$7,000,000 in Series A funding. 5,000,000 meals delivered. Zero-waste by 2025. Founded in January 2015, FreshPrep is a Vancouver-based meal kit company that helps busy people like you create world-class dinners in minutes. In this episode, I sit down with FreshPrep co-CEO, Dhruv Sood to dig into their 6 year journey as a start-up.

Awareness for the Plant-Based Lifestyle blew up last year. Beyond Meat went public and the Game Changers documentary sparked controversy about whether the plant-based lifestyle for athletes was merely hype - or if it actually helped athletic performance. Not wanting to be misguided by media, I simply dialed a friend, Henry Yeh. Henry is the founder of Sproutans, a non-profit community that advocates and enrolls others into exploring a plant-based lifestyle.

In 2004, William Hung became a worldwide phenomenon after getting roasted by American Idol judges Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul. He quickly amassed a fan-base, signed a record deal and hit the Billboard charts with his album 'Inspiration'. But then Will disappeared. What happened to him? Technical Crime Analyst. Professional Poker Player. Keynote Speaker. In this interview, Will and I catch up on his life after American Idol - and how he turned failure into success. 

-Recorded in March 2020 

I wanted to hear firsthand how small business owners are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. In this podcast episode, I find myself with the Donut Princess of LA, Mayly Tao👸🏻 We explore... 🌥 how Mayly has adapted her business to face the coronavirus 🍩 what she did to innovate a long standing, multi-generational family business 👩🏻 the rise of anti-Asian sentiment in these times

What’s it like to quit your job, launch a company and sell it for $1.8M? How does making an impact tie into that? Bob Wang and I dive into everything from his start-up to starting a family, from marriage and mission.

Where does grit and drive come from - nature or nurture? How do we find purpose? In this intimate interview, we turn the tables and place the spotlight on our host, Jay Kiew. Unable to shake off this inexplicable desire to aspire for more, Jay opens up on his journey of fighting cancer, losing loved ones - and his calling to change the world. 

[This episode was published via Millennials with Machetes, our former podcast on hacking your way through the thick of life]

As we begin to build upon our identities in our teenage years, how do the events that impact us collide with the decisions we make? 

In this episode, Noelle and I dig into the various pillars of his multi-faceted journey as the youngest of 4 growing up, from basketball to b-boy battles, from poetry to powerlifting, from film to faith.

[This episode was published via Millennials with Machetes, our former podcast on hacking your way through the thick of life] 

I'm joined by Sean McDaniel, the owner, dog trainer, and behaviour consultant of The Dog's Way. 

We talk through the dynamics of the dog training industry, the facts-and-fluff spectrum of training theories in psychology, and how it's natural for dog owners to become confused in knowing who to turn to.

[This episode was published via Millennials with Machetes, our former podcast on hacking your way through the thick of life]

What's the real estate market in San Francisco like? We've talked about Vancouver, but now we're machete-ing our way across the border. Jeff Hsieh and his wife Anne own 3 properties (valued at $730,000, $290,000 and $1.01M respectively) - and Jeff is only 29 years old.