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Across The Lines
by Angie and Jay
Across The Lines is a podcast that highlights the stories of Pan Asian American leaders and explores the intersection of their personal and professional journeys. Our vision is to inspire and empower the next generation of leaders through candid conversations about the confluence of identity and work.
Episodes
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S3 Ep 11 | Career Advice Compilation
This week we’re excited to share our third season career advice compilation. In our episodes, we ask our guests “what is one piece of contrarian advice you would give?” There were so many gems in those answers and we wanted to share them for you to incorporate into your own careers. You'll hear...
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S3 Ep 10 | Angie, Jay & Ankita Reflect On Season Three
In this episode, we’ll be reflecting on our second season! Creating and building this podcast has been such an insightful and rewarding journey. In this week's episode, our team reflects on the joys, challenges, and learnings of Season 3. We'll be speaking about the following: Our reflections and...
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S3 Ep 9 | Sriram Krishnan, General Partner @ Andreessen Horowitz, On Rebelling Within A Conformist Culture
Sriram Krishnan is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, investing in early-stage startups. He is also a social media product veteran who previously held leadership roles at Twitter, Snap, and Facebook. Along with his wife Aarthi Ramamurthy, he hosts the "Good Time Show" on Clubhouse which...
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S3 Ep 8 | Sandro Roco, Founder & CEO @ Sanzo, On Reframing Risk
Sandro Roco is the Founder & CEO of Sanzo, the 1st Asian Inspired sparkling water made with real fruit and no sugar. Prior to founding Sanzo, Sandro spent 5 years as head of growth and then chief-of-staff at Bombfell, a twice venture-backed personal styling service for men. He previously worked…
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S3 Ep 7 | Neha Sampat, Founder & CEO @ Contentstack, On The Importance Of Resilience
Neha is the CEO and Founder of Contentstack, a platform adopted by brands including Best Buy, Chase, Miami HEAT, Shell, and Walmart to manage their content experience. Previously, Neha was the Founder and CEO of Built.io, which was acquired by Software AG in September 2018. Alongside her work…
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S3 Ep 6 | Neeracha Taychakhoonavudh, EVP @ Salesforce, on Asking For What You Want
Neeracha Taychakhoonavudh is the Executive Vice President of Global Success and Strategy at Salesforce, focused on creating sustainable customer success. Neeracha also serves as Executive Advisor for the Salesforce Women’s Network and is the executive sponsor for Asiapacforce, the employee group...
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S3 Ep 5 | Jessica Chen, Founder & CEO @ Soulcast Media, on Discovering Confidence Through Humility
Jessica is the Founder and CEO of Soulcast Media, a business communications agency, where she provides high-touch strategies to elevate people's speaking and authority. Prior to starting Soulcast Media, Jessica was a broadcast television journalist. She has been awarded an Emmy-Award for her work...
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S3 Ep 4 | Eric Chan, CFO @ LA Clippers, on Developing Trust By Sharing Weaknesses
Eric currently serves as the CFO for the LA Clippers, where he leads the organization’s financial operations, including establishing and implementing a long-range financial strategy, policies, and goals and leading financial project management for all Clipper's operations. Before joining the...
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S3 Ep 3 | Dave Liu, Founder & CEO @ Liucrative Endeavors, on Lessons from 3 Decades on Wall Street
Dave is currently the CEO of Liucrative Endeavors, a strategic consulting and investment firm to high-growth companies. He previously spent almost 25 years at Jefferies, where he progressed from Analyst to Managing Director, co-running all Digital Media and Internet investment banking activities....
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S3 Ep2 | Nick Mehta, CEO @ Gainsight, on The Power of "And"
Nick Mehta is the CEO of Gainsight, the leading Customer Success company. Prior to Gainsight, Nick was the CEO of LiveOffice, where he led the Inc. 5000 company’s profitable growth and successful sale to Symantec. He is also the co-author of Customer Success: How Innovative Companies Are Reducing...
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S3 Ep1 | Debby Soo, CEO @ Opentable, on Understanding the Structure You Operate Within
Debby currently serves as the CEO of Opentable. She stepped into her role in August 2020, during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Previously, Debby spent the past 10+ years at KAYAK, where she joined as an intern and spent many years building up KAYAK’s international presence, from launching…
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S2 Ep 13 | Career Advice Compilation
This week we’re excited to share our second season career advice compilation. In our episodes, we ask our guests “what is one piece of advice you would give to your younger self” or its close cousin “what was something you did well early in your career”. There were so many gems in those answers,...
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S2 Ep 12 | Angie, Jay & Ankita Reflect On Season Two
In this episode, we’ll be reflecting on our second season! Creating and building this podcast has been such an insightful and rewarding journey. In this week's episode, our team reflects on the joys, challenges, and learnings of Season 2. We'll be speaking about the following: What we wanted to…
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S2 Ep 11 | Brian Rumao, Managing Director @ Next Play Ventures and Chief of Staff @ LinkedIn, on Compounding Wisdom, Trust, and Love
Brian Rumao is currently Managing Director at Next Play Ventures and VP, Chief of Staff to the Executive Chairman at LinkedIn. At Next Play Ventures, Brian works with Founding Partner Jeff Weiner to coach and invest in entrepreneurial leaders building world-class, purpose-driven organizations....
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S2 Ep 10 | Seema Kumar, Chief Marketing Officer @ New Relic, on Choosing Vulnerability over Perfection
Seema Kumar is the CMO of New Relic, the leading observability platform that helps engineering teams improve the usability of their software. Prior to New Relic, Seema spent 18+ years leading product marketing, brand, events, and demand generation at companies like ServiceChannel and Salesforce.…
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S2 Ep 9 | Wes Kao, Co-Founder @ Maven, on Turning Bugs into Features
Wes Kao is a Co-Founder of Maven, a platform that enables anyone to build a cohort-based course and deliver an incredible student experience at scale. Prior to founding Maven, Wes co-founded the altMBA, where she designed the program’s coaching system, grew the community from zero to 550 cities…
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S2 Ep 8 | Eric Kim, Co-Founder and Managing Partner @ Goodwater Capital, On Finding Purpose Through Serving Others
Eric is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Goodwater Capital. Goodwater is a venture fund founded in 2014 and manages over $1.1B across its funds. They were early inventors in companies like Musical.ly, Coupang, and Kakao; all massive exits for the firm. Before Goodwater, Eric was a Managing...
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S2 Ep 7 | Gokul Rajaram, Product Executive @ Doordash, on Being Comfortable with Ambiguity
Gokul Rajaram serves on the executive board at Doordash and is also a Board Member of Coinbase, Pinterest, Trade Desk and others. Gokul’s career has spanned multiple iconic companies including Facebook, Square, and Google, where he helped build Google AdSense from the ground up. Gokul is viewed…
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S2 Ep 6 | Casual Conversations on Unique Paths To Leadership
This week we’re excited to share our third community event with our dear friends at LinkedIn. In partnership with the LinkedIn Asian Alliance (LIAA), we hosted three of their AAPI leaders to discuss their unique paths to leadership. In this discussion, you’ll hear from Connie Chan Wang the Senior...
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S2 Ep 5 | Dave Lu, Co-Founder at Pared and Managing Partner at Hyphen Capital, on Building Your Own House
Dave Lu is the Founder and Managing Partner of Hyphen Capital, a syndicate that invests in pre-seed companies founded by Asian Americans. He is also a seasoned operator (ex Yahoo, eBay, Cisco) and a serial entrepreneur who co-founded Pared (staffing marketplace for the restaurant industry) and...
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S2 Ep 4 | Dini Mehta, Chief Revenue Officer @ Lattice, on Balancing Joy and Achievement
Dini Mehta is the CRO of Lattice, an employee success platform that enables people leaders to build engaged high-performing teams, inspire winning cultures, and make strategic decisions. Dini previously led winning Sales teams at Quantcast and Drawbridge and is one of the few female Asian…
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S2 Ep 3 | Joseph Nguyen, State Senator @ Washington State Legislature, On Embracing An Abundance Mindset
Joseph (Joe) Nguyen is a State Senator for the Washington State Legislature as well as a Program Manager at Microsoft. As the son of Vietnamese refugees, Joe grew up in an immigrant community and was raised by a single mother. Joe is also one of the few Asian Americans within the State Senate and...
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S2 Ep 2 | Ajay Agarwal, Partner @ Bain Capital Ventures, On Entrepreneurship & The Immigrant Experience
Ajay Agarwal is a Partner at Bain Capital Ventures, where he focuses on seed and Series A software investing. Ajay’s portfolio includes investments in leading SaaS companies like Gainsight (acquired by Vista Equity), Clari, and SendGrid (IPO and then acquired by Twilio). Prior to BCV, Ajay led...
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S2 Ep 1 | Christine Tsai, CEO and Founding Partner @ 500 Startups on Turning a No into a Yes
Christine Tsai is the CEO and Founding Partner of 500 Startups. 500 Startups is a global venture capital firm with over $600M in capital under management and 2400+ portfolio companies across 77 countries around the world. Notable investments include Credit Karma, Talkdesk, Canva, Grab, Twilio…
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S1 Ep 14 | Casual Conversations on AAPI Identity and Entrepreneurship
This week we held our second community event! We discussed the nuances of navigating the startup world as an Asian American entrepreneur in a Clubhouse room with some of their wonderful founder friends. It was great to invite friends from our own networks, have them open up to each other, and…
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S1 Ep 13 | Casual Conversations on AAPI Mental Health with Laura Lu
This week we had our first community event with our dear friend Laura Lu! Laura is a graduate student studying clinical psychology, she's a future therapist, and a researcher studying the effects of different types of trauma on mental health. She is passionate about advocating for the…
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S1 Ep 12 | Career Advice Compilation
At the end of every episode, we ask our guests “what is one piece of advice you would give to your younger self” or its close cousin “what was something you did well early in your career”. There were so many gems in those answers, and we wanted to share a compilation of quick hits that you can...
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S1 Ep 11 | Angie, Jay & Ankita Reflect On Season One
In this episode, we’ll be reflecting on our first season! We'll be discussing three main themes today: Introducing the third member of our team, Ankita Reflecting on the biggest lessons learned from our guests Sharing our vision for the future Speaking of the future, we've been hearing a lot of...
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S1 Ep 10 | Jason Ve, VP of Strategy and Business Development at 88rising on LGBTQ+ Identity and redefining AAPI's in music
In our season 1 finale, we're excited to host Jason Ve. Jason is the VP of Business Development and Strategy at 88rising. 88Rrsing is a leading record label and media company for Asian artists with over 15 billion streams, 2 billion YouTube views, and a #1 Billboard album. Jason has also spent…
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S1 Ep 9 | Dan Yoo, Former VP of Business & Data at Coinbase, on Taking Bets vs Checking Boxes
Dan is the Former VP of Business and Data at Coinbase. Prior to Coinbase, Dan created LinkedIn’s Business Operations function and popularized “BizOps” across the Valley. He also served as the COO of NerdWallet and founded and successfully exited ReliaQuote, an online insurance brokerage. In this...
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S1 Ep 8 | Priya Saiprasad, VC Partner at Mayfield Fund on Respectability versus Likability
Priya Saiprasad is currently the youngest and only female VC partner at Mayfield Fund, one of the oldest and most respected venture capital firms in the Valley. Previously, Priya was a founding member of Microsoft’s investment fund, M12, where she launched M12's female founder's competition as…
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S1 Ep 7 | Harpaul Sambhi, Founder and CEO of Magical, on Embracing Vulnerability at Work
Harpaul Sambhi is the Founder of Magical, a software company that helps non-technical employees automate repetitive tasks and be more productive. He founded Careerify while in college and successfully exited the company to LinkedIn in 2015. He then spent 4 years as a Product Manager at LinkedIn…
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S1 Ep 6 | Lindsay Meyer, Founder of Batch on Transracial Identity and #MeToo Advocacy
Lindsay Meyer is the Founder and CEO of Batch, a shoppable home staging startup that works with high-end residential realtors, developers, and builders to create beautiful, bespoke spaces. Her career has spanned a diverse set of industries, ranging from venture capital to biotech to retail, and…
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S1 Ep 5 | Angie & Jay On Where It Started
In this episode, we’ll be candidly sharing some of the triumphs and tribulations from the first few months of building the podcast. But more importantly, we wanted to express our gratitude for some of our earliest supporters and cheerleaders who have helped us build the foundation for this entire...
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S1 Ep 4 | Samir Goel, Co-CEO of Esusu on Honoring Sacrifices through Social Entrepreneurship
Samir Goel is the Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Esusu, a fast-growing social enterprise that bridges the racial wealth gap and increases financial access for low-to-middle income consumers. Esusu recently raised funding led by Acumen and Jeff Weiner’s Next Play Ventures. In this episode, we spoke with...
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S1 Ep 3 | Deb Liu, CEO of Ancestry.com, on Breaking Expectations to Advance Your Career
Deb Liu was the VP of Facebook Marketplace at the time of this recording, leading one of the company’s biggest strategic bets. In March 2021, she will be joining Ancestry, the world’s largest genealogy company, to become its next chief executive officer. Deb also co-founded Women In Product…
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S1 Ep 2 | Jen Weedn, Vice President of Business Development at LinkedIn on Turning Stereotypes into Strengths
Jen Weedn is the Vice President of Business Development at Linkedin, where her team is responsible for partnerships with Samsung, Twitter, the New York Times, and many more. Jen has spent more than a decade leading business development at many of the biggest names in tech, where she’s seen the…
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S1 Ep 1 | Robby Kwok, Chief of Staff to the CEO at Slack on Adversity and Building Relationships
In this episode, we'll be speaking with Robby Kwok. Robby is the Chief of Staff to the CEO at Slack and was the former SVP of People who led a transition to remote work for the company. Robby’s career has spanned strategy and M&A at some of the biggest names in tech, including Yahoo, LinkedIn…
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Pilot
In this episode we'll be speaking about the following: Introduce your hosts, Angie and Jay Tell you why we're passionate about Across The Lines Give you a preview of our upcoming season If you enjoyed today’s conversation about the intersection of work and Asian American identity, please…
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Welcome to Across The Lines
What is Across The Lines? Across The Lines is a podcast that highlights the stories of Pan Asian American leaders and explores the intersection of their personal and professional journeys. Our vision is to inspire and empower the next generation of leaders through candid conversations about the...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Across The Lines is a podcast that highlights the stories of Pan Asian American leaders and explores the intersection of their personal and professional journeys. Our vision is to inspire and empower the next generation of leaders through candid conversations about the confluence of identity and work.
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Angie and Jay
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