Asian Hustle Network

Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 159 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Dan Matthews 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, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Stitcher, and more. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave us a positive 5-star review. This is our opportunity to amplify Asian voices and share these incredible stories with the world. We release a new episode every Wednesday and Saturday, so stay tuned!

Dan Matthews is a Senior Creative Producer living in Los Angeles, CA. He's the Managing Partner at International Secret Agents, a creative consulting company focusing on helping brands & companies resonate with Asian American Pacific Islander audiences more authentically through content, activations, and talent. He has over 12 years of experience producing for companies like Moet Hennessy, CJ Foods, AT&T, and more. He is also behind producing some of the first-ever AAPI large-scale concerts with tens of thousands of audience members coming to see acts like Jay Park, Mike Shinoda, Awkwafina, and more.

Dan is also an indie rap artist that is based in Los Angeles. he's overwhelmed most of the time and writes mostly about that. His new album "ME ALSO ME" is currently out on all streaming platforms. Please stream him - it'll make his mom happy.

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Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 158 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Danny Taing 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, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Stitcher, and more. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave us a positive 5-star review. This is our opportunity to amplify Asian voices and share these incredible stories with the world. We release a new episode every Wednesday and Saturday, so stay tuned!

Danny Taing is the Founder & CEO of Bokksu, a New York and Tokyo-based D2C snack subscription and e-grocer that delivers authentic Japanese food and lifestyle products to over 100 countries. Providing Japan’s traditional makers with a platform to share their goods with a global audience, Bokksu is helping to support, preserve, and promote their craft, while making it easier for the rest of the world to discover, buy, and love authentic Japanese goods.

The son of Cambodian-Chinese refugees, Danny was born in NYC and raised in NJ. He received a dual Bachelor's in Psychology and Communication, and a Master’s in Sociology, all from Stanford University. He then worked as a marketing strategist at Google HQ. After that, he relocated to Japan for a position at Rakuten. It was there, during the four years he spent living and working in Tokyo, that he developed his deep love of Japanese food and culture (as well as met his wonderful husband).

Following Rakuten, Taing returned to New York to study Computer Science at Columbia University. Inspired by his passion for Japanese culture, Asian-American representation, and entrepreneurship, Taing founded Bokksu in 2015 with $5,000 of his own savings. Utilizing every skill and contact he had, Taing was able to go from concept to launch in just three months, without an additional penny of outside funding. And he sold through his first run of boxes in less than a week. Today, the company is valued at $100M and employs a staff of 50, 80% of whom are BIPOC, female, and/or LGBTQ+; a metric Taing is particularly proud of.

In his spare time, Danny is an avid rock climber, fierce board game competitor, and anime binge-watcher.

This episode is sponsored by SaneBox. We all get so much email. SaneBox makes sure that only important email stays in your inbox and directs all the other distracting stuff into your SaneLater folder. It also has nifty features like the SaneBlackHole, where you can drag messages from senders you never want to hear from again, and SaneReminders to ping you if someone hasn’t replied to your email by a certain date. You can use SaneBox with any email client or phone, anywhere you check your email. Visit sanebox.com/ahn today to start your free two-week trial and get a $25 credit.

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Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 157 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have David Zhao 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, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Stitcher, and more. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave us a positive 5-star review. This is our opportunity to amplify Asian voices and share these incredible stories with the world. We release a new episode every Wednesday and Saturday, so stay tuned!

David Zhao is an entrepreneur, investor, and activist originally from Shanghai, China. He is currently the Managing Partner of NXT Group. Its diversified businesses include Food & Beverage Ventures such as The X Pot, Chubby Cattle, and NXT Factor (a full-service digital agency). David is here to share insight about entrepreneurship, the startup lifestyle, and tools/tips to help you with your daily life.

This episode is sponsored by SaneBox. We all get so much email. SaneBox makes sure that only important email stays in your inbox and directs all the other distracting stuff into your SaneLater folder. It also has nifty features like the SaneBlackHole, where you can drag messages from senders you never want to hear from again, and SaneReminders to ping you if someone hasn’t replied to your email by a certain date. You can use SaneBox with any email client or phone, anywhere you check your email. Visit sanebox.com/ahn today to start your free two-week trial and get a $25 credit.

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Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 156 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Dr. Joyce Park on this week's show. 

Honor AANHPI heritage, communities, and families today by getting vaccinated for a safer tomorrow. Vaccination greatly reduces your chance of having COVID symptoms like fatigue, pain, and memory problems that last for months. Protect your tomorrow with a vaccine today. Talk to a doctor if you have questions. Find vaccines and boosters near you at vaccines.gov. We can do this. Paid for by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 

Dr. Joyce Park is a board-certified dermatologist based in Washington and creator of Tea With MD, a social-media based resource for a dermatologist’s science-backed perspective on all things skincare. She attended college and medical school at Stanford University, and completed her dermatology residency at NYU. Dr. Park is a skincare media expert and has been featured in has been featured in Forbes, Good Morning America, Allure, Vogue, Huffington Post, the Gloss Angeles Podcast, and more. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking and exploring the beautiful Pacific Northwest with her husband and toddler son, taking hip-hop dance classes (which have surprisingly come in handy doing TikTok trends), trying new skincare trends and products, and mentoring the next generation of students interested in medicine and dermatology. 

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Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 155 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Dr. Austin Chiang on this week's show.

Honor AANHPI heritage, communities, and families today by getting vaccinated for a safer tomorrow. Vaccination greatly reduces your chance of having COVID symptoms like fatigue, pain, and memory problems that last for months. Protect your tomorrow with a vaccine today. Talk to a doctor if you have questions. Find vaccines and boosters near you at vaccines.gov. We can do this.

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Dr. Chiang is the first Chief Medical Officer for the gastrointestinal business of Medtronic, the global leader in health technology. He is also currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Health (Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals) in Philadelphia, PA, and serves as the Director of the Endoscopic Weight Loss Program and Chief Medical Social Media Officer for the health system. He completed his undergraduate studies at Duke University before earning his MD at Columbia University. He stayed for his Internal Medicine residency at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and completed his GI and bariatric endoscopy fellowships at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He obtained his MPH from the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health before completing an advanced endoscopy fellowship at Jefferson.

Passionate about empowering patients with accurate medical information online, he is one of the most influential voices in the field of gastroenterology across multiple social media platforms including Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube with over 500,000 followers and over 130 million views. Dr. Chiang has conducted extensive research in social media and is a champion of physician presence on social media and is the Chief Medical Social Media Officer of Jefferson Health and Founding President of the Association for Healthcare Social Media (AHSM, @ahsm_org), the first 501(c)(3) professional society for health professional social media use. He has worked closely with all major national GI societies on social media efforts and was 2018’s Healio Gastroenterology Disruptive Innovator of the Year, The Philadelphia Inquirer’s 2019 Influencers of Healthcare Rookie of the Year, and among 2019 Medscape Top 20 Social Media Physicians, and a 2021 GLAAD Media Award Nominee. He spoke at South by Southwest (SXSW) 2021, and his role in social media has been featured by The New York Times, CNBC, and BBC News. He sits on the inaugural YouTube Health Advisory Board and in 2022, joined the White House Healthcare Leaders in Social Media Roundtable.

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Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 154 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Dr. Jiyeh Joo on this week's show.

Honor AANHPI heritage, communities, and families today by getting vaccinated for a safer tomorrow. Vaccination greatly reduces your chance of having COVID symptoms like fatigue, pain, and memory problems that last for months. Protect your tomorrow with a vaccine today. Talk to a doctor if you have questions. Find vaccines and boosters near you at vaccines.gov. We can do this.

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Dr. Jiyeh Joo is a Korean-Canadian and a board-certified medical & cosmetic doctor who currently practices in Canada. She completed her undergraduate training in Health Sciences at McMaster University, followed by medical school at the University of Ottawa and a family medicine residency at McMaster University. Following the residency training, she completed extensive training in injectables and laser devices through the Canadian Board of Aesthetic Medicine, where she remains as an active member. Dr. Joo is a founder of Boss Injectors, a community to supports other cosmetic injectors in their journeys. She enjoys providing preventative & comprehensive care with a special interest in Skin Health and Cosmetic Medicine. Outside of her work, she is a mentor to learners at different stages of training and a huge advocate of self-care and wellness. Additionally, she uses social media platforms including Instagram, Tiktok, and Youtube to educate the public and share her interests that range from medicine to health & skincare.

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Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 153 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Dr. Dagny Zhu on this week's show.

Honor AANHPI heritage, communities, and families today by getting vaccinated for a safer tomorrow. Vaccination greatly reduces your chance of having COVID symptoms like fatigue, pain, and memory problems that last for months. Protect your tomorrow with a vaccine today. Talk to a doctor if you have questions. Find vaccines and boosters near you at vaccines.gov. We can do this.

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Dr. Zhu is a Harvard-educated, board-certified ophthalmologist who specializes in cornea, cataract, and refractive surgery. She is the owner and Medical Director of Hyperspeed LASIK (an NVISION Eye Centers company) in Rowland Heights, California  As a key opinion leader in advanced laser vision correction and premium cataract surgery, Dr. Zhu serves as a medical advisor to multiple ophthalmic companies and has been featured in over 200 lectures, presentations, publications, and press features, including The Today Show, Huffington Post, InStyle, Yahoo News, NBC News, and CNN.

Notably, Dr. Zhu has garnered a large social media presence as a podcast co-host and healthcare influencer (50k+ followers on Instagram @DZEyeMD), where she promotes health and science, champions for women and people of color, and provides inspiration and mentorship to the next generation.

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Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 152 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Carey Lai 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!

Carey Lai is a Founding Member and Managing Director at Conductive Ventures with $450M in AUM focused on investments in the areas of software, hardware, technology-enabled services, and blockchain. Carey has over 18 years of venture capital and technology experience.

Prior to Conductive Ventures, Carey spent over four years investing at Intel Capital focused on Internet and enterprise software companies. His portfolio included 500Friends (acquired by Dentsu), Box (BOX), BrightEdge, Gigya (acquired by SAP), Kabam (acquired by Netmarble), Nexmo (acquired by Vonage), Onefinestay (acquired by AccorHotels), Sprinklr (CXM), and SweetLabs.

Prior to Intel Capital, Carey worked at Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) where he focused on rapidly growing later-stage and growth-equity investments in Internet & enterprise software companies. He actively worked with the following IVP portfolio companies: ArcSight (ARST), At Road (ARDI), Business.com (DEXO), Concur (CNQR), Cortina Systems (acquired by Inphi), Danger (MSFT), Data Domain (EMC), Mobile365 (SAP), SuccessFactors (SFSF), Synchronoss (SNCR) and Yodlee (YDLE).

Carey also worked in the Technology Investment Banking Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch as an Investment Banking Analyst focused on the software and financial technology sectors. His transaction experience included offerings for some of the leading technology companies in the world, including Blackbaud Software (BLKB), Computer Associates (CA), Hewlett Packard (HPQ), and Sungard Data Systems (SDS), and Tibco Software (TIBX).

Earlier in his career, Carey worked at eBay in Business Development.

Carey has an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He also graduated with a B.A. in International Economics from the University of California Los Angeles.

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Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 151 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Vinay Shahani 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, etc. Please subscribe and leave us a positive 5-star review if you enjoyed this episode. 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!

Vinay Shahani is the vice president of marketing at Lexus USA. He is responsible for leading all aspects of marketing for the Lexus brand in the United States, including marketing strategy, communications, and media, product marketing, incentives, digital/social media, websites, retail initiatives, sponsorships, engagement marketing, and events, and motorsports.

Previously he was the vice president of integrated marketing operations at Toyota Motor North America, where he led media, incentives, business analytics, relationship marketing, websites, and digital marketing, motorsports, engagement marketing, auto shows, and other consumer events throughout the United States for the Toyota brand.

Prior to Toyota, he was the senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Volkswagen of America, where he led all marketing efforts for the Volkswagen brand in the United States. Before Volkswagen, Vinay worked for Nissan North America for ten years in various leadership roles across manufacturing, sales, and marketing, most recently serving as the director of marketing for the Nissan brand in the United States. Vinay also held roles at Arthur Andersen Business Consulting, Sun Microsystems, and Ford Motor Company early in his career.

Vinay was named 2021 All-Star Marketer by Media Post, a 2015 Rising Star by the Automotive News, and a recipient of the 2014 Salute to Excellence Award by the Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Ad Council from 2014 through 2017. Born and raised in Michigan, Vinay earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan, and a master’s degree in both business administration (MBA) and manufacturing systems engineering (MSE) from Stanford University. Vinay is an avid automobile enthusiast and lives in the Dallas area with his wife and children.

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Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 150 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Emma Hong Guo 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!

Emma Guo is the co-founder and CEO of Offsyte (www.offsyte.co), the one-stop-shop for discovering and booking amazing team-building events, anything from magic shows to boba-making classes, graffiti workshops, and more. Emma received her master’s degree in Technology from Carnegie Mellon University, after graduating from Fudan University in Electrical Engineering. Before starting Offsyte, she worked as a Software Engineer and then Engineering Manager at several tech companies in the SF Bay Area, most recently at Lyft where she was managing an engineering team focusing on driver quality. She launched Offsyte in 2020 with a mission of shaping the world’s transition to the future of work, and helping teams all over the world stay connected and engaged.

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