Hyphen Nation with Dave Lu

Jane Wu — visionary director, martial arts enthusiast, and one of the creative forces behind the Emmy Award winning animated series Blue Eye Samurai from Netflix. Her credits read like a greatest hits of blockbuster movies: Guardians of the Galaxy, The Avengers, Thor: Ragnarok, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Mulan and more. She was the one responsible for choreographing the iconic Battle of New York final showdown scene in The ...

Albert Cheng is one of the most powerful people in Hollywood. Albert runs Prime Video US & Global for Amazon and is responsible for critically acclaimed hit shows such as Fallout, Rings of Power, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and The Boys among others. Albert has made it in an industry where there are few Asian American executives in power, by rising through the ranks at Disney/ABC for close to 15 years.

Albert went from growing up...

Debby Soo grew up from humble beginnings as the only daughter of immigrants from Taiwan living in a two bedroom apartment in San Francisco with her parents, aunt and uncle, and her parents. She would go on to graduate from Stanford, even though her father had not graduated from college. Her dream was to one day become a CEO.

She started her career in investment banking and ended up in Hong Kong. She returned to the Bay Area to work...

Most people don’t even know that an Asian American woman founded the clothing brand that most Americans have worn. And even fewer know her story. Jenny’s family fled communist China to Macau when she was a baby and she immigrated to San Francisco at the age of 9. She graduated from San Jose State with a home economics degree thinking she would become a teacher. She would end up working at Mervyns and become known as the best denim ...

Ken's story started in China before he immigrated as a little boy that grew up in Las Vegas. Like many new immigrants, his parents hustled and worked multiple jobs at casinos and restaurants to make ends meet. Ken was entrepreneurial at an early age and started selling greeting cards as a kid. He would go on to college at Boston University, where he now sits on the Board of Trustees. After graduating he had a full-time job, whi...

Deb Liu (Former CEO of Ancestry, author of "Take Back Your Power: 10 New Rules for Women at Work", Board Director at Intuit, creator of Facebook Marketplaces and Facebook Pay, and co-founder of Women in Product) and Dave explore the significance of executive coaching, the impact of cultural identity on personal and professional growth, and the importance of soft skills in achieving success. Deb shares her experiences navi...

Dave Lu, Silicon Valley tech veteran, startup founder, investor, activist, and Emmy Award-winning producer, is launching an all-new podcast, Hyphen Nation with Dave Lu. He will be talking to influential leaders in the Asian American community and beyond. His intimate conversations will dive into their journeys and explore how they got to where they are today, including all of the challenges and triumphs. The hope is that these epis...