July 10, 2026
15 years of IBD — my shitty story
Fifteen years, four countries, and more colonoscopies than I can count to get three letters: IBD. The clinical side belongs to the doctors. The life around it is mine.
Writing
Notes on work, family, building useful things and the choices that only become obvious after you make them.
June 27, 2026
One Number Beats a Hundred Pretty Ones
The numbers that make you feel good rarely tell you what you need to know.
June 12, 2026
The Data Room Paradox
The best time to build your data room is when you don't need one.
May 29, 2026
Why Most Investor Updates Are Bullshit
Your investors already gave you the money. You don't need to sell them. You need their help.
May 15, 2026
What My Border Collie Taught Me About Managing Humans
The counterintuitive formula that works for dogs, kids, and more than we think.
April 26, 2026
The Fundraising Time Trap
The real economics behind why billion-dollar funds can't give you $200k
April 2, 2026
Why I Built FoundersBoxx
You start Monday pumped to build, ship, and sell. By noon you're searching QuickBooks for numbers and chasing KPI updates. The entropy accelerates as you grow.
March 27, 2026
Love the Problem, Flirt with the Solution
Why finding product-market fit is like finding a long-term partner
March 20, 2026
The MVP illusion: Fighting behaviour, not features
Viable doesn't mean it works. It means customers pick it over doing nothing.
March 6, 2026
My no-nonsense task manager
Inspired by Eli
February 27, 2026
Business Plan = Dumb, No Business Plan = Dumber
摸着石头过河 (Cross the river by feeling the stones)
February 6, 2026
SOPs = Startup Antibiotics
SOPs aren't bureaucracy. They're how I took a startup's month-end close from three weeks to nine days.
January 30, 2026
The Day I Stopped Being the Main Character of My Own Life
Racing home to China as the borders closed in January 2020, and becoming a father to twins in the middle of it.
January 23, 2026
Presence Over Momentum
Five years of carrying laptops to beaches while raising twins and running finance for a YC startup. The messy truth about choosing differently.