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· Laura Dang
LinkedIn May Owe You Up To $1500 — Here’s How to Get the Cash
Individuals who used the professional networking site LinkedIn between 2011 to 2014 may be able to file a claim against the company worth up to $1,500. The payout comes as part of a settlement the company agreed to in resolving the $13 million class-action lawsuit filed against…
· Editorial Staff
That Awkward Moment a Startup Bro Asks LinkedIn’s Founder Why His Product Sucks
It’s tough to be one of the most respected entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley when startup bros try to call you out for having a confusing product. Reid Hoffman, venture capitalist and billionaire co-founder of LinkedIn, had an awkward interaction last week at Fortune’s Brainstorm…
· Ryan General
Teen ‘Sugar Baby’ Sued for $1.5 Million by Businessman Ex-Boyfriend
A businessman is suing his ex-girlfriend of 11 months for allegedly lying about her age, exploiting him for financial gain and threatening to destroy his life after he ended their relationship. The unnamed plaintiff, who was identified only as a 45-year-old “Senior Director at a…
· Editorial Staff
Singaporean Entrepreneur is Helping Small Farmers Play With the Big Boys
Sentinel Chain is doing something revolutionary and disruptive for the small scale agricultural farmers of the world. The major problem of small farmers is they have a hard time securing financial services based on current stipulations to generate credit. These small, usually…
· Carl Samson
L.A. Times’ Beijing Chief ‘Deeply Sorry’ After Being Accused of Pressuring Woman For Sex
Amid a rising #MeToo movement in China, Los Angeles Times Beijing Bureau Chief Jonathan Kaiman came under fire after a woman accused him Thursday of pressuring her into having sex. In a Medium post on Jan. 11, Laura Tucker — a former friend and roommate in Beijing — described…
· Bob Wu
17 Most Influential Asian Americans in Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
A VC told me recently that it’s hard for them focus on anything else except for blockchain and crypto companies. Given the excitement around blockchain, digital currencies, bitcoin, and ICOs, I thought it would be interesting to recognize the Asian Americans that are the most…
· Ryan General
Australian Businessman Pays For Poor Chinese Student’s Tuition After Hearing His Struggles
A poor Chinese student in Australia wrote a touching piece after achieving an impressive Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) score of 99.85 in the Higher School Certificate (HSC), just .05 point score shot of attaining a much-needed scholarship to study a combined law…
· Ryan General
Idaho High School Basketball Coach Arrested For Sex With Student
Local authorities in Idaho have arrested a female high school basketball coach on an accusation of sexual misconduct with an underage student. Gooding High School employee Ann Kuroki, 26, was arrested on Friday night in Gooding, Idaho after police found evidence of a sexual…
· Bryan Ke
English Teacher at Top School in China Fired Over Sexual Abuse Allegations
Shanghai American School (SAS) alumni have penned an open letter to the school’s administrators responding to backlash over the sexual misconduct allegations made against high school English teacher James Mikkelson. Haeryun Kang, a former student at SAS, one of the top…
· Bryan Ke
Meet the Woman Now Representing Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the White House
The Department of Education officially named Holly Ham as the new executive director for the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). Holly Ham will serve as @WhiteHouseAAPI’s new Executive Director. Read more: https://t.co/Qx0MOVCuyu…
· Ryan General
Former U.S. Marine Gets Life in Prison For Raping and Murdering Japanese Woman in 2016
A former United States military base worker has reportedly been sentenced to life in prison for raping and killing a Japanese woman on the island of Okinawa in Japan. According to local media outlet NHK, 33-year-old Kenneth Franklin Shinzato was found guilty by Naha District…
· Ryan General
Japanese Entrepreneur Uses Video Games to Fight Depression
A Japanese entrepreneur has imported a role-playing game from New Zealand to help patients suffering from depression. According to Hikari Lab founder Ayako Shimizu, she first noticed how mental illnesses like depression and anxiety are perceived and dealt with more openly in…
· Carl Samson
Asian American Woman Among the 59 Dead in Las Vegas Massacre
An Asian American woman died from the shooting in Las Vegas that killed 58 others and injured 527 more on Sunday night. The massacre from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino took the life of Michelle Vo, whose loved ones have since been mourning.
· Ryan General
Canadian ‘Professor’ Buys Fake Diploma, Uses it to Start Fake College in China
Mount Knowledge is a “school” established by Canadian Erwin Sniedzins in China that uses a so-called “Knowledge Generator” to train learners and local ELT/ESL teachers. Through his school, he was able to market the learning technique as something he supposedly learned through…
· Carl Samson
Teacher With History of Raping Young Girls Hired at Prestigious Beijing School
Robert John Robertson, a former teacher in Canada, is reportedly teaching in Beijing after being stripped of his credentials for a history of sexual misconduct. Robertson, who is believed to be in his 60s, was first accused of engaging in illicit sexual activities while teaching…
· Jenny Shay
How Rich FOBs and Asian Yuppies Are Gentrifying Chinatown
Born in China and raised in middle-of-nowhere Pleasanton, California, making the trek to San Francisco had always been a privilege that expanded my young mind and helped me reconnect with my cultural roots. Beyond visits to the California Academy of Sciences and Fisherman’s…
· Chenyu Zheng
Former Uber Employee Reveals Thoughts on Whether Uber Failed in China
A year ago today, I was preparing “China 101” material for Uberversity (new Uber employee training). 2 days later, on August 1st 2016, Uber’s China business was merged with its fierce rival Didi Chuxing. The media drew a conclusion that Uber failed in China, calling it a…
· Anand Sanwal
CFO Sends Racist Emails to Indian-American CEO Using Work Email
Editor’s Note: The following post was originally published on CB Insights and written by its CEO, Anand Sanwal. With almost 300,000 newsletter subscribers, we get a lot of email replies. Most of them are quite nice. But we get a decent chunk of colorful, angry emails.
· Khier Casino
Silicon Valley Bro Calls Mother ‘F*cking Cambodian N*gger’ in Front of Her Little Daughter
A California woman on a bike ride with her 9-year-old daughter was called a “bitch” and a “f*cking Cambodian n*gger” by a white Silicon Valley bro. In a Facebook post published Thursday, Paula Nuguid wrote that she was trying to make a legal left into a parking lot in Sunnyvale…
· Ryan General
How a Homeless Son of Vietnamese Immigrants Landed a $100K Job in Silicon Valley
Armed with a dream, determination and only $250 in his bank account, Preston Phan left his home in Seattle to give in to the allure of Silicon Valley in late 2016. Phan, who was born in Texas, ended up living on the streets of San Francisco, where he experienced being homeless…