The WLD Show

Clint Taura grew up in San Francisco in the restaurant business. The son of the owners of one of the first up-scale Japanese restaurants in the city. He grew up watching his family's restaurant popularize Japanese cuisine.

When Clint started his own dental practice in Japantown, San Francisco, he did things his own way. Informed by his upbringing, he has a unique philosophy when it comes to dentistry. While much harder than following the norm, he’s carving out his own path based on his principles. Clint has served as the Pre-Clinical Adjunct Instructor at the University of the Pacific, School of Dentistry. He is a former board member for the San Francisco Dental Society. He is also a former board member of Japantown, San Francisco.

Find Clint Taura online:

• www.japantowndentalsf.com
• @japantown_dental

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In 2014 Karina Hsieh decided with radical candor that she was not satisfied with her life. This led Karina to quit her job in Silicon Valley and embark on a journey of self discovery and introspection. One and a half years later, Karina cultivated her own self-love and compassion, and has since become a martial artist, fitness instructor, blogger and author. Her collection of poetry “Loving Yourself Into Being” was published earlier this year on Valentine's Day.

Find Karina Hsieh online:

• https://karinahsieh.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/karayhsieh/
• https://www.instagram.com/karayhsieh/

Download Karina's audiobook, Loving Yourself Into Being 

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• The origins of starting the podcast
• Process and tools with which they record, edit and publish content
• Insights on the art of hosting and better podcasting
• What's next?

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As someone who, growing up, David wasn’t given the tools to navigate a large corporation, David had to figure things out on his own. Over the years, I’ve watched him enter each new organization, always the underdog. Pushing through resistance to influence change and make a substantial impact. All while gaining the respect of everyone around him.

Today, David is the Director of Product Management for Apex Legends. Apex Legends is a free-to-play first-person shooter, battle royale game, with over 70 million players worldwide.   Prior to Apex Legends, David was the product manager or brand manager for blockbuster games such as Blizzard’s Hearthstone, Call of Duty, Skylanders, and Crash Bandicoot.

Find David Duong online: https://www.linkedin.com/in/duongdav/

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On Jan 26th 2020, the tragic death of the late basketball icon Kobe Bryant and his daughter shocked the world. Kobe's passion, focus and dedication in which he approached his life inspired a generation, and his mantra of the "Mamba Mentality" has resonated with millions. Taylor Lo is one of them. Once the top-ranked basketball player under 16 in Hong Kong, Taylor was forced to give up the game he loved. Over the next decade, he re-invented himself to become the globally top-performing business development manager at the online travel company Expedia, and finally realized his dream of becoming a top level semi-professional athlete.   In his own words, this is how Taylor embodies Mamba Mentality and maintains a steadfast, unwavering focus in constantly improving himself in all facets of his life.

Find Taylor Lo online:

• LinkedIn
• Instagram: @taylorklo

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Our guest is Joe Cha, who’s story can be divided into two acts. The first half of Joe’s life, by most standards, would be considered impressive and inspiring. Growing up in SoCal, Joe attended some of the top universities in the world, with multiple degrees from Stanford, as well an MBA from Harvard Business School. He has had a storied career, which includes being a one time consultant bringing multinational companies to China in the early 90’s, a tech entrepreneur who founded one of the hottest companies that raised millions of dollars during the first dotcom boom, he was also a corporate executive at Yahoo at the height of the platform’s influence.

However, through all of these experiences and accomplishments, while at times rewarding, Joe found only fleeting moments of happiness and satisfaction with his life. It took a perfect storm of personal and professional challenges that up-ended Joe’s world for him to redefine his values, priorities and life goals, and embark on the second chapter of his life.

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As a Chinese American, with a very cookie-cutter Asian American educational background, Evan Lai somehow ended up in Korea and created extraordinary career opportunities for himself.  

Most recently, Evan was the Head of Strategy for USA & LATAM and Director International Business Development for MyMusicTaste.  

MyMusicTaste is a global concert platform where fans vote for their favorite artists to perform. It’s part of the push that’s successfully brought Kpop to be accepted by a global audience.   He helped build and expand MyMusicTaste into more than 40 countries around the world, promoting more than 250 concerts in the past 3 years. MyMusicTaste raised over $28M from notable VCs such as Softbank Ventures Korea, Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, Formation 8, and Golden Gate Ventures. He’s personally planned/executed concerts for artists such as the xx, Kehlani, MGK, Rhye, EXO, BTS, GOT7.

In this episode with Evan, we'll dig into what it was like - essentially - being a foreigner in Asia. Learn how he adapted and created these amazing opportunities for himself. We’ll explore what Kpop is and how it’s become accepted in mainstream culture. Finally, we'll get his take on how the coronavirus has impacted the entire live events industry.

Today, we're turning the tables on co-host Lee Chang to learn more about his superpower in building relationships. While in China, Lee showed Will how important and how powerful it could be. Over the years, he’s been like an older brother and model that Will tries to emulate. And honestly, he’s gotten some unbelievable opportunities through this superpower. We wanted to dig into this and try to figure out how we can steal some of that magic and apply it in our own lives. 

A few of Lee's highlights:

• Professional Poker Player for many years.
• Received an MBA at China’s most prestigious university, Tsinghua
• Venture Partner and Advisor to the Chairman of Foxconn Technology Group
• Vice President of Baidu’s Investment Arm. Baidu Ventures.

We're introducing one of our hosts today, Will Chang. He discusses his time growing up as a Chinese American and time spent in China.