

A short note to close the year.
"Nobody checks on a man to see if he’s okay, they check to see if he is still useful."
Dec 31, 2025
How the good stuff gets killed
"Don’t use a typewriter. The noise will destroy your sense of rhythm, which still needs years of training."
- CS Lewis
Aug 4, 2025
Finding the escape velocity
Every new venture has to overcome an initial resistance to achieve a breakthrough.
May 17, 2025
Shortfalls of conventional wisdom
Lessons on getting educated, unhealthy comparisons and staying humble.
May 1, 2025
Reality and limitations
Do not believe anything ever again, time to slow down, and no more executive roles after your fifties.
Feb 20, 2025
Random lunar new year reflections
Herd instinct, selling stories, living by IFRS 16 and learning how to think.
Jan 28, 2025
The current state of affairs
Competitive rivalry in the VC world, recession and tech jobs, a banker's pipe dream and how to legitimately lose money.
Sep 11, 2024


Be it ever so humble...
When I arrived in Hong Kong in May 2021, I spent over two years of living out of a suitcase in a serviced hotel...
Aug 23, 2024
Doing the things that you don't like to do
If you are not careful in protecting your dreams, someone else will show up and make you build their dreams for them.
Aug 16, 2024
The good money comes later in life
Once you reach the onset of the forties, it will take just 10 years to recover everything that you had earned in the last 16 years.
Jun 19, 2024
