Sara Jane Ho

You have etiquette schools very much in America too back in the day. And now, you know, women are emancipated. Women can vote. Women go to university. So we no longer go to these finishing schools. But for me, going to finishing school and starting a finishing school in China for women, because we don't do kids, we do adult women.

It was an opportunity I wanted to combine what I was passionate about with what I felt was a market need because no other country has been like China where they've gone through so much change in such a short amount of time. Like when you think about the Industrial Revolution, right, that alone took 150 years to play out in Europe.

It was an opportunity I wanted to combine what I was passionate about with what I felt was a market need because no other country has been like China where they've gone through so much change in such a short amount of time. Like when you think about the Industrial Revolution, right, that alone took 150 years to play out in Europe.

It was an opportunity I wanted to combine what I was passionate about with what I felt was a market need because no other country has been like China where they've gone through so much change in such a short amount of time. Like when you think about the Industrial Revolution, right, that alone took 150 years to play out in Europe.

And then you have like the services revolution, the technological revolution. In China, you've had industrial services technological in 30 years. So that's a huge amount of change in a really short amount of time because China only opened up with economic reforms in 1978. So you have all these people with newfound riches. Right.

And then you have like the services revolution, the technological revolution. In China, you've had industrial services technological in 30 years. So that's a huge amount of change in a really short amount of time because China only opened up with economic reforms in 1978. So you have all these people with newfound riches. Right.

And then you have like the services revolution, the technological revolution. In China, you've had industrial services technological in 30 years. So that's a huge amount of change in a really short amount of time because China only opened up with economic reforms in 1978. So you have all these people with newfound riches. Right.

And then but then trying to figure out how to navigate the world with confidence. And for me, when I was growing up, my mother was very much a she was a role model and she was always hosting in the house, creating magical moments between friends. Christmas would be dozens of people at our house. And then I lost it to cancer when I was 21 years old. And my life really changed. I'm an only child.

And then but then trying to figure out how to navigate the world with confidence. And for me, when I was growing up, my mother was very much a she was a role model and she was always hosting in the house, creating magical moments between friends. Christmas would be dozens of people at our house. And then I lost it to cancer when I was 21 years old. And my life really changed. I'm an only child.

And then but then trying to figure out how to navigate the world with confidence. And for me, when I was growing up, my mother was very much a she was a role model and she was always hosting in the house, creating magical moments between friends. Christmas would be dozens of people at our house. And then I lost it to cancer when I was 21 years old. And my life really changed. I'm an only child.

My dad didn't entertain in the same way on his own. And my home went from being really warm and loving and busy to very cold and lonely and empty until I realized, because I'm a Sagittarius and I love being with friends and organizing social events, I realized I could continue her legacy in something that I also enjoyed doing with etiquette.

My dad didn't entertain in the same way on his own. And my home went from being really warm and loving and busy to very cold and lonely and empty until I realized, because I'm a Sagittarius and I love being with friends and organizing social events, I realized I could continue her legacy in something that I also enjoyed doing with etiquette.

My dad didn't entertain in the same way on his own. And my home went from being really warm and loving and busy to very cold and lonely and empty until I realized, because I'm a Sagittarius and I love being with friends and organizing social events, I realized I could continue her legacy in something that I also enjoyed doing with etiquette.

And so that's why in 2012, I moved to Beijing and I founded my etiquette school.

And so that's why in 2012, I moved to Beijing and I founded my etiquette school.

And so that's why in 2012, I moved to Beijing and I founded my etiquette school.

Yeah. So California is very casual. It's convenient. It's casual. It doesn't have the same sort of depth of history as the North as New England. Right. Yeah. Whereas like New England and then the South.

Yeah. So California is very casual. It's convenient. It's casual. It doesn't have the same sort of depth of history as the North as New England. Right. Yeah. Whereas like New England and then the South.

Yeah. So California is very casual. It's convenient. It's casual. It doesn't have the same sort of depth of history as the North as New England. Right. Yeah. Whereas like New England and then the South.

So the South is a lot of focus on charm school. That was a big thing. Debutantes coming out, their debut into society. So America is so big that you're right. It is very culturally different.