The Best of the Visionaries. (And Signal Awards Announcement!)

🥳🎉 Excited to announce that Big Asian Energy just got named as a 2026 Signal Awards Finalist in the Culture, Belonging & Inclusion category! 

Signal Awards is one of the largest awards in podcasting, and I’m so excited to be listed amongst so many incredible voices– especially since we’re one of the only AAPI-focused podcasts to make it to the list in 2026. 

Being chosen as a finalist also puts us in the Listener's Choice awards, so if you want to support this show (or just AAPI podcasters in general): 

VOTE HERE by October 15: 

Https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2026/shows/genre/culture-belonging-inclusion 

Best of: The Visionaries
In honor of our nomination, we combed through the past few years of interviews and picked the best and most memorable moments in the show in our first ever “Best Of” episodes.

In our first compilation, we celebrate The Visionaries: AAPI founders who took big risks that paid off, who share their wisdom with us on the show. 

• Vicky Tsai, founder of Tatcha, 
• Sheila Lirio Marcelo, founder of Care.com and Co-Founder of The Asian American Foundation, 
• Dave Lu, founder of Hyphen Capital

Listen to their full episodes here:

Vicky Tsai: https://www.youtube.com/watcq9mHkYh?v=XXSN9

Sheila Lirio Marcelo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4SqByCqWMo

Dave Lu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56JyqD1cZOg