Anthony Tse has a background in finance and is a two time founder. First, at the age of 30, Anthony started his own hedge fund, Pangu Capital Limited. Then in 2018, at the age 40. Anthony built his own preschool group in Singapore, which was recently acquired. Today, Anthony is starting a coaching business focused on high-achieving professionals.

At the age of 4, Jeremy Harvey was put into foster care, due to his parents’ issues with abuse, neglect, and substance abuse. After leaving foster care, Jeremy has dedicated his life to helping other children in the system.

First, at Cook County Illinois as a paralegal advocating for foster children on a case by case basis. Then at the state level for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services as a Deputy Director, as the Deputy Chief of Staff, and the Chief Accountability Officer.

Then for multiple states - as a change management consultant for foster care for the state departments of Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. And today. at the federal level - working for the Office for Refugee Resettlement under the Unaccompanied Children Program.

In this episode, Jeremy shares his story and life mission with us.

Lee Cheng is an attorney and civil rights activist who has fought discrimination against Asian Americans for three decades.

Lee helped found the Asian American Legal Foundation and Asian American Coalition for Education. Most well known for its part in helping win the Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. A landmark decision of the US Supreme Court in 2023 in which the court held that race-based affirmative action programs in college admissions processes violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

As the Chief Legal Officer for Newegg, Lee was famously known as "chief troll hunter.” He was one of the few attorneys a decade ago to fight back against the multi-billion dollar patent troll industry and win.

In this episode. we talk about Lee's fight against IP patent trolls and race-based affirmative action.

Gene Lee is the founder and CEO of Better Me NYC, where he teaches communities to raise awareness and find inner peace through breath and meditation.

Gene has taught and arranged events for tens of thousands participants globally. Including at events such as Tze San Sze Monastery in Hong Kong, and the Feel Good Festival in Shanghai. And has worked with corporate clients such as NIKE and WeWork.

Before starting Better Me NYC, Gene worked in investment banking and wealth management, leading expansion efforts in Asia, at JPMorgan, HSBC, and BBVA.

In this episode, we talk about Gene's journey from investment banker to dharma yoga teacher. And the different ways we can raise awareness and find inner peace.

Learn more about Gene and Better Me NYC:

• Instagram: @bettermenyc
• Website: https://bmnyc.co/

In this episode Will shares his discovery that he has ADHD, why he has comfort with vulnerability, and how he's building community. Andrew shares his coaching business.

Conrad Lee is the former mayor of Bellevue, Washington from 2012 to 2013. He’s been serving on the city council of Bellevue since 1994. He is Bellevue's first minority member of the City Council and its longest continuous serving member. Conrad is not only the first Chinese American mayor, but the first minority mayor of Bellevue. Bellevue is home to some of the world's largest technology companies, including Amazon. And has been rated one of best places to live by CNNMoney and USA Today.

In this episode, Conrad shares immigrant story as a  Chinese American and what he's learned while pursuing the American dream.

We bring our friend Hanny Pei-Rodriguez on the podcast to share her stories with us.  

Deron Quon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, a connector, and community builder. Deron hosts an incredible monthly breakfast in Los Angeles called Breakfast of Champions, centered around authentic conversations and being genuinely helpful towards others. Deron is the Founder and CEO of a new startup, Hoopla.com, an event discovery and booking app based on short-form video. 

In 1999, Deron co-Founded Menus.com, which failed during the dot-com bubble bust in 2001. However, from the assets of Menus.com, he Co-Founded and bootstrapped Datassential, which has become the global leader in data analytics and research for the foodservice industry with clients like Nestle, Kraft Foods, Coca-Cola, Door Dash, and MacDonald’s. Datassential sold a majority stake to Spectrum Equity, a growth private equity firm, in 2019 for $125M.

Deron also Co-Founded Collective Solution, a global call center business, in 2002. Collective Solution has over 3,000 employees and provides customer service and back-office operations to leading ecommerce and media companies like Amazon, Minted, Fashion Nova, and Triller, from its call centers in the Philippines, Honduras, and Jamaica.

At the age of 18, Anthony dropped out of college to take the Thiel Fellowship and pursue his first startup, EnvoyNow. Which was acquired by JoyRun, then by Walmart.

Seven years ago at the age of 21, Anthony suffered a life-changing accident that left him as a quadriplegic. Although he’s recovered some function since, he’s still currently in a wheelchair.

Today, Anthony is the Cofounder and CEO of Vinovest. Vinovest helps investors diversify their portfolios into rare wine and whiskey, an asset class that has outperformed the S&P over the past three decades. Vinovest has over $100MM in assets under management.

In this episode, we discuss

• Becoming paralyzed at 21. And how he persevered to grow and sell Envoy Now.
• His relationship with his wife Mckenna  and how they've stayed together since teenagers.
• Securing Mark Cuban as his first angel investor through a Shark Tank-esque campus pitch.
• Leaving college as a Thiel Fellow and meeting Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin.
• Hustling to work for Blockfolio, its sale to FTX, and meeting Sam Bankman-Fried.
• The genesis of Vinovest and how he carved out a serious reputation in the wine industry.

Learn more about Anthony:

• Vinovest Website: www.vinovest.co
• Video: Anthony pitching Mark Cuban Shark Tank-style
• Anthony's Instagram: @anthony_j_zhang
• Anthony's Twitter: @anthony_j_zhang
• Fortune: A 22-Year-Old Entrepreneur Moves Forward After a Life-Changing Accident Left Him Paralyzed

Today we are joined by Julian Chan, an entertainment attorney in private practice with an incredibly diverse clientele. A few of his clients include a billion-dollar internet retail company, internet businesses, best-selling authors, film production companies, and the official North and South American representative of the Shaolin temple.  A few high profile clients include Neil Strauss and Andrew Huberman.

Julian is one of the most colorful and interesting people I have ever met. The first time I met him, he explained to me why and how he has so many porn star friends that he used to know. And the second time we met, he gave me a tour of an incredible Hollywood mansion that his client turned into a Tiktok influencer content house. The decisions Julian has made and the path he has taken is unlike anything I’ve ever seen.

Learn more about Julian:

• julianchanlegal.com
• Fetti: Julian Chan’s Legal Career: From Finalizing $100M Deals To Representing Billion Dollar Brands