Badass Asian Dudes

This is an interview with my friend Alfred Hsing (alfredrocks.com). He is the first American to win a gold medal at the World Wushu Championships.

After winning the gold, Alfred got a job living, working and traveling with Jet Li where he got to be a part of Jet Li’s daily life and meet celebrities and business leaders.

Alfred then made the hard decision to leave and join Jackie Chan.

But before all that - he was just a normal dude working in accounting.

This is Alfred's inspiring story.

This week i talk with Seibo Shen and Brandon Chien.

They have a podcast called Happy Asian Males where they talk about topics like business, psychedelics, fitness, mental health, and more.

They’re also both entrepreneurs. Seibo is in the cannabis industry and designed his own vape. Check out his company Vape Exhale.

Brandon teaches self-development through olympic style weightlifting. Check him out at theartofselfalignment.com.

I loved getting to know these guys and I'm sure you will too.

This week’s guest is Andy Park, the founder of 7till8. 7till8 makes custom fit surf and dive wetsuits tailored to your body’s specifications. Just go on their website, send your measurements, and then they send you a custom wetsuit.

In this episode we talk about Andy's journey on how he created this company. How do you create a company like this without any experience manufacturing a wetsuit?

All he had was his love for surfing and in this episode we talk about the steps he took to make it a succ

Dudes! Really special episode with my friend TK. 

TK and his brother grew up in New Jersey and then moved to China to start a sneaker brand. That didn't work out but their travels to Korea inspired them to start a streetwear brand mixing in traditional Korean elements. 

Yes, a Korea inspired streetwear brand.

With no money, no experience, no nothing they built this brand from the ground up and even had a runway show at New York Fashion Week in 2018. 

Thanks for listening.

I talk with my friend Chris Kim who has spent the last 10 years working in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles.

At HBO he searched and cultivated multicultural talent: writers, directors, and actors.

He is now at Disney working on multicultural audience engagement.

Chris has a unique and inside look into the inner-workings of the entertainment industry and Hollywood.

We talk about Asians in media today, how to get better representation in media, the rise of China, and much more.

Victor is a badass entrepreneur.

When I first got to Seoul, several people within my network told me that I had to meet Victor.

"Who the hell is this Victor guy?!" I thought.

Well I had a chance to meet him and talk to him about his wine-accessories business.

He is the #1 seller for the product in his category on Amazon. If you don't know what that means...just know that it is huge and incredibly difficult to do.

We talk about entrepreneurship, business mindset, and selling on Amazon.

When I had the idea for The Badass Asian Dudes Podcast, I knew I had to get Ben on the podcast. 

I met Ben several years back at an entrepreneur conference and he is one of the most badass asian dudes I know.

Ben co-founded the company Natural Stacks, and I've seen it grow from one product to now over 20 with an incredible loyal fanbase of customers. 

Natural Stacks sells nootropic supplements - supplements for your brain. 

Ben has a lot of great entrepreneurial stories to tell in this podcas

Yo! Welcome to the first episode of Badass Asian Dudes, a podcast by Chris Kim to highlight inspirational life-stories, interviews, actionable advice, and lessons from Asian entrepreneurs, investors, influencers, entertainers, experts, researchers, and more.

In this episode I tell you why I started this podcast and also give you a background on myself. Who the hell is Chris Kim?!

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