®-winning feature film “Inside Out.” Since then, she has worked on the feature films “The Good Dinosaur,” “Incredibles 2” and the Academy Award®-winning “Toy Story 4.” In 2015 she began pitching ideas for short films, and soon was greenlit to write and direct “Bao” which won the Academy Award® for best animated short film. In her role as a creative VP, Shi is involved in key creative decision-making at the studio and consults on films in both development and production. Shi graduated from the animation program at Sheridan College where she was fueled by her love of anime/manga, Disney, and Asian cinema influences that can be seen in her work to this day. Shi was born in Chongqing, China, and resided in Toronto, Canada most of her life. She currently lives in Oakland, Calif., and notes that her love of animation is only rivaled by her love of cats. TURNING RED is an endearing coming-of-age story that follows Mei Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang), a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mother’s dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. Her protective, if not slightly overbearing mother, Ming (voice of Sandra Oh), is never far from her daughter—an unfortunate reality for the teenager. And as if changes to her interests, relationships and body weren’t enough, whenever she gets too excited (which is practically ALWAYS), she “poofs” into a giant red panda! To stay connected within the AHN community, please join our AHN directory: bit.ly/AHNDirectory

Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 134 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Linda Chiou 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! Linda was born in Waterloo, Ontario, and graduated from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver in 2013. Over the past 8 years, she has grown to become a social media influencer with over 500k audience on Instagram and a noteworthy leader in the fashion and beauty e-commerce space. She shares her personal journey of quitting her 9-5 corporate job in order to pursue her own business. She is a dedicated entrepreneur with a passion for helping women start their own businesses in order to be financially independent and live life to the fullest. In the process, she discovered that the uncertainty of making a leap in a career change can be daunting, but ultimately the reward, freedom, and happiness, in the end, is priceless. She currently resides in upstate New York. When she isn’t working, you can find her spending time with family and friends, boating, and barbequing in Lake George with her husband and 2 long hair chihuahuas. To stay connected within the AHN community, please join our AHN directory: bit.ly/AHNDirectory

Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 133 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Joe Jitsukawa 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! Joe Jitsukawa is a serial entrepreneur, comedian, investor, and public speaker. He was born and raised in Los Angeles and grew up surrounded by the growing gang culture in LA. Tired of the regular 9-5 job, Joe quit and co-founded JustKiddingFilms, a comedy YouTube channel in 2007. Through this channel, Joe and his team of friends shoot comedic sketches through which they teach good things “in a bad way.” JustKiddingNews has almost two million subscribers. Besides YouTube, Joe has also found success in different business ventures, such as apparel, consulting, e-commerce, and investing. He likes advising and investing in several businesses, including a growing matcha franchise in LA called Junbi. Passionate about helping others, Joe created a free online education platform called Joemalian Academy that now provides over 20 thousand students with basic life skills and self-improvement education. To stay connected within the AHN community, please join our AHN directory: bit.ly/AHNDirectory

Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 132 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Drex 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 and Saturday, so stay tuned! Drex Lee is a serial entrepreneur. He is well known for his epic one-shot videos on Instagram and TikTok where he has amassed over 4.5 million followers in less than one year. From food stamps to gang violence, shootouts, trailer homes, massive debt, to penthouse, to 5 businesses, to community leader, to losing everything in the pandemic, and coming back up again. To stay connected within the AHN community, please join our AHN directory: bit.ly/AHNDirectory

Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 131 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Calista Wu 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! CaliStar, also known as Calista Wu, is an American recording artist, activist, and well-respected attorney whose repertoire defies expectations and inspires others to pursue the possibility.  As the founder of a multi-platform entertainment company, Cali Star Entertainment, LLC, she is breaking barriers and redefining empowerment through music, art, fashion, and community.  The gifted singer/songwriter has crafted a highly anticipated project, featuring songs produced by Jae Chong (Solid, Aziatix, Coco Lee, Elva) and Enik Lin (FYKE, Royal Pirates, Amber Liu, James Lee), and mastered by Chris Gehringer (Dua Lipa, Lizzo, Rihanna, Lady Gaga).  Her company brand is represented by the alicorn logo, a mythical creature that is both unicorn and pegasus—as such, she is poised to take the world by a beautiful storm with her alluring vocals, captivating compositions, and stunning visuals.  The daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, LA-based CaliStar arrives to break barriers for Asian American artists and champion various causes close to her heart, such as anti-bullying and mental health awareness.  Her latest single “Can’t Sleep” and its accompanying imaginary music video, out December 17th, show CaliStar confronting her past traumas during a restless night watching the clock.  CaliStar designed her artist logo to be a star comprised of both a diamond and a tea because her motto is to turn pain into beauty, something she does, dare we say beautifully, on “Can’t Sleep.” To stay connected within the AHN community, please join our AHN directory: bit.ly/AHNDirectory

Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 130 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Fiona Co Chan 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! Fiona Co Chan is the founder of Youthforia. Prior to starting Youthforia, Fiona worked in tech startups in SF managing their Asia business - which led to her traveling to extremely polluted cities. Through this experience, she realized that her normal skincare and makeup routine didn't work - and she became passionate about reducing the down the drain impact of personal care products. With Youthforia, she started the first biobased beauty and personal care company, which means Youthforia doesn't formulate with fossil fuels or liquid plastic. Fiona has been featured in Vogue, Cosmopolitan, WWD, Byrdie, and others. To stay connected within the AHN community, please join our AHN directory: bit.ly/AHNDirectory

Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 129 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have John 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, 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!  John Lim is the 27 yr old CEO and Founder of Ugly LLC, an indie game studio producing niche-specific cult classic card games such as the best selling Asian American party game line AZN FLUSH, and the ultimate game to inspire the best high conversations, Puff Puff Pass. John, who is the son of South Korean immigrants, was born and raised in Maryland. Growing up, John didn't have many Asian friends and at one point he remembers feeling profoundly unlucky to have been born Asian. He had what he calls his “Asian Awakening” in college thanks to an Asian student association. Upon graduating college, he went through a phase of not knowing what to do with his life, which was compounded by the pressure from his mother to get a "real job."  He moved to Korea for a year as a way to get closer to his roots and to buy time. He taught English to make ends meet. Eventually he moved onto digital marketing, but he couldn't kick this urge to launch his own business, much to his mother’s chagrin. Always a fan of card games and drinking games because it gave him an easy way to connect with others, in 2018 John decided to give it a go and he created a game for other Asian Americans like him with just $500. Having sold tens of thousands of games, AZN Flush is now the best-selling game for Asian Americans. John has generated close to 3 million through his games since launching in 2018.  To stay connected within the AHN community, please join our AHN directory: bit.ly/AHNDirectory

Welcome back to Season 2 and a special episode of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Kelly 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! Kelly Yu is a Chinese Canadian actor and musician born in Dalian, China, and raised in Vancouver, BC, later moving to Boston to attend Berklee College of Music. Her film career started in 2012 with the lead role in “Under The Rain” followed by her television debut on “One and a Half Summer.” Since then she’s been in several films and television series, as well as having released several albums and award-winning singles. Her music and acting careers often cross paths as her songs have been featured in several of her films and shows, including singing the theme for the film “The Ex-File 3: Return of the Exes.” MOONFALL is Kelly Yu’s latest project, alongside the incredible cast of Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, and John Bradley directed by Roland Emmerich. The story of MOONFALL is about when the moon is knocked from its orbit by an unknown force and put onto a collision course with Earth. Two astronauts and a conspiracy theorist work together to attempt to avert disaster and discover that the moon is not what it seems. MOONFALL hits theaters on February 4, 2022. To stay connected within the AHN community, please join our AHN directory: bit.ly/AHNDirectory

Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 128 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Ray Zhou 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! Ray Zhou, CEO of Affinity, believes every opportunity begins with a relationship—and knows that business networks become unwieldy and harder to leverage as they grow larger. In response, he co-founded Affinity, whose eponymous CRM captures and organizes “data exhaust” from emails and calendars, and combines it with other datasets to provide the “relationship intelligence” needed by decision-makers in venture capital, investment banking, private equity, and consulting: industries where relationship-building is foundational to dealmaking. A native of the Bay Area, Ray met Affinity’s co-founder, Shubham Goel, at Stanford, where they were studying computer science. Their goal is to bring relationship intelligence to the world at large. To stay connected within the AHN community, please join our AHN directory: bit.ly/AHNDirectory