About us
"The Best Business Relationships Are Personal"
At a Chamber of Commerce workshop way back in 2006, the speaker talked about the benefits of creating your own unique network. It then occurred to me that while Asian American chambers existed in most big US cities, there wasn't one in New York. So what to do?
The theme for most of my adult life has been raising awareness of Asian America and building community. And since I find that fellow business owners tend to be the most motivated, inspirational and interesting people I've met, I decided to start organizing events and an online presence just for Asian American business people.
The Asian-American Entrepreneurs Network (AEN) launched in June 2006, is a community of entrepreneurs, startups, investors and business services providers interested in expanding their network with quality people while supporting each other and celebrating our common cultures. We strive to organize events that will provide access to the best expertise and to create new business relationships.
We have a lot in store for 2018 including workshops, panel discussions, co-working days, peer coaching and lots of networking! So please join us and let us know if what you think!
Upcoming events
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What's Your BUSINESS PURPOSE with Patrice Tanaka
Location not specified yetPatrice Tanaka is a best-selling author, public speaker on business and life purpose, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of three award-winning, PR & Marketing agencies, and the consultancy, Joyful Planet, focused on building purpose-driven individuals and organizations to help them unleash greater success, fulfillment and joy in their personal lives, workplaces, and communities. As an extension of her work through Joyful Planet LLC, Patrice created the 501c3, Joyful Planet Foundation, which provides pro bono support to non-profit leadership development programs serving diverse, emerging leaders committed to creating an equitable, inclusive, and joyful planet.
Patrice will talk about the two most important things she ever did to unleash greater success, fulfillment, and joy in her personal life, workplace, and communities**: 1) Discovering and operationalizing a “business purpose” for her start-up PR agency** that had them recognized within eight years as the #1 Most Creative PR Agency in the country and, at the same time, the #2 Best Workplace among all agencies; and 2) Discovering and actively living her own “life purpose” to “Choose Joy. Be Mindful of Joy. Share Joy with Others,” which led her to accomplish many things, including co-founding two other PR & Marketing agencies. The last one was one of the “Top 10” largest, independent PR agencies in the country, and the largest, employee-owned firm with 240 employee-owners.
Patrice has been inducted into the PRWeek Hall of Fame and honored by many organizations for creativity, top PR & Marketing campaigns of the year and decade, best workplace, corporate social responsibility, public service, entrepreneurship, mentoring, and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Patrice has lived in New York City for most of her adult life but calls Hawaii “home” and she is committed to living her life with the “Aloha Spirit.”
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