Origins
THIS YEAR'S SPEAKERS
Andrew Yang
Keynote Speaker
Andrew Yang is an entrepreneur and author. In 2011 he founded Venture for America, a national entrepreneurship fellowship, and spent the last 6 years creating jobs in cities like Cleveland, Detroit, Baltimore, and Pittsburgh. When Andrew realized that new technology like artificial intelligence threatened to eliminate one-third of all American jobs, he knew he had to do something. In The War on Normal People (2018), he explains the mounting crisis and makes the case for implementing a universal basic income: $1,000 a month for every American adult, no strings attached. Andrew is running for President as a Democrat in 2020.
Vanessa Paranjothy
Keynote Speaker
Vanessa Paranjothy is one of the co-founders of an organization called Freedom Cups. Freedom Cups gets reusable menstrual products to women. They work on a Buy-1, Give-1 model where every purchase made allows them to gift a woman from an underprivileged community with clean periods.
Vanessa is also one of 12 who received an Obama Scholarship to study at Columbia University and do work alongside their Columbia World Projects Team. The Freedom Cups team has also been recognised in the Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list for 2017.
Kit Pang
The Art of Business Storytelling
Kit Pang is a Communication Expert, TEDx, Inbound and Keynote speaker and the Founder of BostonSpeaks. He is on a mission to help individuals become exceptional communicators. Kit’s seminars and talks have been credited as super fun, engaging, soul-searching and insightful. His happy clients include individuals from organizations such as Dell, Delta, RE/MAX, Harvard or MIT.
Courtney Pong
Work like an Entrepreneur, Communicate like an Improviser
As a professional improviser for over 17 years, Courtney has led team building workshops and provided entertainment and entertainment programming for Fortune 500 companies. Since 2001, she has been a performer and educator with CSz Worldwide. She holds over a decade of experience in communication, public relations, analyst relations, social media and marketing.
Rebecca He
#IAmRemarkable
Rebecca is a software engineer who builds products and communities. After graduating summa cum laude from the University of Maryland, Rebecca currently works on Firebase, Google’s mobile development platform. When she’s not coding, Rebecca leads workshops for the women in tech community and celebrates diversity by planning Asian cultural events.
Andrew Chau
Between the Hashtag
Andrew Chau is co-founder of Boba Guys and Tea People USA. He has been featured as an top emerging business leader on CNN, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Vogue, and NPR. Prior to a career in Consumer Product Goods and corporate marketing, Andrew started and exited his first startup in 2011. Andrew is also a freelance writer and small business adviser. He has his undergraduate and graduate degrees from UC Berkeley. He and his wife Kelly live in San Francisco.
Telly Wong
Buzz Marketing: How To Get Media Mentions
Telly creates leading-edge experiential and event marketing campaigns for such clients as McDonald’s, Lexus, HBO and Warner Bros. With an emphasis on cross-cultural and omni-channel campaigns, his work been recognized with honors by such leading industry organizations as PRSA, PR Daily and PR News. In 2016, he was named PR News’ Awe Professional of the Year.
Tammy Cho
The Social Responsibility of Founders: Creating a Safe and Inclusive Workplace for All
Tammy Cho is co-founder and CEO of BetterBrave, a third-party nonprofit employees can safely turn to when they experience or witness workplace harassment, discrimination, or retaliation. BetterBrave is recognized as a trusted resource by global movements like TIME’S UP and by national outlets including Mashable, HuffPost, Fortune, and Forbes. Learn more at http://betterbrave.org.
Tammy has also been recognized as Georgetown Entrepreneur of the Year, Hubspot Inbound’s 22 Under 22, and a Power Woman in DC Tech. Her work has also been featured in Entrepreneur, Digiday, Bloomberg, and the Washington Post.
Anna Tsui
Interviewer
Anna Tsui is an executive and leadership coach and international writer, speaker and serial entrepreneur.
Her company, Anna Tsui International, LLC., specializes in helping unique, high-performing individuals identify and implement their unique form of leadership.
She helps business owners and executives generate more revenue in their business by deeply engaging their ideal clients and markets and leveraging their brand offerings. She calls this Intuitive Entrepreneurship. More importantly, her work facilitates in a more productive and joyful work environment that fosters growth and innovation.
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