Asian Hustle Network

Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 179 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Catherine Yeo 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!

Catherine Yeo is a creator, entrepreneur, and investor studying Computer Science and English at Harvard University. By the age of fifteen, she accumulated a following of hundreds of thousands for her online content and turned content creation into a business. Over the years, her writing has spanned fiction, technical blog posts, personal essays and, now, The Creator Revolution: How Today’s Creative Talents Are Shaping Our Tomorrow. Her work has previously been featured in Teen Vogue, Los Angeles Times, NBC, and other publications.

Though she spends much of her days coding and nights writing, Catherine always makes time to read, swim, and cheer her heart out watching her hometown NBA team, the Golden State Warriors.

Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 178 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Annie Vang 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!

Annie Vang is an iOS application developer. Annie has over twenty years of experience in application development: 10+ years of mobile application development and 10+ years of web application development. Annie currently works for American Family Insurance as an iOS application developer. Annie is also the founder of Golden Fireflies LLC, which provides digital services. In addition, Annie developed an app called HmongPhrases to teach simple Hmong phrases to preserve the Hmong language. Annie also developed an app called Yumaholic to teach Southeast Asian recipes.

Annie is passionate about technology and aspires to use her talents to build meaningful apps. Annie also enjoys creating southeast Asian cooking tutorials on her HmongFood Youtube channel, which has 68,000+ subscribers and 12.6 million video views.

Annie was born in a refugee camp in Thailand and came to the United States as a refugee following the Vietnam War. Annie is Hmong American. She learned English as a second language, and she used this skill to help translate for her parents. Growing up, Annie's family moved around a lot, and she has lived in various places such as Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, California, and Rhode Island. This experience helped shape Annie's ability to be adaptive and embrace change.

Annie faced many obstacles and challenges in her quest for professional development. Number one: discouraged higher education because she was married with a child. Number two: discouragement in IT development because she was a woman and a minority. She fought hard to prove herself and continues to fight for a seat at the table.

Today Annie lives in Deforest, WI (north of Madison) with her husband. Annie has one son and four grandchildren. Annie enjoys sewing, embroidery, cooking, crafting, and spending time with her grandchildren in her free time.

Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 177 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Michael Yam 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!

Mike Yam joined NFL Network in 2020 and serves as a news anchor. In addition to his duties at NFL Network, Yam can be heard regularly on SiriusXM radio, as well as serving as the play-by-play voice on Intel Sports' coverage of the NFL, college basketball and golf on its True View product since 2017. Prior to NFL Network, Yam spent nine years as the lead studio host for Pac-12 Networks, anchoring numerous pre and postgame shows for the networks' football and basketball programming, weekly news programs and sport-specific podcasts. Yam also spent four years at ESPN where he served as a SportsCenter anchor and contributed to the network's NBA, college football and college basketball coverage. Additionally, Yam previously was a frequent voice on ESPN Radio and NBA TV studio host. A graduate of Fordham University and winner of the Marty Glickman Play-by-Play award, Yam began his broadcasting career hosting "One-on-One" on WFUV radio in New York.

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Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 176 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Richard Wang 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!

Richard Wang is the CEO of the global educational technology company Coding Dojo, a Venture Partner with NextGen Venture Partners, and serves as a Committee Member for various Future of Work and education-focused leadership councils. Richard holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, is an EY Entrepreneur of The Year® 2021 Pacific Northwest Award winner, and was recently included in Puget Sound Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 Awards.

As a leading education and technology executive, Richard is committed to creating economic mobility for underserved communities and increasing opportunities for individuals to reskill or upskill so they can participate in the digital economy. At the age of 13, he was the first member of his family to immigrate from China to the United States, and later was the first member of his family to attend a university. He taught himself English after witnessing firsthand how English literacy could create economic mobility for individuals in China. Richard similarly believes digital literacy could offer the same economic lift for those around the world and strives to create opportunities to help others transform their lives.

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Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 175 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Elle 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!

Elle Liu is the founder and CEO of Eucalypso, a modern sustainable eucalyptus bedding company. Eucalypso makes the world's softest and coolest sheets from 100% natural eucalyptus fibers for the perfect combination of pampering, breathable, and ecofriendly. Prior to Eucalypso, Elle graduated from Princeton University and worked as a Product Manager in the fin-tech industry. She scaled Eucalypso to 7-figures in 2 years while working a full time job, and she now works on Eucalypso full time.

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Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 174 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Jenny Park 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!

Jenny Park leads Brand and Talent Partnerships at LinkedIn where she helps celebrities, creators, and thought leaders amplify their message to 800 million professionals on LinkedIn. Jenny has focused her career on helping purpose-driven brands build a more inclusive world and deliver growth for the business. Outside of work, Jenny is a content creator. With a passion for empowering women and amplifying Asian American voices, she shares advice around career, finance, and living with intention.

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Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 173 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Jennifer Liao and Caleb Wang 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!

Growing direct-to-consumer Chinese food company Xiao Chi Jie (XCJ) was founded by second-generation Chinese Americans Caleb Wang and Jennifer Liao, who are on a mission to share honest representations of the food they grew up eating and open consumers’ minds and palates to new and exciting flavors, textures and aromas. The company originally started as a Seattle-based restaurant in 2018; it expanded into the direct-to-consumer space in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic inspired them to innovate. Available nationwide, XCJ’s product line includes frozen restaurant-quality xiao long bao (soup dumplings), sauces, bamboo steamers, and most recently, frozen shāo kǎo (Chinese BBQ skewers).

Jen spent ten years in the life sciences and health tech sector in research, enterprise, and consumer focuses. Caleb spent ten years as an investor in private and public markets.

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Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 172 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Maurice Ng 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!

Maurice Ng (Ng Hong Nin 吳康年) is the Founder and General Partner at Tings Capital, where he focuses on leading and directing all investment and operational activities of the firm.

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Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 171 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Paul Hsu 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!

Paul Hsu is the Founder and CEO of Decasonic, the venture, and digital assets fund building blockchain innovation. As a tech investor and operator, Paul partners with outlier founders to accelerate product-market fit and systematically scale early-stage companies. Paul has been a blockchain investor since 2013.

Paul’s curiosity and conviction in disruptive technology date back to the dawn of the Internet in the late 1990s.  As a product and growth executive at social gaming leader Zynga (ZNGA), Paul spearheaded several user retentions and monetization initiatives, including in-game virtual currencies, free-to-play virtual goods, platform currencies, and other digital assets. Prior, Paul was a founding member of NeoCarta, a $300M technology venture fund on Sand Hill Road.

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Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 170 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Kristy Kim 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!

Kristy Kim is the founder and CEO of TomoCredit, a fintech startup building the future of underwriting without FICO. She immigrated to the U.S from Seoul, South Korea, and got rejected for auto loans five times. She turned her personal struggles into creating new innovative ways to assess the credit worthiness of the no file/ thin file population.

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