Why You No Doctor: An Asian-American Podcast

Episode 13: Almost exactly a year ago, Tanya Zhang left a cushy corporate job at Ernst & Young to co-found an e-commerce start-up that fills a gap in dress shirts for slim men, Nimble Made (@nimblemade). From learning the ins and outs of an unfamiliar yet saturated fashion industry, to being the literal 24/7 customer service chat response on their website, to self-funding the entirety of the company, chasing your dream and founding your own venture is an experience Tanya can't compare to ...

Episode 12: Natasha Jung (@natashajung) is the founder and executive producer of Cold Tea Collective, a new media platform dedicated to telling the real stories and perspectives of Asian millennials with the means of celebrating their heritage.But before Natasha found her calling, she worked tirelessly at her corporate marketing job - only to meet the end of the road when she wasn’t performing up to par: her heart wasn’t in it. It took a lot of deep-digging and self-reflection, but with the d...

Episode 11: Nathanael Ren (@nathanaelren) is the Co-founder and Chief Growth Officer at Buoy Health, a start-up that’s leveraging artificial intelligence to create a free, digital health tool that provides consumers with a real-time, accurate analysis of their symptoms. And though he jumped on board because he couldn’t see a future without this tool, carrying out the decision to leave a corporate job for the start-up life isn’t easy.It not only means sometimes working over 100 hours a week, b...

Episode 10: Nathalie Con (@nathaliecon) is the VP of Strategy at Giant Spoon, a marketing and advertising agency that ranks at #37 on LinkedIn’s 2019 Top Startups list. She started at Giant Spoon in 2014 as their second hire in the Los Angeles office, and has since been promoted four times to now fill the shoes of a Vice President at a full-scale company that’s expanded to over 200 employees. To add on to her impressive resume, Nathalie was awarded the 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30 award in Ma...

Episode 9: Andy Lin (@outromundialista) is the founder and creative director of the Self-Portrait Project (@selfportraitp), an experience that aims to empower people to create their own images and ultimately, express themselves through their own means.Andy has done it all - he’s dropped out of college, been a part of a Christian rock band, founded a non-profit, and somehow along the way… he’s found his own way of helping the world around him in a meaningful way. After 10 years of working to g...

Episode 8: Tuan Ho (@2onhello) couldn’t afford to pay the tuition to the only college his was accepted to. But one summer and 40 scholarship essays later, he accumulated over $500,000 in scholarships and gladly took the full-ride to Northeastern University.Since then, Tuan has taken his experience and multiplied it by 100. He is now the CEO and Co-founder of ScholarJet, a company that's creating a future where people are rewarded during their pursuit for a career based on their ability; the p...

Episode 7: When he was attending Cal State Fullerton, Kevin Chiu (@kvn_chiu) barely graduated with a 2.1 GPA. Now, he and his brother have successfully acquired their Series A funding (over $15 million dollars) for their company Catalyst, the first customer success platform built by a team of customer success leaders. At only 27 years old, he became part of the Forbes 30 Under 30 class of 2019.That sounds glimmering, but it sometimes isn’t. Kevin sheds light on the ups and downs his company h...

Episode 6: Archie Kao (@archiekao) is an American and Chinese actor best known for series regulars roles on Chicago P.D., Power Rangers Lost Galaxy as well as long-running hit CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In this episode of the Why You No Doctor Podcast, learn how running for student body vice president during college pushed Archie “throw his hat over the fence” to pursue acting, and hear the genuine advice he has for young students and professionals that want to break into the acting...

Episode 5: You define your own success - that’s the biggest lesson Kenny Nguyen (@the_kennynguyen), now the CEO of a successful marketing agency, learned when he dropped out of college during his sophomore year. Since getting fired from PacSun in high school, Kenny has harnessed all the momentum in moving forward with his life: he founded a public speaking consulting business called Big Fish Presentations in college, and is now heading ThreeSixtyEight, a modern marketing and branding age...

Episode 4: Justin Ching (@justinrching) is a producer who has made hit series for many media giants including Disney, YouTube, and Fox. He’s since left his full-time job at Fox to pursue a different kind of journey; in 2016, he founded his own production company, j-school, through which he works to tell the stories that matter the most: those of all underrepresented groups. What started with a free editing software called iMovie has now brewed into a continuous passion beyond just a care...