This week's guest on the last BLF Edition of the Bruce Lee Podcast are Bing Chen and Jeremy Tran of Gold House. I have known these two founders and long time friends for a while and they are power houses that I am happy and blessed to call my friends.

Jeremy Tran is the Executive Director, COO, and Co-Founder of Gold House, the leading cultural ecosystem that unites, invests in, and champions Asian Pacific creators and companies. At Gold House, Jeremy oversees all narrative change initiatives, including partnerships with the world’s biggest entertainment, media, and research companies. He’s been featured across cultural events and media – such as the Golden Globe Awards, TIME, and the Today Show – and helped lead Gold House to receive recognition from the White House to the Shorty Awards to a Fast Company Brand that Matters. Prior to Gold House, Jeremy was counsel at O'Melveny & Myers working on high-stakes entertainment litigation, including the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial and the AT&T and Time Warner merger trial. He was born and raised in Southern California and went to college and law school at Harvard.

Bing Chen is an impact founder, investor, and new world builder. He is the Executive Chairman of AU Holdings which incubates and invests in multicultural creators, companies, and communities, CEO of Gold House which invests in and champions the fastest-growing multicultural communities, General Partner of AUM Group which produces multicultural stories, and was previously a principal architect of YouTube’s multi-billion dollar global creator ecosystem.

See what I mean about these two? But beyond that, these childhood friends are creative, caring humans who love to laugh, make change and go big!!! Listen in on this fun conversation where we talk about Gold House, mental health, being nice to the ants, hugs instead of handshakes, and how important it is to support one another and lift each other up!

Social Media Handles: @goldhouseco @jeremytran @bingchen

URLs: www.goldhouse.org

Gold House:

Gold House is the leading cultural ecosystem that unites, invests in, and champions Asian Pacific creators and companies to power tomorrow for all. Under a nonprofit umbrella, our innovative family of companies, programs, and platforms include membership systems and events to fortify relationships among the Asian Pacific community and with other marginalized communities (#StopAsianHate); first-of-its kind investment vehicles and accelerators to propel the next generation of top Asian Pacific founders, creatives, and leaders (Gold House Ventures, Creative Equity Fund); and industry-leading research, consulting, and marketing to promote authentic and affirming portrayals (Gold Story Consultation, Gold Open, Gold List, A100 List). To learn more, visit www.goldhouse.org or follow @GoldHouseCo on Instagram, Facebook, X/Twitter, Threads, and LinkedIn.

This week's guest on the BLF Edition of the Bruce Lee Podcast is Norman Chen. Norman is the Chief Executive Officer of The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) and brings a thirty-year career in entrepreneurship, healthcare and community leadership in the United States and Asia to the role. Norman is passionate about building organizations in both the nonprofit and private sectors that positively impact society.

Prior to his appointment at TAAF, Norman co-founded the nonprofit Leading Asian Americans to Unite for Change (LAAUNCH) and helped to create a landmark study, The STAATUS Index, on American attitudes towards Asian Americans. We discuss the results of that study in this episode!

As a healthcare entrepreneur, Norman was the founder and CEO of Asia Renal Care, a network of specialty medical centers in six countries as well as the co-founder of DeltaHealth Hospital, a world-class hospital in partnership with Columbia Heartsource. As a venture capitalist, Norman led successful life sciences investments at Fidelity Asia Ventures (now Eight Roads) and 6 Dimensions Capital.

Norman grew up on the East Coast and currently lives in the Bay Area. He has been a board or advisory council member at The Nature Conservancy (CA), Children’s Medical Foundation (HK), SF Marine Science Institute, and Positive Coaching Alliance. He holds a B.S. degree from MIT and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. As you can see, he has lead a life of dedicated service! Please join me as Norman and I discuss the founding of TAAF, mental health issues and other challenges faced by our AANHPI community!

TAAF Mission:

To serve the Asian American and Pacific Islander community in their pursuit of belonging and prosperity that is free from discrimination, slander, and violence.

Social Media Handles:

IG: @taaforg | Twitter: @taaforg | FB: The Asian American Foundation | LinkedIn: The Asian American Foundation | Youtube: @TheAsianAmericanFoundation

URLs: https://www.taaf.org/

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This week’s guest on the special edition Bruce Lee Foundation takeover of the Bruce Lee Podcast for the Month of May is Uma Srivastava. Uma was born and raised in Meridian, Mississippi and calls Nashville, TN home; Uma attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she started volunteering for KultureCity in 2015 and now operates as the Executive Director. Aside from KultureCity, Uma is a member of the Rotary Club of Nashville and Junior League of Nashville and serves on the board of Progress Inc. During her time in Birmingham, she was recognized in 2018 as a Trailblazer for her commitment to Birmingham and most recently was honored as a Nashville Emerging Leader in the summer of 2023. Uma has spoken about the importance of acceptance and inclusion at several conferences such as Collision, GuestX, ALSD, SXSW, SXSWedu & others.

KultureCity is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating sensory accessibility and inclusion for those with invisible disabilities and is one of the fastest growing nonprofits in the US. Being an Executive Director is no small task and I had the pleasure of meeting Uma at a Warriors game where they were installing one of their sensory rooms at the stadium, and we hit is off immediately. Kulture City’s mission is to rethink accessibility to create acceptance and inclusion for all individuals. They work on various initiatives such as partnering with venues to establish sensory-inclusive spaces aimed at supporting the sensory needs of individuals with invisible disabilities. Please see below for how to connect further with Uma and with KultureCity!

IG: @umasrivastava_kc

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/umasrivastava29/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/umas0829

URLs: www.kulturecity.org

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