Podcast appearances and mentions of Paul Tran

Effective feedback is a pivotal element in fostering growth and development within the healthcare profession, yet it remains a topic that many individuals approach with trepidation. In this episode, I engage in a profound dialogue with Dr. Paul Tran, a pediatric gastroenterologist and esteemed educator, who passionately advocates for the necessity of constructive feedback. Dr. Tran elucidates the significance of establishing mutual goals and expectations, emphasizing that feedback should not only be seen as a critique but rather an opportunity for collaborative growth. Throughout our conversation, we explore practical strategies to diminish the apprehension surrounding feedback, highlighting the importance of kindness and empathy in delivering messages that encourage improvement. Ultimately, we aspire to transform the feedback process into a constructive dialogue that empowers individuals to flourish in their professional journeys.Learn more about Hippocratic Collective: https://hippocratic-collective.comConnect with Paul: https://www.hippocratic-collective.com/members/paul-tran-mdInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/alimentaryschoolTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@alimentaryschoolYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@Alimentaryschool

This week, we discuss McSweeney's new quarterly issue: McSweeney's 78: The Make Believers, featuring writers of the Vietnamese diaspora. We are joined by contributors and guest editors of the issue, Thi Bui and Vu Tran, as well as McSweeney's Quarterly Editor Rita Bullwinkel. You can learn more about their work in the episode description below.During the episode, Thi, Vu, and Rita mention upcoming events in celebration of this issue. You can learn more about these special events at the links below. We hope to see you at one of these!Asian Art Museum | San Francisco | May 1 | 3:45 pm Natasha Reichle, Associate Curator of Southeast Asian Art, leads a special curator's choice discussion with McSweeney's 78: The Make Believers co-guest editor Vu Tran and contributing author Doan Bui.Tenderloin Museum | San Francisco | May 1 | 6:00 pm A block party in the heart of Little Saigon. Readings by Vu Tran and Doan Bui, plus a DJ set by Topazu.University of Chicago | Chicago | May 15 | 5:00 pm Co-editors Vu Tran and Thi Bui will be joined by fellow contributor Isabelle Pelaud for a reading and celebration of the issue's publication.This conversation originally took place April 7, 2025 and was recorded via Zoom. We hope you enjoy entering the Mind of a Writer.AWM PODCAST NETWORK HOMEMore about The Make Believers:In McSweeney's 78: The Make Believers (guest edited by Thi Bui and Vu Tran), ten writers of the Vietnamese diaspora write from the eclectic hodgepodge that is their shared imagination of what it means to be "Vietnamese." Packaged in a beautiful foil-stamped cigar box (with art by Bui on each and every surface), and including two booklets, one menu, and a glossary of broken Vietnamese, the work in this issue spans from highbrow to lowbrow, proper to naughty, logical to absurd, and painful to funny. Published on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, its contributors work across perspectives and multiple languages. In this completely singular, nothing-else-of-its-kind anthology, these artists write (and illustrate!) from a place of collective loss and joy.Featuring work by: Doan Bui, Thi Bui, H'Rina DeTroy, Anna Moï, Hoài Huong Nguyen, Vaan Nguyen, Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Bao Phi, Paul Tran, and Vu Tran. Order your copy of McSweeney's 78: The Make Believers here.About our guests:THI BUI is a writer and artist from Viet Nam, California, and New York, now planting roots in New Orleans. Best known for her graphic memoir, The Best We Could Do, she has also been a longtime educator in public high schools, a professor of comics, an organizer and artist-activist, an ambivalent sculptor and puppeteer, and a fledgling screenwriter. She received a Caldecott Honor as the illustrator of her first children's book, A Different Pond, by Bao Phi.VU TRAN is the author of Dragonfish and a forthcoming novel, Your Origins. His other writing has appeared in publications like The O. Henry Prize Stories 2007: The Best Stories of the Year, The Best American Mystery Stories, Ploughshares, and Virginia Quarterly Review. He is the recipient of a Whiting Award and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, MacDowell, Yaddo, and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. Born in Sài Gòn, Việt Nam, and raised in Oklahoma, Vu received his MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and his PhD from the Black Mountain Institute in Las Vegas, and he is an associate professor of practice in the arts at the University of Chicago, where he directs undergraduate studies in creative writing.RITA BULLWINKEL is the author of Headshot and Belly Up, a story collection that won the Believer Book Award. She is a 2022 recipient of a Whiting Award, the editor of McSweeney's Quarterly, a contributing editor at NOON, the creator of Oral Florist, and a Picador Guest Professor of Literature at Leipzig University in Germany, where she teaches courses on creative writing, zines, and the uses of invented and foreign languages as tools for world building.

The queens get sassy and sissify toxic cisheteronormative gender ideas about poetry.Please Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Pretty Please.....Buy our books:     Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series.     James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.The site in such desperate need of sissification (and better poets) can be found here. Or just skip to a queer critique here and/or to Esther Wang's super smart deep-dive takedown "My Brief Hero's Journey into the 'Art of Manliness,' Which Unfortunately Did Not Teach Me to Chop Wood" (on Jezebel, so you know that shit's good).Bill Waterson is the creator and writer of Calvin and Hobbes, which also includes poems over the years. Sam Elliott chews the scenery with Cher in Mask--watch a great scene here. For some terrifically sissy poems, read on:"Sissy" by Aaron Smith"Hypothesis" by Paul Tran"Sissy Aqueducts" by Brandon Menke"LISP" by sam sax

If they wanted only to hold you, the queens could hold you prisoner in this tribute to America's most recent Nobel Laureate. Please Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Pretty Please.....Buy our books:     Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series.     James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.SHOW NOTES:"Happiness" from Descending FigurePart 9 of "Marathon" in Meadowlands "Adult Grief" in The Triumph of Achilles"Lost Love" in Ararat"New World" in Ararat"Averno" from Averno "Winter Morning" in Triumph of Achilles"Crossroads" in A Village LifeHere are some remembrances of Glück published in The Paris Review.Another terrific tribute appeared in Los Angeles Review of Books, collecting memories by Paul Tran, Katie Peterson, Spencer Reese, Eliza Gonzalez, and Richie Hofmann.Listen to Glück read "Crossroads."

Today, we have a very special guest, Dr. Paul Tran! Dr. Tran is a Pediatric Gastroenterologist and dedicated Medical Educator with a unique talent for blending medicine and comedy. Known for his hilarious and relatable sketches on TikTok and Instagram, Dr. Tran uses humor to bring awareness and education to his audience. In this episode, we chat about his journey through medical training, the challenges he faced, and how he discovered his passion for medical education. Plus, we dive into what inspired his creative side and how he balances it all while keeping his audience laughing and learning. You won't want to miss this insightful and fun conversation with Dr. Paul Tran!

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticTikTok vs. U.S. GovernmentThe clock is ticking for TikTok. In this segment, Analytic Dreamz dives deep into the legal battle between the popular social media app and the U.S. government.Key points you won't want to miss:A potential ban by January 2025: We explore the new law forcing TikTok's U.S. sale due to national security concerns. Free speech vs. security: Is the government overstepping its bounds? We analyze arguments from both sides on the First Amendment and data privacy.Millions of users on edge: What does a ban mean for creators like Paul Tran, whose business relies heavily on TikTok?Is there a middle ground? We discuss TikTok's proposed security measures and why negotiations failed.The looming deadline and beyond: Can a solution be reached before the ban? We explore potential outcomes and the case's wider implications for online freedom.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/analytic-dreamz-notorious-mass-effect/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this week's episode of Promising Young Surgeon, we tackle a topic that's vital to the growth and development of every medical trainee: feedback. Feedback is a cornerstone of medical education, both giving and receiving it. But the culture around feedback and how we approach it can be tricky. In today's episode, we have Dr. Paul Tran, a pediatric gastroenterologist at Phoenix Children's and a passionate advocate for medical education and feedback culture. Dr. Tran shares his personal experiences and insights on how to give and receive feedback effectively, drawing from his own journey through medical training and his role as an educator.Resources:Follow Paul on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/alimentaryschool?igsh=MXF4aHkzb2FpNmtjZQ== About Paul Tran, MD https://phoenixchildrens.org/find-a-doctor/paul-nb-tran-md 00:00 – Introduction to Paul Tran06:50 – Personal Experience with Feedback14:30 – Growth Mindset35:00 – Giving Feedback50:20 – Do You Believe in Karma?Interact with the podcast! Email me at pys@heyinfluent.com to ask questions. We would love to hear from the Promising Young Surgeon audience.Promising Young Surgeon is sponsored by Pattern. Discover why more than 20,000 doctors trust Pattern to shop for disability insurance. Request free quotes in 5 minutes. Compare policies with an expert. Buy with confidence. LINK: https://www.patternlife.com/promising-young-surgeon?campid=349433Subscribe, tune in, and join the conversation as Dr. Hardin and her guests tackle the pressing issues facing today's medical professionals and ponder how to nurture a more compassionate and sustainable healthcare environment. Connect with Frances Mei:https://linktr.ee/francesmei.md https://rethinkingresidency.com/about/ Find More info on this series and other podcasts on the Influent Network at HeyInfluent.comFollow the Influent Network on Social Media:LinkedIn | Twitter (X) | YouTube | TikTok | Instagram | Facebook The Influent Network is where emerging healthcare professionals and esteemed medical experts converge. Our platform is a straightforward resource for career development, financial planning, practice management, and investment insights, designed to foster strong professional connections. Powered by Hurrdat MediaSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Paul Tran, director of franchise sales at Hot Palette America, has had quite the journey, from opening his own concept to becoming a franchisee to now leading the growth of a global brand ready to crash into the U.S. He's a visionary who has successfully sold over 1,000 franchises and contributed to the scalability of restaurant chains across 15 countries. Now, he shares those lessons learned and what the future holds for Pepper Lunch in this wide-ranging and revealing discussion.

Welcome to the Beyond the Scope Podcast presented by ND MD. This podcast continues the mission of sharing the incredible stories and experiences of students, physicians, and healthcare professionals...but this time it's all about the things all those years of medical training doesn't prepare you for. Things that are beyond the scope of our practice. On this couch conversation type episode, I get to chat with Dr. Paul Tran, a pediatric gastroenterologist and passionate medical student advocate to discuss some of the topics that medical school does not teach you (that they probably should tbh)...a fitting theme for Beyond the Scope. Cover Art by Grace Oh [S2:E12] CHECK OUT Dr. Tran on all his socials! @ailmentaryschool Come say hi! Instagram: @andy_nguyen9 (   / andy_nguyen9  ) @mcg.2024 (   / mcg.2024  ) TikTok: @therealndmd (https://www.tiktok.com/@therealndmd?l...) Spotify for study music: https://open.spotify.com/user/andywin... FOR BUSINESS OR CREATIVE INQUIRIES: [Contact me at ndmdproductions.com or ndmdproductions@gmail.com] HOW TO SUPPORT MY CHANNEL (and get YOU some cool stuff) | Full List of Partnerships & Affiliate Links (https://www.ndmdproductions.com/how-t... My YouTube Set-Up: https://www.amazon.com/shop/ndmd The Beginner YouTube Set-Up: https://www.amazon.com/shop/ndmd Things that make med school a little bit more fun and easy: https://www.amazon.com/shop/ndmd Shop Nguyen Coffee Supply for the best Vietnamese Coffee using the link and discount codes down below!!! https://nguyencoffeesupply.com/discou... Use code "ANDY10" for 10% off any order! Free US Shipping for $75+ with code "THEGRIND75" 10% off orders of $100+ with code "SAVEWITH10" $5 off orders of $50+ with code "GET5OFF" (THE BEST DEAL IMO) Try Epidemic Sound today for the copyright free music for YouTube https://www.epidemicsound.com/referra... If you read this, comment “coffee” below and subscribe for more mildly entertaining med school content (100k came true, 1 million is just a dream)! As always, thanks for watching! Disclaimer: This video features personal opinions and does not reflect or support the official opinions or initiatives of Augusta University or the Medical College of Georgia. This video is also not a substitute for the advice of a properly qualified and licensed physician or healthcare provider. The content featured is for informational/entertainment purposes only. Please see your primary care physician for the most accurate information. For the most accurate and up to date information regarding specific programs or schools, please refer to their official .edu websites.

Paul Tran is a seasoned entrepreneur with a history of founding, scaling, and selling successful restaurants and franchisees, including the largest franchisee of The Halal Guys. He shares his experiences with growing a portfolio of franchise sites and advice on what aspiring franchisees should look for. Tune in for Paul's insights on how to build a successful franchise empire and restaurant brand.

In this episode of The Local Marketing Lab, Justin Ulrich chats with Paul Tran, the VP of Franchise Development at Roll-Em-Up Taquitos, who brings a wealth of experience and insights from the restaurant and franchise industry. Paul's journey from running his own restaurant to owning multiple franchise locations and consulting for small businesses highlights his deep understanding of local marketing strategies. He emphasizes the importance of creating awareness and providing care to customers, sharing actionable tips to drive home the significance of consistency, authenticity, and trust in marketing efforts.Here are some topics discussed in the episode:Be authentic and consistent with your brand's personality in local marketingEducating customers on offerings with “did you know” approachLong-term social media consistency builds trustEngage existing customers through email and collaborations to drive salesPut your product in front of potential customers by showing up at unconventional venuesResourcesConnect with Paul Tran on LinkedIn or his websiteCheck out The Halal Guys RestaurantLearn more about Roll-Em-Up TaquitosOther shout-outsLearn more about Fransmart: A franchise incubator located in Washington D.C. that helped grow Five Guys BurgersIn N Out's secret menu: A great way to improve your connection with customersChick-Fil-A for representing hospitalityMatte Black Coffee for their stimulating partnerships and collaborationsChristal Miller, VP of Marketing at Roll-Em-Up Taquitos, for building local community engagement

In this episode Neel sits down with Paul Tran, owner of 11 Halal Guys stores in the Orange County, California area. Neel and Paul discuss: - how what you don't know can really be a secret weapon in entrepreneurship - what sort of people make good franchisees (and who can sometimes come with baggage) - how Paul's personal love for the brand led him to jump back into the restaurant space after sitting on the sidelines for a decade If you want to start your own MaidThis Franchise in your market & skip years of trial-and-error, go to ⁠www.maidthisfranchise.com⁠ If you want a foundations do-it-yourself course on how to start your own remote local business model, check out ⁠blueprint.beremotelocal.com⁠

In this episode Neel sits down with Paul Tran, owner of 11 Halal Guys stores in the Orange County, California area. Neel and Paul discuss: - how what you don't know can really be a secret weapon in entrepreneurship - what sort of people make good franchisees (and who can sometimes come with baggage) - how Paul's personal love for the brand led him to jump back into the restaurant space after sitting on the sidelines for a decade If you want to start your own MaidThis Franchise in your market & skip years of trial-and-error, go to ⁠www.maidthisfranchise.com⁠ If you want a foundations do-it-yourself course on how to start your own remote local business model, check out ⁠blueprint.beremotelocal.com⁠

Dave and Alonso (and Margy Rochlin) make this Linoleum Knife & Fork episode available to everyone, so we can share our wonderful conversation with the fabulous Nancy Silverton about her new book, The Cookie That Changed My Life and More Than 100 Other Classic Cakes, Cookies, Muffins, and Pies That Will Change Yours. Mini olive-oil cakes recipe Paul Tran, Baker Man For more Linoleum Knife & Fork, join our club.

Paul Tran is the Vice President of Franchise Development of Roll Em Up® Taquitos, The largest franchisee at Halal Guys. He has been in the restaurant and franchise world since 2005 as a franchisor, franchisee, investor, and advisor. In this episode, we talked about the unique perspectives of being both the franchisor and the franchisee.Check out Brian's newsletter Stay up to date with all things franchising by following Brian on Twitter & LinkedIn

Over the past several years, as more democratic institutions and norms have come under attack, many journalists have raised the question of whether it is ethical to adhere to journalism's traditional principles of non-bias, objectivity, and political neutrality. In May, A. G. Sulzberger, the publisher of the New York Times, staked out his position in the traditionalist camp in an essay for the Columbia Journalism Review. “The traditionalists in the ranks have long believed that their long-standing view speaks for itself. I became increasingly convinced that the argument doesn't make itself,” he tells David Remnick. Sulzberger shies away from the term objectivity, instead describing the “posture of independence” as one that prizes “an open mind, a skeptical mind,” and a clear-eyed pursuit of truth––even if it leads to uncomfortable conclusions. Sulzberger, whose family has owned the paper since 1896, says he wants to push back on a culture of “certitude” in journalism. “In this hyper-politicized, hyper-polarized moment, is society benefiting from every single player getting deeper and deeper, and louder and louder, about declaring their personal allegiances and loyalties and preferences?” he asks. Plus, this week's issue of The New Yorker features a new poem by Paul Tran, a young writer whose début collection was named one of the best books of 2022. The poem, “The Three Graces,” takes its name from a rock formation near Colorado Springs. “I was curious: what would these three rocks have to say about the nature of love,” Tran tells the producer Jeffrey Masters. Tran's poetry explores their personal history—their family immigrated to the United States from Vietnam—as well as their trans identity. 

Back in November 2022, Chelsea Alice conducted three on-site interviews at Miami Book Fair. She discussed Self-Portrait with Ghost with Meng Jin, Pathetic Literature by Eileen Myles, and All the Flowers Kneeling with Paul Tran. At long last, the interviews are now here.

I'm happy to have my good friend Paul Tran of Manscaped back on Panic with Friends. He's an incredible founder, entrepreneur, product person, and marketer. He continues to build a global omnichannel brand at an epic pace. We're really proud seed investors in our Social Leverage Fund III.  I'm constantly writing about the urgency and importance of marketing, and Paul and his team are world-class. It's not so easy to just go online and do marketing nowadays. You have to have a lot of skills across multiple sectors. The Manscaped team continues to be creative and test new media formats over and over again with great success. Every entrepreneur can learn something by listening to Paul. His insights on building an enduring brand and how he thinks about growth are timeless. Enjoy the episode. You'll learn a lot.  BTW, visit Manscaped and use the promo code ‘Howie' for 20 percent off your first order.  Guest - Paul Tran, Founder and CEO of Manscaped  howardlindzon.com, manscaped.com  Twitter: @howardlindzon, @paultran, @manscaped, @PanicwFriends, @knutjensen  youtube.com/channel/manscaped linkedin.com/in/paultran  #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance  Show Notes: Introduction. (00:32) Welcome Paul (05:12) 3 metrics Paul uses (05:33) Manscaped origin story (06:12) A culture of innovation (08:22) The ‘secret sauce' (10:10) Pitching Manscaped (10:58) Phenomenal growth (13:01) Focus on target market (14:50) A global brand (16:20) Marketing (18:34) Expanding demographic (19:26) Brand loyalty (21:24) Marketing with celebrities (24:30) Manscaped's mission (25:14) Importance of omnichannel (26:18) Customers pay for quality (28:50) Ideas and failure (31:10) Success is never a straight line (32:16) Manscaped today (34:12) Paul's edge (37:00) Thoughts on luxury fashion (38:28) What makes a brand stay relevant (38:59) Measuring sentiment (42:44) Closing thoughts. (43:42) 

Recorded by Paul Tran for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 11, 2023. www.poets.org

Today, Erik is joined by entrepreneur and franchisee, Paul Tran.   Paul is a franchise advisor as well as a franchisee with The Halal Guys and has a lot of experience in the world of franchising.   He get's super real on this episode about losing 2 locations in the midst of covid, how that affected investor relationships, and much more!   This is an episode you don't want to miss!     Did you know you can listen to the Franchise Secrets Podcast on your favorite platforms?   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4BpskQS...   Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...     Learn more about my franchisee mastermind here: www.franchisetribe.com ⬅     Learn more about my franchisor mastermind here: www.franchisortribe.com ⬅     Learn more about my passive investing mastermind here: www.tribeofinvestors.com ⬅     Want to buy a franchise? Connect with me here: https://forms.gle/n4JedEuU5p7asE617 ⬅     Want to franchise your business? Connect with me here: https://forms.gle/n4JedEuU5p7asE617 ⬅     Don't forget to subscribe to the Franchise Secrets Youtube channel so you don't miss out on any content! http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGL_D....     Add Erik as a friend on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/erik.v.horn/     Follow Erik on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erikvanhorn/     Connect with Erik on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evanhorn/   Erik Van Horn is a franchising specialist, and expert in multi-unit, semi-absentee franchise business ownership. From entrepreneur to regional developer, and investor to consultant, Erik has worn many hats over the last two decades, which has provided him unique insight into complex aspects of the industry. If you're a franchisee, a franchisor, or one aspiring to be, subscribe to the Franchise Secrets channel and visit www.FranchiseSecrets.com for even more tactical and practical tools to help you buy, grow, and sell franchises like an expert.

From running an apparel brand and hosting a podcast to becoming part owner of a meal prep business and launching his own food concept, Derek took the words "I can't" out of his vocabulary and ran headfirst into anything and everything that he decided he wanted to pursue. In this very special episode where the host becomes the guest, host Paul Tran sits down with Derek to talk about his journey in entrepreneurship, his start in apparel, and his plans for the future. Personal Instagram & Twitter: @duhricehero | Business Socials: @frstyleofficial @littledingscafe @endgoalmealprep

This week we examine the sometimes painful process of drafting and redrafting. We're joined by Denise Mina, who appeared on the Verb in 2019 to share her feelings towards a book she had only just started. What became of it? Listen to find out. Toby Litt's current novel is 'A Writer's Diary'. Initially published in the form of daily emails to subscribers, the lines between fact and fiction appear to blur with every email. How is a work like this drafted? Paul Tran says redrafting of his poems is also a redrafting and a rebuilding of the self in the wake of trauma or extremity. For Singer-songwriter and folk historian Polly Paulusma it is through the process of drafting that ideas and images that first appear buried bubble up to the surface, And our 'Something New' poem this week comes from Costa Award-winning poet Hannah Lowe Presenter: Ian McMillan Producer: Cecile Wright

Fat Studies explores the social experience and social construction of fatness, and Caleb Luna's (they/them/theirs) academic focus puts fat studies in conversation with other fields, like critical race theory, disability studies, gender studies, etc. Caleb shares how Margaret Cho, Beyonce, and being Texan, helped them accept their body and embrace being a fat slut in the world today.Caleb is an artist, public scholar and theorist of the body. Texas born and raised, they have lived as a visitor to Huichin, Ohlone land (Bay Area, CA) since 2016, where they earned their Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. They are the bestselling author of REVENGE BODY (Nomadic Press, 2022), an award-winning educator and scholar, and co-host of the podcast Unsolicited: Fatties Talk Back. Dr. Luna is currently a University of California President's and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Santa Barbara. You can follow Caleb on Instagram and Twitter at @dr_chairbreaker, or get in touch with them at caleb-luna.comSophia reads the poem Hypothesis by Paul Tran on this podcast episode.All things Fat Joy are on Instagram, on the website, and on Patreon.And please don't forget to subscribe & rate the Fat Joy podcast, too!

Host Maggie Lam engages poet Paul Tran in a discussion about the intentionalities behind writing about trauma, their process of self-inquiry as poetic investigation, and what freedom / survival means to them. Paul shares stories from their roots in spoken word poetry, anecdotes of being in community with queer poets of color, and lessons passed down from mentors such as Rigoberto Gonzalez, Carl Philips, and Mary Jo Bang. Paul reads “Lipstick Elegy”, recently featured in The New York Times, from their debut collection All the Flowers Kneeling.

A person with a "situation" turns to poetry for some advice. This week on Snap, we dive into an epic poem to solve a problem with Luisa Beck from Audible's “Dear Poetry” podcast. This episode is uncensored and contains strong language, sensitive listeners & young Snappers please be advised. BIG love and thanks to Luisa Beck for this segment of “Dear Poetry”! Thank you also to poet Luther Hughes as well as the OG poet Paul Tran who actually wrote the poem featured in this episode (“Like Judith Slaying Holofernes”). “Dear Poetry” has even more callers with more dilemmas – and a lot more poetry on their podcast – you can listen at adbl.co/DearPoetry! If you like what you hear - Audible has a free trial. Listen to the entire season of “Dear Poetry” with that free trial and leave a review… it helps in so many ways! You can also follow @luibeck on Twitter for show updates. Season 13 - Episode 46

From starting a restaurant with a few friends on "accident" to growing mom-and-pop shops to hundreds of locations and owning a chain of franchises himself, Paul Tran changed not only his life but the lives of his family, clients, and friends forever. Host Derek Ting sits down with Paul to talk about his journey in entrepreneurship, the "accidents" that led to his success, what he's learned from them, and how he rewrote his own story along the way. Instagram & Twitter: @paulttran

This month URSA brings you news on the Air France pilots who are currently suspended for having an in-flight fist fight, how the lower snowfall in the Alps is revealing 50 year old plane wreckage and more. We also discuss the lack of European presence at the recent Africa Climate Summit, how Hungary is protesting deforestation and what the rising temperatures are doing to European wine production. Our first feature piece comes from our very own Julia Joubert. In a 2021 episode of All Boats, we explored the Deutsche Wohnen & Co. Enteignen movement and how the community helped to pass a housing referendum in Berlin. Now, in a new stage of her own life and with the help of Matti of Kotti Und Co, Julia revisits the conversation and its lessons, to figure out how she can bring a “connection to community” to the fore. We then share a segment of Dear Poetry, an Audible Original Podcast from Berlin-based producer and journalist, Luisa Beck. In this piece, a listener is looking for true love, and poet Luther Hughes turns to a poem from Paul Tran to provide her with advice and a little hope. Then, we have our food correspondent, Jane Silver of Exberliner, who joins us to chat about the fall of the Berlin gastropub, the wine bars that are serving excellent food with their spirits, and Markthalle Pfefferberg's fantastic new taco restaurant. As always, culture correspondent Jonny Tiernan of LOLA Magazine shares the best Berlin events to hit up in September, from Berlin Art Week to the charity House of Lunacy event and Ghost Town, a concert series exploring the now-closed venues we used to love. Finally, this month's artist spotlight showcases a song from local duo, Ducks! Our theme music is from Lucas Carey, with audio from Epidemic Sound. Cover art by Sian Amber Fletcher. This episode is brought to you by Bear Radio. Special thanks to our featured producers Julia Joubert, and Luisa Beck of Dear Poetry. Thanks also to our Food & Culture correspondents, Jane Silver of Exberliner and Jonny Tiernan of LOLA. If you're a producer based in Europe and have an idea for an URSA story, we'd love to hear from you! We're always accepting new pitches.Support for this podcast comes from our Patreon - if you like URSA and all the incredible stories that come with it - then please consider supporting us at patreon.com/ursapodcast. The price you'd spend on a flat white in Kreuzberg would go to supporting us and our contributors each month, for the hard work that goes into bringing you this show.

Visceral and astonishing, Paul Tran's debut poetry collection All the Flowers Kneeling investigates intergenerational trauma, sexual violence, and U.S. imperialism in order to radically alter our understanding of freedom, power, and control. In poems of desire, gender, bodies, legacies, and imagined futures, Tran's poems elucidate the complex and harrowing processes of reckoning and recovery, enhanced by innovative poetic forms that mirror the nonlinear emotional and psychological experiences of trauma survivors. At once grand and intimate, commanding and deeply vulnerable, All the Flowers Kneeling revels in rediscovering and reconfiguring the self, and ultimately becomes an essential testament to the human capacity for resilience, endurance, and love.   Join us for this conversation between Tran and fellow poets Hieu Minh Nguyen and Fatimah Asghar, recorded live on our Crowdcast on February 24, 2022.   Moderated by Halley Parry. _______________________________________________   Produced by Nat Freeman, Lance Morgan, & Michael Kowaleski. Theme: "I Love All My Friends," an unreleased demo by Fragile Gang. Visit https://www.skylightbooks.com/event for future offerings from the Skylight Books Events team.

Paul Tran joined us virtually from lush, violet-lit quarters in Oakland for the virtual launch of their scintillating debut collection of poems, All the Flowers Kneeling. In a conversation with award-winning poet and critic Yanyi that both dug deeply into craft and cast its sights on the farthest horizons of becoming, they delved into the work of transforming trauma into monuments that honor one's past selves and forebears and how “the actualized poem requires the actualization of the poet.” (Recorded February 17, 2022) 

Here, first-time NFT creators Paul Tran (of www.cryptobadgerclan.com) and Kevin Seo (www.foodfightersuniverse.com) talk about their journey from traditional entrepreneurship to Web3 entrepreneurship. Missed an episode? Visit www.badgerclan.show www.cryptobadgerclan.com @cryptobadgerNFT on Twitter and Instagram

S. Yarberry is a trans poet and writer. They currently serve as the Poetry Editor of The Spectacle. S. has their MFA in Poetry from Washington University in St. Louis and is now a PhD candidate in literature at Northwestern University. S. is also the author of a new book of poetry A Boy in The City. A Boy in the City interrogates how our bodies both seduce and elude. Told through the lens of an intimate partnership, Yarberry explores the way we inhabit and are simultaneously distanced from our bodies–our loose seams, our disappearances and infinities, our longing among the brilliance and mundanity of the “streets and lights and strangers” of our cities. The collection feels like an easy Sunday morning a few months after a break-up; a raw nerve, romantic and splintered. Carl Phillips calls Yarberry a “defiant new voice” who “writes past the ‘festoonery' of gender and easy binaries.” Mary Jo Bang says the poems in A Boy in the City are, “incisive, erotic, artfully antiro- mantic and Paul Tran says, “Yarberry's gift to us is that we can become anything, too.” S. Yarberry Pronouns: they/them  Website: https://syarberry.com/

Lynda Truong and Paul Tran of Love&Pebble combined the idea of cryotherapy and face masks to create a unique beauty product.

Episode 121 Notes and Links to Michael Torres' Work          On Episode 121 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Michael Torres, and the two discuss, among other topics, his growing up in Pomona, CA, and his childhood and adolescence influences on his work, the speaker as poet and vice versa, his early reading prompted by a generous older sister, works and writers that have thrilled him and impelled him to write, his poetry collection's themes of identity and masculinity, and the real-life background of his dynamite lines and strong images.       Michael Torres is a VONA distinguished alum and CantoMundo fellow. In 2016 he received his MFA in creative writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato, was a winner of the Loft Mentor Series, received an Individual Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, and was awarded a Jerome Foundation Research and Travel Grant to visit the pueblo in Jalisco, Mexico where his father grew up. In 2019 he received fellowships and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and The Loft Literary Center for the Mirrors & Windows Program. A former Artist-in-Residence at the Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France as well as a McKnight Writing Fellow, he is currently a 2021-22 Jerome Hill Artist Fellow.     His first collection of poems, AN INCOMPLETE LIST OF NAMES, (Beacon Press, 2020) was selected by Raquel Salas Rivera for the National Poetry Series, named one of NPR's Best Books of 2020, and was featured on the podcast Code Switch.     His writing has been featured or is forthcoming in Best New Poets 2020, The New Yorker, POETRY, Ploughshares, Smartish Pace, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Georgia Review, The Sun, Water~Stone Review, Southern Indiana Review, Ninth Letter, Poetry Northwest, Copper Nickel, Fifth Wednesday Journal, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, The McNeese Review, MIRAMAR, Green Mountains Review, Forklift, Ohio, Hot Metal Bridge, The Boiler Journal, Paper Darts, River Teeth, The Acentos Review, Okey-Panky, Sycamore Review, SALT, Huizache, online as The Missouri Review's Poem of the Week, on The Slowdown with Tracy K. Smith.     Michael was born and brought up in Pomona, CA, where he spent his adolescence as a graffiti artist. Currently, he teaches in the MFA program at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and through the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop.     Michael Torres' Website   Buy An Incomplete List of Names   Michael's Appearance on NPR's Code Switch   "In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Michael Torres" At about 3:20, Michael talks about growing up in Pomona, CA, and his relationship with language and literature   At about 6:00, Michael highlights his older sister's contributions in introducing him to great literature, and Michael details being immediately intrigued by Luis Rodriguez's Always Running   At about 10:00, Pete connects Luis Rodriguez and getting attention through his nickname and Michael's views of tagging and identity    At about 13:50, Michael responds to Pete's questions about connections between peer pressure and growing up, including how Michael's “Down” was inspired by Kendrick Lamar's “The Art of Peer Pressure”   At about 18:00, Pete flits from A Bronx Tale to a phenomenon with students' writing their full names in past years as the two “discuss the “desire to leave something behind”   At about 20:10, Pete cites profound and interesting lines from An Incomplete List of Names that deal with identity, and Pete asks about “Michael” and the delineation between his name and “Remek”   At about 22:00, Michael discusses what reading and writers inspired and thrilled him as he got into late high school and college, including 2Pac and The Rose that Grew From Concrete, Charles Bukowski, Gary Soto's The Elements of San Joaquin, and Albert Camus' The Stranger   At about 26:40, Michael further explains hip-hop's influence on him, including from groups like Dilated Peoples, A Tribe Called Quest, Pharcyde, Jurassic 5   At about 30:00, Michael lays out events and people who helped him find his writing voice and skill and community    At about 32:00, Michael highlights moments that convinced him of his love for poetry    At about 34:00, Michael highlights John Bramingham and others who helped him learn about the publication process   At about 35:30, A Mic and Dim Lights is highlighted as a open mic spot that fostered Michael's skills and confidence   At about 37:00, Pete asks about the transition from student to teacher/mentor for Michael, as Michael shouts out UC Riverside and Freddy Lopez   At about 40:10, Pete asks Michael about “Stop Looking My Name Like That” and ideas of the speaker as the poet   At about 42:40, Michael describes “writing in resistance” to conversations had at a conference he attended   At about 44:30, Pete talks about his favorite scene in moviedom, and its connections to innocence and nostalgia and Michael's writing   At about 45:30, Pete quotes some dynamite lines and asks Michael about ideas of identity   At about 49:30, Michael analyzes a profound line and connects it to memory and nostalgia    At about 51:00, Michael discusses community and connections to a “transaction” and the moving (no pun intended) poem “Push”   At about 52:10, Michael gives background on his father and perspectives on his dad's background and its connection to their relationship   At about 54:15, ideas of masculinity are explored through standout lines, including “Down” and its three iterations    At about 56:45, Michael talks about “masks” and tough exteriors and acting tough as ways of getting by and not getting “clowned”   At about 58:45, Michael gives background on an interesting and fitting phrase he uses in his poetry   At about 1:00:25, Pete and Michael discuss a tender line from “Down/II” as Michael gives background on the line as a mix of moments in his life   At about 1:03:30, Michael discusses ideas of youth valuing themselves as touched upon in his work   At about 1:05:20, Pete highlights a line from the collection that is representative of the whole   At about 1:07:00, Pete asks about Michael's community of writers and who moves him in 2022; Michael cites Willie Perdomo, Mary Szybist and “Incarnadine,” Patricia Smith, Paul Tran, Dustin Pearson, Emily Yoon, Chris McCormick, Eduardo Corral, and Chen Chen   At about 1:09:10, Michael reads from “Down/I”   At about 1:15:00, Michael reads Part VI and X of “Elegy Roll Call”   At about 1:17:00, Michael details upcoming projects   At about 1:21:00, Michael gives out social media/contact info     You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode.      This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.     Please tune in for Episode 122 with Sonora Reyes, the author of the forthcoming contemporary young adult novel, THE LESBIANA'S GUIDE TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL. They write fiction full of queer and Latinx characters in a variety of genres, with current projects in both kidlit and adult categories. Sonora is also the creator and host of the Twitter chat #QPOCChat, a monthly community-building chat for queer writers of color.     The episode will air on May 10.

Here, first-time NFT creators Paul Tran (of www.cryptobadgerclan.com) and Kevin Seo (www.foodfightersuniverse.com) talk about their journey from traditional entrepreneurship to Web3 entrepreneurship. Missed an episode? Visit www.badgerclan.show www.cryptobadgerclan.com @cryptobadgerNFT on Twitter and Instagram

Here, first-time NFT creators Paul Tran (of www.cryptobadgerclan.com) and Kevin Seo (www.foodfightersuniverse.com) talk about their journey from traditional entrepreneurship to Web3 entrepreneurship. Missed an episode? Visit www.badgerclan.show www.cryptobadgerclan.com @cryptobadgerNFT on Twitter and Instagram

Here, first-time NFT creators Paul Tran (of www.cryptobadgerclan.com) and Kevin Seo (www.foodfightersuniverse.com) talk about their journey from traditional entrepreneurship to Web3 entrepreneurship. Missed an episode? Visit www.badgerclan.show www.cryptobadgerclan.com @cryptobadgerNFT on Twitter and Instagram

Hablamos con Paul Tran, Director de Personas & Tecnología, en Hijos de Rivera, el grupo grupo gallego productor de cerveza y bebidas. La más conocida de ellas, Estrella Galicia. En esta ocasión compartimos una charla con Paul para hablar sobre cultural fit, propósito de empresa y cultura de empresa auténtica. ¡No te lo pierdas! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/factorial-podcast/message

Paul Tran says that poetry can live on a page. This show discusses the abundant life in their debut poetry book, “All the Flowers Kneeling.” Tran joins guest host Shawn Sullivan to explore the book's four sections as well as its notes.

Here, first-time NFT creators Paul Tran (of www.cryptobadgerclan.com) and Kevin Seo (details coming soon!) talk about their journey from traditional entrepreneurship to Web3 entrepreneurship. Missed an episode? Visit www.badgerclan.show www.cryptobadgerclan.com @cryptobadgerNFT on Twitter and Instagram

Here, first-time NFT creators Paul Tran (of www.cryptobadgerclan.com) and Kevin Seo (details coming soon!) talk about their journey from traditional entrepreneurship to Web3 entrepreneurship. Missed an episode? Visit www.badgerclan.show www.cryptobadgerclan.com @cryptobadgerNFT on Twitter and Instagram

Here, first-time NFT creators Paul Tran (of www.cryptobadgerclan.com) and Kevin Seo (details coming soon!) talk about their journey from traditional entrepreneurship to Web3 entrepreneurship. Missed an episode? Visit www.badgerclan.show www.cryptobadgerclan.com @cryptobadgerNFT on Twitter and Instagram

Here, first-time NFT creators Paul Tran (of www.cryptobadgerclan.com) and Kevin Seo (details coming soon!) talk about their journey from traditional entrepreneurship to Web3 entrepreneurship. Missed an episode? Visit www.badgerclan.show www.cryptobadgerclan.com @cryptobadgerNFT on Twitter and Instagram

Here, first-time NFT creators Paul Tran (of www.cryptobadgerclan.com) and Kevin Seo (details coming soon!) talk about their journey from traditional entrepreneurship to Web3 entrepreneurship. Missed an episode? Visit www.badgerclan.show www.cryptobadgerclan.com @cryptobadgerNFT on Twitter and Instagram

S7 E10: In this episode, meet journalist Tiffanie Drayton, poet Paul Tran, and journalist Karen Cheung. These authors have written books in which they explore the intersection of personal experience and the broader culture---whether rethinking the American Dream, answering trauma with resilience, or delving into the meaning of memory in a shifting geopolitical landscape. Listen in to learn more; plus, find out what it was like for these authors to record their audiobooks. Black American Refugee by Tiffanie Drayton: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/671853/black-american-refugee/ All the Flowers Kneeling by Paul Tran: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/676719/all-the-flowers-kneeling/ The Impossible City by Karen Cheung: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/670013/the-impossible-city/

Here, first-time NFT creators Paul Tran (of www.cryptobadgerclan.com) and Kevin Seo (details coming soon!) talk about their journey from traditional entrepreneurship to Web3 entrepreneurship. Missed an episode? Visit www.badgerclan.show www.cryptobadgerclan.com @cryptobadgerNFT on Twitter and Instagram

Here, first-time NFT creators Paul Tran (of www.cryptobadgerclan.com) and Kevin Seo (details coming soon!) talk about their journey from traditional entrepreneurship to Web3 entrepreneurship. Missed an episode? Visit www.badgerclan.show www.cryptobadgerclan.com @cryptobadgerNFT on Twitter and Instagram

Here, first-time NFT creators Paul Tran (of www.cryptobadgerclan.com) and Kevin Seo (details coming soon!) talk about their journey from traditional entrepreneurship to Web3 entrepreneurship. Missed a past episode? www.cryptobadgerclan.com @cryptobadgerNFT on Twitter and Instagram

Here, first-time NFT creators Paul Tran (of www.cryptobadgerclan.com) and Kevin Seo (details coming soon!) talk about their journey from traditional entrepreneurship to Web3 entrepreneurship. Missed a past episode? www.cryptobadgerclan.com @cryptobadgerNFT on Twitter and Instagram

Live from your computer screens, it's Code Switch! Guest hosts Ayesha Rascoe and Denice Frohman joined us to talk poetry and humor with special guests Paul Tran and Hari Kondabolu. Then, Ayesha and Denice answered your questions about race and love.

Today's poem is Bioluminescence by Paul Tran.

Today's poem is Bioluminescence by Paul Tran.

January 10, 2022 - On today's podcast we welcome special guest, MANSCAPED Founder and CEO, Paul Tran. MANSCAPED is a leader and pioneer in men's grooming that recently announced a going-public transaction at a $1 billion valuation.   On the show, Paul discusses: What inspired the founding of MANSCAPED How he launched a category creator Keys to success behind the company's innovative marketing How they go about creating viral marketing campaigns And more Buy bitcoin, save the planet! Learn more about our eco-friendly bitcoin ETF here: https://investabtc.com/ Learn more about the Accelerate Alternative Investment Solutions here: https://accelerateshares.com/investment-solutions-2/ Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/33316660/admin/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AccelerateFT

Manscaped plans to go public via SPAC merger with Bright Lights Acquisition Corp. (BLTS). Paul Tran, CEO of Manscaped, gives an overview of the company. He talks about how Manscaped is a men's grooming personal care company. He also goes over how Manscaped will trade under the ticker symbol “MANS” when it goes public. Finally, he mentions Manscaped plans for growth. Tune in to find out more.

Vanessa and Alyssa discuss what it's like writing across multiple genres including fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and journalism. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dearlitpod The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards (HarperCollins Publishers) The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod by Z Brewer (Penguin Random House) Project VOICE (Phil Kaye and Sarah Kay) "The Man in the Mirror? by Alison Kinney (Longreads) - CN: Rape, gaslighting "Paul Tran vs. The Past" "Shira Erlichman vs. The Unknown" Coding Literacy: How Computer Programming is Changing Writing by Annette Vee (MIT Press) “Too Close To Home: Writing a Book That Your Parents Won't Read” by Michelle Jana Chan (Literary Hub)

Every week we will take a deep dive into a business and share with you some of their marketing & business strategies that helped these businesses scale. In Episode 43, we dissect Manscaped business & marketing strategy – The company was founded in 2017 by Paul Tran & is a brand dedicated to men's below-the-waist grooming and hygiene. They built a strong brand affinity through their marketing efforts. By implementing humor into their marketing strategy, they made it more conversational for men to discuss topics that they didn't feel comfortable talking about before. With over 2 million men using their products, this company is worth studying & referencing when you're thinking about your next business move.Timestamps:[00:53] Manscaped Background & How It Started[2:40] Exploring Other Ad Placements Outside The Digital World. Learn How Manscaped Diversified Their Ad Placements Outside Social Media[5:40] Use Humor To Market Taboo or Traditionally Boring Products. In the early stages of Manscaped, they were using serious messaging to get their products out there & realized it wasn't hitting the consumer effectively.[6:20] How Manscaped Hilarious Santa Video Changed Their Marketing Mindset[8:13] Other brands that have used a humor approach to their marketing strategy[9:36] Why A Digital Agency Can Be At Your Disadvantage[13:49] Change Up Your Ad Copy That Speaks To Your Customer At The Present Moment. Manscaped speaks to their customer at the very present by understanding current situations that the customer may be facing during the relevant hot Summer season & how their product can help solve it.[15:30] If you're going to raise money, then bring on sweetie pie investors.[16:25] Selecting An Investor: Why It Isn't Just About The Money[18:27] Who Is Your Audience & Where Are They Mostly Active?[20:47] Increase Sales By Adding A Gift With Purchase.ABOUT MATT SKOPAK:An adventure and fitness addict with a passion for entrepreneurship and numbers. Lead Investor in Sweetberry Bowls and CFO of Sugar & Kush CBD. Rutgers MBA 2020 in Entrepreneurship & Accounting. Matt Skopak's Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/mskopakABOUT ME (SEAN AZARI):In 2015, I started a creative ad agency called Breakthrough Social that has helped over 50+ businesses build their brand & increase sales mainly through content development & distribution, influencer marketing, paid media campaigns, and other developing techniques. Brands that I have worked with: Rebhorn, Safavieh, Rugs USA, SoJo Spa Club, Muscle Maker Grill, Kat Burki, Sweetberry Bowls, & many others.REBHORN (My eCommerce/Art Brand) ⤵️Website: https://www.rebhorndesign.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/rebhorndesignMy Other Social Channels:INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sean_azari/FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/azarimedia/SNAPCHAT: https://www.snapchat.com/add/sean_azariTWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/sean_azari

Recorded by Paul Tran for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 24, 2021. www.poets.org

In a special episode of the Poetry Podcast, Kimiko Hahn, Monica Youn, Paul Tran, and Megan Fernandes join Kevin Young to read their work, and to discuss Asian-American poetics and the role of poetry in our tumultuous times. Kimiko Hahn, a distinguished professor at Queens College, City University of New York, has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Shelley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America. She has published ten books of poems, including, most recently, “Foreign Bodies.” Monica Youn, a former lawyer and a member of the Racial Imaginary Institute, teaches at Princeton. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America, she will publish a new book of poems, “From From,” in 2023. Paul Tran, a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, has received a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation, and a 92Y Discovery/Boston Review Poetry Prize. Their debut poetry collection, “All the Flowers Kneeling,” will be published in 2022. Megan Fernandes is an assistant professor of English and writer-in-residence at Lafayette College. A finalist for the Kundiman Book Prize and the Saturnalia Book Prize, her most recent poetry collection is “Good Boys.”

Paul Tran on their selection: The handprint is one of the earliest examples of self-representation. I can hardly imagine what it was like, thousands and thousands of years ago, to seek shelter in a cave; to find others had been there; to see the animals they painted; and then to join the animals by leaving their handprint on the wall. Maybe the word for it is hope. Maybe it’s realizing I’m not alone. I’m here, still. “Between Darkness and Light,” Paul Tran, Shantell Martin and Shamel Pitts (TRIBE) “The Cave,” by Paul Tran Music: "Shift of Currents" by Blue Dot Sessions // CC BY-NC 2.0

Happy New Year! Season Two ya'll! We're back and ready for Season 2. We kick it off literally talking about the study of crazy shit! We can all agree medicine is some crazy shit. We can all agree that gastroenterology is the study of crazy shit - literally. So why not get an expert to chime in on this one? We did! Join Kelly & James as they talk medicine with pediatric gastroenterologist Dr. Paul Tran Dr. Paul Tran grew up on the East Coast in Maryland and most of his childhood was dominated by a career as a competitive figure skater. His family moved to Colorado Springs when he was in high school, partly to train for skating. He retired from skating and went to Duke University where he majored in Classical Civilizations. After graduation, he completed a Masters in Physiology at the University of Cincinnati before going to medical school in Denver at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He then moved to Dallas for three years to complete a residency in Pediatrics at the University of Texas Southwestern. Now back in Denver, Dr. Tran currently completing a Fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology at the University of Colorado and Children's Hospital Colorado. In the near future, he hopes to continue his professional career with a focus on medical education and advanced endoscopy. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thatssomecrazyshitpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thatssomecrazyshitpodcast/support

Julie Murphy interviews award winning poets Ellen Bass and Cynthia White about their poems and the work of Jericho Brown and Paul Tran included in the new gender-inclusive anthology Grabbed: Poets and Writers on Sexual Assault, Empowerment and Healing. Please join us as we read stunning poems and engage in a lively discussion of the power of poetry, how to write about difficult subjects, art and healing, and more. From the Grabbed website: "The editors asked writers and poets to add to the conversation about what being “grabbed” means to them in their own experience or in whatever way the word “grabbed” inspired them. What they received are often searing, heart-rending works, ranging in topic from sexual misconduct to racial injustice, from an unwanted caress to rape, expressed in powerful, beautifully crafted prose and poetry. This book is for everyone who has ever felt alone in their experience of being grabbed, violated, overlooked, and silenced. This anthology is their voice. It is their war cry. It is their plea to be heard and be seen. We want this volume to provide hope to those who have yet to harness the power of their own story. Years in the making, the stitching together of this important narrative chronicles a moment in time which is, unfortunately, also timeless." Grabbed: Writers and Poets on Sexual Assault, Empowerment and Healing edited by Richard Blanco, Caridad Moro, Nikki Moustaki, and Elisa Albo Grabbed Website Ellen Bass Cynthia White The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse 20th Anniversary Edition by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis I Never Told Anyone by Ellen Bass

What have you had to explore on your own? What, or who, helped? This poem explores the archetype of the cave — a cave that calls, a cave that contains secrets and perhaps even information. “Someone standing at the mouth had / the idea to enter. To go further / than light or language could / go.” The poem manages — at once — to convey the bravery of exploration and the solitude and possibility that can accompany such journeys.Paul Tran – is the recipient of a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation and a Discovery/Boston Review Poetry Prize. Their work has appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry Magazine, Good Morning America, NYLON, and elsewhere, including the RZA-directed movie Love Beats Rhymes alongside Azealia Banks, Common, and Jill Scott.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.

- Helped scale food concepts to billions in sales including five guys and halal guys- 10+ restaurants in California with more to come- Sales consultant and founder of Honey Badger Seller- Systems and automation expert and partner at Pro Sulum VSA companyAs his Instagram says, "I do a bunch of things"! Paul has mastered developing systems for massive growth in the restaurant industry, while also capitalizing on horizontal growth in several other complimenting opportunities!EP. 3 of The Dedication To Excellence Podcast we dive deep into scaling a business from a small concept to a multi-location franchise and so much more!Support the show

Part I of the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research was all virtual. There were 61,000 attendees, including some job-hunters. I wonder how this year's conference that is about to get underway will affect job-hunting.  This episode is with scientists talking about their hopes and allergic points as they job-hunt. It's based on conversations with job-hunters last year and this year. The guests on this episode are: Dr. Antonio Ward of the University of South Alabama, Melat Gebru from Penn State University, Paul Tran from Augusta University and Dr. Sadr-ul Shaheed from the University of Bradford. 

The concept of giving is more of an attitude of generosity. Always be generous with people that you come in contact with and add so much value that the people who receive your kindness feel compelled to be your cheerleaders and ambassadors.   In this episode, Dean chats with friend and business partner, Paul Tran, about giving people the potential to be your raving fans and make them want to help you. ----- Automated Transcript Below Dean Soto 0:00:00 Hey, this is Dean Soto founder of FreedomInFiveMinutes.com and ProSuum.com and we're here again with another Freedom In Five Minutes podcast episode. Today's topic is this: Giving So Much Without Expecting Anything in Return. That and more, coming up.   Dean Soto 0:00:29 Well, guys check this out. I have a special guest here today. I am NOT on my acreage running around with the Luna Mister. In fact, I am in some kind of industrial-type area with a lot of cars. We're at Toyota-thon guys.   Dean Soto 0:00:46 That's the way it looks over here it's Toyota-thon no we are actually at a Toyota dealership because Mr. Paul Tran got a flat tire right before we were going to speak. Of course, that didn't stop us but I have with us as a result of that beautiful gift of a flat tire.   Dean Soto 0:01:09 Mr. Paul Tran, how's it going my man?   Paul Tran 0:01:12 Good. It's good. Whenever I got that flat tire I thought of you know how we both are fans of Chaco Willing is his strategy have you heard of his concept of good? No matter what happens in your life always end it with good.   Paul Tran 0:01:26 If I today I was late for work good I got to spend more time with my family or I got a flat tire good I got to like appreciate people's help you know whatever happens just end up with good because it reframes your positive attitude.   Dean Soto 0:01:42 That's actually pretty cool. I love that. I love that. I'm at Toyota-thon good I am NOT gonna get another Toyota. I like Toyotas but I'm not in the market but yeah I still feel it makes me feel really good but um so interesting thing happened today so we were speaking out we work in boardwalk which was in Newport California right   Paul Tran 0:02:05 Irvine Irvine   Dean Soto 0:02:07 Irvine California and it was cool because there's a guy who got us into the whole WeWork space a guy by the name of Daniel. Can I share his name?   Paul Tran 0:02:18 Yeah okay.   Dean Soto 0:02:20 A guy by the name of Daniel Apple and he works for a company called TriNet who they are awesome by the way if you have a company that is doing anything HR-wise, TriNet is friggin amazing they run they do all the HR stuff for Paul's halal you know 20 million dollar halal guys restaurants that he owns and stuff like that and they just been pretty amazing   Paul Tran 0:02:40 right yep they also did payroll and did HR strategy for Netflix and its heyday so they just pretty much help you know maneuver all the HR pitfalls for a starting company because you know as you know you're in the business not to — unless you're in the HR business you're not in the business to process payroll you're in the business to serve people and do what you do uniquely so trying it kind of takes all that off of your plate so that you can focus    Dean Soto 0:03:07 I love that so yeah go check out so Daniel Apple which all once I post this on LinkedIn I’ll actually tag him on there so if you're if you want to check him out he's awesome great guy him and William Chiem C H I E M guys   Dean Soto 0:03:26.019,0:03:30.549 Yeah, both are awesome and the reason why we're bringing them up both of them is that so they got us into we work and the interesting thing is that Paul and I so hearing Paul actually reached out to me and said hey do you want to start speaking out we work I have this contact and he's you know he has a lot of people in there that he worked with and could get us into doing some speaking engagements to share all the whole VSA concept — the Virtual Systems Architects if you go to FreedomInFiveMinutes.com you get to check those out so he so we're talking about he's talking about this guy and I'm like oh that's awesome so like what's the catch what's the catch and it's been how many months like six months?   Paul Tran 0:04:14 yeah it's been about four months   Dean Soto 0:04:16 four months of doing these talks and I'm still waiting for the catch that's the interesting thing literally William and Daniel both got us into this spot and then have literally asked for nothing in return but it was interesting because every single time we've done any type of talk   Dean Soto 0:04:42 I know I always bug Paul I'm like we should have Daniel talk in the beginning we should have Bill talk in the beginning we should look how can I give back to Bill how can I give back to Daniel huh and to the point where I referred people to him and he literally has never asked for a referral whatsoever he's just been giving giving giving giving giving and it would today be the first time where he actually shared his dirty little secret with me after he after I had talked to him about somebody who I had actually referred and who looks like might actually be signing up with TriNet and I love for Paul to gotta give that little dirty little secret that he's shared today.   Paul Tran 0:05:24 well I mean pretty much the the concept was it's more of a an attitude of generosity like give so much be so generous with people that you come in contact with always add so much value that the people who receive your generosity they have no choice and not no choice but they feel so compelled to just be cheerleaders and ambassadors for you and create raving fans and just want to help you you know all this time you know Dean and I were always just figuring how did it benefit them how to take good care of them and you know the concept was pretty much I guess based on the book that they go giver and the concept was this like give more value than you capture provide more value than you capture like the the byproduct the referrals the business the growth all that stuff is a byproduct that takes care of itself similar to the concept of if you're doing the right thing for clients like the monies of natural Byproduct so his generosity his continued generosity to us has been so enormous and so over abundantly overflowing we abundant that we just want to help him out all the time like we're not even working for TriNet we just want to help him out and give him as much business as possible because of that philosophy    Dean Soto 0:06:45 yeah it's funny because he's even like he's was even like he's like yeah yeah dude you know if anyone now signs up will even give you a little you know I can give you like some kind of kickback or something like that I'm like dude no honestly you've given so much to us there's like it's already like we feel already in debt and that's literally what I told him today because it was cool because it just kind of came up out of the blue the the whole concept that he shared but it's super powerful it's something and quite honestly for me it's something and I don't know if it's because I grew up pretty poor I mean we went from you know hotel to hotel and how's it going guys we went from hotel to hotel and motel in the motel and never you know it was I grew up reporter so a lot of the times for me I tend to hold on to things I tend to like be more about me than about other people and just seeing just seeing like this I mean you've taught you Paul have taught me to give and to give and stuff like that but like even even with this I was like I mean literally every time we came down it was it was I had in my mind like what are they getting out of this I even asked Bill a couple times like what are you getting out of this what are you getting out of this and you know we want to help you and he's and he's just like oh I don't just long game don't worry about it and I'm like this is crazy but now it's funny because now you're starting to see the reaping of what he what those two have actually already sowed you know   Paul Tran 0:08:11 Yeah and but I mean it does start with just being someone who's generous and being a kind person with a positive attitude like if you're just in it truly just for that ulterior motive, yeah people smell it out and it'll debilitate any efforts that you make so you actually got to be a really kind good person and be super sincere about wanting to just truly help someone with no expectation in return that's the prerequisite.   Dean Soto 0:08:42 that's interesting like I could totally see that as well like if people know you're doing that just to get something that that that could be more detrimental at times but yeah like the I mean why like why is this important I mean it's important because a lot of times we're in business obviously we're in business to make money to feed our families to grow the business and so on and so forth but you know that doesn't need to come at the cost of a that doesn't need to come at the cost of giving before receiving you know even jesus said that's better to give than to receive the the whole idea is that that your mode is like because no matter what with a business you have to give that value anyway there the money your value should just in general with your business be more valuable than the money that they're paying they need to get a return on their investment and so that's a huge huge thing and it's so important to just have that in mind of I'm giving no matter what I have to find a way to give more value than receive right    Paul Tran 0:09:52 yeah and the trick is to I think because we as business people we need to manage our numbers and we need to measure things and whatever measure is measured and proves right all right but the trick here is you know culture things like generosity are really hard to measure but I find it funny that those are the most important so I'd say focus on things are a little it's it's okay to focus on things they're a little bit harder to measure yeah cuz those are the ones that usually probably every other business person is not measuring either so that's you're a competitive edge as well   Dean Soto 0:10:24 Yeah for sure and you know on the on the flip side of things the cool thing is you can actually systemize a lot of this type of giving there there are many ways like the reactive campaign attaching these active campaign to different things like Thankster or Zen Direct or other places you can actually systemize the giving to your customers based off of how much they buy based off of you know who hold a number of data points and stuff so if it's hard for you because it really is hard for me to give like I have to systemize giving to where it's actually out of my head and it just constantly get on a regular basis so like my challenge to you right now is if you have a business or just in general even with your family how much are you giving before receiving you know are you giving love notes to your wife are you giving love notes to your children every day are you giving you know free things to your your your clients or reaching out to them and just saying hey appreciate you or things like that like how much are you actually doing that and that's the challenge this week is to to put that as a priority and see over time just how much that gives back and that allows you to to grow as a business and to grow as a as a person in general but but yeah that's the challenge this week. Paul, do you have any other things?   Paul Tran 0:11:45 Actually, as you mentioned that you taught me the concept of the bank account the virtual the emotional-spiritual business financial bank account like you if the more you deposit the easier it is to withdraw like if you put more money into your bank account and it earns interest you can always withdraw without any issues without feeling like that scarcity mindset right it's the same thing it's not just money but if you're adding so much value you're depositing so much help you're sending them thank-yous you're giving them referrals you're figuring out a way to help your clients win like without any expected returns. Guess what those are deposits that interest-earning deposits that the with Charles and the distributions back to you are just automatic and you don't feel like you're losing out no some think of it as just living off the interest of it you know   Dean Soto 0:12:38 I love it right so my relationship — but I relate that to everything, yeah no I totally and I only use it for my relationship and some of my business I need to do it for other things so all that being said so this is Dean Soto and Paul Tran and if you haven't subscribed to the podcast yet go to FreedomInFiveMinutes.com do they actually do the right thing actually you go to Apple Podcast type in Freedom In Five Minutes and subscribe that way or go to Spotify type in Freedom In Five Minutes or stitcher to type in Freedom In Five Minutes or I Heart Radio and type in Freedom In Five Minutes and you will be able to find the Freedom In Five Minutes podcast go and subscribe now so I can give you lots and lots of episodes all the time okay so...   Paul Tran 0:13:28 without any expectation return   Dean Soto 0:13:31 Exactly. Exactly but until then Paul and I will see you on the next freedom in five minutes podcast episode

(0:57) Moiz introduces Paul Tran, the CEO and founder of Manscaped, founded in 2016. Manscaped sells grooming products (3:25) Paul discusses the ages and gender of Manscaped’s customers (5:40) Paul talks about the lack of options in the pubic grooming space for men. Manscape capitalized on a white-space (9:10) What goes into creating the actual products (the “Lawnmower”). Manscaped sees itself as both a hardware and software company (13:40) All marketing, development, etc. are done inhouse at Manscaped. No agencies are used. They want to be super knowledgeable about all aspects of the business. Has 72 employees. (16:05) Paul reveals the origins of Manscaped’s marketing and branding (22:10) Paul talks about the challenges of scaling outside of Facebook and Google (29:20) Getting the messaging right and the initial growth of Manscaped. (33:40) Which messaging didn’t work initially? (36:18) Paul talks about the importance of running your marketing. (38:00) How to succeed being bootstrapped and the issues with raising venture too early. (44:50) What does Manscaped’s acquisition channel mix look like today? (47:55) Paul explains how roles are organized at Manscaped and the importance of hiring. (53:10) What are failures Manscaped has run into? (57:12) Paul talks about the move into brick and mortar. (58:18) There is a certain amount of seasonality in DTC, Paul explains when they see the biggest bumps. (59:55) Paul discusses using influencer marketing and how to get the most out of it. Paul suggests avoiding micro-influencers since you get limited data from them? (1:03:40) What is your (Paul’s) goal with the business? Paul thinks about creating a multi-generational business instead of one built solely for being acquired. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today’s episode is a celebration of the written word in honor of a major milestone—the completion of the Feminist Hotdog book manuscript! (Coming January 2021.) Since words have been dominating my psyche, I decided to devote this week’s episode to reading (and writing!) for liberation. I spoke with Stef Bernal-Martinez of 1977 Books, poet Angbeen Saleem, and Alana Baumann and Samra Michael of the new podcast She Well Read about the role books and poems are playing in their pandemic lives, and the writers who help them envision a more just and intersectional future.  Stuff We Talked About on This Episode Intro by Bernadine Evaristo (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/08/girl-woman-other-by-bernardine-evaristo-review) by Mikki Kendall (https://www.npr.org/2020/02/26/808943234/hood-feminism-is-a-call-for-solidarity-in-a-less-than-inclusive-movement) Part I 1977 Books (1977books.com) @1977books on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/1977books/) by Alex Vitale (https://www.versobooks.com/books/2426-the-end-of-policing) (https://www.akpress.org/beyond-survival.html) Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1108-how-we-get-free) Combahee River Collective (http://circuitous.org/scraps/combahee.html) Octavia Butler (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6YI8lsjJJA) MGM Bailout (https://www.mgmbailout.com) Part II @angribeen on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/angribeen/) Angel Nafis (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/angel-nafis) Paul Tran (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/paul-tran) The Slow Down Show (https://www.slowdownshow.org) The VS Podcast  (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/podcasts/series/142241/vs-podcast) Haymarket Press BreakBeats Poets collection (http://www.breakbeatpoets.com) by Ross Gay (https://upittpress.org/books/9780822963318/) by Ilya Kaminsky (https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/deaf-republic ) Desis Rising Up and Moving (https://www.drumnyc.org/powerandsafety/) Part III She Well Read Episode 1 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/she-well-read/id1506524661) @shewellread on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/shewellread/) Series (http://www.kieracass.com/books) by Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff (https://read.macmillan.com/torforge/stay-sexy-and-dont-get-murdered/) by Rebecca Traister (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/mar/06/rebecca-traister-interview-all-the-single-ladies) Alana's Reading Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2YOLn0CBZ5alixgH2x9Bav?si=eSxCdDPeQQ2sCw-XA25OdQ) Support this podcast

Today’s episode is a celebration of the written word in honor of a major milestone—the completion of the Feminist Hotdog book manuscript! (Coming January 2021.) Since words have been dominating my psyche, I decided to devote this week’s episode to reading (and writing!) for liberation. I spoke with Stef Bernal-Martinez of 1977 Books, poet Angbeen Saleem, and Alana Baumann and Samra Michael of the new podcast She Well Read about the role books and poems are playing in their pandemic lives, and the writers who help them envision a more just and intersectional future.  Stuff We Talked About on This Episode Intro https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/08/girl-woman-other-by-bernardine-evaristo-review (Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo) https://www.npr.org/2020/02/26/808943234/hood-feminism-is-a-call-for-solidarity-in-a-less-than-inclusive-movement (Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall) Part I 1977 Books https://www.instagram.com/1977books/ (@1977books on Instagram) https://www.versobooks.com/books/2426-the-end-of-policing (The End of Policing by Alex Vitale) https://www.akpress.org/beyond-survival.html (Beyond Survival) https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1108-how-we-get-free (How We Get Free )https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1108-how-we-get-free (by )https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1108-how-we-get-free (Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor) http://circuitous.org/scraps/combahee.html (Combahee River Collective) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6YI8lsjJJA (Octavia Butler) https://www.mgmbailout.com (MGM Bailout) Part II https://www.instagram.com/angribeen/ (@angribeen on Instagram) https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/angel-nafis (Angel Nafis) https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/paul-tran (Paul Tran) https://www.slowdownshow.org (The Slow Down Show) https://www.poetryfoundation.org/podcasts/series/142241/vs-podcast (The VS Podcast ) http://www.breakbeatpoets.com (Haymarket Press BreakBeats Poets collection) https://upittpress.org/books/9780822963318/ (The Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay) https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/deaf-republic (Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky) https://www.drumnyc.org/powerandsafety/ (Desis Rising Up and Moving) Part III https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/she-well-read/id1506524661 (She Well Read Episode 1) https://www.instagram.com/shewellread/ (@shewellread on Instagram) http://www.kieracass.com/books (Kiera Cass' Selection Series) https://read.macmillan.com/torforge/stay-sexy-and-dont-get-murdered/ (Stay Sexy and Don’t Get Murdered by Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff ) https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/mar/06/rebecca-traister-interview-all-the-single-ladies (All the Single Ladies by Rebecca Traister) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2YOLn0CBZ5alixgH2x9Bav?si=eSxCdDPeQQ2sCw-XA25OdQ (Alana's Reading Playlist) Support this podcast

Inside a Rocketship — Building a Brand in 2020 Guest - Paul Tran, Founder and CEO of Manscaped howardlindzon.com, manscaped.com Twitter: @howardlindzon

Recorded by Paul Tran for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 9, 2020. www.poets.org

No man is an island. Each one of us needs a partner in life, may it be for business or in relationships. We need a partner because there are things that we are not good at. It is a give-and-take relationship so long as it is a win-win situation for both of you. Dean Soto has personally experienced the need for a partner in his business. Let's all listen to this podcast episode recounting his experience with having amazing people as a partner. ------------- "Automated Transcript Below:" Dean Soto 0:00 Hey, this is Dean Soto founder of freedom in five minutes.com and pro sulim calm. And we're here again with another freedom in five minutes. podcast episode. Today's topic is this, how to partner with amazing people. That and more coming up. Oh, man. So back in the day when I first started my business, I was working 50 6070 hours a week. And part of the reason was I was trying to wear all the hats, right? I at the time, I didn't really know how to do this. Some of the stuff that we do now like with the virtual systems architects and with outsourcing and systems and all other stuff, didn't have any of that and so I I found myself just constantly, you know, I'm the one marketing I'm the ones doing sales. I'm the one posting, posting on at the time posting on Craigslist doing whatever I could. And then obviously, when I got a customer, or, or I got a client, I had to be the one doing all the work and doing all the projects and doing all that stuff. Right. Well, the thing is that, that after a while, I started seeing, not just that I was spending a lot of time on stuff. One thing that I started seeing very quickly, I mean, it was night and day I it was without a doubt. I could see really quickly that I sucked at certain things, or at least, at least at the time, I wasn't very good at certain things. So for me, it was marketing promotion, things like that. Especially like public relations, PR type stuff. Very difficult for me to do. And you might hear an echo I'm actually behind in like this alleyway. Wow, my son's doing some martial arts. Anyway. So I started seeing very quickly that some of that stuff was stuff that I really didn't even want to do in the first place. Right. And so not only did I was I'm not was not doing well with it, it just stuff that I didn't want to do in the first place. And so so after a while, once I started, I started doing things more online, I started getting more and more into more scalable things. One of the things I ended up doing was partnering with somebody who, who needed what I had, what I could do, so I was really good at building infrastructure, really good at building systems, operations, things like that. He was at the time selling on Amazon. And so I started partnering up real good and what happened was, while he was good, he already had it. He already had a crowd. He already had an audience. He already had a whole bunch of things like that, but he didn't have the website he wanted basically wanted, he wanted to sell stuff online, different courses teaching people how to sell on Amazon. And he didn't have a means to do that. And so it worked out really well because I knew how to do that I knew how to use WordPress and how to use Click Funnels, all this other stuff that was available at the time. And we started making a lot of money together. And it was cool because I was working way, way, way, way less and making a lot lot lot lot more money to the point where I was able to leave my job at the time. And so with that being said, With all that being said, the the the cool thing about it was that he had skills that I was not I just didn't get the time I just didn't want to do, I probably could have and it's interesting because I i would i would say I could have But it was just stuff that I didn't want to do. And so it made it super easy on my end because I enjoyed building out the operations and stuff, right. So we had that going on at the time. And eventually that partnership faded. And another partnership spawned, which was based around a piece of software. And that partnership was actually the opposite where I started doing a lot of the marketing the person who created the software, it ended up being kind of more of a three way type partnership person who created the software. He just wanted to build and build and build that end of the things. And then my buddy Brad wanted to he was doing a lot of the offer creation creating of of different offers. And in that particular situation. I knew that I knew that our business model with That piece of software was not was not optimal. It was it was just not working out. And so I knew that we could offer it because basically it was like a month to month type thing. The software had a bunch of different features and so on. And I thought, you know, what if we did an annual, we did an annual type thing. And my buddy Brad, he went and created the offer, the the annual offer. I did, I did the emails for to that. And lo and behold, in a matter of a weekend, we, we did, we did six figures off of one launch over a weekend. And that was all because of different actually, you know, it was a four way four way partnership at the time because I was still with the other partner as well. I take that back. So it was a four way partnership at that time. And it was super easy it just it right away, right away. We were able to start capitalizing on that. And so. So what's the what's the whole point? Why am I sharing this story? I'm sharing this story because I'm serious sharing this story because a lot of the times, if you're doing something on your own, you can bring in if you want a quick way. And it's not always the case, you don't always want to do this and you don't want to give away your business. But you can do things where it's like sales or you can get a certain commission or things like that. But you can bring in a partner and essentially say, hey, if we do this thing together, that whatever it might be, I will give you x percent, I will give you x percent of commission, or whatever it might be, in fact, right now. With my virtual systems architect, I'm doing that with somebody who is absolutely amazing Mr. Paul Tran, who I've talked about in the past and and he is amazing at promotion, amazing business development. He is just phenomenal and he's been able to do in just just a few months what it has taken me a few years to do just on the business development side because that's where his strength lies, right? So he was a client of mine he's a friend and a client of mine and loved what was going on and it was like hey, I'm I want I want to evangelize this thing of what what you have with these virtual systems architects at freedom in five minutes, calm and pursue. com And so, so he and I partnered up and man, it has been amazing. We've been able to speak it. We were We've been in the franchise times we've been, we're speaking at spaces in not too long from now we're getting lots of lots of customers lots of partnerships things are super super just just meeting a ton of ton of people and the best part is we're helping so many businesses transform and do things in the new reality in the reality of, of being able to systemized your business being able to outsource everything in your business in five minutes or less in 30 days that you know, in less than 30 days if you do if you just spent five minutes a day doing our system, you can literally transform your entire business right and and we have so many people that are being affected in bed and are benefiting from this, that it's just, it is just an absolute monster of of a Change predominantly because of this partnership. So, all that being said, if right now, you're a one man show, and maybe you have a team, but you just you, I might, I would highly consider partnering with somebody in some fashion or another, whatever is a win win situation and start developing stuff based off of that partnership because there's a lot of times we'll you'll see, that's but that when you have somebody else who can pick up the slack where you suck, basically, you can completely transform your business almost overnight. And obviously, like I said, you don't want to get rid of your equity or you don't want to do things that are going to take away from what you're already doing. But find a win win. And you can see some pretty amazing results when it comes to Partnering. So all that being said, Go Go give that a try. And then if you want to transform your business in 30 days or less, literally, it only takes five minutes a day, go to freedom in five minutes calm, or pro slim, calm, PROSULUM calm. And check that out and get in touch with me. We'll get on the phone and we will see if you're a good fit and help you to get your entire business, automated scaled and growing. And all it takes is five minutes a day. Five minutes a day. All right. This is Dean Soto freedom in five minutes and I will catch you later in the next freedom in five minutes podcast episode.

Paul Tran is a system-oriented entrepreneur who's the exclusive franchisee of Halal Guys in Southern California. Connect with Paul: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulttran/ Connect with Mikhail https://www.instagram.com/miqk https://www.twitter.com/miqk https://www.mikhailalfon.com

There's no such thing as success or failure when it comes to marketing, only signals that would lead you to an absolute gold mine. What’s that one thing that you can change and try to get that signal? In this episode, you'll learn how understanding and interpreting signals will help you attract more clients, increase your sales, and help your business. Whether you are making every effort in getting more leads or are just curious about how these so-called signals can impact your business, this is the podcast for you. ----- Automated Transcript Below: Dean Soto 0:00 Hey, this is Dean Soto, founder of freedom in five minutes.com. And we're here again with another freedom in five minutes podcast episode. Today's topic is this. There's no such thing as success and failure only signals that and more coming up. Well, hello. I am so glad to be back with you. This is a wonderful day and a really cool story that I think is going to resonate with you. Well, so, my, one of my partners, Paul, and Mr. Paul Tran, and I went and spoke at we work we spoke we work I think I mentioned this maybe in the last podcast or one of the podcasts. But we went and we spoke at we work in Costa Mesa, California, both at Park center And Park tower which they're right next to each other. It's it's pretty hard to it's actually, I should say it was pretty hard to miss them. But I we actually did miss them when we first went there because they're so close to each other we didn't know if we were in the right one. But anyway, it was it was awesome, really interesting experience both days. So the first day, Paul, and I got up and so the way this the that the talk is structured, Paul, at least for now in this particular trial trial of these talks, Paul gives the the brunt of the presentation. He's been wanting to really break into the public speaking realm. I've been doing public speaking for a long time to include a full year of public speaking. While I was deployed in Kuwait, like literally every weekend it was doing public speaking with a given a doing some something with some kind of presentation with a military general Every weekend, it was not fun in the beginning, but afterward it became second nature is really awesome, actually. But I digress. So he really wanted to get into the public speaking realm. And with that being said, is really cool because he, he really had a lot of courage and took the opportunity to, to develop himself really by putting himself in fire, just really going through and getting trial by fire. And so the first round, the first round and structure of the presentation, he got up there did extremely well that was one thing is that he had a really good stage presence about him and did extremely well and was extremely credible. And then hot potato the mic to me in about eight or 10 minutes, and I pretty much delivered the rest of the presentation. Just improvising the entire thing. But it was cool because people seemed to really love the presentation. They loved it, even though it was winging it. So we went later on that day, we went back to his house. And we ended up restructuring the entire talk, because of just how it just wasn't structured. Well, it didn't sell well, it wasn't it was just kind of odd, just in general, but people loved it because it was really informative. And, and I in Paul Paul was really, really good. And then I, you know, I've just been doing this for a while. So the first talk was just it just worked out really well. The second talk was structured really well, but I don't know if it was delivered well on both of our ends, really, Paul, Paul really hit hit a couple great base hits in the very beginning, and really had some awesome awesome things. But it was more it wasn't really the from the comparing. When he started the first one to this one. He was was like 900 times better. And Paul, I know you listen to these. So this is some good constructive criticism because I think you were night and day better. I mean, it was so good the second round. And I think it was more of the structure of the presentation, that it just didn't lend well to the topic that we had, which the topic was how it was blessing, the blessing the growth of your business. And so everything had to be put into this blessing type of it's kind of this frame that we're trying to put people into and trying to put this presentation into. And so he, so he did a really, really well, but it was hard because because we had we were trying to get Pete credit, put the presentation into this one frame, and it just wasn't working too well. So even when I got up, it was it was just very it was awkward. It just was an awkward thing all around. Right and And so it was cool because people enjoyed it. But at the same time, they gave some good criticism, one of those things being well, we don't really know what you guys do, like, you know, you're kind of there was kind of a little bit of a pitch, hey, you can work with us and so on and toward the end, but they honestly didn't know exactly what we did. And so it just was it was, it was a better structured presentation. But But even with that structure, there was a little bit more confusion than the first one. And so it so it's interesting, because that coupled with the fact that we were waiting, you know, we're waiting, we had this questionnaire and I was we were both actually afraid to look at these questionnaires and get them back and see if there's anything negative and so on. It's just, you know, you don't want to get I don't know, it's, there's that feeling in the pit of your stomach of Oh, I don't want to look at these because someone's going to say something bad or whatever. And, meanwhile, ignoring the fact that the majority of people are say nice things, knowing that they're going to turn this in, you know. So, all that being said, threw out everything that I just said, As for this story, one thing became clear. And Paul was so good at really reframing my mind around this, and that is that, really, there's no success or failure. When it comes to these things. There's only signals. Okay? And what I mean by that, you could say that, well, if you made a ton of sales, or you got a ton of claps, or people were super happy with your presentation, that was a success. Or if people didn't like the presentation, people didn't buy people didn't do what you expected them to do. That's a failure. But in reality, in reality, that is just the market that is those are people telling you something telling you that maybe it wasn't a good fit. Maybe the structure of the presentation wasn't good. Maybe the structure of the presentation was great. Maybe maybe the maybe the venue, people are not apt to buy something right away, or sign up for something right away or meet with people right away. Whatever it is, people are giving you a signal. At that point in time, they're giving you a signal. They're telling you this works, this doesn't work. We want this, we don't want this. And that is totally fine. Even the best part about it is either signal whether it's a negative or positive will help you to push your business forward. So if p if you go and you start launching a product or you come up with a new product offering or service or something like that and people don't resonate With with the webinar that you did, or the email campaign that you did, that does not mean it's a failure. It might mean that you can't sell this particular thing directly from your email. Or people don't want to buy it off a webinar they want they want to buy it off a tele seminar or they want to buy it in person. You know, a lot of people will try to sell a high high ticket item by just putting up an online shopping cart and asking people to fork over $10,000 Well, that doesn't really work. The not all the time, but it could it depending on what, what, what industry you're in. But it's not always it's the day you're not always going to be able to do that. Right? You Some people like to meet you in person prior to forking over money. Some people don't haven't had They're mindset converted yet before, before even being able to give you money, right? Sometimes people look at what you have, and they're like, I just don't understand it. Because they don't, they don't know that they even have a problem yet. And so there's so many factors, there's so many things, so many signals that that people give you that once you interpret them once you see what they're trying to tell you because you have to, you have to be good at interpreting these signals. Once you see them, and once you look and and really ascertain what they are trying to tell you. They can be a gold mine. It could be so valuable to you and to your business. It can be an extremely profitable translation. If only you see it as data, if you see it as a signal as you see it as, as somebody trying to tell you how they want to buy from you. So what are you doing right now? What's one little thing that you can change or try put up? Maybe it's maybe it's sending direct mail to your customers, maybe it's sending email to your customers instead of direct mail. What is one thing that you can change and try to see if you're going to get the signal that you want? What's one thing that you can change and try to get the signal that you want? For me, just an example is I'm trying direct mail a lot more direct mail newsletters in the mail, like direct mail meaning in your mailbox, you will get this with goodies and goodies in sales letters and postcards and things like that. trying something that most of my market does not do. Right? Because they might be because they tried it and it doesn't work. Or it might be because they haven't tried it. Right. And so that's something that I'm going to see. And I'm going to see what the signals are. I'm going to see very quickly whether the market is telling me Yay, or nay. And it's fine. If it's an A, and it's great if it's a Yay. But even if it's a Yay, how much of a Yay, is it? Is it enough to wear to warn to continue or not? But that's how you have to look at it. This is all data. Don't take it personally. It's hard. It's scary. But don't take it personally. The more that you're able to not take it personally. The more you're able to turn this into an absolute goldmine for you, for your business and for your customers. Alright, so is Dean Soto freedom in five minutes, go check out freedom in five minutes calm And when you do you're going to see the business process scorecard you're going to see the masterclass there, get introduced to the freedom in five minutes methods so you do not have to you literally can every five minutes, you know, five minutes a day, you can outsource something so that you never have to do it again five minutes a day is all it takes. And you can literally outsource your entire company and automate your entire customer company systemized your entire company in five minutes a day. Often we see it in about 60 days or less. People are able to completely exit their business and do the things that they want to do. So anyway, Dean Soto freedom in five minutes calm and I will see you in the next freedom in five minutes episode.

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In this podcast, you'll get to hear from one of the best sales and franchise consultants in the world, Paul Tran.  Paul has been instrumental in building a tremendous number of fast-casual restaurant brands from 1 or 2 mom and pop stores into multi-national names. Paul shares some of his thoughts and secrets to creating scalable businesses and how you can change your mindset to prepare from growth and scalability. This is an episode you won't want to miss. If you want to grow a truly scalable and massive business by using a Virtual Systems Architect, head on over to www.freedominfiveminutes.com and sign up for your Free Business Process Scorecard and Masterclass.   ----- Automated Transcript Below:   Dean Soto 0:00 Hey, this is Dean Soto with www.freedominfiveminutes.com and we're here again with another freedom in five minutes podcast episode. Today's topic is this you can consult franchises into creating great systems that and more coming up. Alright, so welcome to the freedom in five minutes podcast. My name is Dean Soto which I've already introduced, but I am super excited today to have on the show. A longtime friend and one of my business mentors someone who helped me in my in two journeys one becoming an entrepreneur and to getting some pretty amazing systems experience under my belt and I probably would not be be where I am today. I are in fact I know I wouldn't be where I am today right now if it wasn't for this particular person. So this person is named Paul Tran. He is one of the I'm not gonna say one of the he is the best salesman I have ever met by far my mentor and is extremely extremely good. In the in the in the restaurant fast casual restaurant. Kind of systemized and franchising area with with, he does a lot of consulting and all this other stuff, which I'll let him talk about in just a little bit. But Paul, thank you so much for coming on the show. It's so nice to have you my friend. Paul Tran 1:44 It's a it's my absolute pleasure. And again, I feel horrible because you've you've been telling me to get on a podcast for years, even before like if anybody knew what a podcast was. So you're definitely a pioneer and I I'm sorry, I was a little bit insecure about, you know, having my live voice being publicized. But I realized later that, you know, after you've been pushing me and pushing me, I realized, you know, I want to be able to add impact and value to the world and what better way than to do it with a friend and to do it with your audience. Thanks, man. I love it. I'm not giving up on me. I never give up on you. You never give up on me man. Dean Soto 2:24 Cool. So, so I kind of gave a little bit of a little bit of Hors d'oeuvres a little bit of an introduction of of, of who you are, but kind of give from from the very get go of Gosh, even when we met before we met and so on and to where you are now kind of give an introduction of who you are and what you've what you've done over. I would just the past few years. Paul Tran 2:48 Sure. Um, I have a I've been in the restaurant and franchise industry for about 12 years. It all started with a crazy idea to start a restaurant with no cooking experience, you know, no money, I guess nothing that you would normally come in prepared fully prepared for. And I guess there's something cool about being naive about the business. Because when you don't know it can't be done, then you just push through conventional, like, Oh, you can't do that. But I mean, we can definitely get into more detail if you'd like. But pretty much fast forward. A couple of years later, I sold my business, I sold my restaurant that I ran for three years, I got an offer to be bought out for multiple times what we what we put into it, which is great. And I also worked for the largest franchise development company in the world. And that's Fran smart, they're based in DC and Irvine, which is kind of during the time where you and I met, while I was helping a portfolio of restaurant chains grow from, you know, mirror one unit to unit or mom and pop, you know, a couple units, couple corporate stores, and, you know, consulting and connecting these brands with systems and manuals and the right franchisees and a lot of other things that help, you know, change the mindset and the composition of a mom and pop shop to a global, globally recognized brand. And during that time, you know, of course, I was heavily in the networking circles. I also, you know, cared a lot about, you know, doing nonprofit work. And that was during the time where, you know, Twitter was just, you know, super on fire, and everybody's using it to have a conversation connect with people that they otherwise wouldn't have, and initiatives get, you know, initiatives are able to be carried out with the group of people without barriers. And you and I, we we just, I don't know how we found each other to be on. I just just think through mutual, mutual Twitter, friends, but I think we all just share this idea about hey, you know, there's a lot of people who are networking going to these networking events, trying to build their own businesses, why not add an element of, you know, giving back to people, there are a lot of like nonprofit initiatives that don't get enough of a voice, you know, the American Heart Association and all these other massively budgeted nonprofits get a lot of love, and they get a lot of TV time. What about these small organizations that make just as much impact if not more, like direct impact? And how come they don't get any voice? So we just partnered up with a lot of nonprofit organizations and locally, for example, I think we did one for a share ourselves where we, we had we had, you know, people find help homeless people get into a temporary, you know, hotel room situation until they figure out what they can do to, to sustainably get them back on their feet. You know, you and I, we we planned along with all of our other friends, you know, Neil and Debbie and, and all that with a we we just held networking events where people would donate money and also be able to promote their business at the same time, like do do good by by doing well, by doing good, I guess. So that's pretty much how we met. Dean Soto 6:22 It was so cool. It was it was awesome. But that's to remember connect to see when we did when we had night show from from American gladiators there. Paul Tran 6:31 Oh, yeah. Unknown Speaker 6:34 I was like, yeah. Paul Tran 6:37 That's crazy. Dean Soto 6:38 Yeah. That was that was powerful. Man, that was powerful. But yeah, like, so yeah, we, we definitely you one of the things that you you were so open with with social media, and we ended up connecting and everything like that, through that. And then ultimately, I, at the time, started actually working with you. Were you were mentoring me on the the franchise side of franchise development and how how franchises worked anyway, and all this other stuff, when it came to, to building out all of these these exclusive territory type franchises. And so with like, with that experience, what has what have you seen, I'm just going to kind of jump right into kind of success with because you've seen with all the development, you've seen what's worked and what's not, with, with restaurant businesses, which has, they have extremely tight margins, extremely tight margins. And so when it translates to other businesses, it is actually easier for a lot of other businesses because they don't have as tight margins. So what has been the, like some of the big success factors in growing a franchise and actually having someone be successful in a business like that? Paul Tran 7:58 Sure, sure. Now make this joke where every time I hear a friend, they have a different business, and they share what they do. And they're also really generous and sharing what their margins are, oh, man, I'm in the wrong business for 12 years. But I'm just kidding. I think that I think I'm in the business because, of course, I love food. And another thing is like, oh, razor thin margins, Challenge accepted. But I think as far as keys to success with restaurants is I think the first thing is you you you need to know that. You know, whereas a lot of companies can can be wasteful or can give a lot of slack to costs here and there. You do need to know that, like, it's a penny, it's a pennies business. And you need to be able to be meticulous and vigilant about cutting costs in everywhere. That's, that's appropriate. And because there's 1000 things that you can cut costs on in order to make the margins and you also need to rely on not just cutting costs, but more importantly, generating the revenue. Because McDonald's, you know, sometimes you wonder why, how could they sell $1 cheeseburgers in a market, that's, you know, the, the inflation and all the other costs of doing business are growing, they're not going down. And it's all about, it's all about volume, you need to get a lot of people through the door. And so it's a balance of making sure you cut costs, but also making sure that you know, you're constantly reaching out to the community, finding ways to get customers in the doors. And I mean, that's pretty much it in a nutshell. And also, you know, it's not just that, but also cutting costs where it matters and being a little bit more not reckless, but being a little more loose on certain cost. For example. If you really think if you really think that customers, think about this customers who come through your door, even though you think they're paying just $10 for For example, one of my restaurants to Hello guys, they they're paying just $10 for a platter. Think about this, like there's, we have customers that come to three times a week. And that's, you know, that's over 10 times a month. Yeah. And I did the math and over time, like these customers are worth like $25,000. So, so if you know, you don't want to be cheap with your loyal repeat customers, like if their order isn't right. Or if you use our loyalty program where you find out that you have VIP customers like you can like treat them, you can take very good care of them. You can throw a little bit caution to the wind because they're the ones that are going to sustain your business like what what is a $10 totter if you're getting $25,000 in return? And so it's the long game on that one. Yeah, Mark. They're small, Dean Soto 11:00 but it's the long game. That's cool. That's that's awesome to hear. Because, because yeah, that's that. That's interesting. I remember telling you, it was it was not too long ago, I was I was with Oliver he was he was consulting with somebody in Tustin, I went down. I was actually down in that area. I think I think I even saw you when I was when I was down there. But anyway, the I went to one of your competitors a different ice cream place that that had this franchisee who we literally were there for like 20 minutes, man just waiting for ice cream and there was like there was probably three people in there who had ordered and this franchisee was literally having the having the staff member that you know 18 year old kid measure out and way how many sprinkles they were putting in to the ice cream. And, and and no joke. It was it was where it was even a hair off of what it should be. They were taking it out putting it back in and taking it out. Put it back in. And I'm sitting there going You gotta be kidding me. Really, you're literally going to lose a customer like I will never go back there ever over three sprinkles, because it's it's you know, one one milligram over what it should be. Paul Tran 12:33 That's Yeah, that's like what's what's the cost to the customer experience when you do that? Right? Yeah. Well, I'm going to back up and say that that's a You and I are going to talk offline about you going to my competitor. That's a sore subject still, but I'm just getting better. Dean Soto 12:50 But you so like that being said, with with you. So you have Hello guys is one of your brand brands that you that you're a franchisee Have you what other brands do you also have? Paul Tran 13:04 Yeah, so my partners and I, we we have 12 Hello guys stores, restaurants across Southern California, our I'll continue to build more. We have most of our stores concentrated in LA County and or Orange County, and we're going to be venturing into San Diego County this year. So that's pretty exciting. I also own two college and ice cream stores. Which it's funny because both these clients it's a it's a story of insider trading and double dipping. Because both these these brands that I'm a franchisee of I initially was their consultant, I helped turn them into a franchise first as a as a client consultant type basis. And then I turned back around and said, Hey, I actually want to actually want to be a part of this more than just a from a consulting standpoint. And so I built the team paid the franchise fees and open stores for them as well. So what money they paid me in terms of consulting, I turned it back to them royalties. And it's been a good relationship. That was like you said, you basically go in there, you make sure that they're successful. And then when they're successful, you're like, Dean Soto 14:13 yeah, okay, now I'll be a franchisee. Paul Tran 14:17 Yeah, I knew all the Yeah, I I joke around and say that's the legal insider trading. Oh, that's cool. So yeah, Dean Soto 14:26 let's talk. So about your consulting, then like, so what? Like, what are some of the things like so for example, like with that, I don't want it to be about specific, because there's probably like proprietary stuff, but what are some of the things you see as a consultant, that with with your brands right now that either lead to success, or that don't lead to success that they You see? Paul Tran 14:52 It question? A lot of so when I worked at France smart, when I worked there, and also now that I'm on my own, I noticed that in 100% of the time, my clients are, you know, brands who are small, who do like a mom and pop, and they're not entirely sure how to get to the next level. You know, you and I probably have a really deep conversation about this on, you know, how is it that, you know, McDonald's franchisees can open 20 stores, and I can't even like, think about opening a second one. Yeah. And so I think a lot of it's a mindset shift. And they need to, they need to learn to let go on a lot of core things, that a lot of things of the business that are, you don't need to be doing them. And you also need to systematized a lot of things, you know, you can't, you can't possibly be doing payroll can't do scheduling, you can't do the hiring, you can't do 1000 different things that a restaurant requires to do, because your head's gonna spit. And yeah, of course, you can't do opening a second store because you think you're going to be doubling the workload. And so it's all about a mindset shift where I'm the owner, I need to be the CEO of the business. What that means is that I need to build the corporate structure, I need to hire people that build a team, you can't do this on your own. It's like that concept of being, you know, penny wise and pound foolish, like spend a little bit of extra money to to build the team to put the systems in place. I had to be honest with you, like for my whole guys, chain of stores, like we built 1312 stores within a five year period. And there's no way I could have done that if I had not raised capital with friends and family and people who believe in what we're doing. Yeah, I, we couldn't do that without hiring district managers, we hired people who are already ready to be district managers. So we hired them how to time we knew that we're going to scale so we built the bandwidth to scale. And we already trained them to develop them to do a lot of the things that are critical to the business where it allows us to focus being on being more strategic. And all that costs quite a bit of money. But, you know, guess what, it's it's either one store, and either you can make 100% of one story, you can make a pretty nice, you can share the the equity and that the profits in order, you know, over 10 stores or 20. Stores? Yeah. So I think it's just mainly the mindset show, I think a lot of the tools, I think there's no, there's no shortage of tools, systems, this stuff, but it's all it's all up to the business owner to change anything course. Dean Soto 17:41 That's that's a, that's a great, great, great point, is because Paul Tran 17:47 there's a matrix kind of thing, dude. Yeah, Dean Soto 17:49 for sure. It's funny, do you find that? Because it's actually hard for me to even think the way that I used to think where is I was definitely on the, on the I want 100% of one business? Or one thing? You know, the, do you find that once you've taken the red pill of, of, Okay, well, I'm going I know there's gonna be a dip in profit, or I know there's going to be a dip in, in what I would see, but I'm building this the scale do you do? Do you see that as? Is it hard for you to even think the original way now where it's just have one do you do you find yourself thinking more in scaling, since this is what you've been doing for a while now. Paul Tran 18:34 Um, you know, it's always easier to give advice versus take your own advice. So, um, you know, our business, you know, has its ups and downs. And, you know, it's easy to get sucked back into, like, Oh, we should cut costs, like, in a big way, we need to cut this department, we need cut labor tremendously, you know, just because there's business cycles in our restaurant business, for example, genuine to time, during wintertime, you know, after sorry, after the New Year's people have new year's resolutions, they want to eat healthier. They also, you know, blew all their money on Christmas. And our business is slow for the first couple months. And, you know, I'm human, and I have these knee jerk reactions. And it's like, oh, man, we got to cut costs. And again, I might end up being guilty of that same dude that was measuring one millimeter, on and off during those times. So it's, I get that way sometimes. But as each year goes by, and we continue to grow, it becomes less and less Oh, wow. Because it's, you know, long term thinking is manifested in like, wow, this year, we have 13 stores this this year, we have that nice. And it's because I didn't I didn't focus on the, on the, on those insignificant, unnecessary things. So yeah, I fall victim to it to it. So. But yeah, Dean Soto 20:01 but yeah, that's, that's a very human human human response to that question. So with your consulting now, what what do you find yourself doing the most with your consulting? I think it's so cool actually seeing you, you help brands to become really big? And what, what's kind of been the focus with your consulting lately? Paul Tran 20:28 Yeah, um, yeah, a lot of the consulting is still a lot of, you know, small restaurant chains who, who are interested in franchising, they've received some inquiries from customers saying that they want to franchise they just don't know how to do it. You know, most of them are so buried in their work that they, you know, just for example, like stock trading or, or government compliance work, I mean, that's a full time job, they just don't have the capacity to do it. So there, they there, they're making money, they are seeing a lot of success. They're getting interest in inquiries for franchising. They don't have any systems in place, and they're just curious to know, you know, where they should start. And that's, there's no one size fits all strategy. And I think that's why that's where the value of my consulting comes in. And there's also so much decentralized, like so much conflicting information on the internet. And there's a different strategy for retail, there's a different strategy for service franchises, and there's a digitized for restaurants. And so all that stuff. I guess all that confusion makes me look a lot better as a consultant. But yeah, that's the reason why they come to me. I mean, a lot of times, maybe they have done an amazing job with building a sexy brand. And they build a viral following, but now they don't know how to turn this into growth. Yeah. Or they don't they've they've gone through the you know, they, they they're doing really well, they're there. They have a lot of customers through the door, but they're not making any money whatsoever. Yeah, yeah. Or, yeah, a lot of it is, you know, they've, they've been a franchise for a while, and they've kind of just been floating. not growing up, not not not failing, and they just need to get out of this. Maybe this invisible barrier that they've been in. So, so many different, so many different reasons why I've been consulting that's it's fun. But yeah, that's it's all over the map. Dean Soto 22:34 That is awesome. It seems like it's a different, it's a different a different challenge, depending on who it is. And and each one has its own kind of solution to a lot of that, like what's a? So with all of with all of that. What has what is kind of going to ask you that aha question. I always try and ask this, just to every person who's on the freedom in five minutes podcast, what is what has been the single most whether it be for you, or for one of the people that you consult for the single biggest kind of five minute mindset shift or five minute thing, strategy tactic, whatever has brought the most results for you or for people who you've actually consulted for? Paul Tran 23:34 That's a loaded question. That's a thought provoking question. For me, I think there's a lot of aha moments, but you're asking about like for clients Dean Soto 23:44 can be for you or for clients, something that were where there was just something that that is really a paradigm shift for you or for your clients, that once it happens, it puts them them or it has put you on a trajectory to massive success. Paul Tran 24:01 Sure. This is going to be a little bit self serving. But I think the biggest thing has been the introduction of virtual systems as architects. And I know, you know, this is what you do, and this is what you specialize in. And I want this, I want the audience to know, this is completely as objective as unbiased as possible. But I think the game changer for me, and also the game changer for clients of mine, I think the biggest value is not my gift of gab or, or my ability to sell or anything, but it's mainly like the advice that, you know, there is a better way to systematized your business. And there's a much better way to get work done without the the assume high costs of hiring good people to do. You know, one of the biggest things that you've done in my life team was to introduce virtual, you know, back then virtual assistants, where I've had virtual assistants for probably five, six years now. And they've been able to make my company look a lot larger than it is, it's been able to get a lot more done with numb and not let me be the bottleneck. It's allowed me to enjoy my work a lot better to, like I can enjoy with actually helping clients and actually giving advice. And as far as paperwork and administrative work is concerned, the stuff I really hate, they kind of go away because I do have a virtual assistant that takes care of it. They take a lot of the stuff away so that I can just do the thing that I think is the most strategic valuable, valuable thing for myself and for for clients. And it's funny, you and I, I felt like I've been keeping that a secret for five, six years. Okay, I was kind of like, I don't want other people to know, like, how I get people, like, you know, how do you own so many restaurants and you do consulting and you travel, like, I kind of love it kind of stroke my ego that like, they think it's all me. But that's definitely the selfish, short sighted way of thinking, I think over the years, you and I just realized that, you know, we can't be the only ones that, that that are that need this. And so you and I, we've done some some consulting gigs together, you've actually, you know, you've been generous and coming down to help with clients client work as well. And, you know, my aha moment was also another clients aha moment, right? Yeah. And we we consulted for some, some good friends and also a large chain that was growing very rapidly. But the pace of their growth, which you know, the name, we can't disclose it, but at the pace that they were growing like they were, you know, multiply they're their labor, you know, big time. And our time there our time, like just an hour, they're not five minutes sorry. Are, well, if they find me, the five minute decision that we spent there, made them realize that there is a better way and you introduced helping them find virtual systems architects Yeah. And they love them so much, I believe they're going to be increasing their virtual assistant, Dean Soto 27:27 they actually just got another one. This week, they start. So so they were they're extremely happy. And, man, they're like, they're, they're using them for like the for hiring, they're using them for a whole bunch of different things. They're, they're, they're crazy when it when it comes to it, and they've, they've expanded a lot since since since we first even talked with them. And that expansion is just going to continue to grow. Because, you know, they're not. The cool thing about them is they, they can rely on these these guys who who are a fraction of the cost, right? And, and they get everything documented. And so now they have this new guy come in, and guess who's going to train the new guy, it's going to be the virtual systems architect that was there before. So they don't even have to do anything. You know, it's it's, it's, that's, that's, yeah, it's cool that you brought that up? Because obviously, it's a little self serving over here, too. Paul Tran 28:30 No, no, but but but you and I like I like the reason why I love you, man is because, you know, we're selling, you know, we're selling to help. Like we don't, we wouldn't, we wouldn't promote anything that we wouldn't believe in that we do ourselves. You know, for example, like, I was working with all guys and collagen ice cream, and I love this so much I sold myself on it. And these virtual systems architects have been so helpful to so many of our clients, that I mean, it's it should be kept the secret, especially with minimum wages now in LA, like 13 $15. And that's Dean Soto 29:05 the base salary as base. Paul Tran 29:08 And I did research like, if you do you all the costs of like lyst, the job interview, the time it takes training, developing, what if you lose that person, you had to do it again, all that stuff, you end up adding almost doubled the costs like for for someone who's $15, like the cost of, of create a hiring training, developing is like making space for in your store and pay for HR, you have to pay paid? Like there's so many things like as I say that, like, it's, I'm sure business owners that are listening to your podcast, like I don't want to hire any more people. Like, even if I'm growing. I don't want to deal with the hassle. Yeah, but but hiring these people at a fraction, like you said, you don't pay any, you know, you don't you don't pay any of that training, development stuff. In fact, they take over so much more than people think virtual assistants take care of like, for example, you said, Now you've been able to help my client, like hire people, interviews, manage all the stores, Dean Soto 30:06 actual virtual systems architect is doing the interview, which is which is crazy to think of. But you know, they had that they had the system, they had the guy document how they wanted the scripts to be in, and how they wanted the systems to be and everything like that. And then boom, the guys doing it. Paul Tran 30:24 It's It's crazy. Crazy. And also like my vert, my, my PSA, she she does my bookkeeping as well. And I just did it out of curiosity to quick search on bookkeepers, they're like 15 to 20 bucks. And I don't I don't pay nearly that much. And she doesn't just do that. But she does. She helps me with sending client contracts, she now she helps with my restaurants as well. She helps them with scheduling, hiring all the HR paperwork. And now she's going to start helping me with reaching out to the community for marketing purposes. So like, it's, it's, it's the work of like maybe five good people here in the US. You know, like, it's, it's incredible. I could talk about it for hours. Dean Soto 31:13 And we'll maybe we'll have you back on and we'll talk about doing with it. That's awesome. Man. I love hearing. I love it here in it. So so how can people find out more about Paul and what you're doing and and have you as a consultant? Because I would I would imagine that you would even consult outside of outside of restaurant franchises and stuff because you you have the systems experience, you have the growth and stuff like that experience. And so how can people find out more about you and what you're doing and how to reach you? Paul Tran 31:44 Oh, sure. If you I think the platform that I use most is LinkedIn for business purposes. So if you look it up, it's linkedin.com slash forward slash i n forward slash Paul teacher. And that probably the best way to connect with me on a on a business level. If you want to know just what's going on in my life personally, and just for fun, I'm pretty active on Instagram as well. So if you look up at potty train on Instagram, that's definitely the way to go to. And Dean Soto 32:20 he's always traveling, like if you want to see like some crazy stuff, that he's always somewhere I'm like, I'll go on Instagram, and I'll see Oh, Paul's in Alaska right now with the polar bear. And I just saw him yesterday What the heck. You definitely gotta go check them out. And, and yeah, he one of the best consultants that I that I know. And still is one of my mentors. So you are one of my mentors, man. Paul Tran 32:49 Oh, thanks for it actually works both ways. I learned so much from you as well. And again, my aha moments actually because of us. So I appreciate you so much. Dean Soto 33:00 Likewise, likewise. Cool. So thank you so much for being on the podcast. Guys. If you want to find out more about Paul, go and hit him up on LinkedIn. Go and hit him up at Instagram. So that is Paul T. Tran. So that's that is his username on both of those Paul T. Tran. Not Paul Tran because that's somebody else. Paul T. Tran. Go check him out. If you want your business to start growing and just getting just massively massively, just massively expand. Definitely hit him up. talk with him. He is absolutely amazing when it comes to growing a business especially with the branding and marketing and everything like that side of things as well. So go check that out. And as for now, we have reached the end of the podcast but does not mean that this is the last podcast. Oh, what's up? Paul Tran 33:55 Is it all? Dean Soto 33:58 Yep, sorry. Sorry. disappoint. Yeah, you have to come back again. So that'll be that'll be a fun fun thing. We'll talk more about the virtual systems architects and stuff. But until then, everybody thank you so much for listening to the freedom in five minutes podcast. My name is Dean Soto and we will check you out on the next freedom in five minutes podcast.

We back and we back and we back with Season 3! We start off a whole new season of the same ole shindig with the brilliant poet Paul Tran. They talk about learning history to ask the questions they had about their family, creating new a new poetic form, and the gawd Toni Morrison. NOTE: Make sure you rate us on Apple Podcasts and write us a review!

Happy new year y’all! VS returns with a special bonus episode to tide you over until Season 3 drops in February. In the meantime, savor and enjoy this live episode with the squad Fatimah Asghar, José Olivarez, and Paul Tran, recorded as part of the Chicago Podcast Festival. Season 3, on the way!!!

Happy New Years everyone! Let's start off the new year with a great episode shall we! I had the pleasure to sit down and speak with restaurant chain expert Paul T. Tran, whose helped restaurants such as Halal Guys, Five Guys, Cauldron Ice Cream, & Freshii with scaling, franchising, profitability, real estate. Furthermore, Paul gives his perspective on what it takes to grow, procuring partnerships, and how affirmations keeps him productive. Support the show

The editors discuss Paul Tran’s poem “Like Judith Slaying Holofernes” from the December 2018 issue of Poetry.

Meet Jason Pang, serial entrepreneur and most recently co-founder of Whiff, which helps people find their perfect scent.   While Jason originally thought he was going to be an Accenture lifer, he quickly got a taste of the startup life as the first employee of DivX in 2000. He joined Jordan Greenhall, Tay Nguyen, Darrius Thompson, Jerome Rota and rode it through an IPO in 2006 and up to a marketcap of $1.1 billion. Interesting tidbits: DivX was started in a General Atomics building in UTC which was also in the same building as MP3.com and even after two IPOs and being acquired multiple times, there’s still original team members at the company 18 years later. Jason eventually moved on to found multiple companies with both wins and some failures. His latest venture Whiff.com with Paul Tran brings together a few different industries, including consumer packaged goods, online market influencer utilization, and taps into the biotech space in attempting to create customized scent sequencing for each person. Jason is also a prolific mentor and advisor to both startup founders and to students alike. At any given time, you’ll just as much find him speaking to a class as much as he is building companies.   Some of Jason’s faves: Fave beer: Belching Beaver in San Marcos and Viewpoint Brewery in Del Mar Fave coffee: Philz Fave tacos: Las Brisas and albondigas soup Find Jason on LinkedIn and be sure to check out Whiff.com

In Episode 2 of GradCast, we explored different aspects of the holiday season that are often overlooked. In this final interview, we speak with Wash U graduate student and Chancellor's Graduate Fellow, Paul Tran. In this interview, Paul explains how different aspects of identity can change one's view of the holiday. Paul also shares an original poem inspired by their mother and the holiday season.

Hosts Long Nguyen and Executive Chef Michael Weller talk about onions! Thanks to listener Paul Tran the Baker Man (find him on YouTube!) for the suggestion; Our hosts break down the different types of onions, how to prepare them, and their favorite uses of the ingredient! Please subscribe, rate, and review the podcast on iTunes! For questions or comments, please email us at 2cookstalking@gmail.com and download previous episodes on 2cookstalking.podbean.com

Poems of Revolution, Hope, and Love (Episode 91) This week we feature poems of revolution, of our shared humanity, of our love of community. Poems that highlight our commitment to justice and our desire to fight for equality. Featured poets: Nikki Giovanni, Charles Bernstein, Bill the Butcher, Staceyann Chin, Paul Tran, Lee Mokobe, Joshua Jennifer Espinoza, Henry Lawson, and Audre Lorde. Songs by Richie Haven, Big Mountain, Mavis Staples, In Process, Sweet Honey in the Rock, the Golden Gospel Singers, and others. Tuesday, April 18, 2017. 6pm PST    

It’s Paul Tran, Baker Man! Jon interviews former Secretly Timid host-turned budding YouTube star Paul Tran. Discussions include Tran’s new YouTube channel, Paul Tran Baker Man, his podcast, Television Zombies, comics, reality television, and superhero shows. Links: Paul Tran Baker … Continue reading →

Welcome to Episode 6 of The Poetry Gods! On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we introduce a new segment: Unpopular Opinions! What don't we like? Find out & get your Twitter fingers ready! we talk to poet, educator, and historian Paul Tran! ALSO: on Wednesday, May 10th, The Poetry Gods are hosting a reading by The Breakbeat Poets at Berl's Brooklyn Poetry Shop. If you're in NYC, come hang out with us: http://www.berlspoetry.com/events/2016/5/11/breakbeat-poets-reading-hosted-by-the-poetry-gods-featuring-readings-by-adam-falkner-mahogany-l-browne-idris-goodwin-jos-olivarez-aziza-barnes-nate-marshall-and-special-guests PAUL TRAN BIO: Paul Tran is a Vietnamese American historian and spoken word poet. He is currently the 10th ranked slam poet and top queer Asian American poet in the world. He won “Best Poet” and “Pushing the Art Forward” at the 2013 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational and represented the Nuyorican Poets Cafe at the 2015 National Poetry Slam, which placed 9th overall. He has received awards and fellowships from Kundiman, the VONA/Voices Writing Workshop, the Asian American Literary Arts & Performance Festival, Poets House Emerging Poets, the Lambda Literary Foundation Emerging LGBTQ Voices, the Napa Valley Writers' Conference, the Vermont Studio Center, Home School Miami, the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation, the Imagining America Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Leadership Alliance & Office of the Senior Vice Provost at Harvard University, the Creative Arts Council & Dean of the College at Brown University, and the Brown-Tougaloo College Partnership. Follow Paul on twitter & instagram: @speakdeadly Follow The Poetry Gods on all social media: @jayohessee, @azizabarnes, @iamjonsands, @thepoetrygods & CHECK OUR WEBSITE: thepoetrygods.com/ (much thanks to José Ortiz for designing the website!)