The Karat Podcast

At age 6, Elena Shinohara was a rhythmic gymnastics prodigy. She's a Junior Olympic Champion who overcame intense pressure from herself, her peers, and her family to compete. Today she has over 5M followers as a popular creator. Join her and @trykarat cofounder @erictway for 36 Questions to Fall in Love --- Check out Karat at https://www.trykarat.com/ Follow Karat at https://www.instagram.com/trykarat/ Follow Eric at https://www.instagram.com/erictway/ Follow Elena at @elenashinohara

We launched Karat over 4 years ago, and today we have raised $70M to help creators with their finances. Our investors are top creators like Ludwig, Graham Stephan, Nick DiGiovanni and more! We're also introducing a new business credit card that *also* can build your personal credit score via an official partnership with Visa - apply at http://link.trykarat.com/signup-youtube! We're also upgrading our taxes service for creators with a new team and bringing it out of beta at trykarat.com/books. Apply now for a card below: https://link.trykarat.com/signup-youtube --- Check out Karat at https://www.trykarat.com/ Follow Karat at https://www.instagram.com/trykarat/ Follow Eric at https://www.instagram.com/erictway/ Follow Will at https://www.instagram.com/willikin/

During COVID, CodeMiko was laid off. She took over $20K in debt to buy equipment so she could start streaming with our own avatar on Twitch. Now she's a top streamer and founded her own company to help others follow her path. Join us for 36 Questions to Fall in Love with CodeMiko and ​⁠ cofounder Eric Wei. --- Check out Karat at https://www.trykarat.com/ Follow Karat at https://www.instagram.com/trykarat/ Follow Eric at https://www.instagram.com/erictway/ Follow CodeMiko at @CodeMiko

Join Eric Wei, co-founder of Karat as he sits down with Jessica Woo and discusses what it takes to be a hustler, a full time mom, and The Bento Box Queen. This is 36 questions to fall in love with @trykarat cofounder @erictway and Jessica Woo. --- Check out Karat at https://www.trykarat.com/ Follow Karat at https://www.instagram.com/trykarat/ Follow Eric at https://www.instagram.com/erictway/ Follow Jessica at @SulheeJessica ---

@erictway is cofounder of @trykarat and helped raise millions of dollars to build a better financial system for creators. Before Karat, he lived a really different life - he did product at Instagram, consulting at McKinsey, investment banking at Blackstone, and economics at Harvard. He also hated it. Listen to his story that he shared in a keynote given at Asian Hustle Network's annual conference! --- Check out Karat at https://www.trykarat.com/ Follow Karat at https://www.instagram.com/trykarat/ Follow Eric at https://www.instagram.com/erictway/

Louis Weisz always felt he never fit in, but his love for creating and building helped him establish the voice and confidence to create his channel. Now, he shares his insane challenges with over 1 Million Subscribers. Taking the risk to bring extreme engineering and fun to another level. Join us for 36 Questions to Fall in Love with @trykarat cofounder @erictway and @Weisz! --- Check out Karat at https://www.trykarat.com/ Follow Karat at https://www.instagram.com/trykarat/ Follow Eric at https://www.instagram.com/erictway/ Follow Louis at @Weisz

Vanessa Chen is a fashion star today as @VIVACIOUSHONEY - but several years ago, she was a computer engineering student. Here's how she made it~ Join us for 36 Questions to Fall in Love with @trykarat cofounder @erictway and Vanessa! --- Check out Karat at https://www.trykarat.com/ Follow Karat at https://www.instagram.com/trykarat/ Follow Eric at https://www.instagram.com/erictway/ Follow Vanessa at @VIVACIOUSHONEY​

Austen Alexander believed joining the Navy was the best decision he’d ever make. Until he began uploading videos to his youtube page, he found his true calling as a content creator. After seven years as a Marine, he finally quit the Navy and shifted his focus to creating fitness-based content on Youtube, gaining over one million subscribers. Now, he’s the founder of Battle Bunker, his own fitness company that’s the leading competitor to Crossfit. --- Check out Karat at https://www.trykarat.com/ Follow Karat at https://www.instagram.com/trykarat/ Follow Eric Wei at https://www.instagram.com/erictway/ Follow Austen Alexander at https://www.youtube.com/@AustenAlexander

Michaela Murphy grew up fast. She started taking care of herself at age 6 - and at age 12 - she voiced Toph in Avatar: The Last Airbender. She stopped to continue school and recently graduated from Yale - where she faced a whole new set of challenges and discovered a new dream. Just us for 36 Questions to Fall in Love with Michaela Murphy and @trykarat  cofounder @erictway! --- Check out Karat at https://www.trykarat.com/ Follow Karat at https://www.instagram.com/trykarat/ Follow Eric Wei at https://www.instagram.com/erictway/ Follow Michaela Murphy at https://www.instagram.com/michaelamostly/

​@ColeHastings used to be alone. He didn't feel attractive; he had gone through a recent breakup and wanted to learn how to be better. He started reading and training. Today he shares his lessons with over 500K followers on YouTube- and aspires to become a filmmaker next. Join us for 36 Questions to Fall in Love with Cole Hastings and @trykarat cofounder @erictway. --- Check out Karat at https://www.trykarat.com/ Follow Karat at https://www.instagram.com/trykarat/ Follow Eric Wei at https://www.instagram.com/erictway/ Follow Cole Hastings at https://www.youtube.com/@ColeHastings/videos