Short N' Sweet: A Donut Princess Podcast

Quincy Surasmith is a Thai-Teochew American actor and journalist based in Los Angeles. He hosts and produces Asian Americana, a podcast about Asian American culture and history. Acting-wise, Quincy has been featured on Conan and can be heard as the voice and lyricist behind Thai Chip and Dale on Disney's Mickey Mouse. His work has also been featured in LAist and on KPCC. For today's episode, he wi...

When you look at a successful person, you always think about the glamorous side of it, not the struggles and the rejection that comes from the whole journey. It's not an overnight success. In today's episode, we have a sit-down talk with XiXi Yang, a journalist, television personality, and businesswoman. She will share her story about her journey to where she is right now, the obstacles she overco...

Rosemary To is a social entrepreneur, professional marketer and a real estate broker. She started business at the age of 22  and has spent her past 15 years in a gas station business so that she can provide for her family's needs. In today's episode, she will be sharing her journey from starting a business at the age  of 22 and she will tell us on how she leaves  her gas station business and choos...

Kristen Bowen is a magnesium advocate, social entrepreneur, and Founder of Living The Good Life Naturally. She has spent the last two decades helping women become comfortable with their power so that they can create optimal health. In today's episode, she will share her journey from having a deteriorated health to being healthy and a successful businesswoman. Kristen has helped thousands of women...

Behind every strong business is a strong leader who has a certain habit. Courtney, an event planner who started her career in a non-profit organization has now paved her way in becoming her own boss. In today's podcast, she will talk about the struggles that she has been through when she first started as an event planner. In event planning, no matter how hard you plan, there are always hiccups. It...

Katie Zhao is the author of The Dragon Warrior, a debut novel inspired by Chinese Mythology. At a young age, Katie knew she wanted to become a writer but the idea was dismissed by her parents saying that there's no money in the career path she wanted to take. Fast forward, Katie works for one of the Big Four accounting firms but she didn't feel any contentment in her job. "Your heart's gonna want...

Joining us today is John, a singer-songwriter and an artist under the name BledJon. In today's episode, he will share his passion for music and doughnuts. He has a song called "Donut" that was played in the Independent Film titled "The Donut King". A film that tells a story about a Cambodian refugee and his journey in making America's favorite pastry – the doughnut.  Support John on his creative j...

You may have seen him on Quest Crew- learn more about what he's up to in the movement community.

A native Angeleno, Jordan has a razor-sharp wit and loves to observe, skewer, and revel in all aspects of food and pop culture. Okun's culinary comedy podcast AIR JORDAN, where he talks everything edible with guests such as Wolfgang Puck, Phil Rosenthal, BJ Novak, and Jon Shook & Vinny Dotolo has been profiled in Hollywood Reporter and featured in Food & Wine and on Eater. Okun's debut novel L.A....

Over a dozen years ago, around the time Joni was transitioning from obsessed marathoner to obsessed yoga practitioner (going from a marathon in every US state to a class in every yoga studio in LA), she bought a cute city bike to get to class, do weekend errands, and bike along the beach bike path. When the recession hit and she found herself out of a job, she garaged her car and upgraded to a roa...

Andi Terada is the founder of porternote, a management company specializing in digital branded content with a focus on analytics and strategy to foster impactful brand integrations and fruitful partnerships between global brands and high-level digital content creators. With more than a decade of experience in the entertainment and digital media space, Andi focuses on providing talent with the infr...

Marlin Ramsey Chan was born in Stockton, California. Marlin has been creating content on youtube since 2011. In 2012 he was a top contestant on Ryan Higa's and Justin Lin's "Internet Icon".  In 2014 moved to LA to pursue becoming a youtuber and actor. On November 16, 2016 Marlin reached his first million subscribers. Since then he's worked with companies such as Three Musketeers, Dave and Busters,...

Lauren Nicole Peters helps business women shift their relationship with TIME, understand the uniqueness of their brain so they can increase their productivity and plan their perfect week. She shows women how to tap into their desires and design a life and business that is filled with lots of success, happiness, AND spaciousness.   What I'm Promoting: Her "Plan Your Perfect Week" program is a 5-wee...

Eric Chen is a serial entrepreneur who's combined his love for Boba and Friendship with a Sabobatage: The Boba Card Game. Through his experience with launching products to market, he's most excited for this venture that holds true to his heart. Learn about his journey from idea, development, and the obstacles he's had to overcome to make his dream come true. On the day to day he runs a popular med...

Your Story Medicine Podcast Host, Yoni Expert, and Community Leader- Jumakae shares her journey of her passion for her community to making six figures through healing and empowering women.

Vivian Wang is an LA native with 15 years of experience in marketing. She currently works in the cannabis space, specializing in strategy and growth of new products in market. Outside of work, Vivian also runs a food blog (she loves sweets!) a swimsuit company, SIEVA and home development design company, Designing Keen. Growing up surfing, Vivian wasn't thrilled with her swim options. Always accept...

Bokator is an ancient Khmer fighting technique that was lost during the Khmer Rouge. On Mayly's recent trip to Cambodia, she was able to meet one of the last teachers of Bokator, Grand Master San Kim Sean, where he explains the importance of preserving the heritage for Cambodians and Cambodian Americans. This ancient fighting technique is where most popular fighting techniques are derived from. Bo...

Los Angeles native, Annette Kim has always felt like a natural connector. Through friendships, clients, partnerships & beyond, she's always loved building a community for those in her life. She's worked for brand giants like Red Bull & sweetgreen and now works for ForceBrands, a specialized recruitment firm for the CPG space, where she helps high-growth brands build the teams behind the scenes tha...

Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, Jarmin Runes trained martial arts under Master Ernie Reyes Sr. since the age of 4. Joining the Ernie Reyes World Action Demo Team at the age of 6, he performed around the United States from Universal Studios, to the MAIA Supershow, to the NFL 49er halftime shows. Jarmin Runes competed locally, winning multiple grand championships individually and later mov...

Carmelisa is an event planner, fitness enthusiast and adventurer based out of Mar Vista, CA. She spends her mornings working at F45 Culver City and her afternoons working in digital marketing with Lotus Creatives (a restaurant group in Los Angeles). Even though her calendar is typically packed with work, cooking, bike rides, hikes, (virtual) meetings and trips, she still manages to find the time t...

Hayden and Patrick, from Deyus Pod, talk about their branding and packaging experience when creating several brands, and give new entrepreneurs some insight on their journey. They also have been generous enough to offer our listeners 10% off with the code: ShortNSweet10 until 10/31 on their new product, DeyBrain, a nootropics supplement that they just released! Here are the links to the products t...

Sheena Yap Chan is a blogger, podcaster, consultant, author and speaker on building self confidence. She currently inspires women through her podcast called The Tao of Self Confidence where she interviews Asian women about their inner journey to self confidence.  Her mission is to help Asian Women boost their confidence to live their authentic self, help Asian Women create a voice in the world and...

Are the tasks being performed efficiently and with velocity? Reward those employees who are leaders and understand when to provide raises.    Let's vibe on social media Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn   For more info on the host, visit, http://donutprincessla.com/ and follow Mayly on Instagram @maylytao! Want a chance to win a $20 DK's Donuts Gift Card?   Click Here to leave a review on Apple Podc...

From donut walls to donut wedding cakes, Mayly introduces her newest creation: the Texas Size Donut Tier Tower and how important service and experience is to maintaining and gaining new clients, especially wedding clients! Let's vibe on social media Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn   For more info on the host, visit, http://donutprincessla.com/ and follow Mayly on Instagram @maylytao! Want a chance...

Award-winning arch and celebrity makeup artist, entrepreneur, and social media beauty maven,  Kelley   Baker , knew her calling early on after witnessing the confidence boost each of her clients left with after she had transformed their brows. Over fifteen years later, she is now known as one of the world's most coveted celeb arch artists, with a reputation for shaping brows in a manner that can o...