Category Archives: Business

Chinese Looky Lous – Looking at US Real Estate but not Buying?

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Jeff

Last year, during the depths of the financial crises, groups of investors from China toured the US looking at real estate opportunities.  While many in the US real estate industry hoped that this would bring a wave of Chinese buying, … Continue reading →

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The Top 10 Marketers to Asian Americans

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Jeff

One of the few things that I look forward to when I have to go to my Wells Fargo bank branch is looking at the photo murals there.  On one wall are long ago scenes of Chinatowns and also pictures … Continue reading →

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Indian Americans taking a hit during the Recession

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Jeff

Of the many people affected by the recession, some not typically thought about are Indian Americans.   Just a few years ago, Indian Americans were lauded for their success in the hotel and motel industry, owning 43% of all hotels and … Continue reading →

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Asians More Likely to Use Online Banking

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Tim

Nielsen recently released a study showing that Asian Americans are much more likely to use online banking than other ethnic groups. 75.3% of Asians bank online versus 67.4% for everyone else. In addition, the younger and more affluent tend to … Continue reading →

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CEO of Zappos.com Tony Hsieh Asks “How Weird Are You?”

Posted on January 12, 2010 by John

Every Sunday, The New York Times has a column where it interviews an executive about the challenges of leading and managing, and this past Sunday the Times interviewed Harvard educated Taiwanese American Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com (now a wholly … Continue reading →

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Taiwan’s HTC: Quietly Brilliant

Posted on December 30, 2009 by John

If you own a cell phone, there is a good chance your phone was designed and/or manufactured by the Taiwanese company HTC. Never heard of HTC? That’s alright, most people haven’t. For most of their 12+ year existence, HTC has … Continue reading →

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Is “Lee” a White, Black, or Asian Surname? Facebook Finds Out

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Jeff

When you see the surname Lee, you don’t know the ethnicity of the person with that name.  Robert E., Spike, and Bruce – they are all Lees .   There is even a Facebook group called “My surname is Lee but … Continue reading →

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The Netbook Phenomenon

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Tim

My mom told me that when I was younger, she worried that I would be the one child who didn’t get to travel, didn’t get to see the world. Both my sisters had already done Europe before they graduated from … Continue reading →

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Jeffrey Chiang: Business School Asians Behaving Badly

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Guest Writer

By Elaine We Asians finally have our own version of Aleksey Vayner, the Yale graduate who applied for a job on Wall Street a few years ago with an eleven page resume (complete with video) that claimed he could bench … Continue reading →

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Battling to Make Bruce Lee a Lucrative Brand

Posted on October 26, 2009 by John

Earlier in the year I blogged about How Bruce Lee Changed the World.  And now Shannon Lee — Bruce Lee’s daughter — is trying to expand and profit more from his legacy, as described recently in the Wall Street Journal: … Continue reading →

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Can Being Asian Prevent Promotions?

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Ben

So I got this email, and saw the tweet: Being Asian can prevent you from ascending the corporate ladder. Our seminar, presented with EMC Asian Circle, can tell you what to do about it. You’ve done all the right things, … Continue reading →

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China Only Trails U.S. in Billionaires

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Tim

According to the newly released Hurun Rich List there are 130 billionaires in China, up from a 101 a year ago, moving China to second place behind the U.S. in the number of billionaires. And it’s believed the actual number … Continue reading →

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