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Two Months Into Building a Startup, Four Lessons I Learned

Two Months Into Building a Startup, Four Lessons I Learned

Two months into building Posting Machine, I learned four lessons about compounding networks, customer-led sales, automation, and focus.

Reflections on Beauty and Ugliness in Old and New Architecture

Reflections on Beauty and Ugliness in Old and New Architecture

The difference between ornate old buildings and modern apartment blocks may not be aesthetic decline, but civilization moving from serving the few to serving the many.

Talk About Hiring

Talk About Hiring

Two things I look for in every hire: smart and hungry. What that actually means, how it shows up differently by role, and the one question I ask myself after every interview.

London, Somehow

London, Somehow

A first note on life in London: the privilege of living in one of the world's centers, the encounters of immigrant life, and slowly finding myself in a foreign city.

Barcelona in Sunlight

Barcelona in Sunlight

A few days in Barcelona: sunlight, music, streets full of life, and the clarity that sometimes only arrives when traveling alone.

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Landed in London

Landed in London

Reflections on my first ten days in London. The cold weather, cold food, expensive prices, and beautiful architecture. Free museums and art everywhere. Meeting new friends in the Taiwanese community abroad. Everything feels like it's moving in the right direction.