Building & operating in the tech industry. Making sense of emerging tech markets at Venturescale.to. Fractional operator and execution partner. Alum at On Deck Founder Fellowship (ODF10).

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About Me

Hey, nice to meet you! I do things on the Internet as a professional generalist.Today, I break down technology markets through Venturescale.to and help founders move important initiatives forward as a fractional execution partner.My background comes from GTM, working alongside founders as an operator, and decoding technology businesses through writing.Early on, I was known for building products with low-code tools. An AI summarizer app I built for fun went on to be featured by tech blogs across seven countries.Fun Fact: Dabbled in electronic music production, released my EP Single on a record label based in Miami, United States.

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Random Apps

For fun, I made random apps on the Internet:

How I Learn

  • Learn by doing, building & creating

  • Pursue knowledge in T (width and depth)

  • Micro consumption, macro execution

  • Cross-disciplinary, a multifaceted approach

  • A generalist who thrive in the digital age

On Product

  • Focus on the problems to solve, then you will have product ideas

  • Build something you wish existed and become the user of your own product

  • The best sign for product-market fit is when sustainable number of people pay to use your product

On Writing

  • Concise writing derives from clear thinking

  • Clear thinking comes from a focused mind

  • A focused mind is cultivated by intention

Fun Facts

  • I used to dabble in electronic music production and DJing

  • I composed and released my first EDM track on a record label based in Miami, United States

  • The same track had also been featured on a radio station

  • Performed and DJ-ed in front of 5,000 people at a corporate event

Personal Moats

  • Builder mindset: creating, testing, and learning through action.

  • Cross-functional practitioner across product, marketing, design, and business.

  • Synthesizing fragmented information into clear mental models.

Productivity Tips

  • Develop single-pointed, unwavering focus ability

  • Become easy to find, but (almost) impossible to reach

  • Develop prolonged & sustained mental, physical and emotional energy

  • Cultivate deep work and deep rest to prevent burnout

  • Protect your energy, build your energy capital

Hard Lessons

  • Stay humble. Everything we have accomplished, owned, experienced, and accumulated is merely temporary "rentalship," never lasting "ownership." We come with empty hands and back to nature with empty hands.

  • Be perceptive. Death will eventually eradicate what was never ours in the first place., i.e. physical body, job title, identity, property, lovers, money.

  • Struggling emotions are usually caused by confusing happiness with joy; intellect with wisdom; and outside validation with life purpose.

  • Be your own creator. Following a "templated" life defined by any authority will leave you feeling as if you are not living up to other people's "standard".

Favorite Quotes

  • "Figure out how to figure it out"— Sam Altman.

  • "Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born" — Nikola Tesla.

  • "Entrepreneurship is not about starting companies; it's about solving problems." — Michael Seibel.

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Ultimate Startup Idea Validation Framework

Tactics, frameworks, and processes to determine whether your product ideas have the potential to be monetized.

Making Sense Of Technology Markets

Understand how a market is structured, who the key players are, and why a category is emerging