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Why Asian Americans Must Write

Today I thought an unforgivable thought. Today I thought I should be a writer.

3 min readFeb 24, 2018

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Why Asian Americans Must Write

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Why China’s “super-apps “ will never succeed in the US

19 min readMay 20, 2018

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When To Jump off a $500 Million Rocket Ship

Why I turned away millions in equity and 10X year over year growth to chase my dreams

8 min readMay 11, 2021

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When To Jump off a $500 Million Rocket Ship

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Do your parents say, “I love you?”

“Do your parents say, I love you?” Now that most of my peers and I have moved out from our childhood homes, there usually isn’t too much to…

4 min readMar 20, 2022

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Do your parents say, “I love you?”

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How to fail at starting a startup

Second long-form update. Start at When To Jump off a $500 Million Rocket Ship.

8 min readJul 7, 2021

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What’s forgotten

Short story.

2 min readJan 21, 2020

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What’s forgotten

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Why Didn’t I Join Your Startup? And What Works In Hiring

Recruiting for early stage startups, a look into my mind to (maybe) help you find your next rock star

5 min readFeb 26, 2019

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Why Didn’t I Join Your Startup? And What Works In Hiring

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Passionfruit's (me) Learning Community for Friendly Fruits (and Family)

“Passionate from miles away” — AKON

7 min readFeb 10, 2019

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Passionfruit's (me) Learning Community for Friendly Fruits (and Family)

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“De-intermediarized”: What the world can learn from Blockchain with Chinese Characteristics

No 3rd party intermediaries, complete transaction transparency, and independence from any central regulator — Blockchain is the trust…

4 min readSep 29, 2018

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“De-intermediarized”: What the world can learn from Blockchain with Chinese Characteristics

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Learning from failure: LinkedIn China

Facebook in 2009.

4 min readJul 16, 2018

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Learning from failure: LinkedIn China

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Christopher Chen

Christopher Chen

1. Tech. Maybe it's stockholm syndrome, but coding is fun. 2. People. What makes you tick? 3. China + East Asia. What freakin' cool place.

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