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These Asian American Entrepreneurs Celebrate Their Chinese Heritage While Feeding America’s Appetite for Chinese Street Food

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Jen Liao and Caleb Wang are second-generation Chinese Americans, and the husband and wife team first opened Xiao Chi Jie (XCJ) as a single restaurant serving Chinese street food in Seattle’s Bellevue neighborhood in 2018. XCJ’s branding is cheeky and modern, with a fun social media presence and earnest customer service.

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Can Starkey’s Latest Hearing Aid Technology Save Conversation?

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When we were at a restaurant, she would nod as we were telling a story, but I could tell she couldn’t really hear what we were saying. They are often held in meeting rooms or restaurants with a high level of background noise. after every sentence or two that I, my husband or my daughter spoke. It was frustrating for all of us.

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Ep 210: Lexi Gunther – Executive Support Team Manager and Executive Assistant to the Head of Product at Cedar

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Lexi Gunther went from being a high school dropout to being a well-paid, EA Team Lead. She has been an EA and thought partner since 2009 and currently works at Cedar, a health-tech company, where she manages the Executive Support Team and is the Executive Assistant to the Head of Product.

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Ep 240: Joe Rare on Email Management and Working with a Virtual Assistant Team

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LEADERSHIP QUOTE Allow your team to fail fast and successes will come even faster. Joe’s journey began with a door-to-door product sales business, which grew from a team of two to 40 employees in under two years. He currently owns four digital companies, five wedding venues, and real estate investment properties.

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Once Upon a Time in Marketing: The Power of Storytelling

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Upon being told the restaurant didn’t offer such a meal, she explained that her husband was in stage four cancer and had lost his appetite—except that he now craved a meatball sandwich. A fabulous story like that shows what great customer service looks like, and it could be used for all kinds of reputation-building,” he says.

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Ep 212: Mariah Kerby on Discovering and Using Your Gifts, and Nurturing a Community of Growth for an Assistant Team

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In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Mariah talks about seeing the assistant role as a viable career, discovering and using your gifts to support your executive, and nurturing a community of growth for an assistant team. LEADERSHIP QUOTE Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young.

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How to Survive a Recession, According to a 91-Year-Old Business

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To keep the 76,000-square-foot store running with only 120 employees, down 40% from the prior year, and with 50% fewer staff in the restaurant, they had to find efficiencies like streamlining the restaurant menu. My dad told me: ‘Rick, if you want the restaurant to run well, be in the restaurant.’ Great advice.”