by Jenn | Oct 19, 2021 | Small Business
We recently went to a local event called Bugfest, which hopefully tells you everything you need to know about how nerdy of a family we are and how nerdy of a university town we live in. (cw: poop, poop consumption) One of the last tables we visited was about the...
by Jenn | Sep 7, 2021 | Small Business
Today, I want to talk about putting your product or service offer on someone else’s platform. I was recently offered the opportunity to include my pricing workbook (which is part of my Hope You Get Rich course) into a bundle of other courses that was going to be...
by Jenn | Jun 13, 2021 | Marketing, Small Business
I had the very best intentions for launching the first cohort of Hope You Get Rich, and by best intentions I mean a mildly organized digital whiteboard of ideas and timelines. And then I got shingles. And then I had a reaction to the shingles medication. And...
by Jenn | May 7, 2021 | Mindset, Small Business
Asian American freelancers face a unique set of challenges that, while not exclusive to Asian Americans, tend to occur in our community at a higher frequency because many of us are immigrants and/or the children of immigrants and because of racial triangulation, aka...
by Jenn | Mar 1, 2021 | Client Management, Marketing, Small Business
A perennial question for most freelancers is, “How do I get more clients?” After awhile, the question shifts slightly to, “How do I get better clients and bigger projects?” Getting more and better freelance clients requires optimizing all parts of your business, not...
by Jenn | Jan 27, 2021 | Productivity, Small Business
Are you wondering how to manage time and the 6 million things you have to do as a business owner AND a parent? I’ve been there. I wandered into freelancing by accident, and always worked 10-15 hours a week by choice while parenting a young child. The flexibility...
by Jenn | Jan 5, 2021 | Podcast, Small Business
In this episode, I speak with Penguin Random House Editor Ashley Hong (she/her) about what makes a book marketable and her path to the publishing world with a couple detours through Grey’s Anatomy and computer science. Powered by...
by Jenn | Jan 5, 2021 | Podcast, Small Business
In this episode I talk to Hanna Chiou, the co-creator of one of my favorite products, the Habbi Habbi Reading Wand and Global Library. We discuss her journey from global consulting to toy and book manufacturing as well as the power of seeing your identity in books....
by Jenn | Jan 5, 2021 | Podcast, Small Business
Feminist Asian Dad Eugene Hung (he/him) shares about his journey from teacher to blogger and activist and back to teacher, what his kids really think of his blog, and how he amplifies female voices without taking away space. Eugene’s blog:...
by Jenn | Jan 5, 2021 | Podcast, Small Business
Sam Brandt (they/them) provides a fascinating (seriously!) glimpse at technical writing, which I now think is the most underrated niche in the writing world. Marketing copywriters get customers and clients in, but good documentation keeps them coming back for more....
by Jenn | Nov 2, 2020 | Podcast, Small Business
In this episode, I somehow manage to not pee myself while talking to Rebecca Kuang, award-winning author of The Poppy War trilogy about her writing process, changing her major (we’d all be sad if she’d stayed in economics and finance), and the many complexities of...
by Jenn | Oct 19, 2020 | Podcast, Small Business
In this episode, Los Angeles County Youth Poet Laureate Sophie Kim shares the benefits of taking a gap year, her experience as poet laureate, and her hopes for her creative work during and beyond her education at Harvard. Powered by...
