Ep 113: How Do You Build a 200,000+community in 3 years?! | Bryan Pham (Co-Founder, Asian Hustle Network, AHNF, AHN Ventures, Hate Is A Virus) - a podcast by Ling Yah

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Everyone wants to start a community while Bryan Pham (with his co-founder, Maggie Chui) has grown a global community from 0 to 200,000+ in 3 years! đŸ˜±Â 

#casual

Best of all?

It started as a “screw you” moment. 😅

In all seriousness, Bryan is the founder of Asian Hustle Network (“AHN”), AHNF & AHN Ventures. 

And has had quite the unconventional journey:

😼Bryan’s parents fled the Vietnam War & taught him that investments and business were taboo

😼He worked as a software engineer & realised that companies didn’t have his back; you’d be fired even if you’d been working there for 20 years!

😼He tried an Amazon selling side hustle - and lost $22k

Although:

đŸ”„His roommate got him into property investment - and he made $200k+ from his first sale!

đŸ”„He built a real estate investment community of 2,000 in 2 years in the Bay Area.

But for 4 years, Bryan had been thinking about his why. And found himself wanting to build something for the Asian community.

A trip to the Meiji Shrine gave his idea the spark, a rejection gave it the light (you’ll have to listen to find out what! 😏), and within 3 days of AHN being born, the Asian Hustle Network had 1,000 members.

👀 In 11 months: 60k members

👀In 1.5 years: 100k+ members

👀In 2 years: 120k+ members

Talk about fulfilling a need! đŸ˜±

But things weren’t easy: 

â˜čBryan was receiving hate messages (and wanted to quit after 8 months) 

â˜č AHN wasn’t profitable for years.

Things have since turned around

đŸ”„AHN is incorporated in the USA, Singapore & Australia;

đŸ”„Has its own venture fund;

đŸ”„Also runs a non-profit fund; and

đŸ”„Has expanded into Southeast Asia!

To learn the details of this transformation, how AHN grew from a Facebook group to a massive global super connector platform & Bryan’s lesson from launching the Hate Is A Movement, just listen to the latest episode 113 on the So This Is My Why podcast!

And do let us know what you think. 😊


Highlights:

  • 2:17 Growing up with $25
  • 4:02 Investments & business were taboo at home!
  • 5:31 Why computer science?
  • 6:45 Companies aren’t loyal 😕
  • 9:43 Starting his side hustle & losing $22,000 đŸ˜«
  • 12:01 Getting into real estate investment
  • 18:04 When you’re less reliant on your job, you start seeing what’s wrong with it
  • 20:17 I don’t need to be an employee!
  • 22:47 Depressed over finding the meaning of life
  • 27:03 The Asian community is divided
  • 31:04 Asian Hustle Network’s mission
  • 32:35 Being inspired by the Meiji Shrine
  • 34:33 Going viral (thanks, Subtle Asian Traits!)
  • 39:14 How do you make everyone feel like they belong?
  • 41:11 Wanting to quit after 8 months
  • 41:43 Hate Is A Virus movement
  • 45:44 Running successful events
  • 48:51 The trick to networking
  • 50:09 Constantly innovating
  • 51:18 Becoming profitable
  • 53:04 Sponsorships
  • 55:00 Moving to Southeast Asia
  • 57:57 Difference to EST Media
  • 58:46 The Vietnamese Way
  • 1:03:11 Bing Chen of Gold House


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