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Welcome back to Season 3, Episode 207 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are thrilled to have Doug Baldwin Jr. as our guest this week 🎙️

Doug Baldwin Jr. is a well-known figure in the world of sports and business. He's a Super Bowl champion who played for the Seattle Seahawks during his eight-year NFL career, making remarkable contributions to the team's success. Beyond his athletic achievements, Doug made a significant career shift, becoming the CEO and President of Vault 89 Ventures in 2019. This "human-centered investment company," based in Renton, Washington, reflects his dedication to creating meaningful and impactful investments.

Additionally, Doug is the CEO of Ventrk, a company specializing in health and lifestyle software. Their premier product, TheraCentric, is a physical therapy platform designed to increase patient engagement through home-based exercise programs.

Just this year, Doug was recognized by the Asian Hall of Fame for his football career and work off-the-field, and he dedicates this recognition to his Filipino grandmother who has helped him become who he is today.

🎧 Tune in to this episode to delve into the incredible journey of Doug Baldwin Jr. and his contributions to both sports and entrepreneurship.

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Welcome back to Season 3, Episode 206 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Steven Tang and Joanne Tabellija-Murphy on this week's show.

Steven Tang is the co-founder and CEO of JUJU Spirits, creators of Asian-inspired alcohol brands Drunk Fruit and Yoju. JUJU is bringing Asian cocktails like yogurt soju and Asian fruits like lychee to a market that has historically seen very little Asian influence. Prior to this company, Steven built products for creators at tech companies like Instagram and Twitch. As an immigrant, he's always found the strongest connection to his heritage through food and beverage.

Joanne Tabellija-Murphy joined Walmart in 2013 as the National Director of Constituent Relations in Corporate Affairs. As a seasoned change agent with a twenty-year history of transforming large international companies by leveraging institutional knowledge, Joanne is responsible for building partnerships and strategies that advance stakeholder advocacy and transform social change by building trust in the 4,700+ communities Walmart serves.

Walmart has kicked off the tenth annual Open Call event, being held this year Oct. 24-25. We are inviting small business owners and entrepreneurs to learn more about the opportunity to pitch their products made, grown or assembled in the U.S. to be sold on Walmart or Sam’s Club shelves, or at Walmart.com. Learn more about how you can be a part of the next Open Call: https://engage.walmart-jump.com/open-call-2023

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Welcome back to Season 3, Episode 205 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Allison Hueman on this week's show with our host, Misa Chien.

Allison Hueman is a multidisciplinary artist based in Oakland, CA. Recently celebrated for her ground-breaking NBA jersey design for the Golden State Warriors, Hueman’s work comes to life in multiple mediums.

Whether she is creating delicate visions on canvas, augmenting reality through video projections and other digital media, or crushing massive walls with a spray can, she often draws on the human condition to create colorful mash-ups of the abstract and figurative.

In January 2022, Hueman premiered her award-winning immersive art experience, Homebody, a 20,000-square-foot experience brought to life by projection mapping and augmented reality. Hueman’s distinctly gauzy art style is what she likes to call “etherealism,” a blend of ethereal realism. Her pieces explore themes of time, memory, trauma, and healing, and her layered work can be seen on streets and in galleries worldwide.

She balances her time between exhibitions and creating public works while also collaborating with some of the world's top brands that include the Wynn Las Vegas, Adobe, Nike, Google, L’Oreal, Sony Music, and many more. Her work has found homes in the collections of Ava Duvernay, Usher, P!nk, and Swizz Beats.

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Welcome back to Season 3, Episode 204 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Celeste Perez on this week's show with our host, Misa Chien.

Celeste is a creative entrepreneur with experience in branding, product development, multimedia content creation, and marketing. Her latest food and beverage product is Droplet, a stress-balancing adaptogen beverage. Since its launch in March of 2020, Droplet has since won two Dieline Awards in Brand Identity and Packaging, and has been featured in the New York Times, Forbes, and Vogue. The brand is now available at drinkdroplet.com, Erewhon Market, Urban Outfitters, and over 450 independent retailers in the USA, Canada, and EU.

In 2015, Celeste launched Well Fed, a modern branding studio and product foundry. Well Fed’s clients include celebrity talent, VC’s, and CPG innovators like Range Media, tyb.xyz, Wanderlust Creamery, and SBE Hospitality Group's portfolio of luxury properties worldwide. Prior to Well Fed, Celeste started her career doing product development at Disney Consumer Products, and launched her first DTC organic skincare line, Nectar, at the age of 23.

In 2017, Celeste launched Artful, an all-online design studio providing meaningful work for creative women. With designers, developers, and content creators, Artful offers fair pay and flexible work schedules for women in developing economies. Her experience as a freelance creative also led her to start FreelanceIsntFreeCA.org, a campaign to enact laws protecting California's 2 million freelancers from non-payment.

Celeste graduated from USC with a degree in broadcast journalism, and minors in music and entrepreneurship. A champion of LA’s food scene, Celeste became a trusted local community & culture guide for corporate teams at Google, Airbnb, YouTube, and Nestlé. As a host, her "bite-sized" food and travel videos have garnered millions of views on AppleTV and Tastemade, where she has also hosted episodes of Taste Test, a foodie trivia show for Snapchat Discover.

Celeste is based in Los Angeles and proudly represents her Filipino-American heritage.

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Welcome back to Season 3, a Special Episode of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Jingyi Shao on this week's show.

Jingyi Shao is a 2nd Gen Chinese American writer/director working in film and TV. Born in Shanghai but raised in the suburbs of New Jersey, Jingyi’s leans into his multicultural background as a way to tell stories that inspire and bring different communities closer together. An award-winning commercial director who shot for international brands such as Adidas, Cartier and Dove, Jing was recently named to Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch for 2023 for his feature debut Chang Can Dunk. His screenplay for the film was 2nd on the 2020 Black List and was developed by Disney as a Disney+ Original. The film makes its worldwide premiere on the service on March 10th.

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Welcome back to Season 3, Episode 203 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Rick Hu on this week's show.

Rick Hu is the founder & CEO of Midas Wealth. He helps clients with all aspects of their investment and personal financial planning matters while also directing the firm’s financial strategies for client portfolios.

Prior to founding Midas Wealth, Rick was the Managing Director of Northwestern Mutual’s Chinatown office, which he built at just 25 years old. Under his leadership, the office generated increased growth every year, eventually becoming the number one district office in its category by its 5th year of operation.

Rick’s initial focus of advocating for financial literacy in his local communities has since broadened to a diverse base of clientele. He is the recipient of many awards and distinctions for his sustained vision, outstanding leadership, and client commitment. He is a frequent speaker both at home and internationally where he teaches clients and other financial professionals about financial planning. In addition, he has been featured in publications such as Forbes, ChimeTV, Yahoo Finance, Newsday, World Journal, and US China Press.

Aside from work, Rick enjoys spending time with friends and family, exercising, traveling and being a huge foodie.

He currently resides in the suburbs of New Jersey with his wife – Hana, son – Midas and twin daughters – Mila and Sophia.

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