Soon Yu
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Soon Yu | |
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Occupation | Author, public speaker, consultant |
Alma mater | Stanford University |
Genre | Branding, marketing, business |
Soon Yu (born August 5, 1965) is a Taiwanese-American speaker, author and former adjunct professor at The New School's Parsons School of Design.[1] Yu is an expert in innovation and design[2] and is the author of the book, 'Iconic Advantage' (February 6, 2018, distributed by Simon & Schuster).[3][4] He has been featured in The Wall Street Journal,[5][6][7] Washington Post,[8] Entrepreneur Magazine,[9] and New York Times,[10] and is a Forbes and CMO Council contributor.[11]
Early life
Yu was born in Taiwan and moved to Davis, California, at age 3, where his father was an agricultural geneticist.[12] Soon received his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Davis in 1988[13] and his MBA from Stanford University in 1993.[14]
Career
Soon has served as the global VP of innovation and as a corporate officer for VF Corporation from 2010 to 2016.[15] Prior to working at VF Corporation, he has also worked at The Clorox Company[16] as brand manager, customer marketing group manager, and general manager; Advanced Micro Devices as an engineer; and Bain & Company, as an associate consultant.[17] Other positions held were CEO and founder of Gazoontite.com,[18] general manager at Chiquita Brands International,[19] and chief marketing officer at SafeWeb.[6]
In 1997, Yu left his management position at Clorox to pursue a sales associate position at Crate & Barrel, taking an 85% pay cut and earning $5/hour to gain retail experience.[20]
In 1998, Yu founded Gazoontite, a multi-channel e-tailer offering products, services, and information to “help people breathe happier and healthier”.[21] The launch included a comprehensive e-commerce site, a mail-order catalog, and several retail stores.[22] The now forgotten retail establishment was one of the first retail/eCommerce companies to promote and build an entire model around the multi-channel shopping environment.[22][23] Two years after its launch, Gazoontite was known as the “poster child of Web-era excess and stupidity”, however, in the process Yu set the tone for what is now referred to as omni-channel retailing.[23] [6]
Awards
He has received the Webby Award,[24] Favorite Website Award,[25] Dope Award and Northern California finalist for the Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” award.[26][27] His book, Iconic Advantage, won the 2019 Axiom Business Book Award in Advertising / Marketing / PR / Event Planning.[28]
Writings
Books
- Soon Yu, Dave Birss (February 6, 2018). Iconic Advantage: Don't chase the new, innovate the old. Savio Republic. ISBN 978-1682615409
References
- ^ "Iconic Brands in the Age of Anarchy with Soon Yu". MS Strategic Design & Management. 2018-04-24. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ^ "Event: Bryant Park HSBC Business & Finance: Iconic Advantage at Reading Room in Bryant Park". NYC Parks. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
- ^ "Rave Reviews: Soon Yu's best-selling book "Iconic Advantage"". outspoken. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
- ^ Yu, Soon (2018-02-06). Iconic Advantage®. ISBN 9781682615409.
- ^ Peter Rubin, James (2000-06-12). "Business Acceleration". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c Rubin, James Peter (May 14, 2001). "No Surrender". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Nishi, Dennis (2014-12-07). "How to Break Your Bad Work Habits". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ "How removing fear can be your innovation trump card". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ Alter, Heather (2000-04-01). "Bay Of Gigs". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ Donovan, Aaron (2000-04-02). "IN BRIEF; Can blessyou.com Be Far Behind?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ Yu, Soon. "Soon Yu". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ "A Nose for Business / Entrepreneur molds his startup dreams into allergy-products specialty store". SFGate. 1999-03-31. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
- ^ "UC Davis Magazine on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
- ^ "The Secrets of Staying Power". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
- ^ "Art and Science Leads to Iconic Products". www.vfc.com. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
- ^ Eu, Geoffrey (2017-08-12). "Soon Yu". The Business Times. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
- ^ Sinton, Peter; Writer, Chronicle Senior (1999-03-31). "A Nose for Business / Entrepreneur molds his startup dreams into allergy-products specialty store". SFGate. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
- ^ Sinton, Peter; Writer, Chronicle Senior (2001-01-11). "Gazoontite Gets Fresh Start". SFGate. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
- ^ "Chiquita Brands International, Inc in Franklin Park, IL 60131 - ChamberofCommerce.com". www.chamberofcommerce.com. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
- ^ Sinton, Peter (March 31, 1999). "A Nose for Business / Entrepreneur molds his startup dreams into allergy-products specialty store". SFGate.
- ^ "New Page 1". www.1stventure.com. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
- ^ a b "The Hybrid Company: Reach All Your Customers Through Multi-Channels Anytime, Anywhere - PDF Free Download". epdf.tips. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
- ^ a b "Gazoontite!".
- ^ "Chiquita Brands International | The Webby Awards". webbyawards.com. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ "Eat A Chiquita". The FWA. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ "Soon Yu". outspoken. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ "Dopeawards blog » EAT A CHIQUITA". blog.dopeawards.com. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ "AXIOM BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2019 RESULTS".