Initiative, Tenacity and a Love for Hockey bring Fei Wu from China to Fryeburg Maine

03/13/18 • 40 min

Terri talks to Fei Wu about how she researched coming to the US from China to study when she was a teenager and picked a school in Fryeburg, Maine so she could play ice hockey. Fei talks about launching her podcast in 2014 in order to have something of her own that didn’t require multiple rounds of client approval. She looks forward to using her platform to bring people together to make the world a better place. Who is Fei Wu? Fei Wu is from Beijing, China and came to the US in her teens to study in Fryeburg, Maine. Fei left her job in marketing and advertising to build a company of her own called Feisworld, LLC, with a mission to help small businesses and people tell better stories, find more customers and create new revenue streams. Fei is the creator and host of Feisworld Podcast which has listeners from over 40 countries. Show Highlights

Fei tells the story about how she came from China to study in the US and how she looked for a school that had ice hockey and ended up in Fryeburg, Maine.
Terri shares her story about how first experienced ice hockey at a Give Hockey a Try Day last year.
Terri talks about exchanging houses with families in France and how valuable the experience was in terms of being forced to adapt to a different culture and language in developing empathy.
Fei teaches art at a local high school and encourages the kids to travel and get exposed to other languages and cultures.
Fei talks about how she was excited to come to school in the US and didn’t think she was brave or courageous at the time.
Fei launched her podcast in October 2014 because she wanted to create something on her own without requiring approval from anyone else. She was influenced by Krista Tippett and her podcast On Being.
Fei loves being able to learn about other people through her interviews with people on her podcast.
Terri likes that she can be ‘nosy’ when she interviews people for her podcast.
Fei learned how to actively listen as a podcaster which was somewhat in contrast to the way she was raised in China. Being an active listener is so important when interviewing for podcasts because it brings the listeners along with the process.
Fei talks about how she learned to use her podcast as a platform to gain new consulting clients. Dorie Clark encouraged her to write an eBook about this (which is available on Fei’s website). She is seen as someone who delivers and is trustworthy.
For Fei, 2018 will define who she is and who she will be in terms of her consulting work. She now chooses who she works with and doesn’t feel the need to say yes to everyone.
If Fei could wave a magic wand, she would love to use her platform to bring people together.

Terri’s Key Takeaway Empathy is the key to reducing the divisiveness in the world. References in the Podcast

Fei’s website: https://www.feisworld.com/
Fei’s World podcast: https://www.feisworld.com/podcast/
Make More Marbles: http://makemoremarbles.com/
Fei’s eBook series: https://www.feisworld.com/ebooks/
On Being podcast: https://onbeing.org/
Dorie Clark: http://www.dorieclark.com/
Brene Brown: https://brenebrown.com/videos/
Unraveling Pink: https://unravelingpink.com/
Unraveling Pink podcasts on women ally moments: https://unravelingpink.com/2018/03/01/happy-womens-history-month/#more-713

Contact Fei can be reached through her website https://www.feisworld.com/ or on Twitter @feisworld or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/feisworld/ or on Instagram @feisworld. You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihans...

Fei tells the story about how she came from China to study in the US and how she looked for a school that had ice hockey and ended up in Fryeburg, Maine.
Terri shares her story about how first experienced ice hockey at a Give Hockey a Try Day last year.
Terri talks about exchanging houses with families in France and how valuable the experience was in terms of being forced to adapt to a different culture and language in developing empathy.
Fei teaches art at a local high school and encourages the kids to travel and get exposed to other languages and cultures.
Fei talks about how she was excited to come to school in the US and didn’t think she was brave or courageous at the time.
Fei launched her podcast in October 2014 because she wanted to create something on her own without requiring approval from anyone else. She was influenced by Krista Tippett and her podcast On Being.
Fei loves being able to learn about other people through her interviews with people on her podcast.
Terri likes that she can be ‘nosy’ when she interviews people for her podcast.
Fei learned how to actively listen as a podcaster which was somewhat in contrast to the way she was raised in China. Being an active listener is so important when interviewing for podcasts because it brings the listeners along with the process.
Fei talks about how she learned to use her podcast as a platform to gain new consulting clients. Dorie Clark encouraged her to write an eBook about this (which is available on Fei’s website). She is seen as someone who delivers and is trustworthy.
For Fei, 2018 will define who she is and who she will be in terms of her consulting work. She now chooses who she works with and doesn’t feel the need to say yes to everyone.
If Fei could wave a magic wand, she would love to use her platform to bring people together.

Terri’s Key Takeaway Empathy is the key to reducing the divisiveness in the world. References in the Podcast

Fei’s website: https://www.feisworld.com/
Fei’s World podcast: https://www.feisworld.com/podcast/
Make More Marbles: http://makemoremarbles.com/
Fei’s eBook series: https://www.feisworld.com/ebooks/
On Being podcast: https://onbeing.org/
Dorie Clark: http://www.dorieclark.com/
Brene Brown: https://brenebrown.com/videos/
Unraveling Pink: https://unravelingpink.com/
Unraveling Pink podcasts on women ally moments: https://unravelingpink.com/2018/03/01/happy-womens-history-month/#more-713

Previous Episode

How to get started Angel Investing, what you need to know

Show Highlights

Terri introduces the new series on angel investing and provides a list of resources to start to get educated on the space
Terri shares her experience at a Bay Angels Fashion Tech pitch event in San Francisco
Terri shares her lofty goal of creating a mesh-network of like-minded investors to invest in the startups and founders that are not getting the attention and funding they so richly deserve.

Call to Action

Subscribe to one podcast and one newsletter and get into the groove of listening and reading. Feel free to reach out to Terri if you have any questions or comments or other suggestions for resources for new angel investors. [email protected]

References in the Podcast

Angel the book by Jason Calcanis: http://bit.ly/AngeltheBook
Venture Deals by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson: http://bit.ly/VentureDealstheBook
Masters of Corporate Venture by Andrew Romans : http://bit.ly/CorporateVentureBook
The Twenty Minute VC: http://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/
SheInvests: http://www.sheinvests.com/
Hera Labs: https://www.heralabs.com/
AdAstra Ventures: https://adastra.ventures/
The Pitch by Gimlet Media: https://www.gimletmedia.com/the-pitch
The Full Ratchet with Nick Moran: http://fullratchet.net/
Fred Wilson’s blog: http://avc.com/
Brad Feld’s blog: https://www.feld.com/
CB Insights Newsletter: https://www.cbinsights.com/newsletter
PitchBook Newsletters: https://pitchbook.com/subscribe
Inside Venture Capital: https://inside.com/?ref=newsletter
MobiHealthNews: http://www.mobihealthnews.com/
Fierce family of newsletters: http://bit.ly/FierceNewsletters
Mercom Healthcare IT: http://store.mercom.mercomcapital.com/healthcare-it-reports/
Digital Health Today podcast: https://digitalhealthtoday.com/podcasts/
Rock Health podcast: https://rockhealth.com/tag/podcast/
A16z podcast: https://a16z.com/podcasts/
This Week in Tech (TWiT) podcast: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Bay Angels: http://bayangels.com/ns/
Quinn: https://www.quinnstyle.com/
Fashion Incubator of San Francisco: https://fashionincubatorsf.org/

Contact

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at [email protected].

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

Next Episode

A recap of two weeks in Angel Investing with events and advising startups

Terri continues with her series on angel investing with a recap of her activities over the last two weeks including events with Springboard, office hours at Bolt and InTeaHouse, her weekly advising of three startups, and plans for her trip to Europe in June/July with InTeaHouse. Show Highlights

Terri recaps why she is doing this series of podcasts: create a mesh network of like-minded investors to invest in the startups and founders who aren’t necessarily getting the attention from mainstream angel and venture investors despite having very promising and investable startups
Terri attended Springboard’s Digital Health cohort final presentations and the pitches for the new cohort of biotech companies.
Terri talks about the deal she is working on syndicating on AngelList called Sendaride. She is performing due diligence not for her own investing but for others who will be considering investing alongside her. She looked at the deal, the company, the management team, financials, projections, technology, the product, market opportunity, and sales.
Terri talks about the office hours she held at Bolt on Brannan St. in SF.
Terri did some office hours for some founders at InTeaHouse with about 20 founders with startups that crossed all industries. She provided some advice and guidance to the founders while she was there.
Terri had registered for a MedTech Women event but had to skip it due to her busy schedule.
Terri handles emails, calls, research on a daily basis.
Terri is advising three companies including The Guild, Quinn Style, and Lisa Health and picked up half a dozen new clients through Tech Futures Group.
Terri loves learning things in one place and applies it to other companies and people.
Terri learns by doing and is learning as she goes along. It’s painful to see how ignorant she was two years ago and how much more needs to be learned.
Terri talks about the European fireside chat tour she is going to do with InTeaHouse where she will be visiting Geneva, Zurich, Munich, Berlin, Tel Aviv, Vienna, Slovakia, and of course, Paris.

Call to Action Subscribe to one podcast and one newsletter and get into the groove of listening and reading. Feel free to reach out to Terri if you have any questions or comments or other suggestions for resources for new angel investors. [email protected] References in the Podcast