I first connected with Sunwoo last August. She was interested in the world of venture capital, and specifically, she was curious about the limited community surrounding Asian American VCs. I assumed she was an early career professional interested in transitioning to the world of venture capital…but it turns out she’s…

TL;DR Sunwoo’s curiosity & passion for VC was ignited by winning $100 in a pitch competition. You heard it here first — one day when Sunwoo is running a VC empire, we’ll look back and know it started with $100 The desire amongst Gen Z to build and create is strong…

How Bear Flag Robotics has built the technology & services to scale The increasing adoption of autonomy, and more specifically robotics, is truly exciting. Robotics are already integral in our lives, from the manufacturing of our cars to the amazing logistics of getting any product on Amazon to our doorstep…

Paul Graham recently wrote an excellent essay on independent thinking. A topic I’ve thought a lot about is the key differences between early stage entrepreneurs vs. successful big company managers. They require distinctively different skill sets, the most stark of which is the importance of independent thinking. …

Working from home is great but it has become very clear that there are no boundaries between home and work. As I adjusted to what would become the 2020 routine, I was privileged to manage my work schedule so that I could play with my kids intermittently throughout the day…

I wrote in April about the potential migration from dense urban centers to suburbia. It’s fascinating to see how much has changed in 3 months. Anecdotally, I’ve had several very close friends move out of Manhattan — their dominant reason driven by the need for more space for kids and…

D20 Capital leads StructionSite’s $7M Series A financing There are many aspects of life for which we wonder how we used to get by before technology completely changed the way we do things. Paper maps are a prime example. Even in college, I was driving with a paper map in…

Blacksburg, VA: 44,678 Seoul, Korea: 9,733,509 Urbana-Champaign, IL: 231,891 Seoul, Korea: 9,733,509 New York, NY: 8,398,748 San Francisco, CA: 881,549 San Mateo, CA: 105,025 These are the cities I have lived in, in chronological order, and their respective populations. I grew up in the small college town of Blacksburg in…

It’s a difficult time to be optimistic. There is a lot of suffering, fear, and despair that is prevalent in the world due to the common enemy that is an invisible virus. For the talking heads, twitter pundits, and even the serious strategists, it’s much easier to riff on scary…