Business
Episode 20: Chris Do (@thechrisdo) is the founder and CEO of two companies: his first being Blind, an Emmy award winning brand design consultancy, and the second being The Futur (thefutur.com), an education platform that teaches creatives the principles of business. He's garnered a huge online following on YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram for the content he produces.But being a first-generation immigrant refugee, Chris has had to navigate through a multitude of hoops to get to where he is today: from needing to adopt English as his second language, to choosing the creative path as a designer and dealing with the disapproval of his parents, to forcing himself to acquire the soft skills necessary to lead his own companies - it's been a life-long process of learning, of becoming better, day after day. In episode 20 of the Why You No Doctor Podcast, Dominic and Chris dive into his story, philosophy, and advice for the next generation of Asian Americans. Show Notes:0:00 - Introduction to Chris Do, and his companies: The Futur and Blind + discourse on product creation vs. client service work5:51 - How Chris teaches creatives to merge business and design with The Futur + his thoughts on "selling out" and the trope of the starving artist9:43 - Chris's background, childhood, and parents: how he grew up, what his parents thought about his passion for design, cultural dissonance19:12 - Where Chris went to school + the story of his college application process and getting into Arts Center23:53 - How to let critique not affect you personally + submitting yourself to the teacher to get better32:31 - On Asian representation in Arts Center and art universities in general, both in the current and in the past34:06 - How Chris approached his career in college, what his job aspirations were upon graduating, and the first jobs he worked36:26 - The story of the start of Blind + his biggest challenges starting his business: mindset, soft skills41:58 - Building up the soft skills: through high school, college, and the first 12 years of Blind51:22 - Recounting an experience of white privilege and worship in China56:52 - Advice on how to keep from getting burnt out1:03:56 - what Chris recommends everyone put on their bucket list: on life-long learning1:08:28 - Chris's book recommendations + outroJoin the community! Follow us on Instagram @wyndpodcast and find all of our socials at whyyounodoctor.com/podcast.Support the show (http://whyyounodoctor.com/podcast)