In this OneHaas Undergrad episode, we are joined by Patrick Pan, a Fortune-100-bred and startup-tested leader in global strategy and consumer marketing. He is currently the Vice President of Stealth Venture, online education and media platform, and serves as the President of the Berkeley-Haas Alumni Network of Los Angeles.

Besides being a frequent speaker on international growth, e-commerce profitability, customer intelligence, and brand narratives, he is also a certified rescue diver who occasionally surveys coral reefs around the world on marine conservation projects.

Patrick talks about his MBA experience at London Business School, his passion for traveling, and his experience with early-stage start-ups and adapting to market shifts and trends.

He also shares some of the most pivotal moments in his life that greatly impacted his career and what he loves about Berkeley.

Episode Quotes:---------------

"As globalized as we can become, it doesn't necessarily take away the uniqueness of each market. People don't behave the same way across the world. People do not think about things the same way. Any successful company right now that's looking to be globally-minded would need to be able to localize and think in that way."

"What I love about traveling really, and how it leads me to what I do in my career, is if I'm talking to somebody or contacts or even a prospect in some way, in a different market, from a different background, I can try to relate pretty quickly. And if not relate, at least understand because I've just been exposed to so many different types of people from different walks of life. And that, for me, is a blessing."

"I always feared not being able to meet and experience as many things as I can while I still can. I travel that much because it helps me expand myself and understand that my perspective is definitely not the only one. In fact, it's not even one out of a thousand; it's probably one out of millions."

"Whenever I give talks and discuss things in any level of exploration with people of different environments, it tends to center around the theme of just being open and understanding that the perspectives out there are equally as valid. And we should be able to consider different options even if sometimes data suggests otherwise."

Show Links:-----------

* LinkedIn ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickpan/ )* Berkeley-Haas Alumni Network - Los Angeles ( https://la.haasalumni.org/ )