A pitch deck that’s simple and bare bones in design but crisp in logic and reads well is 10x better than a pitch deck that’s professionally designed but lacks sufficient logic and flow. It’s like indoor rock climbing — You want clearly marked, well placed holds so you know which one to reach and grab … Continue reading Storytelling > Design
Does a startup need an executive admin (EA)? 1/ I wouldn’t recommend startups get an EA until they’re certain size (say, 100+ people). A good EA can be amazing, they can help the CEO or other execs focus on important things rather than spending time on admin stuff, ultimately helping the company’s success. But these … Continue reading Startups and Executive Admin
With the Michigan football team winning the national championship last night, I was a happy man – along with many of my friends. There are so many business lessons to be learned from sports. One such lesson from last night (I’m sure there are many others) was trust and patience. Around 2017-2020, people talked sh*t … Continue reading Go Blue
Thinking you can build a truly deep relationship with someone only through a series of 30 minute 1:1 meetings is like thinking you can build a generational SaaS product by working on the project through 30 minute incremental time slots each day. To write great codes, you first have to get into the zone. To … Continue reading Getting In The Relationship Zone
Just a very quick, back of the envelope calculation re: fully office vs. fully remote; Even with a generous travel budget, you still can potentially save money by being fully remote I’m not suggesting remote is the way to go; I personally believe nothing can beat in-person collaborations especially when you’re starting new projects. But … Continue reading Fully Office vs. Fully Remote From Cost Perspective
A few interesting observations re: top iOS apps in the US – 18 of 20 top grossing apps are gaming, entertainment, and dating apps (the only exceptions are Duolingo and LinkedIn). Smartphone = content entertainment device – It’s 2024, and Candy Crush is still a top 10 app. Per a VentureBeat article, Candy Crush reached … Continue reading Top Apps in the US; January 2024
A little bit of domain knowledge (pun intended 🙂 1/ New YC batches now have less than 50% companies with .com as a primary domain (source in the comment). YC doesn’t represent all startups but can be a good proxy 2/ Seems like .ai is the new .com these days – don’t have any data … Continue reading Quick Facts about Domain
2023년, 안식년을 가지면서 나 자신에 대해서 많은 생각과 고찰을 했던것 같다. 그러는 와중에 세상은 너무나 빨리 변하고 있었다. AI가 세상을 송두리째 흔들어 놨으며, 내 주변 지인들은 크고 의미있는 사업을 멋지게 하고 있었다. 이럴때일수록, 예전에 읽었던 영화 “미나리”의 Lee Isaac Chung 감독 이야기를 다시 떠올리게 된다. +++ Lee Isaac Chung 감독은 명문 예일대를 나왔지만, 그의 진정한 … Continue reading 나의 스토리 찾기
최근 어떤 창업자 분을 만났는데, 사업의 한 챕터를 마친지 얼마 되지 않은 시점에서, 또다시 다음 사업을 구상하느라 꽤나 조급해 보였다. (창업자들에게 인내심은 그리 잘 알려진 덕목이 아니다..) 너무 조급해 하지 마시라고, 답은 찾아오는 것이지 내가 굳이 기한 정해놓고 찾는게 아니라고, 그렇게 하면 현재 존재하는 옵션중에 최선을 선택하는 건데, 만일 내가 진정으로 찾는 길이 현재 존재하는 … Continue reading 마음과 흙더미
Lee Sun-kyun, a Korean actor famous for his role in Parasite, died from apparent suicide amid drug probe. Such a tragedy. (His other work, My Mister, is one of my all time favorites..) I don’t think the drug investigation killed him. I think the internet killed him. So many Youtube videos with whatever allegations and … Continue reading Building Good Social Internet Services