Navigating the Rise

Navigating the Rise


Latest Episodes

#1 - 10 Gifts to Never Give To a Chinese
September 05, 2019

These objects signify death...or bad luck --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/navigatingtherise/support

[S1] [E17] What's It Like and How to Be an Asian Influencer w/ Jerry Liu, Digital Content Creator @ Jerry Liu Films
August 28, 2019

This week we have the opportunity to speak with Jerry Liu.  Jerry is a full time digital content creator and currently have more than 130K subscribers on YouTube, 181k subscribers on Facebook. Having spent time in journalism, PR, and more than 10,000

[S1] [S16] How to Leverage Influencing Principles and Use that Across Cultures w/ Heather Havenwood, One of 50 Must-Follow Women Entrepreneurs (Huffington Post)
August 15, 2019

This week we explored with Heather Havenwood on how to to be a successful influencer.  We talked about the foundation of what it takes to be an influencer as well as how to leverage that foundation and tie that to Asian culture and upbringings. &nbsp

[S1] [E15] How to Change Your Mindset to Be an Entrepreneur w/ Rick Nguyen, Co-Founder of Spot Trender
July 29, 2019

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 Tre

[S1] [E14] Managing Dual Cultural Identity with Dan Matthews, Partner/Lead Producer at International Secret Agents
July 15, 2019

This week we have the opportunity to speak with Dan Matthews. Dan is an alternative rap artist from Los Angeles, CA. His high energy performance is mirrored with lyrics about self-reflection, addiction, and identity. He draws on electic inspiration from t

[S1] [E13] (Version 2) Mindset in Building a $100 Million Company w/ Harrison Tang, CEO of Spokeo
June 29, 2019

This week we have the opportunity to speak with Harrison Tang, who is now the CEO and Co-founder of Spokeo.  According to an article from Hyperlush, the company has achieved significant milestones to be where they are now.  Harrison gave us many

[S1] [E13] (Version 1) Mindset in Building a $100 Million Company w/ Harrison Tang, CEO of Spokeo
June 29, 2019

This week we have the opportunity to speak with Harrison Tang, who is now the CEO and Co-founder of Spokeo.  According to an article from Hyperlush, the company has achieved significant milestones to be where they are now.  Harrison gave us many

[S1] [E12] An Engineer's Life from Asian Upbringing w/ George Lu, the Data Engineer at Figure
June 14, 2019

This week I have the opportunity to interview George (not me) since his last name is Lu.  We give a load down on what it is like to be an engineer in today's world.  Right now being in tech is as crazy as it was to be in finance about 10+ years

[S1] [E11] How to Be a Physican...or Not with Nancy Ly and Nick Huynh, Cardiologist and Pulmonologist
May 31, 2019

This week we explored what it is like to be a doctor.  As we all know, most Asian parents want their kids to aspire to become a doctor.  Little did they know, there are many kinds of doctors, with some don't pay that well.  Heck, even being

[S1] [E10] How to Overcome Multi-cultural Communicational Barriers and Multi-cultural Identity Crisis with Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks, Behavioral Scientist - Business School Professor
May 15, 2019

This week we explored how to overcome multi-cultural communication barriers as well as multi-cultural identity crisis.  We explored different contexts across communication styles situations where cultural norms can affect perceptions negatively or po