From Bytes to Bites, A Conversation with Snackpass Co-founder and CEO Kevin Tan
If you’ve ever ordered boba, you’ve probably used Snackpass before. Snackpass is a fast-growing startup that operates a social food-ordering app alongside a suite of software and hardware solutions for […]
The Makings of a Founder: Reflections with Former CEO and Co-founder of Rotten Tomatoes, Patrick Lee
This edition was a collaboration with The Early Newsletter by Michaela Gordon. You can read her thoughts on our conversation with Patrick here. Thank you Michaela for collaborating and please […]
Tracy Young Returns to Lead TigerEye After $875 million PlanGrid Exit, Reflects on Innovation and Identity
Tracy Young is a founder who has been on my radar for a long time. Beyond the fact that she is a successful exited founder, having sold PlanGrid to Autodesk […]
awaken* newsletter: VC Veteran Ann Lai is Leading the Charge to Fund the Future of Science
Venture capitalist Ann Lai is, by all measures, an absolute beast. From earning a PhD from Harvard at 25 to becoming Managing Director at her own firm–Skeleton Key, Ann has […]
awaken* newsletter: Weee! Co-founder and CEO Larry Liu reflects on his underdog journey
Welcome to another edition of AHN awaken*! Apart from our guest, I’m excited to introduce a new member of our team, Han Yue Yin! Han Yue is a current Stanford […]
awaken* newsletter: A Candid Conversation with Karat’s Co-Founders on Entrepreneurship and Authenticity
Karat Financial is a startup that provides banking services to content creators. At first glance, you may think this is a non-issue, but consider that popular chess streamer Alexandra Botez […]
awaken* newsletter: Quick Tips with Carl Pei
Quick Tips is a condensed version of our longer-form articles where we offer some quick one-off tips from established Asian founders. In this edition of Quick Tips, we spoke with […]
awaken* newsletter: Behind the Scenes: A Conversation With Neal Jean About the Birth of Beacons.ai
If you want to see what the next generation of Asian leaders looks like–look no further than Beacons.ai co-founder and CEO, Neal Jean. Backed by Y Combinator, a16z, and even […]
awaken* newsletter: Navigating Startups and Challenges: A Conversation with Webflow’s Bryant Chou
On November 10th, I had the honor of chatting with Bryant Chou. Bryant is the co-founder of Webflow, one of the leading website-building platforms in the world with a valuation […]
awaken* newsletter: Behind the leading payroll solution in the US for SMBs, Gusto founder Eddie Kim established himself as a legend in tech lore
On January 3rd, I had the honor to chat with Eddie Kim. Like myself–Eddie happens to be a Stanford alumni. Unlike me–Eddie is the CTO and co-founder of a $9.6 […]
awaken* newsletter: Insights from Kevin Chou on Personal Growth and Finding Your Own Path
On December 15th, I had the honor to chat with Kevin Chou. Kevin is one of the foremost Asian American founders, having founded a number of gaming and web3 companies […]
唤醒通讯：Garry Tan （陈嘉兴）谈初创企业、倡导和克服文化心态
Edwin Ong 2024.03.06 翻译：田头草 在硅谷，极少有人能像 Y Combinator 的总裁兼首席执行官 Garry Tan （陈嘉兴） 那样高调。Garry在其辉煌的职业生涯中担任过许多不同的职务。 除了领导世界上最成功的创业加速器（Y Combinator) 之外，Garry 是 Palantir （帕浪）的第 10 名员工，共同创立了 Posterous（最早的博客网站之一），创立了 Initialized Capital（管理规模超过 32 亿 美元的风险投资基金），甚至还由投资而步入政界，成为旧金山当地政治的杰出活动家。 （译者注；Palantir 帕浪公司基本上没有中文的介绍，帕浪服务的用户牛气冲天） （译者注：Posterous 被Twitter […]