On the Rise

About On the Rise

On the Rise is a series of curiosity-driven conversations with creatives, entrepreneurs, and athletes about the life and career that they're building. Take some time in your day to learn something new and reflect on your own journey through the lens of our guests. Your hosts, Abraham Chen and Matt Yao

Publisher

Abe Chen and Matt Yao

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Jan 2023

Latest episode

1 Dec 2023

Latest episodes

23 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Dec 2023

   Learnings from 1 year of self reflection | Matt Yao author of Game of One #023

   💡GUEST INFO Despite a successful tech career, Matt realized he needed a change. This year, Matt made a bold move, leaving his high-paying job to pursue his passions. Now, he's the mind behind "Game of One" blog, runs "Build in Climate" newsletter, and co-hosts the On the Rise Podcast. Discover more about Matt's inspiring story in today's episode! Twitter: https://x.com/matt__yao?s=21&t=uvHCBLCVSoVl07u3MUDnZw Game of One: gameofone.substack.com Build in Climate: buildinclimate.substack.com 👋 ABOUT On the Rise is a series of curiosity-driven conversations with creatives, entrepreneurs, and athletes about the life and career that they're building. Take some time in your day to learn something new and reflect on your own journey through the lens of our guests. 💯 FOLLOW US FOR MORE Spotify: https://www.open.spotify.com/show/5YZnvUi7DMxa42kx0o9cEj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ontherisepodder?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ontherisepod?_t=8YJj6vsJoys&_r=1 Follow us everywhere: https://ontherisepod.com/ 🎙️ YOUR HOSTS Hi, it’s Abe and Matt. Thanks for watching and being a part of our journey to highlight some amazingly multidimensional people. We are on a mission to tell the stories of everyday people and we would love to hear from you! Say hi at ontherisepod@gmail.com, we will respond 🙂 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:47 Quitting his six figure tech job 00:07:06 What actually matters 00:12:35 Becoming a better human through blogging 00:14:20 From STEM to the arts 00:16:22 Verbs vs Roles in your persona 00:17:15 Finding community on a non conventional path 00:19:32 Following your curiosity 00:20:15 Writing about Climate 00:22:28 Getting people to care about the climate 00:25:36 Push and pull of climate advocacy 00:26:33 No more flood insurance in Florida? 00:28:25 The goal of Build in Climate 00:31:06 Beef burps are a major cause of CO2 emissions 00:36:51 Financial Incentives in Climate 00:38:49 Progress without plans, growth without goals

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   23 Oct 2023

   Shepherding the Future of Asians in Media | Mylen Yamamoto Tansingco, CliqueNow #022

   Mylen Yamamoto Tansinco is the founder and CEO of Clique Now, a talent management agency working with some of the largest Asian creators such as The Fung Bros, Steven Lim, and Leena Dong. She's also the founder of Cropsticks, a brand that creates sustainable bamboo chopsticks, straws, and more. In our conversation, we discuss the future of creator monetization, where Asians in media are headed, and the influence of growing up in Hawaii on how she operates her businesses. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mylennial/ CliqueNow: https://www.clique-now.com/ CropSticks: https://cropsticks.co/ 👋 ABOUT On the Rise is a series of curiosity-driven conversations with creatives, entrepreneurs, and athletes about the life and career that they're building. Take some time in your day to learn something new and reflect on your own journey through the lens of our guests. 💯 FOLLOW US FOR MORE Spotify: https://www.open.spotify.com/show/5YZnvUi7DMxa42kx0o9cEj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ontherisepodder?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ontherisepod?_t=8YJj6vsJoys&_r=1 Follow us everywhere: https://ontherisepod.com/ 🎙️ YOUR HOSTS Hi, it’s Abe and Matt. Thanks for watching and being a part of our journey to highlight some amazingly multidimensional people. We are on a mission to tell the stories of everyday people and we would love to hear from you! Say hi at ontherisepod@gmail.com, we will respond 🙂

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   9 Oct 2023

   He made Kid Cudi a Music Video in 24 hours... using AI | Jacky Lu, Head of Creative at Kaiber #021

   Jacky Lu is a co-founder and the Head of Creative at Kaiber. He combined his two interests in art and computation to start Kaiber. He is the creative mastermind behind Linkin Park’s Lost Music Video as well as Kid Cudi’s Entergalactic Music Video both of which used AI to generate graphics that you used to only be able to imagine. Check out Kaiber: https://twitter.com/KaiberAI Jacky Lu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackylu97/ 👋 ABOUT On the Rise is a series of curiosity-driven conversations with creatives, entrepreneurs, and athletes about the life and career that they're building. Take some time in your day to learn something new and reflect on your own journey through the lens of our guests. 💯 FOLLOW US FOR MORE Spotify: https://www.open.spotify.com/show/5YZnvUi7DMxa42kx0o9cEj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ontherisepodder?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ontherisepod?_t=8YJj6vsJoys&_r=1 Follow us everywhere: https://ontherisepod.com/ 🎙️ YOUR HOSTS Hi, it’s Abe and Matt. Thanks for watching and being a part of our journey to highlight some amazingly multidimensional people. We are on a mission to tell the stories of everyday people and we would love to hear from you! Say hi at ontherisepod@gmail.com, we will respond 🙂 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:59 Realizing research wasn't his passion 00:04:03 Art and computation 00:06:59 Art vs STEM 00:08:37 Generative AI v. the creative industry 00:12:46 New modalities of Art 00:14:13 Making Kid Cudi a music video in 24 hours 00:17:16 The creative process 00:18:44 Generating music videos using AI 00:20:08 Founding of Kaiber 00:21:55 Music Videos are dying 00:24:49 The future of Kaiber 00:25:49 His biggest projects 00:27:56 Linkin Park 00:35:02 Know your taste 00:37:49 Closing words

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