The WLD Show

Robert Hao is the General Manager, Enterprise Partnerships and BD for Poizon Global. Poizon is China's global online marketplace for sneakers, apparel, and luxury products. Prior to Poizon, Robert launched Airbnb and GOAT into the Chinese market. In this episode, we discuss his experiences bringing US companies into China and bringing Chinese companies into the US.

Will, Lee, and Andrew talk about past interviews, crypto, network effects, upcoming interviews and if we'll ever figure out a tagline describing the podcast.

In this episode we discuss:

• Will's north star: continuously learning, being generous.
• Web 3 and its parallels to history
• The history of networks and how all networks eventually monopolize
• What the tagline of the Will, Lee, and Andrew show should be.

Mindy Zhang executive coaching

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindyzh/
• https://www.mindyzhang.com/

Previous podcast guests mentioned:

• #3 Evan Lai: Moved to Korea for love. Came home for Kpop.
• #6 David Duong: Winning in your career when odds are stacked against you.
• #7 Karina Hsieh: Loving Yourself Into Being. Cultivating Self-Love and Compassion
• #16 Mindy Zhang: A High Achiever’s Guide to a Meaningful Life
• #23 Alice Kao: Courageous Leadership. How an Asian American Woman Built a World-Class Rock Climbing Gym

Future podcast guests mentioned:

• #26 Bryan Pham: Amplifying Asian Entrepreneurial Voices Building Asian Hustle Network
• #27 Dan Chan: The Incredible Story of the Billionaire's Magician

Warren Tseng is the COO at RPG Commerce, a multi-brand direct-to-consumer (DTC) e-commerce company based in Singapore. Warren grew up in Los Angeles, and since he was young followed his father's laid out plans for him - studied Electrical Engineering at UCLA, and after picking up his Masters in Bioengineering at UCSD and an MBA from MIT Sloan, Warren went into banking in Hong Kong. He joined a hot young startup in Uber in 2014, and helped the company expand and scale rapidly all over Asia, eventually rising through the ranks to become GM of Singapore. After the sale of Uber to Grab, Warren was recruited by Travis Kalanick to oversee APAC expansion for CloudKitchens. Warning from the doctors that serious health issues were taking hold of his body after a decade of putting his career first, Warren finally decided to take a break to work on his physical and mental health. During this time of reflection and healing, Warren was able to reconcile a lot of interpersonal turmoil and angst, while also redefining his priorities and purpose.

In this episode we discuss:

• Breaking from the instilled values, goals and expectations that Warren's father set for him at a young age
• Why Warren decided to transition from finance to tech and joined Uber as it was breaking into Asia
• How Warren learned to be resourceful and became a jack of all trades at Uber as he navigated local political pressure, being targeted by the taxi mafia, while doing five jobs at once
• The difference between an individual contributor and a manager and why Warren is better suited as the latter
• Experiencing Uber's growth at all costs mandate and the potential human capital debt risks
• Why Warren was able to thrive and rise through the ranks at Uber, becoming GM of Singapore at a critical time for the company
• How Uber ex-CEO Travis Kalanick convinced Warren to join Travis' new upstart CloudKitchens to oversee APAC expansion
• How health issues forced Warren to hit the reset button, work on his physical as well as mental well-being, reconcile familial relationships, and redefine his priorities
• The importance of finding the right life partner to build and grow together
• Warren's decision to join RPG Commerce as COO, how he thinks about building processes and teams

Mindy’s mother was sent to the countryside to do manual labor during the Cultural Revolution. When the government resumed the college entrance exam, her mother out-competed the entire country to earn a spot at China's top university.

Like her parents, Mindy is a high achiever. She graduated summa cum laude from Wharton. Built the New York City product team for Dropbox. And led growth for Oscar Health as the Director of Product. Oscar Health recently IPO'd.

But she found achievement wasn't everything. Her search for meaning led her to reignite and rebuild her relationship with her mother after years of distance. She redesigned her life based on her own definition of success. Today, Mindy has taken the learnings from her journey to help other high achievers find fulfillment.

As a career coach, she partners with leaders and teams who want to achieve big things without forgetting what matters. She also has a newsletter, The Reset. Where she writes a guide for high achievers seeking greater clarity and fulfillment.

In this episode we ask Mindy about:

• What her parents went through growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution
• How her mother developed her interests and passions as a child
• Why her mother getting diagnosed with stage 4 cancer created distanced in their relationship
• The tools she's using to redevelop her relationship with her immigrant mother
• Why she went to Wharton and what it was like
• Choosing the Google internship over BCG
• What Dropbox was like scaling from 200 to 2000 employees
• What it takes to be a good manager
• Why swing dancing changed her life
• Buying a plot of land and building a new house
• How she started out as a career coach
• How she helps her clients attain their dreams
• She reads us the story of Zumbach the Tailor

Find Mindy online :

• Website: - mindyzhang.com
• Newsletter: The Reset - A high achiever's guide to a meaningful life
• Newsletter: Building a Home
• Teaching at: https://www.thegrand.world/
• IG: https://www.instagram.com/newmoniker/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindyzh/

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