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Business
One of America’s richest self-made women is a Chinese immigrant who once worked as a flea market seller
Wang Shuo, a Chinese-born, San Francisco-based entrepreneur, is listed among the world’s richest self-made women this year. Making it big: W...
Bryan Ke
Crime
‘Lucky to survive’: SoCal entrepreneur recalls being shot while driving in San Francisco
“I heard multiple gunshots in front of me, and as I looked to my left, I saw a car with a gun sticking out.” ...
Ryan General
Health
Meet the Gen Z entrepreneur who wants to help alleviate the mental health crisis through sound
With Travis Chen at the helm of the music therapy app SoundMind, thousands of users are lulled into a blissful trance, soothed by lush sound...
William Yuk
News
Singaporean man accused of cat abuse apologizes for ‘playing’ with animal, says ex-girlfriend ‘defaming’ him
Singapore-based entrepreneur Jimmy Wong has apologized for a series of viral videos that show him swinging, tossing and twirling his ex-gir...
Carl Samson
58-year-old Filipino domestic worker becomes entrepreneur after employer pays for her business classes
Filipino domestic worker Jocelyn Mompal, 58, revealed that her employer of 22 years, surnamed Wang, paid for her business classes and inspi...
Japanese man with graduate degree in physics rents himself out to ‘do nothing’ for $90
Shoji Morimoto, 38, started his “Do Nothing Rent-a-Man” business in 2018. Morimoto, who lives in Tokyo, only takes up to three clients per...
Entertainment
After hitting ‘rock bottom,’ a 26 y/o is supporting his family and improving parent-child relationships through a card game
After years of misplaced anger and miscommunication, Joseph Lam rebuilt his relationship with his parents by genuinely talking with them. ...
Maina Chen
Teen South Korean CEO once bullied in school set to make over $1 million in sales this year
Meet Sukone Hong, a 17-year-old CEO from South Korea who runs two businesses and has made over $1 million in sales from his fashion brand th...
Interviews
Glamnetic founder creates multimillion-dollar lash company for ‘more Asian female representation, empowerment’
The founder behind Glamnetic has opened up about how being bullied, changing her birth name to fit in, and dealing with the lack of Asian re...
Thy Nguyen
Brain Coach Jim Kwik on Cover of 2021 Entrepreneur Magazine
Kwik Learning CEO Jim Kwik has graced the cover of Entrepreneur magazine for its June 2021 issue, which hit newsstands on May 18. Kwik star...
Feature
Pepsi Accused of Copying an AAPI Brand and Launching It on Heritage Month
A Filipino American entrepreneur has accused Pepsi of forcing her company to change its name and plagiarizing their product while claiming t...
Editorial Staff
Legendary Chinese American Business Leader Shirley Young Passes Away at 85
Shirley Young, a prominent Chinese American business leader, has died at the age of 85. Diagnosed with breast cancer, Young passed away at a...
Chinese Immigrant Who Came to the U.S. With Just $100 Donates MILLIONS of PPE for Front Line Workers
A McDonald’s store owner in Vacaville, California has reportedly donated millions of personal protective equipment (PPE) to health wor...
Why Venmo and Queenly Co-Founders Owe Their Success to Immigrant Roots
There are things inherent to the immigrant experience that equips people with the mindset and skillsets necessary to create impactful busine...
Ernestine Siu
Vietnam’s ‘Startup Queen’ Passes Away at 35 After Lung Cancer Battle
Vietnamese American serial entrepreneur Truong Thanh Thuy, also known as Thuy Muoi, passed away on Jan. 24 in Los Angeles after more than th...
Asia
She Became One of the Youngest Entrepreneurs in Malaysia By Selling Headscarves
Most students in secondary school are still figuring out what they want to do in life, but not Nur Iman Safiyah Mohammed Shahree, who is bel...
Opinion
Man Who Sold His Startup For $54 Million Reveals The Benefits of Being Asian in Business
What is it like being an Asian American entrepreneur? Before the age of 30, I started a company, played soccer for my university, met my wif...
Garrett Gee
Vietnamese Entrepreneur Opens ‘Heartbreak’ Market to Sell Keepsakes After Breakups
Tokens left from failed relationships are usually kept hidden, thrown away, or even burned as they often remind brokenhearted people of expe...
Meet China’s Youngest Female Billionaire ‘Milk Tea Sister’
Zetian Zhang, also known as “Milk Tea Sister”, was named China’s youngest female billionaire in May by New Fortune magazine at the age of 24...
Khier Casino
Chinese Corporate Worker Builds a Startup That Makes Over $1 Million a Year
A Chinese entrepreneur went from working as a corporate employee to building her own business that earns over a million dollars a year. Luis...
Kyle Encina
Singaporean Entrepreneur Reveals Why People Give Him the Biggest Headache
Declan Ee, co-founder of Singapore-based online furniture store Castlery, has stressed that being a “people-person” isn’t always fun. With n...
Meet The Chinese-American Who Made $500 Million For His Startup Last Year
Kenneth Lin, founder and CEO of Credit Karma, has announced that the personal finance company increased revenues by about 50% to $500 millio...
Meet the 24-Year-Old Woman Who Started Her Own Avocado Restaurant in Singapore
A growing number of people are making sure that clean and healthy living is a major part of their lifestyle. The trend itself is even a viab...
King Malleta
25-Year-Old’s Phone-Leasing Startup Set to Become Hong Kong’s First Billion-Dollar Unicorn
A company created by 25-year-old entrepreneur may soon become Hong Kong’s first ever billion-dollar startup. In 2012, Terence Kwok founded ...
How a Malaysian Woman Created a Successful Macaron Business in Less Than a Year
Oftentimes, the financial risk that comes with starting a new business online is nothing compared to opening up a brick and mortar store. So...
Obama Leaves Parting Gift for Foreign Entrepreneurs Before Leaving Office
Just days before stepping out of office, outgoing POTUS Barrack Obama left an important parting gift for foreign entrepreneurs. Making good ...
Meet the 23-Year-Old Blind Indian Man Who Built a $16 Million Startup
Srikanth Bolla had a very difficult start in life, but it didn’t prevent him from achieving a level of success that many may never rea...
How a Teen ‘Cheated Coded’ His Way into Running a $20 Million a Year Startup
Oftentimes, when we aspire to do something, we complain about not having enough resources to get it done. If we want to build a company, we ...
Motivation
Chinese Entrepreneur Finds Success After Getting Rejected for 100 Days in a Row
Jia Jiang struggled with a constant fear of rejection as a kid growing up. And in his adulthood, when he first set out into the business wor...
How a Malaysian Man Survived on 67 Cents a Day to Become a Successful Businessman
SAYS Malaysia recently uploaded a video of Muhd Alatas who was living off of 3 Malaysian ringgit (67¢) a day before eventually starting his ...
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Mysterious Asian Entrepreneur Will Pay You $500,000 For Your Perfect Sperm or Eggs
Donating your sperm or eggs for cash is not a new concept. Sperm donors reportedly can makeup up to $1,000 per month while harvesting eggs c...
She Was Living Off Ramen Noodles to Build Her Startup, Now She’s Filthy Rich
One 26-year-old Silicon Valley CEO knows a little something about money after starting her first business at the age of 11. Jessica Mah is a...
Meet the the 23-Year-Old Who Turned $4,300 into a $1 Million Using Instagram
One 23-year-old is rolling in cash after making $2.5 million in her first year selling “waist trainer” corsets as an online busi...
75% of Singaporean Millennials Want to Be Their Own Boss
Three out of four Singaporean millennials want to be entrepreneurs in the next 10 years, according to research by GoDaddy. In its findings r...
Meet the Vietnamese Immigrants Who Created a Multi-Million Dollar Banh Mi Sandwich Empire
Lee’s Sandwiches, the multi-million dollar Vietnamese banh mi sandwich empire, began as a modest food truck run by a family that arrived in ...
Laura Dang
Chinese Artist Paints Beautiful Portraits of Tech Founders Who Inspire Her
Chenyu Zheng, who is based in San Fancisco, is the artist behind the series of acrylic tech entrepreneur portraits called “Tech Giants...
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