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Ep 113: How Do You Build a 200,000+ community in 3 years?! | Bryan Pham (Co-Founder, Asian Hustle Network, AHNF, AHN Ventures, Hate Is A Virus)
Everyone wants to start a community while Bryan Pham (with his co-founder, Maggie Chui) has grown a global community from 0 to 200,000+ in 3 years! đ±Â
#casual
Best of all?
It started as a âscrew youâ moment. đ
In all seriousness, Bryan is the founder of Asian Hustle Network (âAHNâ), AHNF & AHN Ventures.Â
And has had quite the unconventional journey:
đźBryanâs parents fled the Vietnam War & taught him that investments and business were taboo
đźHe worked as a software engineer & realised that companies didnât have his back; youâd be fired even if youâd been working there for 20 years!
đźHe tried an Amazon selling side hustle - and lost $22k
Although:
đ„His roommate got him into property investment - and he made $200k+ from his first sale!
đ„He built a real estate investment community of 2,000 in 2 years in the Bay Area.
But for 4 years, Bryan had been thinking about his why. And found himself wanting to build something for the Asian community.
A trip to the Meiji Shrine gave his idea the spark, a rejection gave it the light (youâll have to listen to find out what! đ), and within 3 days of AHN being born, the Asian Hustle Network had 1,000 members.
đ In 11 months: 60k members
đIn 1.5 years: 100k+ members
đIn 2 years: 120k+ members
Talk about fulfilling a need! đ±
But things werenât easy:Â
âčïžBryan was receiving hate messages (and wanted to quit after 8 months)Â
âčïž AHN wasnât profitable for years.
Things have since turned around
đ„AHN is incorporated in the USA, Singapore & Australia;
đ„Has its own venture fund;
đ„Also runs a non-profit fund; and
đ„Has expanded into Southeast Asia!
To learn the details of this transformation, how AHN grew from a Facebook group to a massive global super connector platform & Bryanâs lesson from launching the Hate Is A Movement, just listen to the latest episode 113 on the So This Is My Why podcast!
And do let us know what you think. đ
Highlights:
- 2:17 Growing up with $25
- 4:02 Investments & business were taboo at home!
- 5:31 Why computer science?
- 6:45 Companies arenât loyal đ
- 9:43 Starting his side hustle & losing $22,000 đ«
- 12:01 Getting into real estate investment
- 18:04 When youâre less reliant on your job, you start seeing whatâs wrong with it
- 20:17 I donât need to be an employee!
- 22:47 Depressed over finding the meaning of life
- 27:03 The Asian community is divided
- 31:04 Asian Hustle Networkâs mission
- 32:35 Being inspired by the Meiji Shrine
- 34:33 Going viral (thanks, Subtle Asian Traits!)
- 39:14 How do you make everyone feel like they belong?
- 41:11 Wanting to quit after 8 months
- 41:43 Hate Is A Virus movement
- 45:44 Running successful events
- 48:51 The trick to networking
- 50:09 Constantly innovating
- 51:18 Becoming profitable
- 53:04 Sponsorships
- 55:00 Moving to Southeast Asia
- 57:57 Difference to EST Media
- 58:46 The Vietnamese Way
- 1:03:11 Bing Chen of Gold House
đShow notes: www.sothisismywhy.com/113Â
 đ Weekly STIMY Newsletter that deconstructs how you build a portfolio career to prepare yourself for the future of work: https://sothisismywhy.ck.page/acd5bd1062
đ„łSTIMY episodes are now open to sponsorship! Just email [email protected] to find out more.
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Everyone wants to start a community while Bryan Pham (with his co-founder, Maggie Chui) has grown a global community from 0 to 200,000+ in 3 years! đ±Â
#casual
Best of all?
It started as a âscrew youâ moment. đ
In all seriousness, Bryan is the founder of Asian Hustle Network (âAHNâ), AHNF & AHN Ventures.Â
And has had quite the unconventional journey:
đźBryanâs parents fled the Vietnam War & taught him that investments and business were taboo
đźHe worked as a software engineer & realised that companies didnât have his back; youâd be fired even if youâd been working there for 20 years!
đźHe tried an Amazon selling side hustle - and lost $22k
Although:
đ„His roommate got him into property investment - and he made $200k+ from his first sale!
đ„He built a real estate investment community of 2,000 in 2 years in the Bay Area.
But for 4 years, Bryan had been thinking about his why. And found himself wanting to build something for the Asian community.
A trip to the Meiji Shrine gave his idea the spark, a rejection gave it the light (youâll have to listen to find out what! đ), and within 3 days of AHN being born, the Asian Hustle Network had 1,000 members.
đ In 11 months: 60k members
đIn 1.5 years: 100k+ members
đIn 2 years: 120k+ members
Talk about fulfilling a need! đ±
But things werenât easy:Â
âčïžBryan was receiving hate messages (and wanted to quit after 8 months)Â
âčïž AHN wasnât profitable for years.
Things have since turned around
đ„AHN is incorporated in the USA, Singapore & Australia;
đ„Has its own venture fund;
đ„Also runs a non-profit fund; and
đ„Has expanded into Southeast Asia!
To learn the details of this transformation, how AHN grew from a Facebook group to a massive global super connector platform & Bryanâs lesson from launching the Hate Is A Movement, just listen to the latest episode 113 on the So This Is My Why podcast!
And do let us know what you think. đ
Highlights:
- 2:17 Growing up with $25
- 4:02 Investments & business were taboo at home!
- 5:31 Why computer science?
- 6:45 Companies arenât loyal đ
- 9:43 Starting his side hustle & losing $22,000 đ«
- 12:01 Getting into real estate investment
- 18:04 When youâre less reliant on your job, you start seeing whatâs wrong with it
- 20:17 I donât need to be an employee!
- 22:47 Depressed over finding the meaning of life
- 27:03 The Asian community is divided
- 31:04 Asian Hustle Networkâs mission
- 32:35 Being inspired by the Meiji Shrine
- 34:33 Going viral (thanks, Subtle Asian Traits!)
- 39:14 How do you make everyone feel like they belong?
- 41:11 Wanting to quit after 8 months
- 41:43 Hate Is A Virus movement
- 45:44 Running successful events
- 48:51 The trick to networking
- 50:09 Constantly innovating
- 51:18 Becoming profitable
- 53:04 Sponsorships
- 55:00 Moving to Southeast Asia
- 57:57 Difference to EST Media
- 58:46 The Vietnamese Way
- 1:03:11 Bing Chen of Gold House
đShow notes: www.sothisismywhy.com/113Â
 đ Weekly STIMY Newsletter that deconstructs how you build a portfolio career to prepare yourself for the future of work: https://sothisismywhy.ck.page/acd5bd1062
đ„łSTIMY episodes are now open to sponsorship! Just email [email protected] to find out more.
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