Writing

Here, I keep some professional highlights, experiences, and reflections.

• Q&A: Leveling Up Your Character! All Hands Taiwan Discusses Professional Growth.
• Setting Things Aside When LINE Won’t Let You
• KAIST’s Dr. Steve Ahn on Startups in South Korea
• Teaching Teamwork, Leadership, & Creativity to Students in Taipei with the Marshmallow Challenge
• (w)ow (t)hat’s (f)antastic. Why I moved from the U.S. to Taiwan.

I also write how-to guides for startups, data analysis, financial, operational analysis. These will get their own landing pages once they pile up.

• Seven Things VCs Look for in Startups (MeetGlobal)
• VCs Cut First, but the Economic Downturn is Still Good News for Startups
• Strong Startup Ideas Begin with Market Validation
• Questions Startup Founders Should Ask Investors

Zen and the Art of Failing Up

The problem with bad advice is it looks a lot like good advice. To improve our odds of surviving work, I write a monthly LinkedIn newsletter.

• Answers to Your Career Growth Questions from All Hands Taiwan
• Setting Priorities with Procrastination
• Work and Life Lessons from the NCAA Basketball Tournament
• Why I Quit Being So Accommodating
• A Simple Structure for Efficient Team Meetings
• Secrets of the Slack Pros: An Emoji Guide for Virtual Teams
• Eight Ways to Give Better Feedback at Work
• Review MBA Case Studies Like an Executive (Poets & Quants)
• How to Prepare for a Job Interview, a Checklist (All Hands Taiwan)

Medium

Adapted from talks, panel discussions, papers and reports I’ve written. Why things happen in ways that appeal to a wider audience.

• Why is Learning Chinese So Hard?
• Starlink is Not a Beacon for Russian Airstrikes
• How Data Analysis Fails Leaders During Pandemics
• Winning College, from Studying to Making Friends (Indiana University)

Moving to Taiwan? Quite a few people, especially students, underestimate their needs or have challenges with the process. These ought to help.

• Christmas in Taiwan is Another Holiday
• Protecting Yourself During Taiwan Earthquakes
• Picking a Laptop for University Students in Taiwan
• Put This in Your Emergency Kit for Evacuating Taiwan
• Buying a Laptop in Taiwan
• The Documents You Need to Study in Taiwan
• How Much Money Does a College Student Need in Taiwan? (All Hands Taiwan)
• Survival Guide to National Taiwan University Shui Yuan Dormitory

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