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 Carl Pei, co-founder and CEO of Nothing Technology–a consumer electronics startup seeking to challenge the smartphone giants and make tech fun again. Lots of my […]
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 our former guest Bryant Chou, Beacons is an up-and-coming Operating System for creators. A one-stop shop for creators to do email marketing, make their online […]
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 of $4 billion. Within startup-land, Webflow is especially notable for being mostly bootstrapped, waiting five years before raising an additional round after their seed round […]
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 billion company named Gusto: a payroll, benefits, and HR solution for businesses in the US. It’s already hard to find Asian unicorn founders, finding Asian […]
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 (Rally, Forte, Blocto, Gen.G, and Kabam) and currently spends his time working on Superlayer, a crypto venture studio he co-founded two years ago. Kevin also […]
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 于2012 年收购） 我有幸有机会了解Garry 的亚裔身份如何影响他的生活，我希望他的答案能够帮助和启发我们的读者。言归正传： 一、克服有害的心态 1. 因稀缺环境而诱发稀缺的粘性心态 Ong: 我的经验是，工薪阶级父母（尤其是亚洲移民）的孩子往往有一种因稀缺环境而诱发稀缺的粘性心态——即使他们的社会经济地位已经有所提高。加里此前曾谈到过他的“价值 2 亿美元的错误”。也就是说，他拒绝了 Peter Thiel 成为 Palantir 创始成员的邀请。对我来说，这似乎是这种心态的体现，所以我问Garry他是如何克服的： （译者注：Peter Thiel，“奇葩的牛人，自由穿梭于法律、金融、投资及创业之间。”） （译者注：当时Garry 是微软高薪稳定的员工）。 Tan: 我能够意识到这些东西是双向门。以良好的条件退出一家大型科技公司实际上意味着你可以随时回去。有单向门和双向门之分。 对于与我们一样环境长大的人来说，一切都感觉像是一扇单向门。但如果你什么时候能意识到这是错误的，那么你就改造了那些有钱人默认拥有的一些特权。 Ong: 亚马逊创始人杰夫·贝索斯（Jeff […]
Deep Dive with Siqi Chen on Being an Asian Leader and Entrepreneur
On December 11th, I had the honor to chat with Siqi Chen. Siqi is a legendary figure in the startup space. He has led product at Zynga and growth at Postmates, served as CEO at SandboxVR, and is a 3x founder with two exits. Siqi currently works as the founder and CEO of Runway: a […]
Garry Tan on Startups, Advocacy, and Overcoming Cultural Mindsets
Few people in Silicon Valley are as high-profile as Y Combinator’s President and CEO, Garry Tan. Garry has worn many different hats over his illustrious career. In addition to leading the world’s most successful startup accelerator, Garry was the 10th employee at Palantir, co-founded Posterous (one of the earliest blogging sites), founded Initialized Capital (a […]
