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I just finished The Meaning of Your Life by Arthur C. Brooks. And it sent me back to a folder I’d almost forgotten. Last October, I did something that felt a little indulgent. I wrote down my life mission. Not a to-do list. Not a quarterly plan. A
In the ever-evolving landscape of AI-powered development tools, GitHub Copilot continues to push boundaries. Recently, I had the chance to explore its new "Coding Agent" feature, and it's an intriguing step towards more asynchronous, AI-driven software development. This agent aims to take on
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Clubhouse is a new audio-only social network that has been gaining huge momentum lately. Since joining, I have been attracted to its unique format. In Clubhouse, there is no video, no text communication, no visual, only voice. You join different rooms that are part podcasts and part group calls.
Dear Friends, What a year! I think it’s safe to say that very few people anticipated the magnitude and the impact of 2020. As the year comes to a close, I’d like to share my story of this year, and my plans for 2021. Today is day 287.
In a recent TV show, I watch a case study where a girl in Hong Kong is spending over 70% of her take-home pay for rent. In another case, a delivery person works 12 hours a day, every single day to make a decent living. They both expressed that
Are you rich? Raise your hand if you are rich. Every time I asked this question, rarely does anybody raise their hands. One time I asked this question in front of a group of high school students. They all point to a few students in the crowd, with those few
I left one of the last colonies of the British Empire in January of 1994. As I said goodbye to my parents, my girlfriend, and highschool classmates, I embarked on the longest journey of my life. I held my tears all the way until the door was closed on the
Today, I want to discuss the behavior of “passive-aggressive” individuals. These are people who, when you ask them for an opinion, will say they have no opinion. When you ask if they are ok, they will say they are fine. However, deep down, they are not fine and they
Over the years, I have developed a philosophy on how to run my companies. It’s a philosophy on how to maintain profitable and sustainable growth, while also maintaining a healthy mindset (a.k.a. not going insane). Because of the COVID-19 quarantine, I had an opportunity to start
Growing rapidly and explosively is a lofty goal; it’s something that’s become a fairly prominent idea in the tech world. From the outside, it looks exciting. Whole TV shows have been developed around this concept. But, that doesn’t mean it’s right for everyone. I believe that
Business
If you are starting a business, everyone has advice opinions and expertise to share. Some things might be helpful, some might be less than helpful. One source you might not have considered... The Bible. For business advice? Don't write me off yet. A few of the seven deadly
Growth Mindset
Hi, my name is Sze and I am a procrastinator. I am the one who finishes homework late on Sunday night. I am the one who crams an entire semester of material into a single night before the final exam. Since I procrastinate, I often end up rushing to finish
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Before we dive into this one, I want to be clear: I am not an “anti-funding guy.” I promise. If you’ve gotten that message from the first two videos, it’s okay. Today, I want to clear it up. Sometimes, funding is absolutely necessary. But, in many cases,
Funding
In our last talk, we discussed why - in many cases - funding isn’t needed to build a lasting, impactful business. We also discussed what everyone does need. If you missed it, I recommend taking a look. In this video, I want to go deeper. I get it; the lure of
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Building a business comes with lots of "rules." Sze Wong, founder and CEO of Zerion Software believes many of these "rules" are meant to be broken. In fact, many of them can actually hinder a business from moving forward and growing in a way that spurs
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Dear Friends, Welcome to the new decade! The end of a decade seems like a great place to reflect; I’d like to share some of my thoughts with you about where we’ve been as a company, where we’re going, and what that means for you. 10 years
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Found this email that I sent to the team almost a year ago. Want to share with everybody: I want to share 2 stories that I experienced recently. One is about customer support and the other is about system design. I want us to learn from these and want to
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My kids have all the toys that there is to have. XBox, iPad, Lego Mindstorm, you name it. We go to Disney World, Lego land and all the toy events in and out of town. Many times my friends came over and said they wish to be my kids. Myself,
I have been talking about this idea of data sharing for over 2 years now. However, until recently, only people in my inner circles have heard about it in details. The idea came to mind a couple years ago when research institutes started using our platform. I learned a lot
I was working on an internal app for our support staffs. It’s a web app that connects to iFormBuilder through the public API. To use it, one will have to get the API key, secret, etc., from the server. It’s a very light-weight app so I didn’
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Saw a Nat Geo show this weekend about Dire Wolfs and it draws great comparison in the business world. The Dire Wolf as a species is bigger, strong, faster than it’s closest relative, the Gray Wolf. They hunt better than the Gray Wolfs and can go after bigger prey
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As a business owner, I need to carry out many bad conversations. Telling customer the project is going to be late, telling vendors we won’t pay them on time, telling employees that there will be no pay check this week, and, my least favorite, letting people go. In fact,