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Laura Kendrick and Cort Sharp hijack the mic to share what it’s really like behind the scenes at Mountain Goat. From Zoom bloopers to unexpected team bonding, they unpack how a fully remote team built a thriving, human-centered workplace. Overview In this special takeover episode, Laura Kendrick and Cort Sharp pull back the curtain on what goes into running hundreds of Scrum and Product Owner classes virtually—and why Mountain Goat's remote team still feels so close-knit. With stories of early tech headaches, Slack banter, hilarious costume moments, and the quiet rituals that keep the team connected, they explore how remote work can actually foster strong relationships and top-tier collaboration. If you’ve ever wondered how to make a distributed team work (or just want a peek at some Zoom-era growing pains), this one’s for you. References and resources mentioned in the show: Laura Kendrick Cort Sharp #61: The Complex Factors in The Office Vs. Remote Debate with Scott Dunn #147: The Power of Quiet Influence with Casey Sinnema Run a Daily Scrum Your Team Will Love Subscribe to the Agile Mentors Podcast Join the Agile Mentors Community Want to get involved? This show is designed for you, and we’d love your input. Enjoyed what you heard today? Please leave a rating and a review. It really helps, and we read every single one. Got an Agile subject you’d like us to discuss or a question that needs an answer? Share your thoughts with us at podcast@mountaingoatsoftware.com This episode’s presenters are: Cort Sharp is the Scrum Master of the producing team and the Agile Mentors Community Manager. In addition to his love for Agile, Cort is also a serious swimmer and has been coaching swimmers for five years. Laura Kendrick is the producer of the Agile Mentors Podcast and a seasoned Scrum Master who keeps virtual classes running smoothly. Outside the podcast, she helps clients apply Scrum techniques to their marketing and business strategy, bringing structure and momentum to big, creative ideas. Auto-generated Transcript: Laura Kendrick (00:00) Welcome in Agile Mentors. As you may have noticed, I am not Brian Milner. I am Laura Kendrick, and this is Cort Sharp. And if you have taken a class with us at Mountain Goat in the last five years, there is a good chance that you have met one or actually both of us. Cort Sharp (00:19) I think it's like 90 % chance, 95 % honestly. We've been in so many of these classes. Laura Kendrick (00:26) Definitely, and oftentimes together too with one of us TAing, one of us producing, sometimes one of us teaching court. Cort Sharp (00:33) once in a while, once in a while. Yeah. Laura Kendrick (00:37) So we thought we would come on over here and hijack the podcast to share a little bit about some of the insights that we have gained from doing about a billion, maybe a little exaggeration. Cort Sharp (00:49) Roughly. Roughly. We've done roughly a billion classes with Mountain Goat. Yes. Laura Kendrick (00:56) We have seen a lot in the certifying of Scrum Masters and product owners and advanced product owners and Scrum Masters and all of the evolution of the classes that we have done. We actually hold quite a bit of insight into what is happening in this world. And so we thought we would come in, steal the podcast, and share a little bit of what we have seen, learned, observed, and really just kind of Honestly, some of the laughs and fun that we've had along the way. Cort Sharp (01:25) Also, I think, I don't know, just your intro right there is talking about, hey, we've seen the evolution of these classes. That just got my brain going of like, remember the first class that we did? Way like 2020. I mean, I was in my parents' basement with really terrible internet. It was a struggle. Laura Kendrick (01:40) Yeah. Cort Sharp (01:49) But we were working on like Miro boards or mural. One of the two, forget which, which tool it was, but that was, yeah, that was before team home. And then we got to see the first version of team home. We helped do a little testing with it. And then we've seen it grow all the way into this awesome tool that we have nowadays. And I don't know, just, just to me, I think it's cool to see how we've been iterating and be part of that process of the iteration process, um, to develop these classes and these courses into. Laura Kendrick (01:52) Mm-hmm. Mural. Yep. Mm-hmm. Cort Sharp (02:20) the truly awesomeness that they are today. Personally, I'd rather take a virtual class than an in-person class with Mountain Goat at this point. Laura Kendrick (02:27) It's funny that you say that because I notice actually the iteration of the experience like outside of the tech piece because you know, that's where my brain goes. Here's the difference between court and I. I'm noticing the interactions. But I've noticed, mean how people are interacting a little bit differently in the online space, how even our team interacts, like all of those things has become so much more sophisticated and amazing and Cort Sharp (02:39) Yeah, just a bit. Laura Kendrick (02:54) I mean, honestly, we sometimes talk on our team between like the producing and TA team where like I've referred to it as a perfect game if we don't need anything from the outside team, which occasionally we need a lot of support from the outside team, but we've we've got this down at this point. And it is it's become those first classes. I remember them being super stressful, like, my gosh, the breakout rooms and all the things and just being like, I mean, you couldn't do. Cort Sharp (03:17) Yes. Laura Kendrick (03:21) It was almost like learning how to drive where you felt like if you turned the radio knob up, you might actually turn the whole car. And it was like, so much anxiety. Cort Sharp (03:31) I mean, but we just didn't know Zoom then. Zoom didn't even know itself then, right? What Zoom is, ⁓ for those of you who don't know, we host all of our virtual classes on Zoom. And learning that platform, like I'd used it once maybe for some just, yeah, here's Zoom exists in one of my college classes. That was about it. But yeah, totally. was like, man, what does this button do? Hopefully it doesn't end the meeting and kick everyone out. Laura Kendrick (03:34) Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's so true. Yeah, no kidding. But you know what's really interesting too, though, is that it's been over five years now for both of us being part of the Mountain Goat team. And we all work remotely. And other than you and Mike for a little while being right down the road from each other, none of us had any actual interpersonal interaction with each other outside of Zoom email and Slack and the occasional, know, fretted text message of like, are you late? Where are you? Cort Sharp (03:58) Absolutely, yeah, totally. Yeah. Laura Kendrick (04:26) But other than that it like we truly were of and still are a fully remote team and the crazy thing about it is we have at this point once gotten together as a full team in person and it was such an interesting experience being having been fully remote and then being in person and in particular the team that is live on the classes Cort Sharp (04:39) Yep. Yep. Laura Kendrick (04:51) It was a very different interaction because we have this time built into our classes where the team gets on the Zoom call 30 minutes earlier than the students do. And we get this time to just honestly have like water cooler chat and like friend chat or occasionally see Mike get on and you can't hear him, but you can see that he is quite angry at his very elaborate tech system that is not working correctly. Cort Sharp (05:14) you That does happen. Yes, it does. ⁓ Laura Kendrick (05:21) these moments, I feel like they really bonded us together. Because when we got together in person, it was old friends. wasn't even fast friends. It was old friends. And the banter even that goes on in Slack is fun and engaging and not rigid and confining. Cort Sharp (05:31) Yeah. Yes, absolutely. I agree with that. I mean, I'm just thinking back to like the first time because that was the first time I met you in person. aside from being like, wow, she's a lot shorter than I thought she would be. Laura Kendrick (05:47) Mm-hmm. shorter. By the way, court is like 6-4. Cort Sharp (05:55) Yeah, yeah. Not that you're short. But I've just always ever seen like, the profile like the profile picture. That's all that it's really ever been. So I'm like, yeah, you're like, what I would consider normal height, which you totally are. But in my mind, I was like, yeah, it's weird seeing, you know, your legs. That's funny. ⁓ Laura Kendrick (06:14) We digress. Cort Sharp (06:15) But aside from that, was like we've known each other for three, four, four years because we've had that time to get to know each other. We've had that time to talk about just life events, what's going on, where we live, what's happening, what the deal is going on with life. Because we've been very intentional about having that time with that. The 30 minutes before each class were originally very much so used to take care of any tech problems. As the years have gone by, we've for the most part figured out the tech problems. Sometimes, you know, we'll change something out. Laura Kendrick (06:48) Except, hold on, except last week in Lance's class, we were talking about his dog and suddenly it looked as though Lance in his entire room did a cartwheel because the camera just fell. This is not a small camera. Cort Sharp (07:02) It said, nope, I'm out. ⁓ man. Laura Kendrick (07:06) So we still occasionally have the tech problem. Cort Sharp (07:09) Yes we do, yes we do. That's why we still do the 30 vimits. Laura Kendrick (07:14) The crazy thing about that is that when we landed at this in-person meeting, there were members of the team that at that time, and I in particular had never had any interaction with. so like other than the odd email or Slack message, so it was like really knew their name, but didn't really work with them up until that moment. And it was really interesting because at one point, the way that the leadership team had mentioned of like, well, if you need somebody to step in and talk to Mike for you, if you're not comfortable. And I remember looking at court and being like, Mike's the one I'm most comfortable with in this room because of that 30 minutes. I feel like I know Mike. I feel like we have an actual interpersonal relationship where I have no problem speaking up and saying the things that I need to. And that has made like those little water cooler times, those little Cort Sharp (07:54) Yeah. Laura Kendrick (08:06) bantery questions, them asking about my kids or hobbies or whatever. And just knowing those things made a huge difference in our team functioning. The communication across time zones was so much better and easier and safer. Cort Sharp (08:24) Absolutely. We were talking a little bit before we were recording about just people who want pure in-person no matter what. I think at this point, I will always push back on that and say, you might not get that quote unquote collaboration time that's naturally built in, but if you're intentional about it and you provide the space and provide the resources, Laura Kendrick (08:32) Hmm. Cort Sharp (08:50) And also, kind of push people along, have some, I don't know, working agreements or something of, hey, our cameras are on whenever we're talking with each other, unless something like drastic is going on or something's happening, right? Which I think we're going to get into in a little bit, but it's massive. It's crazy. Laura Kendrick (09:03) That's huge. Yeah, I mean, it is. I think we can definitely speak to that in our own experience because we've had, of course, there are moments where people don't have cameras. There are moments where people have bad connections and we'll encourage them in class, like turn off your camera, save your bandwidth. But there are also moments where we are doing private classes for companies. In particular, we've done some with companies that work with like Department of Defense. So there's like real security. issues there and so they don't turn their cameras on. Their cameras are totally disabled on their computers. And it is, I have to say those classes are some of the most like energy draining classes I'm ever present in because I'll be there with the trainer and I feel like I have to give all this emotional feedback because when you are talking to a black screen, that's, it's really hard to just. Cort Sharp (09:47) Hmm. Laura Kendrick (09:58) survive that because you're not getting any feedback from anyone. So you don't know what's happening and you're constantly questioning and the kind of banter in your own mind is like, God, is it landing? Is it not? And you're just not getting any of that physical feedback. So I feel like when I'm on a class with a trainer like that, I feel like I have to be like, that's funny. I'm like, yeah, good point. Cort Sharp (10:19) Yeah, you're kidding. Laura Kendrick (10:21) I'm tired Cort Sharp (10:22) You No, I get that. And I've had some pretty similar experiences too. I might not be as in tune with the emotional side as stated earlier. So I might not help the trainers out nearly as much as I probably should. But I do think cameras on just can make all the difference. And again, situations where it's just not possible. Absolutely understand that. One of our trainers, Lance, he Laura Kendrick (10:39) Mm-hmm. Cort Sharp (10:47) He always likes to throw out the phrase, look, let's approach everything with grace, patience, and mercy. So I like, which I really appreciate, and I like that he throws that out there. But I think that's a good thing to keep in mind of like, know, even though you have the company policy, you have the working agreement, whatever it is that says, look, camera's on all the time, sometimes it's just not possible. Sometimes it just doesn't happen. I recently had to figure out internet in the middle of nowhere, because that's where I live now. Laura Kendrick (10:52) Mm. No. Cort Sharp (11:15) And I was worried for a while that I wouldn't be able to put my camera on. But, you know, if if they came down to that, I know that it would be, hey, you know, it's a it's a unique situation. It's something different. And we're going to do we're going to work the best that we can with it and try to figure out maybe you can turn your camera on for any time you're talking or just any time you have something to say or, you know, if you're agreeing with something, you could briefly turn your camera on to show like, yeah, I'm nodding. I'm agreeing. I'm doing whatever. Right. But Laura Kendrick (11:45) Honestly, I think recently I had a very busy day and we communicate in back channels, of course through email, but also we use Slack as a team. And so I sent a direct message to court about something and I just like, I sent it in a voice? No. And court's response was, didn't know you could do that in Slack. But in those moments, I think there are other ways of doing it too, where you can bring the humanity out, where it's not just words. Cort Sharp (12:01) Yeah. Laura Kendrick (12:09) So often I'm actually thinking about there was one time that you and I were talking about something and I misread it as like, I like kicked something, like some hornet's nest in there. Like you were upset with me, but you were like, no, that was not my intention. And it's an amazing thing that that's only happened once in five years. There was that subtle nuanced miscommunication of I thought I had offended in some way and I hadn't. Cort Sharp (12:18) So. Yeah. Laura Kendrick (12:34) Just keeping that in mind though, in written word, tone is interpreted because probably what happened is I like offended my kid or my partner and was bringing that into the conversation with court. And it had nothing to do with what was actually happening, but adding in those personal things of your face, your voice, those things really do help move that human connection, which enables the teamwork that we've seen at Mountain Go. Cort Sharp (12:42) Yep. Yep. Mm-hmm. Laura Kendrick (13:00) I mean, it's amazing the way this team functions and it is not perfect. There are definitely communications missteps. There are definitely like, oops, forgot to leave that piece out of the information packet. It happens. It happens to everybody, but we're able to recover really quickly or even it's a safe enough space to be able to speak up and say, I think I got left out on this. And it's responded to in a really gracious and amazing way. Cort Sharp (13:26) It absolutely is. I mean, Mountain Goat's been remote for longer than the COVID stuff, the pandemic stuff happened. Laura Kendrick (13:33) Yeah. Well, Lisa's been with them for what, 10 years? I think it was nearly 10 years when we started, maybe 15. And Hunter's around the same. So yeah, they've been spread for a long time. Cort Sharp (13:42) Something like that, Uh-huh. ⁓ I know that they had an office space and that office space changed just in case people wanted to like come in, come to the office. I think at one point, one of them was in Colorado, which is kind of funny because several people live on the West coast. And then it's like, okay, yeah, come on, come on, swing by the... Colorado office on just a random Tuesday. Yeah, fly in, have fun. I don't know. Yeah, why not? I don't know what the deal was or what it was like, but they've been fully remote. And I think with the kind of runway that they've had leading up until the time where everyone had to be fully remote has really benefited Mountain Go in a lot of ways, because a lot of those early, like, how do we work remote? How do we do this? Laura Kendrick (14:09) I'd do that. Yeah, let's do it. Cort Sharp (14:31) kind of was ironed out, but back to your, your point to just like, it's, it's incredible how much support there is. It's incredible how much, how well communication again, it's not perfect, but how well we're able to communicate with each other and how well we're able to just say, yeah, let's, let's hop on a call real quick or here. I think most of us have like personal phone numbers. We, we use that as a very much so last resort type deal. Laura Kendrick (14:57) Yeah. Cort Sharp (14:59) But even then, it's nice to just have those open lines of communication and know that those are always available, but also know that people are kind of in our corner all the time too. And I think you have a pretty good story about this one. Something happened in a class a few years ago. Laura Kendrick (15:09) Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. It was early on we had, it was a non-Mike class. So it was one of the other instructors and there was a student who was just challenging. And in the end, it didn't go well in the moment, to put it, just to kind of like not go into grave detail about it. But Mike wasn't there, right? And so The thing that was interesting though is the first piece of communication that came from Mike, which was before that class even broke, right? Because it was one of those things of like, we have to share. As a team, we can't hide it. We have to share that something happened in class that was less than ideal. And so we did. And the immediate response from Mike was in support of the team. And later on, he did go and review the tape of the, because the classes are recorded, not for this purpose. They're recorded actually so that the students get a recording of the class afterwards and can return to what, you know, all the things that they learned because it's a lot to take in in two days. But in this one instance, it was beneficial in this way because Mike could actually see rather than taking people's words, what happened. And I think the important thing is not even what happened after, but what happened in the moment. that he instantaneously was like, I've got you. Like no matter how this goes, we're a team and I'm gonna support you as well. And that was actually, that was pretty early on for me. And it was in a moment where I didn't know Mike that well yet. And it was actually this very solidifying moment for me that was like, I'm in the right place. Like I am part of this team, not just a minion or an employee. Like they care about all of us. Cort Sharp (16:48) Mm-hmm. Laura Kendrick (16:56) and we're in this together, even if it turns out that we're in some form of trouble, it's still going to be thoughtfully managed and handled rather than just the kind of lashing out that can happen in so many environments. Cort Sharp (17:12) Right. And, and that experience, cause I think we were all included on that email. Like I, I wasn't in the class when it happened, but I do remember getting that email and it just was a clear communication from kind of head honcho Mike, right? A top dog saying, yeah, no, we, we got your back. on, we're on the same team. We're all working towards the same goal. And when I, when I read the email, I was like, wow, that was an eventful class. but. Laura Kendrick (17:26) Mm-hmm. us. Cort Sharp (17:38) My second thought, my second thought was, huh, this very similar to what you were saying of like, wow, this is a great place to be. This is a great company to work for. These are great people to be working with and alongside. ⁓ but also like, I know so many people whose managers, whose higher ups would say, Nope, you're in the wrong. You should have done better. Your toast, blah, blah, blah, blah. Like putting all the blame on you. Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. Laura Kendrick (17:52) Mm-hmm. Yeah. The knee jerk. Yeah. Yeah. Cort Sharp (18:07) And it just, makes me think all the time of like one really blessed, like very fortunate to be here, very fortunate to work with mountain goat. but also people don't quit jobs. They quit managers. They quit leadership more often than not. And, not that I'm talking about quitting mountain goat, but, neither, neither of us are throwing that out there right now, but just like, Laura Kendrick (18:20) Mmm. Yeah. No, but interestingly in five years, I've not seen anybody quit. I mean, we've had people kind of go down separate paths, but nobody has been throwing their hands up and been like, I'm done. I can't be in this. There have been people who have taken other opportunities that they needed to take for their own businesses. But yeah, nobody's quit. In five years, no one has quit, which speaks volumes to the culture that is created in an environment where Cort Sharp (18:37) Mm-hmm. Laura Kendrick (18:57) And I also want to be clear that that response from Mike also, it wasn't disparaging to the other party either. It was simply a, like, it just let us know that I see you and this, you were in a hard moment in the moment and you had to react like a human being and you as a team, I've got your back and this is, you know, great. And to be fair to that was like in the heat of COVID. Cort Sharp (19:24) Yes, yeah It was yeah Laura Kendrick (19:27) good times. But there's also been a lot of fun that's happened in class too, which is, I think that makes a big difference. Like where we are, I don't want to say allowed because I don't think that's right, but like part of the culture is to have fun. Like Mike is a pretty funny guy. Brian's a pretty funny guy. Like honestly, the whole team is quite humorous and it's, we're allowed to like make these really fun things and Cort Sharp (19:48) Yes. Laura Kendrick (19:52) in response to like when we see them in class, like, we foster those two and it becomes this really fun working environment, not only for us, for our students. You brought up one that I had totally forgotten about with the costume. That was good. Cort Sharp (20:06) ⁓ yeah, I, I, yeah, I'll, I'll get into the costume thing, but I think the word you're looking for instead of allowed is enabled. Like we're, we're enabled to have fun. We're encouraged. Absolutely. Yeah. A hundred percent. If you ever hung out with Mike or, or taking a class with him, you've probably heard some funny stories. Laura Kendrick (20:13) Yeah, Encouraged, in fact. And my gosh, the one class too where Mike was asked how long they'd have access to like the videos and stuff. my gosh, Mike ended the class and it was a super engaged Chipper class. Everyone was laughing and Mike brought it down. Cause he did his usual thing where he talked about, what does he say? You have access as long as the internet exists and I'm alive. And then he went into great detail. great detailed speculation about what will happen once he's not alive. It went on for like five minutes. Cort Sharp (20:58) Yeah, where where he's like, yeah, you know, my kids will probably be like, what's this? What's this old website that dad's still hosting? Guess we'll we'll close that up 10 years down the line or whatever. Laura Kendrick (21:09) Dumbfounded. It was so good. But anyhow. Cort Sharp (21:13) man. But there was, I don't even remember why this happened in the class. don't think it was around like Halloween time or something. think the person, actually, I think the person does this to go to like local children's hospitals or local hospitals and just visit. But I get on and I'm normally the PM producer. So I normally hop on in the afternoon. And I took over from Laura and Laura Kendrick (21:22) No, it wasn't. think so. Cort Sharp (21:39) Laura was like, yeah, you know, pretty normal class. This happens, whatever. We're good. And I hop on and people start turning their cameras on. And then all of a sudden there's this dude in a Captain America costume. Like what? He's got the mask. He's got the, the, the uniform. He's got the shield and everything. And I was like, what is happening? What is going on? Come to find out he was telling his story. Laura Kendrick (21:50) Like full on math. Cort Sharp (22:04) Yeah, I do this. This is cool. And Mike was like, that'd be awesome to see. He went out, put it on and took the rest of the classes Captain America. So we have certified Captain America. Laura Kendrick (22:12) Awesome. We've had, there was the guy who was put on like a crazy hat for the first session and then came back for session two with a different crazy hat. And then other people started wearing crazy hats. And by the end of it, like by the final session, almost the entire class was sitting there with some like their kids stuff on their heads. it was. Cort Sharp (22:34) You Laura Kendrick (22:36) But was this one, like it stands out of the billion classes we've done. It stands out in our minds as these really fun moments. I remember the class where it was a private class, so it was for a company or team. And there were, it took me until the very end to, it was early on, so it took me until the very end to get up the gumption. There were five mics in the class. And finally I was like, I'm just gonna put them all in the same room and see if anybody notices. Cort Sharp (22:36) People just... Yes. Didn't they notice like right away, they all came back and they're like, team Mike is back in action or something, right? Laura Kendrick (23:04) I don't think they said anything, but they did. The instructor went into the room and like, yeah, they noticed. Good. My passive aggressive humor worked. Cort Sharp (23:10) Hehehehehe It's fun. It's all good. But it's also like going back to us being able to do this before I figured out kind of my background situation, I would always put up virtual backgrounds and I would just change your background every time and see if people noticed. And it wasn't, it was a lot of Disney. Yes. Laura Kendrick (23:23) Mm-hmm. Disney. That's the thing though. That also, that kind of stuff built a little bit of a relationship as well. like it was, court was always going to have something for Disney. I had one that I would, when I finally found the one I liked, I kept that one for a long time. And Mike would occasionally, when I wasn't in a class, he would send me a screenshot of somebody via email and be like, somebody's in your house with you. Cause they would have the same background. Cort Sharp (23:52) Yeah! Laura Kendrick (23:56) those little tiny things make the relationships and make the team function and make us giggle. So I'd be like out with my kids and see an email and be like, oh no, Mike, what does he need? And then click in and be like, you know, actually more often than not, it would probably be like, am I missing class? See, I'd be like, oh, that's funny. But you know, it builds that relationship. And I think it's why this remote working has worked so well for us. And I'm totally with you where I, when people are Cort Sharp (24:13) You Yeah. Laura Kendrick (24:26) railing against it because of my experience. like, you're crazy. This is great. Cort Sharp (24:31) Exactly. I'm like, how can you not want to just chill out, hang out in your home, chat with some people, get some work done, and like, you're good. Who despises that? Who doesn't like that? don't know. It's, Exactly, yeah. But I do think it does, it comes down to being intentional with it. We were talking about that 30 minutes before that used to be primarily tech troubleshooting. Laura Kendrick (24:47) I know, you get to do things on your own time too. Cort Sharp (25:01) but has since kind of evolved into, okay, so everything, like, I don't know about you, but the vast majority of time, unless a camera's fallen, the vast majority of time, it's, all right, does everything look good? Yeah? Cool. Sure does. Whoever I'm working with, awesome. So, what'd you do this weekend? how was this? ⁓ sorry, sorry that the Avs lost to the Dallas Stars. Yeah, I'm sorry too. Stuff like that, right? Where it's just, Laura Kendrick (25:19) Yeah. It's water cooler talk. Cort Sharp (25:29) It's fun, but we're very intentional with having that time to do that. And I think if you're not intentional in setting up that time, whether if you're working remote hybrid, you're not going to get it. And it's not just going to naturally happen because it is so much more difficult to produce. it's impossible for it to just kind of naturally pop up without taking away from some other intentional time. so I think in, in this this world that we're living in where there is the option to work remotely and there is this really big push to go back in person. I'm saying stick with remote, take your 15, 15 minute daily standup, and turn it into, you know, say, Hey, I'll be on 10, 15 minutes early. If anyone wants to come hang out, come chat. And make it worth it. Make it a valuable time because that is the time to connect and that is the time to say, yeah, cool. How are the kids? How was your weekend? Did you grill up some good hot dogs during this last weekend? What'd you do? Like, what was going on? ⁓ Build up that stuff. Laura Kendrick (26:23) Yeah. We also have Slack channels too, that are like that. Like there's a Slack channel for our team that's just movies, books and TV shows. That people, it'll get active at certain times and it'll be totally dead for a while and nobody's cultivating it. It's simply that somebody will pop in like, I just watched this and it's great. And they've set up also like the automatic bots, cause Mike's a big fan of James Bond. So like if somebody mentions James Bond, the Slack bot will say something quippy and it- Cort Sharp (26:39) Yeah. ⁓ Laura Kendrick (26:58) But it adds that little, like, little bit of humor, little bit of humanness to even though, like, the people that we have time to interact with like that is the team that's in class. So I don't, I mean, it wasn't until we were in person that I met our CTO. He was kind of an enigma, you know? Cort Sharp (27:10) Yeah. Mm-hmm. He was just in the background. Things just magically showed up digitally. Laura Kendrick (27:23) It was in my email and my Slack sometimes, but it creates that thing of like, now I know things about Hunter. Yes, of course it was because we were in person. I heard lots of stories and all that fun stuff. But also I know about like some of his like TV watching stuff. I know occasionally like what his wife likes to watch because sometimes he'll like pepper in something that, she dragged me into this and not my cup of tea. But it's those little bitty things that you start to learn about the people. Cort Sharp (27:39) Mm-hmm. Laura Kendrick (27:50) that makes them human and gives that space. And I also, think it's important to have it be a little bit of white space. so often we talk about cultivating the conversation and like, can you have icebreakers and get people engaged? And yes, those things are so important, but when it's with a team, you need to do those things, but you also need to create the empty space where maybe you have that daily standup or that... weekly meeting or monthly meeting, whatever that is for your team. And maybe at the end of it, it's just leaving the call going and allowing people to just talk. I mean, we did that as a producer team that we would have a meeting as producers that would be very structured and then kind of the official meeting would end. And there would be times where as a team we'd be on that Zoom. I'm like, thank goodness nobody needs this channel. Cause like we'd be in there for like two and a half hours. Cort Sharp (28:26) Yeah. Yeah. Laura Kendrick (28:42) just talking. And of course, it wasn't, you know, it wasn't billing time. It wasn't, you know, it was just us being friends and hearing each other and sometimes ranting and complaining and doing the things of like, this part was hard and like, yeah, well, people need the space to do that and feel seen and heard. And the only place they're going to get that is in the white space. Cort Sharp (29:01) Yep. Exactly. Yep. And where my head went when you were talking about the white space, I love where you just went to because that's absolutely very true. But where my mind went was the newest kind of Slack channel that that's been set up, which is the artificial intelligence. Yeah. Where we just we just it's cool because I'm interested in AI. I think everyone's interested in AI right now. Things are things are going in all sorts of wild directions with it. There's there's all sorts of possibilities that we can do with it. Laura Kendrick (29:17) ⁓ Yeah, that one's Yeah. Cort Sharp (29:32) And Hunter just threw out, who wants in? If you want in, cool, I'll get you in. If not, and you're not interested in AI, let me know when you are, because it'll be at some point, I was going to say. It's just another full group one. Yeah, we just. Laura Kendrick (29:39) Yeah. Pretty sure the whole team's in there. But it is fun. Like Hunter and Mike do deep dives and Brian too. And I'm like, wow, I just get to swim in that pool. It's really Cort Sharp (29:50) Yes. Yeah, yeah. You just kind of get a glean from what's posted in there and say, oh yeah, I am really interested in the automation side of AI. I want to do, I think I threw in there one time, like this whole GitHub repository that has just from zero to hero AI, here's a two week crash course. And I've been working my way through that. It's taken a lot longer than two weeks for me. I've been working my way through that. And it's opened my eyes to say, okay, now this awesome thing, think Mike just threw in there something about someone using it at Disney, I think it was, and how they were using it at Disney to propose, here's a cool way that we can use AI to help our proposals go faster or help our marketing campaigns go faster or whatever it is. And just learning and seeing and... Laura Kendrick (30:38) Yeah. Cort Sharp (30:44) growing together as a team as well and having that space of, yeah, you know, here's what here, here are these articles that I'm reading. Here's the ones that stuck out to me. And to have that space, I think also is, is really interesting to me too, not just because I like learning, but it's also like, I feel like, okay, I can talk with Mike about AI. I can talk with Hunter about AI. I can talk with whoever about it. And we're all relatively on the same page because we're all relatively getting the same information. Laura Kendrick (31:14) Yeah, yeah. I feel like having the Slack channel has been really helpful and all the white space and even honestly the in-person event, there was white space built into that too. There was definitely a lot of structured meetings because of course when you are bringing everyone in from all over the country and actually the world, have a team member who is in the UK too. Cort Sharp (31:26) yeah. Laura Kendrick (31:37) flying a great distance and being in a space together, it's got to be structured. You have to make that worth the time and effort and investment. But also there were dinners, there were shows that happened, there was fun built into it, and there were options of not just like, I'm forcing you to go to this, but like, here's a choice. Would you like to do this or that? And those things have made a huge difference in breeding the like belongingness. Cort Sharp (31:55) Mm-hmm. Laura Kendrick (32:05) and the feeling like we are actually a team. And even though there are definitely times where the frustrations arise, of course, I mean, who doesn't have frustrations, but it's a space where they can be vocalized, they can be talked through, and it's all due to that togetherness that we have, that connectedness that has been built through, honestly, Cort Sharp (32:05) Yeah. Mm-hmm. Laura Kendrick (32:30) just being in these like casual fun spaces is where that comes from in my opinion. Cort Sharp (32:36) Yeah, I agree with that. Just having the space to talk about whatever. But I think it's all rooted in communication, right? So in various methods of communicating and various ways of communicating too, where it's not just exclusively Slack, email, written text, we have that space there. But we do still run into some communication problems, right? There's... Laura Kendrick (32:41) Yeah. For sure, for sure. Cort Sharp (32:58) there's all sorts of communication problems that we're gonna run into because especially we are text-based heavy, but we're not exclusively text-based. But I think you were talking about a story where Mike was late one time or Mike's late story about communication and what was going on with that. Laura Kendrick (33:12) he tells it in class. He tells a story in class with that. It's one of his examples that he will pull into fairly frequently with an experience with a team where somebody was always late to the daily standup and they realized that it had to do with the fact that they had to drop their kid off at school. And so it was that simple communication shift of asking instead of assuming, asking which... They've put into practice too, like I recall early on hearing like, do you prefer to be communicated with? And like we've had these conversations that court and I have a tendency to be more slack people. But Brian has stated that for him, like when he's teaching slack is like his emergency line. And so like knowing that I'm not going to send him something through slack unless I desperately need him to see it when I can land it in his email versus Lisa and Laura are much more Cort Sharp (33:43) yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Laura Kendrick (34:04) they're going to be in the email. Like that's just where they live and they are less likely to be in Slack. So it's just knowing those things have also helped us build the right kind of streams of communication. I'm pretty sure Hunter is everywhere all at once. Like he's omnipresent. You can get him anywhere. I know it. I'm in New York and he's in California. I'm pretty sure if I whispered his name, he's hearing it right now. Cort Sharp (34:06) Right. my gosh. He's the enigma. He's the enigma everywhere. I was gonna say, I'm surprised he hasn't popped into this. We've said his name three times. It's, he just knows everything and he's always got everything coming through and no matter what you need, he's any message away. Slack, email, could be carry your pigeon. I don't know, something like that, right? Laura Kendrick (34:43) Yeah, his next Halloween costume needs to be Beetlejuice, so I'm sending that to him. my goodness. But I think at the end of the day, the practices that have been put into place that you may have felt in our classes too, have helped really grow this team into what it is. There's a lot of strength here. There's a lot of fun here, but there's a lot of hard work here too. And a lot of, there have been hard moments where we've all just kind of put our heads down together and moved through the hard moments as a team with a lot of support and a lot of. Cort Sharp (35:12) Mm-hmm. Laura Kendrick (35:15) Just trying to be in it and be like kind of move things where it needs to go. I don't know what the right word is as a team. It's redundant. Cort Sharp (35:22) I think it. Yeah. But I think that that does show in our classes a lot, right? You and I have both taken a class outside of the mountain goat sphere, ⁓ and I'm not I'm not dogging on anyone. I'm not trying to talk down on anyone. But I got out of that class. I was like, man, we are light years ahead of that. Laura Kendrick (35:30) Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Cort Sharp (35:49) that kind of interaction and that kind of experience. was the information that I got out of that class was awesome, superb. It was great. But just the amount of energy and effort and time that has been invested into these Mountain Goat courses, it's far and away just, it shows. And it shows how much of a level up it is to take a class with Mountain Goat. And I do think partly, you know, I'm boosting my own ego here. But I do think partly it is because we are surrounded with some awesome people and we have some awesome people working together and awesome support on every call, every class that you take with us, right? You don't have to, like the instructor can focus on just instructing. And we, more often than not, we are typically in charge of everything else. Make sure that any tech problems, any issues, anything that's going on, right? Yeah. Laura Kendrick (36:32) Yeah. Yeah. I remember the early days. Like you just brought up a memory that apparently I had stored in the trauma bank. I remember the early days though being, because I would often, because I'm on the East Coast, court is in mountain times. So, often I would be the early person just because it's easier for me. was mid morning for me. we would start class and it would be just, especially honestly when like people were figuring out Zoom and all this stuff, it was... stressful. Like they were just, it was just question, question, question, problem, problem, problem. And we would get to the first breakout and I would send everyone away and the instructor would be like, that was great. And I'm like, was, you know, just totally frazzled. But the point was, is no one else felt that. And it was, I was in my Slack and working with the team, working with Hunter, things fixed, working with Lisa, making sure the person was in the right place. Cort Sharp (37:20) Yeah, glad. Mm-hmm. Laura Kendrick (37:33) and doing all these things. And though that has died down because we've all gotten very good at our job and the systems in place are amazing at this point, it still is like, that's the whole point. We worked as a team so that the instructor could deliver an amazing class and be present with his students. And we could be here or her, because we do have hers too, I should say. They're students. And we were here taking care of the things that needed to be taken care of, which was, yeah. Cort Sharp (37:54) Yes. Laura Kendrick (38:00) Though I had forgotten about that. Thanks for that. Cort Sharp (38:02) Yeah, sure. Yeah, it's gotten easy, right? ⁓ Laura Kendrick (38:04) Yeah, it does. But that's at the end of the day, that's how a good team is. I think that we can kind of end it with this thing of Mike has created this environment and it definitely comes from him. Like it's is rooted in the founder for us because we're a small team, small but mighty. But he it's rooted in his like engine of creativity, efficiency, and just love of innovation. And that has kind of Cort Sharp (38:18) Mm-hmm. Laura Kendrick (38:34) folding that in with seeing all the people as humans, and with flaws and different talents and all those things and human interaction is messy and folding all of that in has actually been what has bred these amazing class experiences for our students and also this rewarding and fantastic team experience for the people behind the scenes as well. And I think the lesson Cort Sharp (38:39) Yes. Yep. Laura Kendrick (38:59) comes from that, that if we can fold those things in together and make space for humans to be humans and also have this amazing expectation of creativity and innovation, then it's all going to happen. Cort Sharp (39:06) Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah, absolutely. I 100 % agree with that. I mean, it does come down to Mike and Mike is a fantastic leader. It's awesome. I also want to raise Mike, but. Laura Kendrick (39:28) Nice. Not passive aggressive at all. On that note. Cort Sharp (39:29) Yeah, you know. No. I'm just joking, right? We're able to have fun. We're able to joke around. But it does come down to leadership, right? And I think that's true on any team. And we have just we've been so fortunate to be able to experience it firsthand and go through this awesome transformation from being in person to fully remote, even in the class teaching stuff. And it's been really, really fun. really, really enjoyable. I, you know, you don't love every day. There are jobs, right? It's a job. But I'm not gonna lie. I'm not gonna lie. It has been fun. It has been enjoyable. But I don't look back on it and be like, wow, these last five years were just all terrible. No, it's we've had great leadership. We've had great interactions with with everyone. And I think Laura Kendrick (40:05) You should have just left it at really, really fun and enjoyable. Mic drop, goodbye. Cort Sharp (40:28) It's just come down to the people that we're working with and the people that we're engaging with consistently. And our leadership, Mike, has fostered an environment very, very well that is around fun, around communication, around enabling us to grow, to learn, to try new things, to move forward. And I really feel bad for companies who don't have that kind of leadership. that's, it's a tough spot to be in, but, I'm really, we're really blessed and really fortunate to, to be able to work here. And I hope this, this little peek behind the curtain, kind of encourages you to you, the listener, guess, whoever, whoever's out there to take a, take a little step back and say, okay, what, what am I doing as a leader within my sphere of influence to help my team be a little more human and embrace the humanity side of stuff? Not just pushing for more, we need more, more productivity, more AI, more everything, right? Yeah. Use AI, make it a tool, but just remember you're, building stuff for, for people. You're working with people all the time. And I think that's something that Mike has never forgotten and never will forget and never will let fall to the wayside that we're all people and we're all here working with each other. Laura Kendrick (41:43) Yeah. Couldn't agree more. Well, on that amazing note, thank you, Cort, for joining me in this hijacking of the podcast, the Agile Mentors podcast. And we're going to turn it back over to Brian, who's going to walk you right on out. Cort Sharp (41:54) Happy to.

Continuing our editor's series, Morgan spoke with Laura Colwell and Vanara Taing, editors of the 2024 film, "Jazzy." We discuss Vanara and Laura's beginnings as editors, their styles and processes, the craft and art of editing, their work together on "Jazzy," and their collaborations with filmmaker Morrisa Maltz. Laura's latest project, the short film "Night in West Texas," will be screening at the Frameline49 San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival on Sunday, 22 June 2025.  For tickets, head over to the Frameline49 website here. For more about the film, you can visit their website. You can follow Female Gaze: The Film ClubInstagramBlueSkyWebsite

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In this episode, Kait interviews Danny Taing, founder of Bokksu, who shares his journey from studying Japanese in Japan to creating a successful omnichannel brand that bridges cultures through Japanese snacks. Danny discusses the evolution of Bokksu, the importance of customer feedback, the challenges of the subscription model, and the acquisition of Japan Crate to enhance their retail presence. He emphasizes the significance of building strong brands and the need for a focus on retention in the current market landscape.TAKEAWAYS: - Danny's journey began with a love for Japanese culture and snacks.- Bokksu started as a subscription box and evolved into an omnichannel brand.- Customer feedback is crucial for product curation and brand messaging.- The subscription model offers built-in retention but has its challenges.- Acquiring Japan Crate accelerated Bokksu's retail expansion.- Retail requires different strategies compared to DTC.- Danny is passionate about bridging cultural gaps through food.- Sharing food experiences can help promote brands.- The industry needs to focus more on sustainable growth and unit economics.- Danny believes strong brands will thrive in the evolving market.​​Where to find Danny Taing: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannytaing/​Website: https://www.bokksu.com‍Where to find Kait Stephens:Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kait-margraf-stephens/Website: www.brij.it ‍SUBSCRIBE TO THE OMNICHANNEL MARKETERwww.theomnichannelmarketer.com

This episode's guest is the CEO and founder of Bokksu, Danny Taing. Bokksu delivers authentic Japanese food and lifestyle products to customers around the world. I was so impressed with his story that I bought a box for my daughter, and it's awesome. We talk about the inspiration behind Bokksu, how he evolves the company in a competitive subscription box market, and how his decision to come out has influenced his leadership style.

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David sits down with Eye to Eye's Alyssa Tundidor for a fireside chat. Covering everything from David's origin story, to where Something Shiny came from, to co-creating spaces safe enough for folx who are neurodivergent. To learn more about Eye to Eye, visit www.eyetoeyenational.org.-----Alyssa Tundidor (Alyssa Tundidor is Eye to Eye's Senior Mentoring Program Coordinator--for more on Alyssa, see below!) facilitates a fireside chat for the participants of the Eye to Eye Organizing Institute (OI) at the University of Denver. David names this is the first time he is sharing his story and he is not holding a tennis ball and is actually sitting down as he tells it, and he'll be squirming the whole time as he does it. His first memory is around his story, in 5th grade, he is the kid in school with the really messy hair, and he'd write pages and pages of stories-no one could read them, they were not spelled correctly. And David is quiet when he's writing in the corner, but nobody cares what he writes. Fast forward to his first year of graduate school at Northwestern University, he feels like a fraud, like they shouldn't have let him in, did they know he failed a class in high school? And he was in class learning about ADHD and classmate who ran the Eye to Eye Chapter at Reed College says “oh” — he braces himself to be ‘fixed' or told things, and instead she says “there's this think called project eye to eye starting where they take college students with learning skills and putting them together with students in high school. Wanna join?" His first encounter with the organization is talking to David Flint, and he asks what he has, and David shares he has symbol recognition disorder and ADHD, and David Flink goes: “Awesome!” And that's the first time David heard someone react that way without the pity or the “good for you!” Skipping past a lot in high school, getting in trouble a lot, skipping school, all of that, he's sitting in a room at the OI with 27 other peoples, cross-legged, throwing racket balls against the wall, he felt like he belonged for the first time in his life somewhere. He belonged before…as long as they didn't know… whatever that “nerghhh” is. OI and Eye to Eye was the first place where he experienced he didn't have to hide a part of himself. Alyssa had a very similar experience with the OI, she was 23, she was at Radford University, and there were 60 people. What is the story behind Something Shiny? David gives the real story, not the marketing story. He's a person who thinks really big but doesn't really think about the details, of course he wants to save the world, he just doesn't know what to do next. And he was getting paid to do all these trainings on ADHD, and he realized that there's a paywall around getting good information about ADHD. You have to have certain privilege to know someone, to have money, to get accurate information. And most people trying to put forward accurate information are selling something. And it's hard to find somethings like this without a sales push. When we can increase the understanding of things, we can decrease suffering. Alyssa speaks about listening to the qualifier episode, and it made her feel really seen and really heard. We had real feels right there. There's this idea you're getting at, when we've experienced something in the world, we can make it better for someone that follows us. There's a cultural piece of learning differently when we're neurodivergent. If you are part of a neurodiverse community, it's very very hard to grow up without neglect. The people who love you don't know how to love you. We don't know what we need, that never happened. You can't neglect neglect, you have to attend to it. Asking a neurodiverse person “how do you learn?” The answers 30 years ago would be “it's hard, and it's good that it hurts” and we all kind of bought into that. And then, all of a sudden, it doesn't have to hurt. It's okay to swivel in a chair and have every chair in your office be a swivel chair—it's about speaking to the things that are very hard for us to own because we're afraid we're going to get rejected. When you talk about them, you feel like more of community, not less. Alyssa wants to emphasize the belonging aspect—what inspired David to make a safe space for people who are neurodivergent. Someone at work said to him: “Just so you know, it didn't bother me at all, but your energy was really big—it didn't bother me, but it could bother someone” — that person saw my energy, and wanted to work together. We have to take steps to work together and not mask. It's like hiding the parts of us that don't look like everyone else. “I read books, I sit still, over the weekend, I read books, I sat still.” There's emotionality and there's a task, but if the task is understanding what the book says, does it matter if I read it or listen to it? Creating safety is looking at comfort, looking at who you are, and not wearing masks. Immediately take that mask off. Alyssa names that rejection hurts so much when you're ND, and it's true. And we're talking about self-esteem and a sense of worth. How do we feel worth? We're often getting our sense of worth from other people. When you can find other roles in the world to make a difference in someone else's life. The big secret with mentorship is reciprocal: whatever you are doing to help someone younger than you, you are giving to yourself. It comes back to you. Don't want to let someone down, so there's a power to making a difference to other people's lives. Alyssa asks: when is the first time you felt accepted as an ND person? It made David accepted and valued for who he was. There's more places in the world than Eye to Eye—he felt that with his brother, he feels that with his partner, his friends. Who you surround yourself by is so much what you believe about yourself. His friends, his partner, believed in David before he did. What made David decide to become a therapist? David started wanting to save the world that was on fire as he saw it. His own experience with therapists was: they're not that great. He wanted to be a special education teacher that teaches history, because he wants to fix all of education and name all of the lies and change the world. So, in college, he went through all the teaching classes, and they were going through lesson planning, and he realized that he wouldn't get to teach what he would teach. He's TAing psych classes because they're easy, and he doesn't mind them. So he ended up leaving education, talked to a psych professor he was friends with, “don't know what to do now?!” But he learned he could be the difference, and he believes every life represents the world. In front of him, there's a galaxy, and a galaxy of stars, and for him, it's incredibly important to save the world. He felt limited that he could only work people in education become better consumers and producers, versus showing people what they want in this world and then destroying the things that don't matter. It's a good mic, so he won't mic drop. What tips would he give young people navigating the world that is not built for them? He names: this world is not built for you, this world makes things worse, and you make things better. The second we pretend it's built for us, we are ignoring things. We know that if we take weight and shading in different spots, it makes it easier for those with dyslexia to read. Like a dyslexic font. So why isn't every book printed like that? A neurotypical person can read that book, but now everyone else can. We sit in a world, where you have every answer you want in your pocket that can answer everything, but we're still working a school system that asks students to remember answers and not ask questions (and he loves teachers)…so not built for us. Don't apologize for who you are.  Find the supports you need and make that space. This room doesn't totally suck even though you are listening to someone talk at you—why? David is talking fast, moving a lot, saying risky things, this entire thing is an accommodation for neurodiversity. Neurotypical people can't handle this energy. David just code switches, and that doesn't work for us, at all. And it's about you all do in every room you walk into as an Eye to Eye person. What's one thing you want people to leave this chat with? Everyone get a mixing bowl, he wants everyone to add a cup of understanding to the bowl, then crack two pieces of compassion on top, meet with other people for a while, and then bake it. The real thing he asks: don't be afraid to ask the questions, to say something people don't want to hear, to ask for things, and anyone who makes you feel like you are less should not be in your life. To learn more about Eye to Eye, visit www.eyetoeyenational.orgWho is Alyssa? Alyssa Tundidor is Eye to Eye's Senior Mentoring Program Coordinator who has been with the organization for six years, first as a volunteer and as an employee for the last two years. She has ADHDI (inattentive type), which was identified as such in the first grade, and wanted to support neurodiverse young people in the way she wishes she had been supported when she was younger.What is Eye to Eye? Eye to Eye is a national organization whose mission is to improve the educational experience and outcomes of neurodiverse young people, while engaging them and their allies in the movement for a more equitable and inclusive society. To learn more about Eye to Eye, visit www.eyetoeyenational.orgWhat's the IO? The Young Leaders' Organizing Institute (OI) brings together Eye to Eye student leaders from our programs to connect, learn, and train for the upcoming school yearDyslexia-friendly fonts:DyslexieOpendyslexic-----Cover Art by: Sol VázquezTechnical Support by: Bobby RichardsSpecial thanks to chat host Alyssa Tundidor (Eye to Eye Senior Mentoring Program Coordinator) for her hosting magic, Alexandra Claeys (Eye to Eye Director of Community Leadership) for her brilliant organizing and help, Philister Lukacevic (Eye to Eye Director of Marketing and Communications) for all his help and patience in getting this content out there and  Diego Rivera (Eye to Eye National Director of Operations) for getting this recording done while Bobby and Isabelle were stuck at an airport!

Cambodian Chinese American entrepreneur Danny Taing has always loved a challenge. Like many young immigrants from Asia, Danny struggled with being a minority in predominantly white settings. He became fascinated with how the Japanese had been able to carve out a comfortable and admirable cultural niche, so he began to study their culture and learn their language, eventually moving to live and work in Japan. That's how he came to love the myriad kinds of special Japanese snacks. After moving back to the US, Danny launched Bokksu, a monthly subscription service that delivered a beautiful boxes of carefully curated snacks that can only be found in Japan. Today, you can marvel at how he and his team have been able to diversify and distribute even more of what Japan has to offer by going to www.bokksu.com.

In this episode I speak with Occupational Therapist and Bodywork Project alum Candace Pantoga, who describes how her longtime work in social justice led her to give back to her community through Craniosacral Therapy. Listen in as Candace describes how she got involved in social justice issues and how she ultimately had to choose the best ways to make a difference. This week on the Do It With Intention Podcast: Learn how a colleague changed Candace's worldview with one simple piece of advice, and how she became an ambassador for CranioSacral Therapy. Learn how you can use your massage and bodywork business to help local non-profits, and how a donation based clinic works. Find out why many journeys to healing are cyclical rather than linear, and how this is often the case with social justice as well. Resources from this episode: Candace is a Diplomate Certified Craniosacral Therapist, a Certified Presenter and study group leader through the Upledger Institute, who started practicing CST in 2012. She enjoys many aspects of CranioSacral Therapy, including taking classes, TAing, mentoring, participating in multiple-hands sessions and Comprehensive Therapy Programs, as well as treating clients 1:1. The philosophy behind her business is one of creating opportunities for more people to receive CranioSacral Therapy—whether that means volunteering her time at a homeless shelter, creating a donation based clinic, building relationships with non-profit agencies who serve low income individuals, or mentoring as many CranioSacral practitioners as allows in her schedule. Outside of her practice, Candace spends her time on self care, family activities, walking with friends, cuddling with her dog, and listening to mystery novels. See Candace's website here, or reach her via email. Grab your free practice-building resources here! Check out my website The Bodywork Project

In this episode, Uberall's Krystal Taing shares her obsession with multi-location SEO, slings her pet peeves into Room 404, and delivers a rousing 5-point plan for scaling enterprise local SEO success.Listen to learn:How to overcome the challenge of building a local voice for each location while keeping the necessary things centralized at corporate.Why bulk uploading is key to scalability, even at as few as two locations.How to avoid cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all local SEO by testing across locationsAnd much more!ResourcesFollow Krystal on Twitter: @krystal_taingAndrew Shotland and the Local SEO Guide team: https://www.localseoguide.com/Krystal's GBP Help Community Profile: https://support.google.com/profile/1779728

My guest on this week's episode of Suds & Search is Krystal Taing, Director of Pre-sales Solutions at Uberall. Krystal is one of the leading experts in Local SEO. She's a platinum-level Google product expert. She hosts a training program on Wix. She's a frequent webinar host on platforms like BrightLocal, Duda, and many other places. She appears on virtually every list of the top local SEOs in the world. She is also on the faculty at LocalU. I'm sure I'm forgetting several other important contributions, but suffice it to say that when it comes to Local SEO, Krystal Taing is world-class. It's an interesting time for Local SEO. Darren Shaw of Whitespark recently released the Local Search Ranking Factors, thus beginning the annual tradition of Local SEO nerds scouring the findings, debating, discussing, and learning about how Google's local algorithm is evolving. Krystal was a contributor to that study. I'm going to ask her about what is changing and how small businesses can better position themselves for success. Grab something cold to drink and join me for a conversation with Krystal Taing. We'll talk about what you should do to appear more prominently in local results, what you shouldn't do if you hope to avoid a suspension, and we'll spend a little time talking about the Google product expert program. Catch SearchLab on these platforms: https://www.linkedin.com/company/searchlabdigital/ https://www.facebook.com/SearchLabDigital/ https://twitter.com/SearchLabAgency https://www.youtube.com/c/SearchLabSubscribe to Suds & Search | Interviews With Today's Search Marketing Experts on Soundwise

STEMINIST host, Nusayba welcomes career center ambassador Adrianna Taing to this week's podcast episode. Learn more about Adrianna and what it's like to be a Career Center Ambassador in the college's career center. Adrianna also shares some tips to help engineering students prepare for the spring 2023 engineering career fair.

Join us in today's episode with investing guru Eng Taing to discover how to minimize your tax burden and keep investing more of your earnings into income-producing assets. Don't miss our conversation about investor-focused deals, passive investing, and portfolio diversification to get a headstart on your path to economic stability. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE How an abundance mindset can help you succeed in lifeLessons learned from corporate jobs you can apply in real estate investingWhy you should diversify your investment portfolioReal estate marketing tips to help scale your businessSenior living: What it is and how it worksRESOURCES/LINKS MENTIONEDRich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki | Paperback https://amzn.to/3MdlxSM and Kindle https://amzn.to/3RBfhFf SyndicationPro https://syndicationpro.com/Marketing Automation Tools for Small Business  https://squareup.com/us/en/marketingABOUT ENG TAINGEng is the founder and CEO of Touzi Capital. He is an experienced investor with $250M assets under management and 12 years of real estate experience and has focused on cash flow investing in creating significant passive income. He also has experience leading data science and analytics at Apple, Capital One, and AT&T. He applies that experience when identifying and underwriting investment opportunities and markets.CONNECT WITH ENGWebsite: Touzi Capital https://www.touzicapital.com/LinkedIn: Eng Taing https://www.linkedin.com/in/engtaingofficial/CONNECT WITH USTo book an exclusive FREE consulting session with Tate or to view his current investment offerings, please go to www.investwithgreenlight.com.Want a list of top-rated real estate conferences, virtual meetups, and mastermind groups? Send Tate an email at tate@glequitygroup.com to learn more about real estate using a relational approach.Special Announcement! Tate's brand-new audiobook "F.I.R.E.-Financial Independence Retire Early Through Apartment Investing" is downloadable! Go to: Green Light Equity Group: http://www.investwithgreenlight.com/.Do you have difficulty underwriting deals? Never worry about getting your numbers wrong with Real Estate Lab, a cloud-based platform for investors. Sign up at https://www.realestatelab.com/ using the promo code TAG2 to get 10% off your first 12 months. Automate your acquisitions and underwriting like a boss now!

Re-Air of Episode 148 from May 20th, 2022 // Danny Taing, Founder & CEO of Bokksu, shares his journey from academia, tech, and founding Bokksu, a direct-to-consumer snack subscription and e-grocer highlighting snacks from Japan and beyond. Learn more at bokksu.com and @bokksu everywhere.Meet DannyDanny Taing is the Founder & CEO of Bokksu, a New York and Tokyo-based D2C snack subscription and e-grocer that delivers authentic Japanese food and lifestyle products to over 100 countries. Providing Japan's traditional makers with a platform to share their goods with a global audience, Bokksu is helping to support, preserve, and promote their craft, while making it easier for the rest of the world to discover, buy, and love authentic Japanese goods.The son of Cambodian-Chinese refugees, Danny was born in NYC and raised in NJ. He received a dual Bachelor's in Psychology and Communication, and a Master's in Sociology, all from Stanford University. He then worked as a marketing strategist at Google HQ. After that, he relocated to Japan for a position at Rakuten. It was there, during the four years he spent living and working in Tokyo, that he developed his deep love of Japanese food and culture (as well as met his wonderful husband).Following Rakuten, Taing returned to New York to study Computer Science at Columbia University. Inspired by his passion for Japanese culture, Asian-American representation, and entrepreneurship, Taing founded Bokksu in 2015 with $5,000 of his own savings. Utilizing every skill and contact he had, Taing was able to go from concept to launch in just three months, without an additional penny of outside funding. And he sold through his first run of boxes in less than a week. Today, the company is valued at $100M and employs a staff of 50, 80% of whom are BIPOC, female, and/or LGBTQ+; a metric Taing is particularly proud of.In his spare time, Danny is an avid rock climber, fierce board game competitor, and, along with his husband, anime binge-watcher.Meet BokksuBokksu delivers authentic Japanese food and lifestyle products to customers around the world. Founded by Danny Taing in 2015, the New York and Tokyo-based D2C company partners with traditional makers throughout Japan to share their craft with over 100 countries via its snack subscription service, curated market of premium lifestyle goods, and online Asian grocery store. By providing Japan's traditional makers with a platform to share their goods with a global audience, Bokksu is helping to support, preserve, and promote their craft, while making it easier for the rest of the world to discover, buy, and love authentic Japanese goods. 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Krystal Taing, Director of Pre-Sales Solutions for Uberall and Google Business Profile Platinum Product Expert, joins Greg and David for this episode of the Near Memo. The trio discusses Google's latest visually-significant ad update and implications for both paid and organic marketers. David then laments the rapid increase in GBP-related bugs and complaints over the course of the last several months and the team discusses GBP's strategic place in Mountain View. Krystal closes the show by highlighting the acceleration of the store-within-a-store trend and how brands with outlets that fit this model should think about their local listings.The Near Memo is a weekly conversation about Search, Social, and Commerce: What happened, why it matters, and the implications for local businesses and national brands.Near Memo Ep 86

Syndication Made Easy with Eng Taing Eng is an experienced investor with $250M assets under management. He has 12 years of real estate experience and has focused on cash flow investing to create significant passive income. Eng is an economist by training, from the Wharton School of Business. He also has experience leading data science and analytics at Apple, Capital One and AT&T. He applies that experience when identifying and underwriting investment opportunities and markets. Eng is the classic immigrant story that can only happen in America. He was born in a refugee camp in Thailand, where his family escaped the Khmer Rouge from Cambodia. Having grown up in Los Angeles, he pursued economics by day trading and playing Poker to pay for his tuition while attending the University of Pennsylvania. There he trained as an economist and afterwards went into Investment banking. Later he would leave the financial world to join the Peace Corps, volunteering in the Republic of Georgia, a year after the Russian invasion. There he met his wife, Jennie, who was also volunteering abroad. They now have two sons. Eng has presented at companies like Apple, Facebook, & Amazon where he teaches employees how to minimize their tax burden and how to keep and invest more of their earnings so that they can achieve financial freedom. https://www.touzicapital.com/ Don't forget to head over to iTunes to subscribe, rate, and leave a review. It's very much appreciated. ------------------------------------------------ About Vinney (Smile) Chopra: Vinney is a real estate investor, syndicator, International best-selling author, host of 4 podcasts, multifamily educator, mentor, dedicated husband of over 40 years and father of 2 children-Neil and Monica, residing in Danville, California (near San Francisco) for 40+ years. Vinney came to this country with only $7 in his pocket and a dream. Vinney has now built a portfolio of over 6,500 units amounting to over $650 Million in the multifamily, senior assisted living and hospitality arenas. He is passionate about helping others achieve financial freedom and giving back to our seniors who have given us so much. https://vinneysbizcard.com/ Learn more about Vinney: https://vinneychopra.com/ Learn more about investing with Vinney: https://vinneychopra.com/invest/ Apply for Mentorship: https://vinneychopra.com/mentorship/ Vinney's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VinneyChopra/videos Vinney's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinney-smile-chopra/ Vinney's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinneychopra/ Vinney's Free Book: https://vinneychopra.com/freebook/ Claim your FREE copy of The #1 Top Seller in Commercial Investing: http://apartmentsyndicationmadeeasy.com/ ------------------------------------------------

Syndication Made Easy with Eng Taing Eng is an experienced investor with $250M assets under management. He has 12 years of real estate experience and has focused on cash flow investing to create significant passive income. Eng is an economist by training, from the Wharton School of Business. He also has experience leading data science and analytics at Apple, Capital One and AT&T. He applies that experience when identifying and underwriting investment opportunities and markets. Eng is the classic immigrant story that can only happen in America. He was born in a refugee camp in Thailand, where his family escaped the Khmer Rouge from Cambodia. Having grown up in Los Angeles, he pursued economics by day trading and playing Poker to pay for his tuition while attending the University of Pennsylvania. There he trained as an economist and afterwards went into Investment banking. Later he would leave the financial world to join the Peace Corps, volunteering in the Republic of Georgia, a year after the Russian invasion. There he met his wife, Jennie, who was also volunteering abroad. They now have two sons. Eng has presented at companies like Apple, Facebook, & Amazon where he teaches employees how to minimize their tax burden and how to keep and invest more of their earnings so that they can achieve financial freedom. https://www.touzicapital.com/ Don't forget to head over to iTunes to subscribe, rate, and leave a review. It's very much appreciated. ------------------------------------------------ About Vinney (Smile) Chopra: Vinney is a real estate investor, syndicator, International best-selling author, host of 4 podcasts, multifamily educator, mentor, dedicated husband of over 40 years and father of 2 children-Neil and Monica, residing in Danville, California (near San Francisco) for 40+ years. Vinney came to this country with only $7 in his pocket and a dream. Vinney has now built a portfolio of over 6,500 units amounting to over $650 Million in the multifamily, senior assisted living and hospitality arenas. He is passionate about helping others achieve financial freedom and giving back to our seniors who have given us so much. Learn more about Vinney: https://vinneychopra.com/ Learn more about investing with Vinney: https://vinneychopra.com/invest/ Apply for Mentorship: https://vinneychopra.com/mentorship/ Vinney's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VinneyChopra/videos Vinney's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinney-smile-chopra/ Vinney's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinneychopra/ Vinney's Free Book: https://vinneychopra.com/freebook/ Claim your FREE copy of The #1 Top Seller in Commercial Investing: http://apartmentsyndicationmadeeasy.com/ ------------------------------------------------

David provides quick tips on TAing for graduate students. Sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs and Success and produced by our student podcasters, UCSC Slugcast supports free expression of ideas. Please be aware that the views and opinions expressed by speakers are that of the speaker alone and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Similarly, views and opinions of University employees or students are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Slugcast, the Division of Student Affairs and Success, or the University.

Syndication Made Easy with Eng Taing Eng is an experienced investor with $250M assets under management. He has 12 years of real estate experience and has focused on cash flow investing to create significant passive income. Eng is an economist by training, from the Wharton School of Business. He also has experience leading data science and analytics at Apple, Capital One and AT&T. He applies that experience when identifying and underwriting investment opportunities and markets. Eng is the classic immigrant story that can only happen in America. He was born in a refugee camp in Thailand, where his family escaped the Khmer Rouge from Cambodia. Having grown up in Los Angeles, he pursued economics by day trading and playing Poker to pay for his tuition while attending the University of Pennsylvania. There he trained as an economist and afterwards went into Investment banking. Later he would leave the financial world to join the Peace Corps, volunteering in the Republic of Georgia, a year after the Russian invasion. There he met his wife, Jennie, who was also volunteering abroad. They now have two sons. Eng has presented at companies like Apple, Facebook, & Amazon where he teaches employees how to minimize their tax burden and how to keep and invest more of their earnings so that they can achieve financial freedom. https://www.touzicapital.com/ Don't forget to head over to iTunes to subscribe, rate, and leave a review. It's very much appreciated. ------------------------------------------------ About Vinney (Smile) Chopra: Vinney is a real estate investor, syndicator, International best-selling author, host of 4 podcasts, multifamily educator, mentor, dedicated husband of over 40 years and father of 2 children-Neil and Monica, residing in Danville, California (near San Francisco) for 40+ years. Vinney came to this country with only $7 in his pocket and a dream. Vinney has now built a portfolio of over 6,500 units amounting to over $650 Million in the multifamily, senior assisted living and hospitality arenas. He is passionate about helping others achieve financial freedom and giving back to our seniors who have given us so much. Learn more about Vinney: https://vinneychopra.com/ Learn more about investing with Vinney: https://vinneychopra.com/invest/ Apply for Mentorship: https://vinneychopra.com/mentorship/ Vinney's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VinneyChopra/videos Vinney's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinney-smile-chopra/ Vinney's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinneychopra/ Vinney's Free Book: https://vinneychopra.com/freebook/ Claim your FREE copy of The #1 Top Seller in Commercial Investing: http://apartmentsyndicationmadeeasy.com/ ------------------------------------------------

 In this episode, we interview Yong Taing, the information technologist of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) which created the James Webb & Hubble Space Telescopes. The James Webb Telescope is the largest telescope in space and its initial photos have already identified thousands of never-before-seen stars. We hope this intergalactic dreamer inspires you to think bigger. Enjoy!

There are many ways to earn passive income, so why limit yourself to just one asset class when you can diversify your income streams? In this episode, Eng Taing, Founder and CEO of Touzi Capital, shares insights on the different asset classes in the Touzi portfolio and how they are able to effectively and profitably serve their investors. Eng also goes in-depth into the Bitcoin mining process and the role it plays in energy generation and consumption. So tune in and learn how you can diversify your portfolio, earn passive income, and have cash flowing from multiple income streams! 

Mining Bitcoin is not as complicated as it seems. Anyone with a computer can do it. But you might be wondering why you should bother investing in Bitcoin mining when there are so many other ways to make money online. In the twelfth episode of Passive Investing Show, J and Ashley are joined by Eng Taing. They share their insights on the risks and benefits of investing in Bitcoin mining. Here are some power takeaways from today's conversation: ● Keep your costs low. ● Consider the risks and benefits of Bitcoin mining. ● Find cheap and renewable energy sources. ● Be flexible. Episode Highlights: [12:29] How Bitcoin Mining Works Bitcoin mining uses computers to create Bitcoin and validate transactions. Every 10 minutes, 6.25 Bitcoin is rewarded to miners. Miners pool their resources to get a lot more of it. The current inflation rate for Bitcoin is 3%. With many industrial size capital investments, there is higher value but diminishing return. Bitcoin mining gets you more Bitcoin over time and offers more benefits. Make sure energy prices are down or as low as possible. [24:38] What to Expect in Bitcoin Mining You will invest in the profit stream of miners and they distribute those profits as either Bitcoin or cash. Investors can expect a 90% investment return in year one. The life cycle for one investment is five years. [31:27] Risks in Bitcoin Mining The risks in Bitcoin mining are regulatory risks and increasing energy costs. Keep your costs low. Find cheap and renewable energy sources. Given the current mining dip, they are buying a lot of machines and deploying capital wisely. The minimum investment is $50,000. [36:50] Opportunities, Concerns, and Advice Oil and gas investments interest him. He believes that renewable energy is the future and fossil fuels will be the bridge to get there. On the other hand, the Federal Reserve is what concerns him the most. He believes that they are taking inflation and reduction of money supply too far to the point of decimating growth. He advises people to be flexible and explore different things. Notable Quotes from the Episode: [12:38] “When you add capital and scale, you get better results and outcomes potentially.” [37:38] “Fossil fuels will be the bridge to renewable. I truly believe in renewable energy being the future. But there needs to be a bridge to get there.” [39:22] “When you have higher interest rates, you sort of reduce the ability for investors to invest the money in people because now you have a higher demand hurdle for the investment.” Resources Mentioned: Touzi Capital Eng Taing LinkedIn and Twitter The Passive Investing Show

Why should you strive towards a clear objective?The value of understanding opportunities and wisely investing in themA high-level overview of what Bitcoin is all about  The Bitcoin mining process and how it differs from real estate investingUseful advice to achieve financial freedom The Life & Money Show Spotlight:Your Life & Money: What is one thing you're doing to live a meaningful and intentional life by design?Other's Life and Money: What is one life or money hack that you can share that will make an impact in others' lives right now? Life & Money in the World: What's the one thing you're doing right now to make the world a better place? ABOUT ENG TAINGEng is the founder and CEO of Touzi Capital helping partner investors to earn passive income and Teracel, his own Bitcoin mining company. He started his life tough growing up in a refugee camp in Thailand before moving to America. Growing up in Los Angeles and while at the University of Pennsylvania, he studied economics by day trading and playing poker to finance his tuition. He is a trained economist from the Wharton School of Business and ventured into investment banking. He volunteered and joined the Peace Corps in the Republic of Georgia. He's also worked at Apple, Capital One, and AT&T, where he led data science and analytics operations. His experience in real estate investing started after purchasing a triplex property at the age of 23. Now, he focuses on investing in high cash flows to generate passive income through purchasing and optimizing multifamily, senior residential facilities, and bitcoin mining businesses.  CONNECT WITH ENGWebsite: Touzi CapitalYoutube: Touzi CapitalTiktok: @engtaingofficialLinkedIn: Eng Taing CONNECT WITH USTo connect with Annie and Julie, as well as with other Investing For Good listeners, and to get the latest scoop on new and upcoming episodes, join Life and Money Show Podcast Community on Facebook.To learn more about real estate syndication investment opportunities, join the Goodegg Investor Club.Be sure to also grab your free copy of the Investing For Good book (just pay S&H)--Thanks for listening, and until next time, keep investing for good!

Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 158 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Danny Taing on this week's show. We interview Asian entrepreneurs around the world to amplify their voices and empower Asians to pursue their dreams and goals. We believe that each person has a message and a unique story from their entrepreneurial journey that they can share with all of us. Check us out on Anchor, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Stitcher, and more. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave us a positive 5-star review. This is our opportunity to amplify Asian voices and share these incredible stories with the world. We release a new episode every Wednesday and Saturday, so stay tuned! Danny Taing is the Founder & CEO of Bokksu, a New York and Tokyo-based D2C snack subscription and e-grocer that delivers authentic Japanese food and lifestyle products to over 100 countries. Providing Japan's traditional makers with a platform to share their goods with a global audience, Bokksu is helping to support, preserve, and promote their craft, while making it easier for the rest of the world to discover, buy, and love authentic Japanese goods. The son of Cambodian-Chinese refugees, Danny was born in NYC and raised in NJ. He received a dual Bachelor's in Psychology and Communication, and a Master's in Sociology, all from Stanford University. He then worked as a marketing strategist at Google HQ. After that, he relocated to Japan for a position at Rakuten. It was there, during the four years he spent living and working in Tokyo, that he developed his deep love of Japanese food and culture (as well as met his wonderful husband). Following Rakuten, Taing returned to New York to study Computer Science at Columbia University. Inspired by his passion for Japanese culture, Asian-American representation, and entrepreneurship, Taing founded Bokksu in 2015 with $5,000 of his own savings. Utilizing every skill and contact he had, Taing was able to go from concept to launch in just three months, without an additional penny of outside funding. And he sold through his first run of boxes in less than a week. Today, the company is valued at $100M and employs a staff of 50, 80% of whom are BIPOC, female, and/or LGBTQ+; a metric Taing is particularly proud of. In his spare time, Danny is an avid rock climber, fierce board game competitor, and anime binge-watcher. This episode is sponsored by SaneBox. We all get so much email. SaneBox makes sure that only important email stays in your inbox and directs all the other distracting stuff into your SaneLater folder. It also has nifty features like the SaneBlackHole, where you can drag messages from senders you never want to hear from again, and SaneReminders to ping you if someone hasn't replied to your email by a certain date. You can use SaneBox with any email client or phone, anywhere you check your email. Visit sanebox.com/ahn today to start your free two-week trial and get a $25 credit. To stay connected with the AHN community, please join our AHN directory: bit.ly/AHNDirectory --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/asianhustlenetwork/support

Join us LIVE for The Vinney and Beau Show!! BITCOIN MINING, PROS AND CONS Every Friday at 9:30am PST or 12:30pm EST on all social media websites! Eng is an experienced private fund manager with $220M assets under management. He has 12 years of private market and real estate investing experience and has focused on cash flow investing to create significant passive income. Eng is an economist by training, from the Wharton School of Business. He also has experience leading data science and analytics at Apple, Capital One and AT&T. He applies that experience when identifying and underwriting investment opportunities and markets. Eng is the classic immigrant story that can only happen in America. He was born in refugee camp in Thailand, where his family escaped the Khmer Rogue from Cambodia. Having grown up in Los Angeles, he pursued economics by day trading and playing Poker to pay for his tuition while attending the University of Pennsylvania. There he trained as an economist and afterwards went into Investment banking. Later he would leave the financial world to join the Peace Corps, volunteering in the Republic of Georgia--a year after the Russian invasion. There he met his wife--Jennie, who was also volunteering abroad. They now have one son, with another on the way. Eng has presented at companies like Apple, Facebook, & Amazon where he teaches employees how to minimize their tax burden and keep and investing more of their earnings so that they can achieve financial freedom.  

Danny Taing, Founder & CEO of Bokksu, shares his journey from academia, tech, and eventually to founding Bokksu, a direct-to-consumer snack subscription and e-grocer highlighting snacks from Japan and beyond. Learn more at Bokksu.com and @bokksu everywhereMeet DannyDanny Taing is the Founder & CEO of Bokksu, a New York and Tokyo-based D2C snack subscription and e-grocer that delivers authentic Japanese food and lifestyle products to over 100 countries. Providing Japan's traditional makers with a platform to share their goods with a global audience, Bokksu is helping to support, preserve, and promote their craft, while making it easier for the rest of the world to discover, buy, and love authentic Japanese goods.The son of Cambodian-Chinese refugees, Danny was born in NYC and raised in NJ. He received a dual Bachelor's in Psychology and Communication, and a Master's in Sociology, all from Stanford University. He then worked as a marketing strategist at Google HQ. After that, he relocated to Japan for a position at Rakuten. It was there, during the four years he spent living and working in Tokyo, that he developed his deep love of Japanese food and culture (as well as met his wonderful husband). Following Rakuten, Taing returned to New York to study Computer Science at Columbia University. Inspired by his passion for Japanese culture, Asian-American representation, and entrepreneurship, Taing founded Bokksu in 2015 with $5,000 of his own savings. Utilizing every skill and contact he had, Taing was able to go from concept to launch in just three months, without an additional penny of outside funding. And he sold through his first run of boxes in less than a week. Today, the company is valued at $100M and employs a staff of 50, 80% of whom are BIPOC, female, and/or LGBTQ+; a metric Taing is particularly proud of.In his spare time, Danny is an avid rock climber, fierce board game competitor, and, along with his husband, anime binge-watcher.Meet BokksuBokksu delivers authentic Japanese food and lifestyle products to customers around the world. Founded by Danny Taing in 2015, the New York and Tokyo-based D2C company partners with traditional makers throughout Japan to share their craft with over 100 countries via its snack subscription service, curated market of premium lifestyle goods, and online Asian grocery store. By providing Japan's traditional makers with a platform to share their goods with a global audience, Bokksu is helping to support, preserve, and promote their craft, while making it easier for the rest of the world to discover, buy, and love authentic Japanese goods. Bokksu is a proudly LGBTQ+ and AAPI-owned company.Connect with Bokksuhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/bokksu/https://www.instagram.com/bokksu/https://www.facebook.com/bokksuhttps://twitter.com/bokksuhttps://www.tiktok.com/@bokksuThis episode is supported by Penguin Random HouseThis month and every month, Penguin Random House invites readers to uplift AANHPI stories and #RepresentAsianStories! Thanks to our friends at Penguin Random House, I added Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, Know My Name by Chanel Miller, and Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho to my Asian American Book Shelf. We're also excited to read My Monster and Me by Nadia Hussain to our kids and to cook up amazing meals with recipes from Korean American by Eric Kim. For more incredible books by AANHPI authors, visit PRH.com/RepresentAsianStories! From page-turning fiction to hilarious memoirs, there's a book for everyone. Go to PRH.com/RepresentAsianStories to explore the lists!Today and everyday, support Asian American Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander authors and storytellers.// Support Dear Asian Americans:Merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/dearasianamericans/Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jerrywonLearn more about DAA Creator and Host Jerry Won:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerrywon/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jerryjwon/// Listen to Dear Asian Americans on all major platforms:Transistor.fm: http://www.dearasianamericans.comApple: https://apple.dearasianamericans.comSpotify: https://spotify.dearasianamericans.comStitcher: https://stitcher.dearasianamericans.comGoogle: https://google.dearasianamericans.com  Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/dearasianamericans Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dearasianamericans Subscribe to our YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/dearasianamericans // Join the Asian Podcast Network:Web: https://asianpodcastnetwork.com/Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/asianpodcastnetwork/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asianpodcastnetwork/Dear Asian Americans is produced by Just Like Media:Web: http://www.justlikemedia.comInstagram.com: http://www.instagram.com/justlikemedia

My guest in this episode is Eng Taing. Eng is an experienced real estate investor with $100M assets under management. He has 12 years of real estate experience and has focused on cash flow investing to create significant passive income. Eng is an economist by training, from the Wharton School of Business. He also has experience leading data science and analytics at Apple, Capital One and AT&T. He applies that experience when identifying and underwriting investment opportunities and markets. Eng is the classic immigrant story that can only happen in America. He was born in refugee camp in Thailand, where his family escaped the Khmer Rogue from Cambodia. Having grown up in Los Angeles, he pursued economics by day trading and playing Poker to pay for his tuition while attending the University of Pennsylvania. There he trained as an economist and afterwards went into Investment banking. Later he would leave the financial world to join the Peace Corps, volunteering in the Republic of Georgia--a year after the Russian invasion. There he met his wife--Jennie, who was also volunteering abroad. They now have one son, with another on the way. Eng has presented at companies like Apple, Facebook, & Amazon where he teaches employees how to minimize their tax burden and keep and investing more of their earnings so that they can achieve financial freedom. Interview Links: Touzi Capital: https://www.touzicapital.com/ Episode Sponsors: Producers Wealth: Create Your Own Banking System In 30 Days Or Less www.producerswealth.com GoBundance: The Tribe For Healthy, Wealthy, Generous Men Who Choose To Lead EPIC Lives www.gobundance.com Accountable Equity: Resort Hospitality & Efficient Income Cash Flow Investments www.accountableequity.com Strategic Metals Invest: Invest In Rare Earth Elements & Technology Metals www.strategicmetalsinvest.com The Real Asset Investor: Build Wealth With Higher Yield Cash Flow www.therealassetinvestor.com Penumbra Solutions: Buy Your Equity Like Institutions With Life Settlements www.thepenumbraplan.com  - password “penumbra” Producers Capital Partners: Multiply Capital Through Alternative Investments  www.producerscapitalpartners.com Grab My Book: The 21 Best Cashflow Niches™: www.cashflowninja.com/21niches Programs: The Cashflow Ninja Cashflow Investors Club™: www.cashflowninja.com/club Your Own Banking System™ : www.yourownbankingsystem.com Your Own Family Office™: www.cashflowninja.com/familyoffice The Crypto Investing Method™: www.cashflowninja.com/crypto The Cashflow Creator Formula™: www.cashflowninja.com/creator The Cashflow Core Builder™: www.casflowninja.com/core The Cashflow Multiplier™: www.cashflowninja.com/multiplier The Cashflow Quantum™: www.cashflowninja.com/quantum Connect With Us: Website: http://cashflowninja.com Podcast: http://cashflowinvestingsecrets.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cashflowninja/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mclaubscher Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecashflowninja/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/mclaubscher/cashflow-ninja/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mclaubscher/ Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/c/Cashflowninja Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/cashflowninja/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-329875 Odysee: https://odysee.com/@Cashflowninja:9 Gab Tv: https://tv.gab.com/channel/cashflowninja Brighteon: https://www.brighteon.com/channels/cashflowninja Parler: https://parler.com/profile/cashflowninja/ Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/mclaubscher Gab: https://gab.com/cashflowninja Minds: https://www.minds.com/cashflowninja Biggerpockets: https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/mclaubscher Medium: https://medium.com/@mclaubscher Substack: https://mclaubscher.substack.com/

Bokksu, which connects U.S. customers with Japanese snacks, is still bullish on subscription boxes, according to its founder and CEO Danny Taing. The company, which first launched in 2016, began by offering a subscription box that featured Japanese snacks that were never before available in the U.S. Growth for the first few years was on the slower side, as the company remained mostly bootstrapped. Two years after launching, the company really started to hit its stride. And is now expanding beyond subscription boxes and launching its own marketplace. "In early 2018, we had about 1,000 subscribers, and in just one month, we grew that to over 3,000," Taing said on the Modern Retail Podcast. "It was because of this viral Facebook kind of campaign." With that growth, however, came some struggles. "The warehouse in Japan was not equipped to deal with triple the amount of orders," Taing said. "And that was way before I had a logistics team or director." But Bokksu was able to roll with the punches and still grow. The company has doubled its revenue and customer base every year since 2018. This came as other subscription box brands like Birchbox faced major headwinds. But, according to Taing, Bokksu never experienced subscription fatigue. "I think what helped was that we have a very strong underlying product that changes every month that a lot of people get a lot of value from," said Taing. "It's not faddy." Earlier this year, Bokksu closed a $22 million Series A round of funding, giving it a $100 million valuation. That happened after years of receiving nos from VCs. For Taing, it was validation that his company had staying power. With this cash infusion, Bokksu is focusing on its marketplace expansion. Still, Bokksu remains focused on its hero product. "Subscriptions are still the majority," said Taing. "That's our core thing."

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Teaser Trailer - https://youtu.be/9swFGhYW9A0 -- Welcome everyone to The Awareness Space Podcast that explores human experience. In this episode we talk with Jenn Taing. -- Owen and Jenn discuss how to truly engage with self care, how personal development can be helpful and ways to avoid burnout. Jenn also share how the above looks for at risk and marginalized groups. A heartful chat that simplifies wellbeing. -- For more on us visit https://www.theawarenessspace.com/  -- Welcome everyone to The Awareness Space Podcast that explores human experience. When we become aware of what's going on for us in this moment and doing so with compassion, safety and non judgemental we can begin to heal. -- The question is, how can we integrate this sense of awareness to create a steady and resilient way of life? What daily practices can we implement, what kind of wellbeing support can we engage in and what mental and emotional resources can cultivate within?. This what I seek out to discover via this podcast -- All we have is this moment and how can we best engage with it for a sense of peace within. -- Our Guest Details -- Jenn Taing -- Life Oolong The Way -- Jenn is the blogger behind Life Oolong The Way (@lifeoolongtheway), a lifestyle blog that focuses on spreading positivity, speaking openly about mental health and encouraging others to practice self-love. In addition to running Life Oolong The Way, Jenn works full-time as a senior manager for a non-profit organization, and a part-time social media manager. She is also a small business owner. Jenn runs a custom apparel shop alongside her blog called Shop Oolong The Way, which focuses on mental health apparel as well as offering custom designs (@shop.oolongtheway). -- Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lifeoolongtheway/  - Website - www.lifeoolongtheway.com  -- Facebook - www.facebook.com/lifeoolongtheway  - Pinterest - www.pinterest.com/lifeoolongtheway  - Based in Canada / Zoom -- If you are in need of support regarding anything you have seen here today then please contact the support services listed below. Please contact a health professional if you need help -- UK The Samaritans - https://www.samaritans.org/  -- Mind - The Mental Health Charity - https://www.mind.org.uk/  -- USA National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1 (800) 273-8255 National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1 (800) 799-7233 LGBT Trevor Project Lifeline: 1 (866) 488-7386 National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1 (800) 656-4673 Crisis Text Line: Text “HOME” to 741741 -- Australia Helplines and online support https://www.mhc.wa.gov.au/getting-help/helplines  -- More affordable Online Counseling https://www.betterhelp.com/about/  -- PODCAST DISCLAIMER - PLEASE READ BEFORE WATCHING OR LISTENING Welcome to The Awareness Space. As always please read the disclaimer in the description of podcast & also put yourself first as the following content may bring things up for you that feel uncomfortable. Look after you and take a break from the podcast if you need too. The videos on this channel and it's content are not a substitute for the support & guidance of a qualified health professional. We are here to share information that may be useful to our viewers and we hope you enjoy. Links to organizations that can support you are in the description. The views, opinions and theories shared via this video, channel and TAS as a whole do not representative of the individual views, opinions & beliefs of the narrators, producers or creators and of this channel and movement as a whole.

So, you've got two ways to go, one is mining and that has its own risks, depending on what you mind and how you do mining and then there's buying it. There are a lot of different methods of doing that, Eng Taing, the Bitcoin whisperer talks about an investment path available for a fraction of the cost. Not only that, but he also talks about the technicalities behind the technology and the economic implications of this new frontier. At its heart, Bitcoin is an investment in infrastructure. You purchase Bitcoin infrastructure through Bitcoin Mining. Similar to gold and other precious metals, many profited from the surrounding boom of the gold rush, not necessarily the gold rush itself. We answer many questions in this episode, is Bitcoin a bubble? Is wide-scale adoption on the horizon? And will Bronson be less hesitant about crypto after this episode? Find out now! In this episode, we explore: 01:40 – Buying vs mining bitcoin 02:09 – What is bitcoin mining? 03:33 – Mining pool block rewards 05:18 – The competition will double 07:16 – Depreciation for mining hardware 08:44 – The advantage of wide adoption 09:44 – Blockchain technology 11:22 – Two layers of blockchain tech 14:28 – Bitcoin is digital gold 16:59 – Blockchain syndication fund 20:15 – The ease of setting up wallets 22:09 – The crypto native generation 23:43 – Bitcoin is a yield producing asset 25:34 – https://www.touzicapital.com/ Connecting with the Guest: Website: https://www.touzicapital.com/ #bitcoinmining #inflationinvesting #mailboxmoney

Your drive for success should be rooted in a question of “why”? What is your why for everything that you do in your life? Why do you work so hard at your job? Each of us has different stories and experiences to tell, but we're all ultimately driven by our “why”. In this episode, Eng Taing, founder of Touzi Capital and experienced real estate investor, talks with Dale Corpus about his why and how that led him to lead a successful life. Listen in and learn more as Eng shares his story on how he learned to build his wealth and grow his cash flow.

Eng Taing is the CEO & Founder of Touzi Capital and is an experienced real estate investor with $150M assets under management.  Eng is an economist by training, from the Wharton School of Business.  He also has experience leading data science and analytics at Apple, Capital One, and AT&T. Touzi Capital focuses on high cash flow investments and providing passive income to investors by acquiring and optimizing blockchain, pre IPO,  multifamily, industrial, and senior living assets.Main Points:Why blockchain is a great hedge against inflation and btc price, why senior living is a great investment, why I invest for cash flow, how to save on taxes, being self-made (born in a refugee camp in thailand) Connect with Eng:  www.touzicapital.invportal.com/signup

What real estate investments have growth opportunities nowadays? Eng Taing, born in a refugee camp in Thailand, where his family escaped the Khmer Rouge from Cambodia, immigrated to America. Despite not having much, he found a way to thrive for success. Blessed with being good at math, Eng understood data patterns in the real estate market. Now, he is focusing most of his time and money on senior living investments. So how did he end up investing in senior living? Find out by tuning in and learning more about this asset!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://blissfulinvestor.com/podcast/

Title: Flexibility and Freedom in the Real Estate with Eng Taing   Eng is the CEO & Founder of Touzi Capital (pronounced Toe-Zee) and is an experienced real estate investor with $200M assets under management.  Eng is an economist by training, from the Wharton School of Business.  He also has experience leading data science and analytics at Apple, Capital One and AT&T. He's the classic immigrant story, born in a refugee camp in Thailand escaping the Khmer Rouge and finding success in data & math in America. Eng focuses on high cash flow investments and providing passive income to investors by acquiring and optimizing multifamily apartment buildings, senior living communities, & bitcoin mining operations.   Let's tune in to his story! [00:01 - 06:45] Opening Segment Get to know my guest for today's show, Eng Taing Eng shares the overview of his Real Estate journey How Eng got his properties The side hustle became the main hustle   [06:46 - 20:24] On Doing Real Estate and Focusing on Senior Living Asset Class Getting Project Managers When and how Eng decided he wanted to do Real Estate full-time Why Taxes and Cash Flow are Eng's favorites about Real Estate Phases of growing your wealth The flexibility and freedom you have with a Passive Income What other asset classes Eng invests in Senior Living deals Eng is looking in for currently What are Opportunity Zones  Why OZ is a good match with Senior Living   [20:25 - 22:58] Closing Segment  What kind of Senior Living properties Eng likes to focus on Final Words Connect with my guests, Eng, in the links below Tweetable Quotes “Having tax-free income really helps because at some point in your life, you realize, your biggest expense in life is taxes.” - Eng Taing   “Everyone was focused on paycheck and income.” - Eng Taing   “I love the fact that I could focus on my family, I could focus on my career when I needed to, but still put my capital to work, and still earn a passive income.” - Eng Taing  ------------------------------------------------------------------------   Connect to Eng by following his Socials! He has a LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok (@engtaingofficial) accounts    Email him at eng@touzicapital.com and check out his website www.touzicapital.com WANT TO LEARN MORE?   Connect with me through LinkedIn   Or send me an email sujata@luxe-cap.com    Visit my website www.luxe-cap.com or my Youtube channel Thanks for tuning in!     If you liked my show, LEAVE A 5-STAR REVIEW, like, and subscribe!

​​In the latest episode of Subscriptions: Scaled, we meet with Danny Taing, Founder and CEO at Bokksu. Bokksu offers premium subscription boxes of snacks, treats, and candies originating from Japan.The episode begins with Danny explaining the concept of Bokksu. He explains why he started the subscription box and shares his experience of first creating the brand alone. We learn that Danny went on to find a business partner, and he explains how this helped Bokksu grow as a brand.Danny also discusses the logistics of setting up Bokksu and the challenges it brought. We also learn about the brand's customer base, which consists of many people who are foodies or are simply interested in learning more about Japanese culture.We learn what marketing techniques work best for Bokksu, too. Danny explains that one of the main channels they use to advertise is YouTube, and they hope to capitalize on using TikTok soon. We also learn all about the subscription model and how the team at Bokksu aims to retain customers.This episode comes to a close with Danny sharing what he thinks the future of Bokksu will look like.Discover how Danny Taing, Founder and CEO at Bokksu, started the Japanese food subscription box entirely on his own by tuning into the latest episode of Subscriptions: Scaled.BokksuYouTubeTiktokReady to get started with Rebar?Head to rebartechnology.com or email info@rebartechnology.com to schedule a call today.

Making the first investment can be a scary decision, but as real estate investor and Touzi Capital CEO, Eng Taing tells us, self-doubt leads to missed opportunities. Eng is the CEO & Founder of Touzi Capital and is an experienced real estate investor with $150M assets under management. He is an economist by training, from the Wharton School of Business. He also has experience leading data science and analytics at Apple, Capital One and AT&T. Touzi Capital focuses on high cash flow investments and providing passive income to investors by acquiring and optimizing multifamily, industrial, senior living assets and offering investments in Blockchain and Pre IPO stock, among other things. More about Eng: Touzi Capital - touzicapital.com LinkedIn - Eng Taing  FB - Touzi Capital IG - engtaingofficial Click here for the giveaway! One lucky listener will get a chance to have a consulting session with Eng on investments, real estate, and pursuing financial freedom.

Kyle shared today about the Environmental Capstone Course he is TAing this semester! We had a nice discussion about it, Kyle's experience as an educator, and experiential education as a whole. 

There are a lot of different asset classes available for real estate investors, but there is one asset class that has yet to be tapped fully. That asset is senior living. In this episode, Moneeka Sawyer talks to the founder and CEO of Touzi Capital, Eng Taing and they discuss senior living. Eng also talks about how to keep more of your earnings using the tax code. Listen in and learn more on senior living assets in this episode.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here's How »Join the Real Estate Investing for Women Community today:https://blissfulinvestor.com/LinkedInTwitterFacebookInstagram

In this episode, Eng Taing, CEO and Founder of Touzi Capital, shares his life story of being born in a refugee camp in Thailand, where his family escaped the Khmer Rogue from Cambodia. He talks about growing up in Los Angeles as an Asia-American, working with giant tech companies and deciding to start his own investment company in the middle of a pandemic. CONNECT WITH ENG TAING LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eng-taing-28206111/ Touzi Capital: https://www.touzicapital.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Touzi-Capital/100063981911740/ Thank you for joining me on this MIRROR TALK podcast journey. Kindly stay connected by subscribing or following on any platform. Please do not forget to leave a review and rating. Let us connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mirrortalk.podcast/ More inspiring episodes and show notes here: https://mirrortalkpodcast.com/ I love you, I see you, I appreciate you. SPONSORED BY KITCASTER Dear friend, you can grow your personal and business brand by creating a strong network through podcasting. Create real human connections, have the ability to share your story and interesting point of view. To get started, you can make use of the special offer for friends of this podcast on https://kitcaster.com/mirror ABOUT ENG TAING Eng is an experienced private fund manager with $100M assets under management. He has 12 years of the private market and real estate investing experience and has focused on cash flow investing to create significant passive income. Eng is an economist by training, from the Wharton School of Business. He also has experience leading data science and analytics at Apple, Capital One and AT&T. He applies that experience when identifying and underwriting investment opportunities and markets. Eng is the classic immigrant story that can only happen in America. He was born in a refugee camp in Thailand, where his family escaped the Khmer Rogue from Cambodia. Having grown up in Los Angeles, he pursued economics by day trading and playing Poker to pay for his tuition while attending the University of Pennsylvania. There he trained as an economist and afterwards went into Investment banking. Later he would leave the financial world to join the Peace Corps, volunteering in the Republic of Georgia--a year after the Russian invasion. There he met his wife--Jennie, who was also volunteering abroad. They now have one son, with another on the way.

A discussion about learning to distinguish business deals from your desires and how to deal with occupancy problems in the current market with Eng Taing and Claudia Becerril Clas.Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and TwitterFor more educational content, visit our website at www.diaryofanapartmentinvestor.comInterested in investing with Four Oaks Capital?  First step is to schedule a call with us. ----Eng TaingEng the CEO & Founder of Touzi Capital (pronounced Toe-Zee) and is an experienced real estate investor with $150M assets under management. Eng is an economist by training, from the Wharton School of Business. He also has experience leading data science and analytics at Apple, Capital One and AT&T. He's the classic immigrant story, born in a refugee camp in Thailand escaping the Khmer Rouge and finding success in data & math in America. Eng focuses on high cash flow investments and providing passive income to investors by acquiring and optimizing multifamily apartment buildings, senior living communities, & bitcoin mining operations.Visit his website https://www.touzicapital.com/----Claudia Becerril ClasI am an army veteran after serving in the Army for seven years. I am currently in Germany where my husband is stationed before retiring from the Army. My focus while in Germany is long distance real estate investing in our home of record which is Illinois. My background is in the medical field and I started learning about real estate about a year ago while stationed with my husband at Ft Bliss. I have read books, watched youtube videos, listened to podcasts and joined multiple real estate virtual meetings since learning the benefits of real estate. We have one SFH in Chicago IL that is currently rented out and we would like to add more doors to our portfolio. I took a six week real estate course in Dec 2020 and since then have been actively looking for a small multifamily property. I was under contract for a two unit property that did not work out followed by a three unit property that we walked away from and most recently were under contract for a 6 unit property that did not work out. I am now back to the drawing board and grateful for the learning experience I have had thus far. Connect with her on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudiabecerrilclas/Or email her clascapitalinvesting@gmail.com----Your host, Brian Briscoe, is a co-founder and principal in the real estate investing firm Four Oaks Capital.  He and his team currently have 629 units worth $36 million in assets under management and are continuing to grow.  He will retire as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marine Corps in 2021. Learn more about him and the Four Oaks team at www.fouroakscapital.com  or contact him at brianbriscoe@fouroakscapital.com - be sure to let him know where you found him.Connect with him on LinkedIn or Facebook.vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv> Check out our multifamily investing community!> The Tribe of Titans> Get exclusive access to the Four Oaks Team!> Find it at https://www.thetribeoftitans.info^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Eng is the classic immigrant story that can only happen in America. Tune into listen how Eng fled genocide to growing his portfolio to over $150M in assets Links: Icecreamwithinvestors.com Book Recommendations: The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang Guest Biography: Eng is an experienced private fund manager with over $150M assets under management. He has 12 years of private market and real estate investing experience. Eng is an economist by training from the Wharton School of Business, and he also has experience leading data science and analytics at Apple, Capital One and AT&T. Eng is the classic immigrant story that can only happen in America. Guest Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/engtaingofficial/ www.touzicapital.com www.financialfreedomdecoded.com

Eng is the CEO & Founder of Touzi Capital and is an experienced real estate investor with $150M assets under management. Eng is an economist by training, from the Wharton School of Business. He also has experience leading data science and analytics at Apple, Capital One, and AT&T. Touzi Capital focuses on high cash flow investments and providing passive income to investors by acquiring and optimizing multifamily, industrial, and senior living assets. He has also started Teracel, a company that mines bitcoin and offers pre IPO stocks to his investors as well.>>>Interested in partnering with us on future opportunities? Connect with us at CanovoCapital.comWE DISCUSS:The parallelism of his corporate career with the real estate business.His motivation and realization out of his first real estate deal.How he transitioned from residential to larger commercial real estate asset.His experience as a passive investor.The mindset that he looks for when finding people he gets to do business with.The challenges that he faces in looking at multiple asset types to be able to bring to his investors.The importance of giving options to his investors.His biggest mistake.His biggest win.His best advice for someone just starting.KEY QUOTE:"I started to focus on commercial real estate when I started valuing my time more and seeing the economies of scale."" I love teaching and love helping people on their journey to financial freedom"CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST:https://www.touzicapital.com/CONNECT WITH US! Visit our Website: https://www.canovocapital.com/podcastConnect with us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/apartmentinvestingjourney/?modal=admin_todo_tourFollow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpmNIzpEzxGn5ZuNgjAVV-w/featuredFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apartmentinvestingjourney/Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/apartment-investing-journey/id1464256464LOVE THE SHOW? PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, RATE, REVIEW & SHARE

In this episode, hosts Jacky Celestino and Emily Ko talk with undergraduate teaching assistants from different film classes. They discuss the TAing experience, the content of the courses, and much more! These interviews were recorded during the Spring 2021 semester. Due to the virtual nature of these interviews, there are some variations in audio quality. Thank you for your patience! Hosted by Jacky Celestino and Emily Ko | Edited by Joseph Torres and Emily Ko | Theme Music by Corey Shaya | Podcast art by Jacky Celestino --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/umassterclass/message

Eng is the CEO & Founder of Touzi Capital (pronounced Toe-Zee) and he is an experienced real estate investor with $100M assets under management. He's an economist by training, from the Wharton School of Business. He also has experience leading data science and analytics at Apple, Capital One and AT&T. He's the classic immigrant story, born in a refugee camp in Thailand escaping the Khmer Rouge and finding success in data & math in America. Eng focuses on high cash flow investments and providing passive income to investors by acquiring and optimizing multifamily, senior living facilities, & bitcoin mining operations. (00:02 - 2:00) Opening Segment - Introduction of the host into the show - Alpesh introduces the guest of the show, Eng - Eng shares something interesting about himself (2:00 - 25:00 ) Finding financial freedom at 35 - Why did you retire from Apple? - Did you have a number in mind? Like a number of properties or certain income per month, that you were thinking about when retiring? - When and why did you start with real estate? - Can you take us to the process that you went through to reach the point of retiring? Did you put a plan together or did you have a process in mind? - What mistakes did you make through this journey? - What is your best real estate investment so far? - Did you have worst real estate deal? -What are you currently investing in and why? -What do you mean by Bitcoin mining? -What do you think about at this point on stock market, real estate and cryptocurrencies are they either all of them near or in an all-time high (24:04 - 24:29) Break - Welcoming listeners and guest back to the show (24:29 - 30:18) Fire Round - Will Eng change the business strategy after Coronavirus? – Eng's favorite real estate, finance, or other related books – Tools or website Eng recommends – Eng's advice to beginner investors – How does Eng give back? – How can Wealth Matters Podcast listeners reach out to Eng? (30:18 - 30:42) Closing Segment If you want to learn more about the discussion, you can watch the podcast on Wealth Matter's YouTube channel and you can reach out to Alpesh using this link Facebook: @wealthmatrs IG: @wealthmatrs.ig Tiktok: @wealthmatrs

In this episode of the Unbottleneck Podcast, Steve Wiideman is joined by local marketing expert, Krystal Taing, to dive into effective strategies that boost your game and success with Local search engine optimization (SEO). About Our Guest: Krystal Taing Krystal Taing has spent more than a decade working in SEO and e-commerce with a core […] The post Shop Talk: Local Digital Marketing Strategies with Krystal Taing appeared first on Wiideman Consulting Group.

Welcome back to the Passive Wealth Strategies show. Today we meet our guest Eng Taing as he gives a new perspective on taxes.    Eng Taing is the CEO & Founder of Touzi Capital and is an experienced real estate investor with $150M assets under management.  Eng is an economist by training, from the Wharton School of Business.  He also has experience leading data science and analytics at Apple, Capital One and AT&T. He's the classic immigrant story, born in a refugee camp in Thailand escaping the Khmer Rouge and finding success in data & math in America. Eng focuses on high cash flow investments and providing passive income to investors by acquiring and optimizing multifamily, senior living facilities, & bitcoin mining operations.    [00:01 - 08:09] Opening Segment   Eng gives an introduction about himselfEng shares his life background How Eng started in real estate investing and Touzi Capital   [08:10 - 22:01] How to Invest and Increase Tax Advantages   Passive Income and Tax Advantages Eng talks about taxes, tax laws and tax codes Why depreciation is a tax deferral strategy Dealing with the Opportunity Zones Eng shares how he faces tax liabilities If it's not selling, lose it   [22:02 - 28:57] Closing Segment   Quick break for our sponsors What is the best investment you've ever made other than your education?Rehabbed and refinanced triplex in Los Angeles Eng's worst investmentFifth apartment building due to bad tenants What is the most important lesson that you've learned in business and investing?“Partnerships are fundamentally the most critical part of doing any business.” Connect with my guest. See the links below.   Tweetable Quotes: “I can talk about all the tax strategies and at the end of the day, it should first be a good investment.  Just because it is an opportunity zone, it doesn't mean I'm just going to do it.” - Eng Taing “One thing I love about real estate is that you control the time.” - Eng Taing “That tiny bit of financial freedom makes you bolder; gives you a more abundant mindset.”  - Eng Taing ------------ Connect with Eng through eng@touzicapital.com, Linkedin, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok Visit his website:  www.touzicapital.com    LEAVE A REVIEW + help someone who wants to explode their business growth by sharing this episode or click here to listen to our previous episodes

Eng Taing was born in Thailand in a refugee camp. Growing up, his background gave him a strong push to seek more and hustle in order to achieve success. When Eng grew up, he started looking for ways to invest his money. He disliked the stock market for its volatility, and the crash of 2007 proved him right. So Eng put his money into a triplex which gave him a predictable and stable income. He scaled his business by becoming a limited partner in syndicates, and now he helps other investors do the same.   Eng Taing  Real Estate Background: CEO and Founder of Touzi (Toe-Zee) Capital Born in a refugee camp in Thailand 12 years of investing experience Touzi Capital portfolio consist of 625 units with $85M under management Based in San Francisco, CA Say hi to him at: www.touzicapital.com      Click here to know more about our sponsors RealEstateAccounting.co thinkmultifamily.com/coaching  Best Ever Tweet: “I gravitate towards those who are open to sharing and educating ” - Eng Taing.

Huod Taing is an entrepreneur and a family man of Asian ancestry. His childhood was always full of change due to his family moving homes every few years in pursuit of work.  After years of sacrifice they finally achieved the American dream in the San Gabriel Valley.With a passion for creating and curiosity for new things he has been involved in numerous restaurant creations. His latest one being “Tony’s Donut House” in the city of Baldwin Park. With no formal schooling he honed his trade the old fashion way with his bare hands and a lot of sweat and tears. His life motto is “Press On” as quoted by Calvin Coolidge. http://tonysdonuthouse.com__________MusicPodcast Intro and OutroEveryday, Jason Farnhmam, YouTube Audio LibraryPodcast AdvertisementI love you, Vibe Tracks, YouTube Audio LibrarySour Tennessee Red (Sting), John Dewey and the 41 Players, YouTube Audio LibraryDewey, Cheedham, and Howe (Sting), John Dewey and the 41 Players, YouTube Audio LibraryFilm Project Countdown.flac Copyright 2013 Iwan Gabovitch, CC-BY3 license

Michael Taing grew up in the San Gabriel Valley and is an Asian American Entrepreneur and family man. He is the father of a special needs child and supports the hearing impaired community.With a passion for Culinary Creativity he enjoys the daily operations of Cha Cafe in El Monte. From personally picking fresh produce to making the sauces and working along side the staff he has a totally hands on approach to business. Please visit ChaCafe.comHe is also an active REALTOR helping families gain intergenerational wealth through Real Estate. "Growing up in the SGV I moved houses every 2 years until my family bought a home in Monterey Park, that taught me the power of stability and how to gain wealth for the generations. I strive to help other families gain that security."Chacafe.commikechacafe@gmail.com__________MusicPodcast Intro and OutroEveryday, Jason Farnhmam, YouTube Audio LibraryPodcast AdvertisementI love you, Vibe Tracks, YouTube Audio LibrarySour Tennessee Red (Sting), John Dewey and the 41 Players, YouTube Audio LibraryDewey, Cheedham, and Howe (Sting), John Dewey and the 41 Players, YouTube Audio LibraryFilm Project Countdown.flac Copyright 2013 Iwan Gabovitch, CC-BY3 license

This week we'll discuss Opportunity Zones with Eng Taing, what they are, and why you should get involved! Eng the CEO & Founder of Touzi Capital (pronounced Toe-Zee) and is an experienced real estate investor with $100M assets under management. Eng is an economist by training, from the Wharton School of Business. He also has experience leading data science and analytics at Apple, Capital One and AT&T. He's the classic immigrant story, born in a refugee camp in Thailand escaping the Khmer Rouge and finding success in data & math in America. Eng focuses on high cash flow investments and providing passive income to investors by acquiring and optimizing multifamily, senior living facilities, & bitcoin mining operations.

Happy Wednesday everyone! This episode is a bit different as we touch base on the rise of the #StopAsianHate movement in the United States. This week Gabby & Erina interview practice support specialist, but also writer & activist, Emily Taing. Being an Asian-American in Los Angeles, California, she has first handedly been subjugated to experiencing racism. Listen in on her experiences throughout her life and the right approaches to take action. If you would like to connect with her, feel free to follow her IG, @em.taing , as well as her Medium for future pieces @em.taing (https://medium.com/pinkboxstories/pink-boxes-unfolding-into-an-unlikely-symbol-of-resistance-524078d53be5). She is also working on a short story with NPR about Immigrants of Color in America so if you are interested in more content by Emily, stay updated by giving her a follow. What can we do to stop targeted hate crimes both in the US & abroad: 1. Distract – Address the attack with distracting comments, put yourself between the situation 2. Delegate – Address those around you to intervene. Ask for help 3. Delay – Stay back and check in on the victim of the harassment 4. Direct – Ask the victim if they are okay, address the attack that to leave the victim alone 5. Document – Film, be a witness Other Actions: •Talk with family, friends, coworkers. •Create spaces for these discussions other than just the news outlets. •Hollaback Bystander Intervention Training (https://www.ihollaback.org/bystanderintervention/) Online Resources: •https://stopaapihate.org/about/ •https://www.aabany.org/page/933 •https://advancingjustice-aajc.org Non-Profit Organizations: Asian American Advancing Justice Asian American Legal Defense & Educational Fund Instagram Resources: @AsianAmericanCollective (music, media, creative space) @AsianBossGirls @AsiansForMentalHealth (Dr. Jenny Wang) @AAPIWomenLead @AntiRacismDaily --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-detox/support

Today’s guest is Eng Taing, the CEO and founder of Touzi capital, an investment company focusing on high cash flow assets in Kansas City. He is an experienced real estate investor with a hundred million dollars in assets under management. He also has experience in leading data science and analytics at Apple, Capital One, and AT & AT&T.  Let’s listen to Eng to learn more about his inspiring life story and real estate journey that takes him to financial freedom at such an early age. [00:01 – 05:14] Opening Segment  Let’s get to know Eng Taing. Eng shares the story about his family background. The firstborn of a Chinese Cambodian family. Born in a refugee camp in Thailand escaping the Khmer Rouge. He came to LA when he was 3 Lived in poverty growing up Eng talks about how most of the immigrants are struggling with the scarcity mindset.   [05:15 – 13:04] Sense of Gratitude How the sense of gratitude defines his life growing up. Eng shares his childhood memory the first three years of his life School years Eng talks about how he got the offer to college at the age of 11 Eng shares about his highest motivation throughout and after college life Help to lift his family out of poverty.   [13:05 – 23:29] Supercharge your Financial Freedom Eng talks about the mindset shift he had to create financial freedom. Work not just to build that lasting wealth and financial freedom but to supercharge it. Motivated to get a sense of security  Eng talks about the sense of security.  Security can be a good motivation but also a hindrance to your dreams. When you seek security so much, you don’t take the necessary risks to achieve the goals you want. Eng talks about the beginning of his real estate journey.  Bought his first property 2,5 years after college at the age of 20. The predictability and stability of real estate  Buy and hold strategy. He shares the story of his savings strategy back then. Eng talks about the confidence and comfortability to take a bigger risk and bold moves. Real estate and a passive income stream as the base level of income and support to make better decisions   [23:30 – 32:24] Networking and Community  Eng shares his experience as a Peace Corps Volunteer. He went to the Republic of Georgia. More understanding of the struggle that his parents went through. Eng talks about his current focus in real estate. The vision and mission of Touzi Capital Market selection  The importance of networking and being present in the community. The pain points and challenges of being an active investor You can only scale if you know the value of your time and your effort. Optimize your time to do something that has a higher value.   [32:25 – 36:14] Closing segment   If your great-great grandkids are to write a book about you, how would you like it to be titled?    Partners of Eng Focuses on the achievements of people that he helped or partnered with. Connect with Eng. See the links below.    Tweetable Quotes: “Work not just to build that lasting wealth and financial freedom but to supercharge it.” – Eng Taing. “When you seek security so much, you don’t take the necessary risks that you need to achieve the goals that you want.” – Eng Taing. “Optimize your time to do something that has a higher value.” – Eng Taing. You can connect with eng through email eng@touzicapital.com, or visit his website at www.touzicapital.com/. He is also launching soon a new platform https://financialfreedomdecoded.com/.   LEAVE A REVIEW + help someone who wants to explode their business growth by sharing this episode. I believe that you only need a small axe to build a lasting empire. Let’s start building yours! To know more about me and all the real estate opportunities you can find, you can connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook or check out my website https://smallaxecommunities.com/ and book a call with me.

Joining us today is Krystal Taing, dialling in from sunny San Diego. Krystal is a Solutions Engineer for Strategic Partnerships at Uberall, a SaaS business that is based in Berlin. Prior to this, she did 6 years at Rio SEO that also was a SaaS-based local SEO solution. In this episode, Krystal shares how she fell into her expertise of local SEO, her experience as a person of color and as a woman in an industry represented by white men, where she continues to expand her knowledge, and her advice on whether you should consider a career in Agency vs In-house. Krystal is a huge advocate of LocalU and Women in Tech SEO (founder Areej will be on an upcoming episode). So let's get started!

Eng Taing is the Founder & CEO of Touzi Capital, a real estate investment firm based in Cupertino, California. Before becoming a full-time real estate investor, Eng worked for apple, and during that time, Touzi Capital was founded. Today, Eng is a private fund manager with close to $100M assets under management. [00:01 – 09:10] Opening SegmentI introduce and welcome our guest, Eng TaingEng talks about his backgroundHow he got started with real estate investing[09:11 – 16:34] Touzi CapitalWhat does "Touzi" mean?The story of Touzi CapitalEng talks about his exit from the corporate world[16:35 – 20:47] The Biggest Driver for SuccessEng's advice for aspiring real estate investors[20:48 – 28:28] THE FINAL FOURWhat's the worst job that you ever had?A DJ at a college radio stationWhat's a book you've read that has given you a paradigm shift?The War on Normal People by Andrew YangWhat is a skill or talent that you'd like to learn?Performing in front of a lot of peopleWhat does success mean to you?The ability to provide for my family and to be able to impart that ability to othersI want to be able to give the gift and the ability to achieve success to others.Connect with Eng. See the links below.Final thoughts Tweetable Quotes:"Your adaptability and your ability to learn is really the biggest driver for success." – Eng Taing"Be confident in your ability." – Eng Taing Connect with Eng through the following platforms:https://financialfreedomdecoded.com/ LEAVE A 5-STAR REVIEW by clicking this link.WHERE CAN I LEARN MORE?Be sure to follow me on the below platforms:Subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, Google, or Stitcher.LinkedInYoutubeExclusive Facebook Groupwww.yonahweiss.comNone of this could be possible without the awesome team at Buzzsprout. They make it easy to get your show listed on every major podcast platform.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/weissadvice)

One Sarah created the greatest tier system to ever exist, one Sarah would fight and die for a low tier film , and both Sarahs are joined by ultimate Star Wars fan and Oscar Isaac boi himself, Tyler “Llewyn” Taing, in ranking every Star War for almost two hours straight. // Patreon: www.patreon.com/cinemarollspod MERCH!!! www.teespring.com/shops/cinemarollspod  Twitter: @cinemarollspod Email: cinemarollspod@gmail.com Letterboxd: Sarah Handloser // Sarah de Rueda Tyler’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/tylerllewtaing  Buzzfeed Quiz: https://www.buzzfeed.com/eveloutravels/build-your-life-in-star-wars-and-find-out-your-sta-2kz05nykm7

In this episode, I had the opportunity to interview Jess Taing. Jess is a yoga teacher based in Vail, CO, and also a student in our 800 hour yoga therapy certification program. Jess is a first-generation Cambodian American and she shared her story with us. Specifically she spoke about how inherited family trauma has impacted her life. We also discussed her experience of assimilation as a first generation Cambodian American and the impact it had on her search for belonging, connection, and Self. We talked about her “lived experience” and what that means, and she shared how much yoga has positively impacted her life.Support the show (https://innerpeaceyogatherapy.com)

Eng Taing is the classic immigrant story, who was born in a refugee camp in Thailand, where his family escaped the Khmer Rouge genocide from Cambodia. He and his family immigrated to the U.S. when he was 2 years old, and Eng was able to find financial freedom at 35 years old. Today, he is the Founder and CEO of Touzi Capital. He has 12 years of real estate experience and currently has $65M of assets under management. Eng is an economist by training, from the Wharton School of Business and also has experience leading data science and analytics at Apple, Capital One, and AT&T. Connection: Eng's websiteEng's email address

“I grew up with a scarcity mindset, which is what most immigrants have, where they don't have much and they always save, save, save. Which is great to get to a certain level, but then you think more abundantly and say, "I can partner with somebody, and then I don't have to do everything, and then I can scale", and that's really a lot of it. It pays off dramatically. You have to think outside..."I can do more, I will do more, I have unlimited potential." Once you think that way, it's a steppingstone.” Today’s episode is nothing short of fascinating. Eng Taing joins us to not only share his incredible story of being born in a refugee camp in Thailand, where his family ultimately escaped the Khmer Rouge from Cambodia, but how that experience impacted him in building out the success he has today. Listen along for refreshing inspiration, keen insights into building out a strong mindset, and detailed and pragmatic advice on how Eng has built out an automated, and very impressive, data driven process for efficient asset sourcing and underwriting. This episode is guaranteed to expand your knowledge, sharpen your investing insights, and give you fresh inspiration in living your best and boldest life. Key Takeaway: Your experiences shape your views. By learning to reflect on your experiences, apply grit and flexibility to your investing strategy, and think boldly, you can and will increase your success. How to Contact Eng: Company Website: www.touzicapital.com Education Website: www.financialfreedomdecoded.com

Meng aka Bboy Rock Lee est membre du crew lillois Hotclan, pâtissier et co-fondateur du salon de thé La Maison du Donut à Lille. Meng découvre l'univers du bboying à l'âge de 10 ans et commence à pratiquer le breakdance à 17 ans. Avec le crew Hotclan qu'il considère comme sa famille, il participe aux sélections françaises du Battle Of The Year en 2017 (qui fût un de ses objectifs dans la danse), et représente le Nord et surtout Lille jusqu'en demi-finale. Par la suite durant deux ans avec Hotclan il participe à des battles et surtout organise des évènements comme le Battle Raw à Lille. Les années passent et il finit par quitter l'univers des battles pour concrétiser un projet qu'il avait en tête depuis 2012 : devenir entrepreneur et créer mon salon de thé « La maison du donut » qui connaît aujourd'hui un franc succès dans la métropole lilloise. Suivez Meng sur les réseaux sociaux https://www.instagram.com/titimengito/ https://www.instagram.com/lamaisondudonut/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/meng-sear-taing-46608b147/ --------------------------------------------------------- iNside The CyPher est produit par l'agence de communication indépendante eeH Studio, pour toute demande de partenariats ou d'interviews; n'hésitez pas à nous contacter. INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/eehstudio/ ▶ LINKEDIN : https://www.linkedin.com/company/eeh-studio

Filmmaker James Taing discusses his documentary “Ghost Mountain,” about the 1979 massacre of Cambodian survivors of Pol Pot's Killing Fields by Thai soldiers along the Thailand-Cambodia border. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jenny and Jason sit down with Stephen Taing, one of the 2020 - 2021 SASE Role Models! His involvement in SASE began when he started his own chapter at Villanova University, and later became a West Regional Coordinator. We talk to Stephen about his career aspirations, how he achieves work life balance, and his favorite conference stories. Jenny and Stephen met at a conference and learned that they were both moving from the east coast to the west coast at the same time. Jason also met Stephen on the west coast when he co-oped in San Diego. (Wow friendship!) Stephen also breaks down his go to boba order, what he's been up to in quarantine and what's on his bucket list!

Eng Taing, Founder of Touzi Capital, was born in a refuge camp in Thailand and now has found financial freedom at age 35 through investing in real estate. He went to Wharton, volunteered in the Peace Corps, and recently left a career as a data scientist to focus on his company. Connect with Eng at […]

Eng is CEO & Founder of Touzi Capital (www.touzicapital.com), an investment company focusing on high cash flow assets in Kansas City. He's the classic immigrant story, born in a refugee camp in Thailand escaping the Khmer Rouge and finding success in data & math in America. A Wharton graduate & economist, former Peace Corps Volunteer, & ex-Apple Data Scientist turned real estate investor with a $65M portfolio finding financial freedom at age 35. Eng also is an advocate for real estate investing tied with tax minimization strategies to build passive cash flow towards financial freedom. To that end, he's also launching an education platform www.financialfreedomdecoded.com where invited members will get a step by step tutorial on how he found financial freedom and build wealth. What You Will Learn: Eng's journey into entrepreneurship and investing Why Eng came out of retirement to start investing The advantages W-2 employees have in real estate investing How to leverage tax strategy to get the most out of your real estate investments Why Eng prefers to co-invest in high cash flow assets for his portfolio Understanding recessions in the real estate market What factors you should be looking at when investing in residential real estate How to contact Eng Taing: Website: www.touzicapital.com LinkedIn: //www.linkedin.com/in/eng-taing-28206111/ //www.linkedin.com/company/touzicapital/ Facebook: //www.facebook.com/Touzi-Capital-104613644660969 Twitter: @engtaing

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.11.06.367409v1?rss=1 Authors: Qiu, X., Feit, A., Feiglin, A., Xie, Y., Kesten, N., Taing, L., Perkins, J., Zhou, N., Gu, S., Li, Y., Cejas, P., Jeselsohn, R., Brown, M., Liu, X. S., Long, H. W. Abstract: ChIP-seq and ATAC-seq have become essential technologies used as effective methods of measuring protein-DNA interactions and chromatin accessibility. However, there is a need for a scalable and reproducible pipeline that incorporates correct normalization between samples, adjustment of copy number variations, and integration of new downstream analysis tools. Here we present CoBRA, a modularized computational workflow which quantifies ChIP and ATAC-seq peak regions and performs unsupervised and supervised analysis. CoBRA provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art ChIP and ATAC-seq analysis pipeline that is usable by scientists with limited computational experience. This enables researchers to gain rapid insight into protein-DNA interactions and chromatin accessibility through sample clustering, differential peak calling, motif enrichment, comparison of sites to a reference DB and pathway analysis. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info

Hear Eng Taing's powerful story. From his birth in a Thailand refugee camp, to a childhood of hustle in Los Angeles, to the Wharton School of Business, to prestigious career stops at AT&T, Capital One, and Apple, Taing is now helping people unlock their potential and find financial freedom as the Founder & CEO of Touzi Capital. Give Eng a follow on LinkedIn.    

Today's guest has such an incredible story, quite literally coming from nothing to achieve financial freedom through real estate investing at just 35 years old! Eng Taing is the CEO and founder of Touzi Capital, an investment company focusing on high cashflow assets in Kansas City. He is the classic immigrant-slash-American dream story, who was born in a refugee camp in Thailand, escaped The Khmer Rouge, and found success in data and math in America. Eng is a working graduate economist, former Peace Corps volunteer, and ex-Apple data scientist turned real estate investor, with a $65 million portfolio.Our Gracious Sponsor: Never let money be a barrier to closing deals. Learn the secrets to attracting passive investors at the Virtual Raising Money Summit. https://whitney.raisingmoneysummit.com/

Eng is an experienced real estate investor with $65M assets under management. He has 12 years of real estate experience and has focused on cash flow investing to create significant passive income. Eng is an economist by training, from the Wharton School of Business. He also has experience leading data science and analytics at Apple, Capital One and AT&T. He applies that experience when identifying and underwriting investment opportunities and markets. Eng is the classic immigrant story that can only happen in America. He was born in refugee camp in Thailand, where his family escaped the Khmer Rogue from Cambodia. Having grown up in Los Angeles, he pursued economics by day trading and playing Poker to pay for his tuition while attending the University of Pennsylvania. There he trained as an economist and afterwards went into Investment banking. Later he would leave the financial world to join the Peace Corps, volunteering in the Republic of Georgia--a year after the Russian invasion. There he met his wife--Jennie, who was also volunteering abroad. They now have one son, with another on the way. Eng has presented at companies like Apple, Facebook, & Amazon where he teaches employees how to minimize their tax burden and keep and investing more of their earnings so that they can achieve financial freedom. If you want to get in touch with Eng, visit www.touzicapital.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode of Marketing Jam, Darian Kovacs interviews Krystal Taing, Solutions Engineer at Uberall and Google My Business Gold Product Expert. Krystal sits down with us to talk about how local search has changed this year, how she identifies resources to use in the industry and whether a global SEO certification is feasible or not. Follow Jelly Marketing: Twitter - https://twitter.com/jellymarketing Facebook - https://facebook.com/jellymarketing LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/jelly-marketing/ Instagram - https://instagram.com/jellymarketing Website - https://jellymarketing.com Follow Darian Kovacs: Website - https://jellymarketing.com/darian/ LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/dariankovacs Facebook - https://facebook.com/dariankovacspage/ Instagram - https://instagram.com/dariankovacs/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/dariankovacs Follow Krystal Taing: Twitter - https://twitter.com/krystal_taing LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/krystalstewart/

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.09.02.279240v1?rss=1 Authors: Montalban, E., Giralt, A., Taing, L., Nakamura, Y., Martin, C., de Pins, B., Pelosi, A., Goutebroze, L., Castell, L., Wang, W., Daila Neiburga, K., Vestito, L., Nairn, A. C., Valjent, E., Herve, D., Heintz, N., Gambardella Le Novere, N., Greengard, P., Roussarie, J.-P., Girault, J.-A. Abstract: Forebrain dopaminoceptive neurons play a key role in movement, action selection, motivation, and working memory. Their activity is dysregulated in addiction, Parkinson's disease and other conditions. To characterize the diverse dopamine target neuronal populations, we compare translating mRNAs in neurons of dorsal striatum and nucleus accumbens expressing D1 or D2 dopamine receptor and prefrontal cortex expressing D1 receptor. We identify D1/D2 and striatal dorso-ventral differences in the translational and splicing landscapes, which establish the characteristics of dopaminoceptive neurons. Expression differences and network analyses identify novel transcription factors with presumptive roles in these differences. Prostaglandin E2 appears as a candidate upstream regulator in the dorsal striatum, a hypothesis supported by converging functional evidence indicating its role in enhancing D2 dopamine receptor action. Our study provides powerful resources for characterizing dopamine target neurons, new information about striatal gene expression patterns, and reveals the unforeseen role of prostaglandin E2 in the dorsal striatum. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info

On Episode 31, Krystal Taing shared her expertise working with enterprise clients on their local SEO. She shared the challenges encountered when you have a complicated organization with many locations at a national level.

Bill Taing works with API RISE, an organization that seeks to empower the Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander American communities and specifically those individuals who have been impacted by the criminal justice system. (See more at https://www.api-rise.org) Tim Kornegay is a community advocate and educator with LA Voice, which is a multi-racial, multi-faith community organization that awakens people to their own power, training them to organize together to transform our County into one that reflects the dignity of all people. (See more at https://www.lavoice.org) We talked with Tim and Billy about their views on the justice system, Asian-Black relations and community organizing, fundraising, and the power of emotion in heated situations. Please consider getting involved with their organizations or making a donation! As usual, you can hit up our page at www.facebook.com/tinderboxpodcast for a place to discuss episodes and see updates. Feel free to drop us a line at tinderboxpodcast@gmail.com.

In this episode, I have the pleasure of talking with the founder and CEO of one of the biggest and most popular Japanese Subscription boxes on the market today, Danny Taing of Bokksu!Before Bokksu was known as a trailblazing New York and Tokyo-based D2C e-commerce and media platform for Japanese snack food and media, Danny had lived in Japan for four years.Danny originally bootstrapped Bokksu from 20 subscribers to 3 million dollars!  What started out as a passion for authentic and real Japanese snack food, quickly swelled to a high 7 figure business in just a few short years.  Bokksu has now been featured in Buzzfeed, the Wall Street Journal, Eater and Mashable amongst others.  Bokksu has been able to lean on and utilize both Japanese snack makers and fulfillment centers, as well as their North American office which houses all the ads, creative and marketing.  They source only real Japanese food, and partner directly with centuries old family snack makers in Japan to live out their mission of bridging people together and sustaining culture through authentic food and media.In his spare time, Danny is an avid rock climber who loves to get into fierce battles with friends over board games.  Ah yes, the competitive spirit of a true entrepreneur… I love it. Episode Link: https://thesubscriptionboxshow.com/podcast-1 This episode is sponsored by Louis and Lea.  Visit https://louisandlea.com for everything from Birth to Birthday!  Tired of not knowing what are the essentials for mom and baby during first year?  Get YOUR FREE RESOURCES at https://louisandlea/pages/resources  @officiallouisandlea on Instagram  Use discount code “SUBSCRIPTION” at check out for 10% OFF!!!The Subscription Box Show shareable Trailerhttps://www.thesubscriptionboxshow.com/podcast-1/blog-post-title-one-a3yprGuest Links:E-commerce platform that Danny currently use: Shopify, Recharge and KlaviyoDanny's favorite subscription box: FabFitFunDanny's favorite social media platform: FacebookBokksu Documentary: https://www.bokksu.com/snackbitesBokksu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bokksuBokksu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bokksu/Bokksu Twitter: https://twitter.com/bokksuHost Links:The Subscription Box Show Website: https://www.thesubscriptionboxshow.comConnect with Eric Musick: https://www.thesubscriptionboxshow.com/contact2The Subscription Box Show Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/thesubscriptionboxshow.comEric Musick's email: eric@thesubscriptionboxshow.comEric Musick's Instagram: @thesubscriptionboxshow or https://www.instagram.com/thesubscriptionboxshowThe Subscription Box Show Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2960087864057955/To request being on TSBS, please book a call with Eric at:

Justin Taing is a photographer, graphic designer and music enthusiast who works in artist management. We talk about his personal creative projects and his career within the music industry. Make sure to check out his new mix and subscribe to his newsletter:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justintaing/Newsletter: https://justintaing.comSoundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/justin-taing-1/ughhh-5920-219-pm Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/profile/justintaing

Stage Manager Pita Taing joins us just one year after coming out! Pita talks about how, for her, gender "definitely doesn't" play a role when it comes to attraction, and how she has recently found herself predominantly attracted to trans and non-binary folks. We also discuss how, even as queer people, we often make assumptions about gender and sexuality based on presentation (DAMN YOU, PATRIARCHAL PROGRAMMING!!!). All this; plus we coin the phrase "horny for cuddling." Insta and Twitter: @pitabread716

Randy Zellea of Back Sports Page spoke with 2nd year Quarterback Kyle Lauletta as he discusses his second training camp with the team, his experience going to the game in Philly as he grew up an Eagles fan, The process of getting into Madden, the Community aspect of the game, Social Media and much more!!

Danny Taing is the founder and CEO of Bokksu, a monthly subscription service that delivers curated boxes of Japanese snacks and teas to your door. Danny was the first guest of SelfMade Stories back in October of 2018. Almost a year later he’s back to share how he has scaled his business to 7-figures without Venture dollars and built an even better product without changing the price. In 2019 they raised $1 million, expanded to Amazon, and built an engaging Facebook group of over 1,000 customers. He’s made some key hires that were essential to his growth and has really shifted his focus to telling the story behind Bokksu to his community of fans. Check them out on Instagram @bokksu or online at bokksu.com. Keep an eye out for all of the new and exciting things Bokksu has on the way and order yourself a box before they finally raise the price.

Today we’re talking to Danny Taing (“Tang”), Founder and CEO of Japanese snack subscription company Bokksu. Plus, we’ll take a closer look at how the recent tariffs on imports from China are putting a strain on retailers.

The catch up episode after a year-long hiatus.  Overall, a very catch-all episode.  Andrew talks about why he doesn’t even know what to do with his future anymore, Jonathan talks about his first two quarters in grad school and TAing, Peter goes back to basics.  Everyone (except Andrew) soapboxes a little bit. Internal Fragmentation Contact Us: Email: internalfragmentation@gmail.com Twitter: @InternFragment @AndrewLitteken Show Notes ND California Kyndi University of Chicago   Understanding the Digital World Jupyter Notebooks Hosted by Andrew Litteken, Jonathan Baker and Peter Bui

In this episode of Wyre Talks, we're excited to have Joe Lau (cofounder & CTO) and Nikil Viswanathan (cofounder & CEO) of Alchemy, join us for the show. Alchemy, the world's leading blockchain intelligence and infrastructure company, powers the top hedge funds managing billions of dollars. In this session they share their background - how they met TAing the largest database class in the world at Stanford, built the #1 Social App in the App Store (featured on front page of the New York Times), were honored as Forbes 30 Under 30, and started Alchemy. They share their analysis of the crypto hedge fund industry and provide insights into the product development secrets they use to build a best in class product. Joe and Nikil also give the first sneak peek into Alchemy’s new infrastructure platform, which has been an instant hit and already powers many of the most well known crypto companies within weeks of their alpha release. In addition, as founders who are known for creating an incredible company culture and having extremely high powered investors, they share their tips on hiring and fundraising. We know you’ll love hearing this insightful and entertaining interview as much as we did. To discover more about the Alchemy, visit alchemyinsights.io To get priority access to Alchemy API, sign up at alchemyapi.io You can follow the host on Twitter!  Thomas Scaria: @tomscaria

Brian speaks with Danny Taing, founder and CEO of Bokksu, a monthly subscription service that delivers curated boxes of Japanese snacks and teas to your door. He developed his passion for food and travel during his four years working in Japan. Danny takes us through his journey from working at e-commerce giant Rakuten to using his knowledge of web development to create Bokksu.

Tom is a school teacher in the Bay Area who started the Science Rap Academy. He combines music (mostly rap) with science to teach his students. Here is his YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/tomcfad His most popular video he helped students produce: Fossil Rock Anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClJ5lwl_wM0 Here is his most popular that he has made with kids: Rosalind Franklin vs. Watson & Crick: https://youtu.be/35FwmiPE9tI Here is his most popular from when he was TAing at Stanford: https://youtu.be/VCpNk92uswY ScienceFreeStyle (practice freestyle rapping with science words): http://sciencefree.style/ Lastly, his website: http://www.sciencewithtom.com/

The special guest this week is my dad, Big Daddy Taing! We talk about everything from Lebron's new school to Jerry Jones Toe on the line policy for the Cowboys. We talk about the pressure of fathers picking the right name for their kids. A week after Nia Wilson how are we feeling about the conversations that took place? As well as why everyone needs an OG! Grab ya popcorn and listen up! Follow Us: @imaniShani @imawaL @Big_Daddy_Taing @GetFarMagazine @LiveATThe Family BBQ

This week's episode is an interview with filmmaker/photographer Mike Taing (www.miketaing.com) about his biggest lessons learned in life and his creative endeavors so far. Listen to find out how causality, keeping a positive outlook, avoiding dissatisfaction in your creative career and much more relate to those lessons. This is a laid back discussion that dances with some big picture ideas about life and creativity. Whether you are into improving your reality through positive thinking or you are figuring out your creative path, this one might be for you!