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We brought back an American classic with a twist: Silent Library with Kpop Stars! Check out our latest video for some laughs: https://lnkd.in/g8N5882Z DIVE Studios

It’s surreal to see THE Lee Jung-Jae on DIVE Studios 🥲 Thank you to the teams at IW Group Inc. and Disney for making this possible! #TheAcolyte

Not work-related at all, but had to share! My brother Eric is voicing Aang in the upcoming Avatar movie! Having grown up on this series, it’s a crazy full circle moment for me. So proud.

Thrilled to have contributed to another ILP event at Samsung's Galaxy Experience Space in New York! A big shout-out to Samsung Mobile for the opportunity for DIVE Studios to help bring these amazing community events to life. #SamsungxDIVE #GalaxyExperience #GalaxyS24 #GalaxyAI

Amazing!

JED is an Audience Honoree at the 8th Annual Shorty Impact Awards! This honor is given to the campaign with the highest public votes. Thank you to everyone who voted for us! Learn more about our campaign: https://shortyw.in/46JUnMa #ShortyAwards #ShortyImpact Shorty Awards Mindset by DIVE Studios

🎉 So awesome to see Eric Nam and Mindset featured live on The Today Show this morning! A big thank you to The Today Show for highlighting our work and grateful for the support from our community for making this possible. You can watch the full segment here: https://lnkd.in/eiycred3 Shoutout to Tim Wang for taking this photo at the Austin airport 🙏 Mindset by DIVE Studios DIVE Studios

Thrilled to announce that our Mindset Collection with WONWOO of SEVENTEEN has earned a spot as a finalist in the upcoming Shorty Awards! Our collaboration with The Jed Foundation (JED) on WONWOO's Mindset Collection has truly been a testament to the power of having a shared vision. A big thank you to the entire team at JED for being such incredible partners throughout this journey. Your commitment to mental health and well-being is unparalleled, and we're honored to have collaborated with you on this project. Fingers crossed for the final results! 🤞 https://lnkd.in/e7fqR_dw Mindset by DIVE Studios DIVE Studios #ShortyAwards #TheJedFoundation #JED #MentalHealthAwareness #DIVEStudios #Mindset

Earlier this week, I was joined on stage at the Fast Company Innovation Festival by a diverse group of founders—all of whom have built companies that center their culture, to great success. Following a $27.5 million investment led by Danny Meyer, Tacombi is in the process of expanding to 75 locations across the U.S. The eponymous fashion label Busayo is carried by major retailers, from Nordstrom to Saks Fifth Avenue, and its Nigerian-inspired designs have been worn on the red carpet by the likes of Madonna and Lupita Nyong'o. As of this year, Nguyen Coffee Supply’s Vietnamese coffee beans are available at Whole Foods locations in 45 states. And DIVE Studios has become the go-to media brand for global K-pop fans, drawing about 70 million unique viewers each month and even spawning a standalone mental health audio platform. “We’ve been able to create this safe space for the artists and the fans,” said Brian Nam, the cofounder and CEO of Dive Studios. “So we took it one step further and were like: ‘How do we get public figures to use their platform and influence for good?’ We started having K-pop stars and artists here in the U.S. talk about their own mental health struggles.” But scaling these businesses can also bring unique challenges, along with complex questions about how to share culture without diluting it. Here’s what the other panelists had to say: “You're faced with so much pressure as you grow your business,” said Dario Wolos, the founder and CEO of Tacombi. “To go back to who you were at the beginning and always remind yourself to look at those organizing principles [is] just so fundamental in the process of scaling.” “What is my responsibility as a maker to teach you about the cultural roots of what you're wearing [and] how it was made?” said Busayo Michelle Olupona, the founder of Busayo. “As we expand to a wider audience, I don't ever want to be the agent of cultural appropriation… being able to share our own African special sauce of making clothes is really important, and I want other people to be able to wear it. However, we do have particular motifs [and] prints that are specific to us and specific to kind of a cultural presentation—and I'm very careful about that.” “There's also this culture of: How do we treat people? How do we engage with people? How do we make people feel heard and empowered?” said Sahra Nguyen, founder and CEO of Nguyen Coffee Supply. “And those are universal human values that anyone can connect with, whether or not you're Vietnamese or Asian American.” #FCFestival

Excited to speak at Fast Company’s Innovation Festival this afternoon at 4:45pm ET ~