entrepreneurship Archives - Navigating the Rise

25Jun 2020 by georgewp

[S2] [E11] Why People Who Know How to Be Outgoing Make Great Entrepreneurs with Carl Choi, Founder & CEO at The Great Company

Business, Culture

Photo by Isaac Alvarez Navigating different cultures is always tricky, and communication can further highlight the differences between Eastern and Western cultures. Hence, some Asian-Americans might find themselves in embarrassing situations as they adjust to their environment. People who reach out to others will not only break the communication barrier but also discover something else about themselves. In this episode, Carl Choi talks about his early experiences in moving from Hong Kong to the United States. He discusses how communication differs between the two cultures he encountered. Carl shares how he overcame these challenges and cultivated a more outgoing personality which made him who he is today. If you're also struggling with the culture gap and want to be inspired to break through it, tune in to this episode. Here…

28Apr 2020 by georgewp

[S2] [E7] Why You Can Never Be the Top 1% with Angeline Wehmeyer, Wealth Strategist and Entrepreneur Builder at Angeline Wehmeyer, LLC

Business, Culture

This week we have the opportunity to discuss with Angeline Wehmeyer on she went from making minimum wage with a master's degree to owning 1000's apartment units. Angeline Wehmeyer has always been an entrepreneur at heart. Her passion is to share her system with others to continually add more value and help them create a lifestyle filled with health & wealth, joy & abundance. Angeline's life shattered when she graduated from her master's program. Upon graduation, she could only find a minimum wage job. All the schooling she did made her realize the story that was playing in her head is no longer serving her to achieve the success she imagined as such her journey to life transformation has begun since then. New Journey The journey first started when she…

14Apr 2020 by georgewp

[S2] [E6] How to Start a Business Abroad When You Are Elsewhere with Surbhi Rathore, Co-founder at Symbl.ai

Business, Culture, Tech

This week we had the opportunity to speak with Surbhi Rathore. Surbhi Rathore is the CEO and Co-Founder of Symbl, the first conversational intelligence API Platform that automatically analyzes free-flowing human to human natural conversations to generate shared knowledge and actionable insights. Symbl recently expanded its operations from India to the United States after closing its $1.8M in venture funding, 6 months back. They have grown teams in India and Seattle to over 25 people and work as a distributed family of tech junkies spread across geographic regions. She comes with a background in various technical and customer-obsessed roles across startups and enterprises like Nevis Networks and Amdocs. Prior to leading Symbl, she was working in the Conversational AI space focussed on delivering value to Telco users. She is also…

28Mar 2020 by georgewp

[S2] [E5] How to Be an Expert at Emergent Technologies with Amit Joshi, CEO of HashPrix

Business, Culture, Tech

For any company, integrating innovation with your business model is key to delivering better products and services to your customers. If you’re looking into using emergent technologies in your business, you have to innovate and use your resources well. In this week’s episode, we’re chatting with Amit Josh, the CEO of the blockchain domain company HashPrix. Amit shares his entrepreneurial journey, and he lets us in on his knowledge on how to be an expert quickly at new technologies. He also talks more in-depth about how residing in different countries has helped shape his perspective not only in business but also in life. This episode is packed with valuable insights on entrepreneurship and firsthand experiences on different cultural exposure. I hope you get loads of takeaways after the show! Here…

28Feb 2020 by Navigating the Rise

[S2] [E3] How Asian Culture Help Propels Entrepreneurship with John Kang, Co-Founder and CEO of Reasi

Business

This week I have the honor of having a session with Co-Founder and CEO of Reasi. Reasi automates property settlements so customers can transact real estate using only their phones. Reasi streamlined home closings and eliminated frustration in a $110 billion industry plagued by expensive fees and wire fraud. However the deal is sourced; Reasi will close it efficiently and securely. John described how his Asian culture ensures his worth ethic. His experience showcased that Asians are discriminated against. Hene, he believes that it is up to Asians themselves to put in the extra effort to bridge the gap. Like other successful entrepreneurs, he doesn't want to give anyone an excuse for any failures, even if the reason is something he can't change, such as his race. Challenges From the…

14Feb 2020 by Navigating the Rise

[S2] [E2] How Superstition Affects People’s Lives with John Houser, Content/Web Project Manager at Verizon Wireless

Business

John is a web manager with over 10+ years of experience launching web sites, applications, and content to market. My passion lies in learning new techniques and technologies to improve business operations. We explored how deep superstitions are within different cultures, and the range of depth is varied depending on where in the world you are. We explored both Eastern and Western countries on where they are in the superstition ladder and that Eastern has more significant. Tarot Cards as One Analogy John also mentioned how he got into Tarot readings and how one of the podcasts that were related to fiction that caused him to explore the unknown. One of the merch is tarot cards. He decided to explore that and became one of the most popular things at…

30Dec 2019 by Navigating the Rise

[S1] [E24] How to Build Up a Successful Business with Alex Yu, Luxury Home Specialist at First Team Estates

Business

Alexander Yu, Luxury Home Specialist This week we explored how to build up the mentality of having a successful business when the traditional path either cannot or won't serve you. Alex started his career a bit different from most people. He had most of his income came from commissions. That means he gets paid based on results as opposed to time like a regular job. As a result, he had to be creative in how he approaches his career. Like most Asian households, he had a lot of communication challenges with Asian parents. For example, these include what needs to be done where pleasing his parents meant making minimum wage. He decided to chart his path into a real estate business. He also altered his mindset on his approaches toward…

28Nov 2019 by Navigating the Rise

[S1][E22] How to Disappoint Your Asian Parents w/ Mary Ngo, Founder of Little Shop of Mary

Business

This week we explored with engineer turned business owner. She branched out in creating not one, but two businesses. We examined how she went about creating her activities. Also, we examined what Asian traits she utilized to make her business successful. Some sample traits mentioned including the cost-conscious and the hard-working behavior. These behaviors are commonly exhibited in the Asian community. Perfection helped her in addressing all the logistics in opening her first sandwich shop. We also explored how the Asian culture of being obedient and humble hurt our climbing of the corporate environment, which also contributed to her desire to opening her businesses.

28Aug 2019 by Navigating the Rise

[S1] [E17] What’s It Like and How to Be an Asian Influencer w/ Jerry Liu, Digital Content Creator @ Jerry Liu Films

Business, Culture

This week we have the opportunity to speak with Jerry Liu. Jerry is a full-time digital content creator and currently has more than 130K subscribers on YouTube, 181k subscribers on Facebook. Having spent time in journalism, PR, and more than 10,000 hours in the digital media space, Jerry carries unique communications experience in traditional and digital media and offers a unique blend of passion, energy, and focus to his works and to clients and employers. Jerry started his first YouTube channel (called JerryLiuFilms) for fun, but it developed into multiple brands. Since 2011, He gained more than 30 Million views and partnered with Multi-Channel Networks like Fullscreen and BBTV. Besides YouTube, he also experimented with other digital media platforms. He also put videos on YouKu and Bilibili, two of China's…

29Jul 2019 by Navigating the Rise

[S1] [E15] How to Change Your Mindset to Be an Entrepreneur w/ Rick Nguyen, Co-Founder of Spot Trender

Business, Tech

This week we have the opportunity to speak with Ricky Nguyen, who is the Co-founder of Spot Trender. As Co-founder at Spot Trender, Rick creates and refines enterprise solutions for professional advertisers to win hearts and minds. He built Spot Trender from scratch to profitability. In his spare time, Rick enjoys various projects to promote STEM education and advanced science in the United States. Background Rick appreciates his situation as an immigrant from Vietnam. For him, he believes that because he immigrated, he had the perspective of Vietnamese as well as incorporating the perspective of Americans. Also, Rick attributes much of his success as being able to combine the two different aspects and happy to have immigrated here. Because of the upbringing within America, Rick had a paradigm shift. He…

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