Symon HeStoryteller · Poor Crazy Asians
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My grandma tried to pimp out my widowed mom. My family remembers my uncle billing her $1.50 for carrots at my dad’s funeral. These are true stories from my immigrant family, one at a time.
- About 30,000Instagram followers since the first story on September 17, 2026
- 1.1 millionviews on the most watched story
- 8 in 10viewers are women. Most are 45 or older, in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia
- More than 100posting experiments run and tracked since day one
As of November 10, 2026.
Start with these three.
Grandma tried to sell MomWhere the story starts. Six weeks after my dad died, his family tried to sell my mom.Watch on Instagram
Mom hid to have meWhat my mom went through to have me, and what my dad's family did to her next.Watch on Instagram
6-month prognosis. One very high mom.Eight doctors gave my mom six months. That was fifteen years ago.Watch on InstagramWhat we could talk about.
I’m open to talking about anything from my background and what I’m doing now. These are the ones people ask about most.
The $1.50 carrot bill
My family remembers my uncle billing my mom for carrots at my dad’s funeral. What his family did after he died, the handwritten insurance sheet I still have, and why thousands of strangers answered with their own family’s version.
Six months, fifteen years ago
We saw nine doctors. Eight of them gave my mom about six months, and she’s still here. What long caregiving does to a son, a marriage and a bank account.
The plan that caregiving ate
I had a career mapped out. Caregiving took it, and I had to build work that fit around my mom’s care: courses, books, and now stories.
I don’t believe in ghosts. My family does.
They say my dad came back for the money. I don’t believe it, and I still want him to visit me.
Growing up without a dad, and being one
Mine died when I was 11. Now I have a four-year-old and a two-year-old.
How I grew an Instagram account at 44
I had two rules: it has to be fun, and I track everything. More than 100 experiments later, about 30,000 people follow, and I can tell you what worked and what flopped.
Telling family stories in public
How I asked my mom and my sisters, what I leave out, and what happens when a story stops belonging to you.
Now
I tell my family’s stories on Instagram and TikTok, take care of my mom, and raise two kids.
Before
Degrees in computer engineering and economics, a Stanford MBA, corporate finance and real estate, three books, and more than half a million students online.
Three ways to work together.
Podcasts
Have me on to talk about family, money, caregiving, fatherhood, or starting over.
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Make one reel together: I tell a true moment, you answer the question it raises.
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Talk-to-camera videos for an audience of women 45 and older.
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