How did Aprilynne Alter grow her Youtube channel to 20,000 subscribers in 1 year, build her Twitter following to 19,000 followers, and why did she quit her viral NFT channel to start over? Today on "the inner creator with Peter Su", I'll interview Aprilynne Alter, Wallstreet banker turned viral "NFT Girl" turned Youtuber and entrepreneur.

👋 Aprilynne Alter

Aprilynne is a former Wall Street banker turned creator and entrepreneur. Now, she teaches experts how to turn their knowledge into successful YouTube channels. When she's not creating content or helping people with their YouTube channels, Aprilynne spends her time journaling, reading fantasy novels, roller skating, and running an entirely home-brewed Dungeons & Dragons campaign.

youtube.com/@AprilynneAlter

twitter.com/AprilynneAlter

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👋 ABOUT PETER

Ex-Goldman Sachs banker turned songwriter and creator📍San Francisco

Hi, I'm Peter! My goal is to to help you go from corporate to creator, based on my experiences working in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and venture capital in San Francisco, to pursuing my dream to be a songwriter in LA and now a creator. Get creative, get paid, help others :)

After graduating from UC Berkeley, I became an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and a venture capitalist at a $2Bn VC fund on Sand Hill. The entrepreneurs we invested in inspired me to pursue my life-long closet dream to be a singer-songwriter and I moved to LA for 5 years. After years of left-brained thinking in the business world, I dove head-first into exploring the right-side of my heart - studying songwriting, storytelling, performing, and making music. Eventually I joined a startup in SF, and I started this channel and "the inner creator" podcast to help you express yourself and help others.

Stay connected on TikTok and IG @peterjsu

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How can you tap into your flow state at will, find your life purpose, and operate at peak creativity? Today on "the inner creator with Peter Su", I'll interview Dr. Eugene Choi, a certified mindset coach and former pharmacist and Jubilee Media filmmaker about how we can shift from our survival state brain to our executive state brain.

👋 Dr. Eugene Choi

Dr. Eugene Choi Pharm. D is a Certified Transformational Mindset coach and Board-certified Clinical Pharmacist that helps talented heart-driven leaders operate at their highest levels of clarity, energy and focus. Utilizing his expertise in clinical pharmacy, neuroscience, and business coaching, his unique science-backed process along with the use of groundbreaking technology helps entrepreneurs figure out how to dramatically improve performance, innovate dynamic solutions, and achieve their goals. His articles and interviews have been featured on platforms such as Entrepreneur, Success Magazine, Thought Catalog, and many more. His work has reached over 10 million people to date and he has had the joy of helping hundreds of business leaders significantly transform their results at both a professional and personal level.

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Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation by Daniel Siegel

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We're a podcast dedicated to helping creative entrepreneurs learn more about the art and business of being a Creator. In addition to sharing the external tools to build better videos, audiences, and businesses, The Inner Creator seeks to help Creators improve their inner game - their mindset, confidence, and motivation.

If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review to support us in making these interviews :)
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👋 ABOUT PETER

Ex-Goldman Sachs banker turned songwriter and creator📍San Francisco

Hi, I'm Peter! My goal is to to help you go from corporate to creator, based on my experiences working in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and venture capital in San Francisco, to pursuing my dream to be a songwriter in LA and now a creator. Get creative, get paid, help others :)

After graduating from UC Berkeley, I became an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and a venture capitalist at a $2Bn VC fund on Sand Hill. The entrepreneurs we invested in inspired me to pursue my life-long closet dream to be a singer-songwriter and I moved to LA for 5 years. After years of left-brained thinking in the business world, I dove head-first into exploring the right-side of my heart - studying songwriting, storytelling, performing, and making music. Eventually I joined a startup in SF, and I started this channel and "the inner creator" podcast to help you express yourself and help others.

Stay connected on TikTok and IG @peterjsu

tiktok.com/@peterjsu
instagram.com/peterjsu

🎥 CREATOR TOOLS

Peter's Youtube Gear with Commentary Note: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links which means if you make a purchase, there's no cost to you and I get a referral fee that helps me to make content for you :)

How does kchoi pull off being a change management consultant and Youtuber in NYC? How can we remember our lives and document the moments that give our lives more meaning? Today on "the inner creator with Peter Su", I'll interview kchoi, a change management consultant and vlogger based in New York City about how she built her channel to more than 154,000 subscribers and 11M views (and how she personally tries not to get lost in the numbers), balances her Youtube channel with her full-time job, and vlogs while being a consultant in NYC.

👋 kchoi

kchoi, aka Kristina Choi started uploading weekly vlogs when she moved from LA to London for a year in September 2016. She now works full-time as a change management consultant in NYC and in her free time she creates videos about her career, travels, and anything else that strikes her fancy. kchoi is a UC Berkeley graduate and has inspired over 154,000 subscribers with over 11M views on her videos.

youtube.com/@kchoi

instagram.com/kristinachoi

🛠️ kchoi's Favorites

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We're a podcast dedicated to helping creative entrepreneurs learn more about the art and business of being a Creator. In addition to sharing the external tools to build better videos, audiences, and businesses, The Inner Creator seeks to help Creators improve their inner game - their mindset, confidence, and motivation.

If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review to support us in making these interviews :)
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👋 ABOUT PETER

Ex-Goldman Sachs banker turned songwriter and creator📍San Francisco

Hi, I'm Peter! My goal is to to help you go from corporate to creator, based on my experiences working in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and venture capital in San Francisco, to pursuing my dream to be a songwriter in LA and now a creator. Get creative, get paid, help others :)

After graduating from UC Berkeley, I became an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and a venture capitalist at a $2Bn VC fund on Sand Hill. The entrepreneurs we invested in inspired me to pursue my life-long closet dream to be a singer-songwriter and I moved to LA for 5 years. After years of left-brained thinking in the business world, I dove head-first into exploring the right-side of my heart - studying songwriting, storytelling, performing, and making music. Eventually I joined a startup in SF, and I started this channel and "the inner creator" podcast to help you express yourself and help others.

Have Fun | Connect | Help Others Stay connected on TikTok and IG @peterjsu

youtube.com/petersu
tiktok.com/@peterjsu
instagram.com/peterjsu

🎥 CREATOR TOOLS

Peter's Youtube Gear with Commentary Note: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links which means if you make a purchase, there's no cost to you and I get a referral fee that helps me to keep making content for you :)

How can you start a thriving Youtube channel, podcast, and community while working full-time as a young working professional? Today on Episode 7 of "the inner creator with Peter Su", I'll interview Christine Wong, a full-time Googler and part-time Youtuber based in New York City on how she started her side hustle Youtube channel to more than 7000 subscribers, grew her woman in tech podcast, and built her technology consultant community.

🌍 Christine Wong

Christine is a born and raised New Yorker with lots of ambitions and very little time. When she’s not working at Google as a Google shopping advertising solutions architect and enjoying her free iced matcha oat lattes at the Google cafes, she is working on her YouTube channel niched in tech careers and tech consulting, recording podcast episodes of boss women, and running all over the city as a professional cat sitter! Oh, and she’s a mom to her very own three kitties🐱.

youtube.com/@ChristineWong
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instagram.com/christine.innovates
Chatting with Christine: Tech Careers and Badass Women Podcast
Tech Consulting Community Website
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DJI Pocket 2 with Creator Combo
How Not To Die by Michael Greger MD

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the inner creator with Peter Su is a podcast dedicated to helping rising creators learn more about the art and business of being a Creator. In addition to sharing the external tools to build better videos, audiences, and businesses, The Inner Creator seeks to help Creators improve their inner game - their mindset, confidence, and motivation. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review so we can serve other like-minded creators.
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👋 ABOUT PETER

Hi, I'm Peter! I love music, creativity, and business. My goal is to help you live a more creative life by sharing inspiration and knowledge from my own personal growth journey. Fun factoids: I did my yoga teacher training at an ashram in India. I've toured across the country to Nashville as a singer-songwriter. I used to be an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and invested in startups as a venture capitalist on Sand Hill. This channel is my way of combining all my creative and business experiences into a space where I can hopefully support you in living a more creative, authentic, and fulfilling life.

Have Fun | Connect | Help Others Stay connected on TikTok and IG @peterjsu

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tiktok.com/@peterjsu
instagram.com/peterjsu

🎥 CREATOR TOOLS

Peter's Youtube Gear with Commentary Note: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links which means if you make a purchase, there's no cost to you and I get a referral fee that helps me to keep making content for you :)

How can you use mind maps to transform chaos to order in your content, business, and life? Today, in Episode 6 of “the inner creator with Peter Su”, I’ll interview Sheng Huang, mind-mapping expert and ex-Google Strategist. We talk about how to organize our thoughts with structured thinking, Sheng's journey from corporate to creator, and how to make better decisions.

Sheng is a Mind Mapper, Writer, and YouTuber from San Francisco, where he coaches working professionals to discover their purpose and project manage their lives. His videos have been viewed over a million times and helped thousands of people around the world become better at managing their professional and personal chaos. He runs the vibrant Mind Map Nation community where hundreds of connected thinkers come together to share knowledge and adapt to our rapidly changing world. Over the course of his colorful tech career at industry leading companies like Google and Niantic Labs, Sheng has gained a diverse set of mindsets ranging from corporate strategy, product management, user operations and venture capital. His most recent professional adventure brought him across Asia, Europe and the Middle East to close millions of dollars in multi-year tech deals with AI companies. Sheng went to UC Berkeley for dual degrees in Legal Studies and Business Administration, and received his MBA from the London Business School. His real teacher is life itself, which never ceases to humble him.

Mind Map Nation: www.mindmapnation.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/shenghuang/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/shenghuang IG, TikTok, Twitter: @shengsilver

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Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown
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the inner creator with Peter Su is a podcast dedicated to helping rising creators learn more about the art and business of being a Creator. In addition to sharing the external tools to build better videos, audiences, and businesses, The Inner Creator seeks to help Creators improve their inner game - their mindset, confidence, and motivation. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review so we can serve other like-minded creators.
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Hi, I'm Peter! I love music, creativity, and business. My goal is to help you live a more creative life by sharing inspiration and knowledge from my own personal growth journey. Fun factoids: I did my yoga teacher training at an ashram in India. I've toured across the country to Nashville as a singer-songwriter. I used to be an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and invested in startups as a venture capitalist on Sand Hill. This channel is my way of combining all my creative and business experiences into a space where I can hopefully support you in living a more creative, authentic, and fulfilling life.

Have Fun | Connect | Help Others Stay connected on TikTok and IG @peterjsu

youtube.com/petersu
tiktok.com/@peterjsu
instagram.com/peterjsu

Note: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links which means if you make a purchase, there's no cost to you and I get a referral fee that helps me to keep making content for you :)

Why did Kevin Yee quit his $150K pharmacist job to be a Youtuber? How did therapy help him truly find himself and thrive as a creator? How can you build more authentic relationships as a creator? How can you monetize better with affiliates? Today on Episode 4 of "the inner creator with Peter Su", I'll interview my friend Kevin Yee (Pharmacist turned Youtuber and Inbound Sales Strategist) to find out.

What's up? I'm Kevin 👋  I'm a PharmD turned entrepreneur, YouTuber, and inbound sales strategist.   

I help sales professionals, consultants, coaches, and creatives with inbound sales strategies to sell their high-ticket offers without the sleazy, high-pressure tactics. Think B-school meets Big 3 consulting, but without the crippling debt. I also have a weird superpower of making friends by sharing my journey through YouTube and being a 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. I started creating content to help people escape the work they hate and build their kickass life. And I'm excited to take you along for the ride as I build my business from the ground up.  

So if you're ready for tips, strategies, and hacks on building your kickass life, follow me here on LinkedIn, and check out my free resources and newsletter at refugeehustle.com/links.  Let's connect and talk business, Jiu Jitsu, tech, or hip hop 📩

1. Follow me 👋 ➜ refugeehustle.com/links
2. My Personal Newsletter 💌 ➜ refugeehustle.com/join
3. Inbound Sales Newsletter 🤑 ➜ kaizenclosing.com/newsletter

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the inner creator with Peter Su is a podcast dedicated to helping rising creators learn more about the art and business of being a Creator. In addition to sharing the external tools to build better videos, audiences, and businesses, The Inner Creator seeks to help Creators improve their inner game - their mindset, confidence, and motivation. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review so we can serve other like-minded creators.
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Hi, I'm Peter! I love music, creativity, and business. My goal is to help you live a more creative life by sharing inspiration and knowledge from my own personal growth journey. Fun factoids: I did my yoga teacher training at an ashram in India. I've toured across the country to Nashville as a singer-songwriter. I used to be an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and invested in startups as a venture capitalist on Sand Hill. This channel is my way of combining all my creative and business experiences into a space where I can hopefully support you in living a more creative, authentic, and fulfilling life.

Have Fun | Connect | Help Others Stay connected on TikTok and IG @peterjsu

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How can you avoid burnout using evidence-based psychology techniques? If you're feeling burnt out, how can you overcome it and shift to feeling replenished, calm, and productive? Burnout can affect our mood, work quality, health, and even our relationships. Today on Episode 5 of "the inner creator with Peter Su", I'll interview Emily Terrani, a Harvard-trained Performance Coach specializing in burnout and how to prevent the dreaded b-word.

Emily Terrani, a Certified Professional Executive, High-Performance and Productivity Coach is a graduate of Harvard University with a Master of Liberal Arts, Psychology in Extension Studies. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and minor in Health Policy Analysis Management from Cornell University.

Her greatest passion is to help empower others to improve their mental, emotional, social, physical and professional well-being.

Emily has extensive expertise in psychology and evidence-based behavior change. She recently conducted research on psychological coping resources, resilience and burnout through her studies at Harvard University.

Her professional roles in varying healthcare account management and marketing positions have focused on initiatives to drive brand and health awareness, as well as to foster positive behavior change. Her work has enabled organizations and individuals to feel empowered to take charge of their health and well-being.

As a coach, Emily helps people be highly productive with minimal daily stress. Using science-based psychology, intuitive understanding, and coaching techniques, she helps clients transform their life, make impactful changes, and achieve their desired career, health, and personal goals.

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the inner creator with Peter Su is a podcast dedicated to helping rising creators learn more about the art and business of being a Creator. In addition to sharing the external tools to build better videos, audiences, and businesses, The Inner Creator seeks to help Creators improve their inner game - their mindset, confidence, and motivation. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review so we can serve other like-minded creators.
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Hi, I'm Peter! I love music, creativity, and business. My goal is to help you live a more creative life by sharing inspiration and knowledge from my own personal growth journey. Fun factoids: I did my yoga teacher training at an ashram in India. I've toured across the country to Nashville as a singer-songwriter. I used to be an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and invested in startups as a venture capitalist on Sand Hill. This channel is my way of combining all my creative and business experiences into a space where I can hopefully support you in living a more creative, authentic, and fulfilling life.

Have Fun | Connect | Help Others
Stay connected on TikTok and IG @peterjsu

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