For the last 10+ years, I weighed myself everyday. It was a habit that I started when I started bike…
Generosity is not just sharing value, but making that value obtainable
It’s a bit of a cliche, but I found being generous is one of the most important things that I…
Why are we working? What’s today’s American Dream?
Startups and tech are a special community. It’s the best and brightest who will go to astronomical lengths to achieve…
What is the critical question? Why am I not testing it?
What is the critical question? Why am I not testing it? These are two questions I ask myself every day.…
Risks in life
Last night, a new friend asked about what I meant by risks in my last post. They were confused because…
Going big and being “risk-averse”
When we look back at a bad business decision by us or someone else, one common criticism is, “They were…
Three things for startups to learn about Enterprise IT
Over the past four years in startups, I have seen a lot of companies say things about the enterprise that…
Startup tractability
In college, I wrote my computer science thesis on “Structural Complexity Theory and Intractability” because I became fascinated with the…
Sources for ideas
The first question I had was, “Where to start?” I thought passions? What I want to change in the world?…
Testing the only thing that matters
When I read Marc Andreessen’s “The only thing that matters,” it was like a shot in the heart. The article…
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