Linda Jiang's guest appearances

Linda Jiang

Rebank: Fintech Analysis

Yellow Glitter

Tom Blomfield

Margaret Cho

Hiroki Takeuchi

Max Friedrich

Azeem Azhar

Mike Cagney

Lex Sokolin

Chris Skinner

Martin Häring

Ricky Knox

Chris Gledhill

Nick Hungerford

Brett King

Mike Curato

Rain Valdez

OwlTail

Excited to be joined by Linda Jiang, a toy designer living in Los Angeles, California. In this episode, we delve into the world of the doll industry and the representation of gender-inclusive doll design. Linda Jiang (she/they) is a toy designer living in Los Angeles, California; unceded Tongva land. Linda’s work centers around designing inclusive toys to create social change through play. They designed the recent Barbie Inspiring Women doll, specifically the doll for Ida B Wells, and led the design for Creatable World, a gender-inclusive fashion doll line. When they're not designing, Linda enjoys building community with her friends, reading mystery novels, and learning fashion history through vintage clothing. In this episode we talk about:  Linda’s background and story of entering the world of design A day in the life of designing in the doll industry Queer BIPOC people in creative industries Gender-inclusive doll designs  You can find Linda at:  Website: little-linda.com Instagram: @little.linda  You can follow me at:  Instagram: @stevenwakabayashi YouTube: @stevenwakabayashi Subscribe to my weekly newsletter: mindfulmoments.substack.com 

Excited to be joined by Linda Jiang, a toy designer living in Los Angeles, California. In this episode, we delve into the world of the doll industry and the representation of gender-inclusive doll design. Linda Jiang (she/they) is a toy designer living in Los Angeles, California; unceded Tongva land. Linda’s work centers around designing inclusive toys to create social change through play. They designed the recent Barbie Inspiring Women doll, specifically the doll for Ida B Wells, and led the design for Creatable World, a gender-inclusive fashion doll line. When they're not designing, Linda enjoys building community with her friends, reading mystery novels, and learning fashion history through vintage clothing. In this episode we talk about: <ul> <li>Linda’s background and story of entering the world of design</li> <li>A day in the life of designing in the doll industry</li> <li>Queer BIPOC people in creative industries</li> <li>Gender-inclusive doll designs</li> </ul> You can find Linda at: <ul> <li>Website: <a href="https://www.little-linda.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">little-linda.com</a></li> <li>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/little.linda/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@little.linda</a></li> </ul> You can follow me at: <ul> <li>Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/stevenwakabayashi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@stevenwakabayashi</a></li> <li>YouTube: <a href="https://youtube.com/stevenwakabayashi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@stevenwakabayashi</a></li> <li>Subscribe to my weekly newsletter: <a href="https://mindfulmoments.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mindfulmoments.substack.com</a></li> </ul>

#35 Journey into the world of design and creating inclusive toys with Linda Jiang

Yi Luo

Consumer behavior in China has captivated the West for years, and behavior around fintech and payments is no different. Ant Group’s planned $200 billion upcoming IPO raises more questions than it answers in the minds of many in the West, who like me don't have direct experience with super apps and ubiquitous QR code based payments. We recorded a breakdown of Ant Group’s upcoming IPO last week with Max Friedrich and Lex Sokolin, which is under compliance review and will be released soon. Today’s conversation brings unique perspective to the exploration of fintech in China, told through the eyes and anecdotes of two Chinese tech entrepreneurs. Linda Jiang is a deep tech founder and serial entrepreneur. In 2010, she co-founded Umeng, a mobile analytics and developer platform that grew to support 180,000 apps and become the largest platform of its kind in China before selling to Alibaba in 2015. She is now an advisor to Baidu Ventures, an early stage deep tech focused fund backed by Baidu, one of China’s tech giants. Yi Luo is the founding Chief Strategy Officer of FreeUp, a company unlocking daily salary payment for workers. In 2019, FreeUp was  acquired by Greensill, and then rebranded as Earnd, where Yi now leads strategy and expansion. Yi is also a keen angel investor. This conversation was recorded in February 2020, pre-COVID and before I relocated to New York, which may explain some of our references. To subscribe to the Rebank newsletter, including insights, essays and written transcripts of all new episodes, please visit www.bankingthefuture.com. Thank you very much for joining us today. Please welcome, Linda Jiang and Yi Luo.

Consumer behavior in China has captivated the West for years, and behavior around fintech and payments is no different. Ant Group’s planned $200 billion upcoming IPO raises more questions than it answers in the minds of many in the West, who like me don't have direct experience with super apps and ubiquitous QR code based payments. We recorded a breakdown of Ant Group’s upcoming IPO last week with Max Friedrich and Lex Sokolin, which is under compliance review and will be released soon. Today’s conversation brings unique perspective to the exploration of fintech in China, told through the eyes and anecdotes of two Chinese tech entrepreneurs. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindajiang/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Linda Jiang</a> is a deep tech founder and serial entrepreneur. In 2010, she co-founded <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/11/20/umeng-alibaba/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Umeng</a>, a mobile analytics and developer platform that grew to support 180,000 apps and become the largest platform of its kind in China before selling to Alibaba in 2015. She is now an advisor to <a href="https://bv.ai/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baidu Ventures</a>, an early stage deep tech focused fund backed by Baidu, one of China’s tech giants. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/loriluoyi/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yi Luo</a> is the founding Chief Strategy Officer of FreeUp, a company unlocking daily salary payment for workers. In 2019, FreeUp was <a href="https://www.greensill.com/news/greensill-secures-655-million-follow-on-investment-from-softbank-vision-fund/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> acquired by Greensill</a>, and then rebranded as Earnd, where Yi now leads strategy and expansion. Yi is also a keen angel investor. This conversation was recorded in February 2020, pre-COVID and before I relocated to New York, which may explain some of our references. To subscribe to the Rebank newsletter, including insights, essays and written transcripts of all new episodes, please visit <a href="http://www.bankingthefuture.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.bankingthefuture.com</a>. Thank you very much for joining us today. Please welcome, Linda Jiang and Yi Luo.

Understanding Consumer Fintech in China with Linda Jiang and Yi Luo