Julian discusses his inspirations, his process, and his pursuit of crafting the perfect travel backpack.

In this episode, Jonathan Chang, the Gen Z VC, helps three Millennials try to understand his generation.

How growing up in the San Gabriel Valley, interest in peoples’ immigrant stories, going to jail, and club promoting motivated Tom to build an international artist clientele and become director of content at PopShop Live.

Mike Mar grew up learning how to stand up himself as an Asian American on the streets of San Francisco. Captain of the high school football team, Prom King, Homecoming King, Mike was the big man on campus. Yet too Asian for some, not Asian enough for others, Mike felt different and alone growing up.After graduating from UCLA as an Asian American studies major, Mike went home to San Francisco to make a difference with the people from his community. First as a community case manager, working with students that were incarcerated in juvenile hall. Mike realized to have a real impact he had to get into education to do prevention. To give the tools to help a student make wise decisions.Today, Mike is an Academic School Counselor at the San Francisco Unified School District at Balboa High School.Please subscribe to our podcast! You can find the latest episodes and notes at:Website:willandlee.show/Instagram: @will.and.lee.show

Clint Taura grew up in San Francisco in the restaurant business. The son of the owners of one of the first up-scale Japanese restaurants in the city. He grew up watching his family's restaurant popularize Japanese cuisine.When Clint started his own dental practice in Japantown, San Francisco, he did things his own way. Informed by his upbringing, he has a unique philosophy when it comes to dentistry. While much harder than following the norm, he’s carving out his own path based on his principles.Clint has served as the Pre-Clinical Adjunct Instructor at the University of the Pacific, School of Dentistry. He is a former board member for the San Francisco Dental Society. He is also a former board member of Japantown, San Francisco.Find Clint Taura online:www.japantowndentalsf.com@japantown_dentalPlease subscribe to our podcast! You can find the latest episodes and notes at:Show notes: www.willandlee.showInstagram: @will.and.lee.show

Karina is one of the rare individuals that touches the souls of all those that she comes in contact with. We explore her journey of self-actualization and how we can empower ourselves in pursuing better versions of each one of us that we too can learn to appreciate and be proud of.

In this special segment, Lee and Will reflect on what they have learned so far after their first 4 interviews.

As someone who, growing up, David wasn’t given the tools to navigate a large corporation, David had to figure things out on his own. Over the years, I’ve watched him enter each new organization, always the underdog. Pushing through resistance to influence change and make a substantial impact. All while gaining the respect of everyone around him.Today, David is the Director of Product Management for Apex Legends. Apex Legends is a free-to-play first-person shooter, battle royale game, with over 70 million players worldwide.   Prior to Apex Legends, David was the product manager or brand manager for blockbuster games such as Blizzard’s Hearthstone, Call of Duty, Skylanders, and Crash Bandicoot.Find David Duong online: https://www.linkedin.com/in/duongdav/Please subscribe to our podcast! You can find the latest episodes and notes at:Web: https://www.willandlee.show/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/will.and.lee.show/

On Jan 26th 2020, the tragic death of the late basketball icon Kobe Bryant and his daughter shocked the world. Kobe's passion, focus and dedication in which he approached his life inspired a generation, and his mantra of the "Mamba Mentality" has resonated with millions. Taylor Lo is one of them. Once the top-ranked basketball player under 16 in Hong Kong, Taylor was forced to give up the game he loved. Over the next decade, he re-invented himself to become the globally top-performing business development manager at the online travel company Expedia, and finally realized his dream of becoming a top level semi-professional athlete. In his own words, this is how Taylor embodies Mamba Mentality and maintains a steadfast, unwavering focus in constantly improving himself in all facets of his life.

We have a chance to dive into a topic that I think is extremely important and relevant to everyone, which is the concept of happiness and personal fulfillment.