A Career That Doesn’t Fit the Mold and Isn’t Meant To
From GenieFriends to Futurist Lab — How Karin Chan is redefining work, identity and success on her own terms
Asian Business Owners - A.B.O. · Carmen Salameh
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Show Notes
In this episode (recorded in Paris!), I sit down with Karin Chan, a quiet force behind a strong global community and innovative career experiments.
Karin shares how her upbringing, creativity and love for connecting people shaped her career path. She embraced a slasher lifestyle and intentionally chose softness over scale, opening up about building businesses that serve people — not just metrics.
We dive into GenieFriends' sacred dinners, we explore identity, the future of work and what it really means to design your own way of working.
Content:
(00:54) Meet Karin: Founder of Futurist Lab and GenieFriends
(02:41) Karin's Childhood and Early Influences
(06:48) The Genesis of GenieFriends
(10:15) Scaling Up: From One Dinner to Multiple Cities
(14:01) Challenges and Lessons Learned Post Covid
(21:17) Rapid Fire Questions
(25:22) Mental Health and Self-Discipline
(29:57) The Importance of Saying No
(33:56) The Future of Work: Slashers and Poly Careers
(41:15) Upcoming Plans and Projects
(43:33) Lessons for Fellow Entrepreneurs
👉 To find out more about Karin:
On LinkedIn
GenieFriends' website
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