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.

How it Began

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.

Past Speakers:

  • Ophelia Gabrino, Executive Director, Capacity Building & Corporate Partnerships, NYC Department of Small Business Services
  • Odeen Domingo, CEO and founding partner at CO+HOOT
  • Henry Ngo, Senior VP, Golden Star Technologies
  • Debbie Wong, Executive Coach, Bank of New York Mellon
  • Justin Choi, Founder and President of CIE Games
  • Evan Horowitz, Co-founder and CEO of Movers+Shakers
  • Liz Lynch, Author of Smart Networking
  • Ilise Benun, President, Marketing-Mentor
  • Trevor Sumner, Founder of Localvox Media
  • John Liu, New York City Comptroller
  • Wendi Kaplan-Carrol, Senior Regional Development Director at Constant Contact
  • Neeta Bhasin, President and CEO of ASB Communications
  • Metta Murdaya, Founder of Juara Skin Care
  • Adrienne Ricci, Franchise Sales Representative at Seven Eleven
  • Kevin Kong, Managing Director of Renaissance Economic Development Corp.
  • Alastair Onglingswan, Co-Founder at GreenSoul Shoes
  • Nancy Ploeger, President of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
  • Howard Berman, Founder and CEO of Berman Consulting Associates
  • Bryan Cush, of Tidal Wave Marketing
  • Vikram Rajan, Co-founder, Phoneblogger
  • Julia Cheng, Founding Principal, CyberlawStudio
  • Yangbo Du, Co-founder, MediaWire
  • Joyce Moy, Executive Director, AAARI
  • Andrea Louie, Executive Diurector, Asian American Arts Alliance
  • Sang Lee, CEO & Founder at Return on Change
  • Sonia Talati, Writer and Columnist at Barron’s
  • Sid Dinsay, Vice-President for Health and Wellness at Romio
  • Cheryl Duncan, Founder of Cheryl Duncan PR
  • David Louie, Founder, David J. Louie, Insurance Inc.
  • Patrice Tanaka, Founder CRT Tanaka

Join Us: 

See our upcoming events at:
https://www.meetup.com/aen-nyc