San Francisco 49ers President Paraag Marathe is the first guest in the new series of the Aconic podcast.
The podcast challenges stereotypes and discusses personal and professional highs and lows with Asian and Asian American icons.
Sponsored by Altos Ventures, the Founders of the Asian Alumni Chapter of Stanford Graduate School of Business, The Asian American Foundation, and Gold House, Aconic is hosted by Soon Yu, an international speaker, award-wining and best-selling author, and Forbes contributor who has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, and New York Times.
Each episode explores the guest’s “hero’s journey” to success including the roadblocks, misfires, frustrations, and failures they faced and their seminal moments of vulnerability, hope, perseverance, and achievement.
Through these stories, Yu explores the key lessons each guest learned and how they’ve used them to create lasting impact in their fields.
Soon Yu said: “Through this series we are going to dispel the common stereotype of Asian Americans as a ‘model minority’ by having real and authentic conversations with some of the most prominent leaders in business, politics, and culture.
“Our conversations pull back the many layers of the Asian American experience to give audiences an inside look at what it really takes to rise above the obstacles that come along with the journey to success.”
Upcoming guests of the Aconic Podcast include:
- Paraag Marathe, President, San Francisco 49ers
- Debby Soo, CEO, OpenTable
- Andrew Yang, Founder, Forward Party
- Manny Maceda, CEO and Chairman, Bain
- Deb Liu, CEO, Ancestry
- Joe Bae, CEO, KKR
- Jenny Ming, CEO, Rothys
- Ho Nam, Managing Partner, Altos VC
- Aftab Pureval, Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio
- Yamini Rangan, CEO, Hubspot
- Bing Chen, CEO & Co-Founder, Gold House
- Michelle Wu, Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
- Norman Chen, CEO, The Asian American Foundation (TAAF)
- Tiffany Cheng, Miss Asia USA
- Steve Chen, Co-Founder, YouTube
The Aconic podcast is available on all major podcast platforms and on YouTube.