Khulan Davaadorj: the Mongolian social entrepreneur making a positive global impact with the natural skincare brand she created with love Mongolia is a beautiful East Asian country we rarely hear about. Apart from its...
Business
Andrea Centeno
Jonah Sison: Skin Potions CEO grows business in the Philippine beauty scene
Jonalyn Sison started as a certified medical nurse. She began making her homemade organic soaps with her family and friends, when she realized that it could be a great business idea. There she went, this Filipina...
My Hard Knock Life as an Entrepreneur in New York
Here’s the hard truth about being an entrepreneur: it’s lonely, and you’ll fail over and over again. As an entrepreneur, you have your ups and downs. In the moments that your family see or hear about your downs, their...
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Xiaohoa Michelle Ching: Literator founder builds better path to literacy
Xiaohoa Michelle Ching is the daughter of Laotian refugees. Throughout her life, she’s seen firsthand how socioeconomic factors affect the quality of education. To help solve this problem, Ching founded Literator...
Shayne Nuesca
Lin Lei Lei Tun: the Travel Entrepreneur Sharing Her Myanmar With the World
It’s no surprise that wanderlust in the heart and a career in tourism can go together. For Lin Lei Lei Tun, co-founder and managing director of Destination Myanmar, becoming a travel entrepreneur was more than just...
11 Things I Learned About Being An Asian Entrepreneur
Who wants to be an entrepreneur? I’m guessing many of you have flirted with the idea and others bravely made that leap. Three years ago I was one of the people making that leap, turning a low point in my life into an...
Hyesung Won: A Korean mom who started a lipstick startup for all the daughters in the world
[agg-ad id=”14519″ align=”left”][agg-ad id=”15486″ align=”none”] To become a mother, to choose a career path, arguably the most important decisions in a woman’s life. For...
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A Twilight fan turned into a writing business CEO: Danielle’s story
The first draft of this article sucked. The second draft wasn’t ready to see the light either. When I was about to dig the same hole a third time, my editor swooped in and helped me out. That is the life of a writer...
Danielle A. Suleik
Meg Tarrobago: CINTA jeweler knows the strength of metal
[agg-ad id=”14519″ align=”none”] To anneal is to temper, to toughen, and to thrust the ore through the fire. As the warmth slowly dissipates, you are left with a serene material, pliable and...
Self-made asian women billionaires tell you how they made it
When you hear ‘billionaire’, who comes to mind first? Bill Gates or Warren Buffet? Asian female billionaires have not reached household name status in the West yet. According to Forbes, however, 13 of the 30 richest...
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