Last updated on September 15, 2024 – 9:56 AM
San Francisco 49ers President Parag Marathe is the first guest in a new series on the Aconic podcast.
The podcast challenges stereotypes and discusses the personal and professional rise and fall of Asian and Asian American icons.
Aconic is sponsored by Altos Ventures, Founder of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Asian Alumni Chapter, Asian American Foundation, and Gold House, and is hosted by Soon Yu, international speaker, award-winning and best-selling author, and Forbes contributor whose work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, and The New York Times.
Each episode explores the guest's “hero's journey” to success, including the obstacles they faced, the failures, setbacks and missteps, as well as defining moments of vulnerability, hope, perseverance and achievement.
Through these stories, Yu will explore the important lessons each guest has learned and how they have used them to make a lasting impact in their fields.
“Through this series, we hope to dispel the common stereotype that Asian Americans are the 'model minority' by engaging in real, authentic conversations with some of the most prominent leaders in business, politics and culture,” said Seung Yu.
“Our conversations delve into the many layers of the Asian American experience, giving viewers an inside look at what it really takes to overcome obstacles that arise on the path to success.”
Upcoming guests on the Aconic Podcast include:
Parag Marathe, President, San Francisco 49ers Debbie Hsu, CEO, OpenTable Andrew Yang, Founder, Forward Party Manny Maceda, CEO and Chairman, Bain Deb Liu, CEO, Ancestry Joe Bei, CEO, KKR Jenny Ming, CEO, Rothys Ho Nam, Managing Partner, Altos VC Aftab Pureval, Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio Yamini Rangan, CEO, Hubspot Bin Chen, CEO and Co-Founder, Gold House Michelle Wu, Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts Norman Chen, CEO, The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) Tiffany Chen, Miss Asia USA Steve Chen, Co-Founder, YouTube
The Aconic podcast is available on all major podcast platforms and YouTube.
