January 5, 2024
Creating a Mindset to “See Opportunities”
An investor recently asked one of my partners, “What do you think of Matt’s optimism?” “I think the most imp...
January 2, 2024
Riding the Boba Tea Craze: How ODD ONE OUT Conquered American Taste Buds With Its Premium Milk Tea
If we were to guess which Taiwanese street food has the potential to catch on in America, boba milk tea would definitely...
December 11, 2023
Reclaiming Your Focus: Daily Practices for Restoring Concentration
I believe that many entrepreneurs and managers face a common dilemma: on top of the ten daily tasks to be dealt with, th...
November 30, 2023
How Habitto managed to break into the Japanese Fintech scene in record time without knowing a word of Japanese
Japan, for many non-Japanese entrepreneurs, is a wonderful market but with many barriers. A different language. A cultur...
November 13, 2023
Unlocking the Secret to Reigniting Your Passion
Entrepreneurs often come to me with a burning question: “In the early stages, with hardly any data, how can you te...
November 9, 2023
Japan is finally pivoting from paper ledgers to fintech
I believe that when most people think of the Japanese consumers, a few specific keywords leap to mind, such as “conserva...
October 30, 2023
Decoding ambiguity into opportunity: An interview with iLife Founder Nelson Lee
According to iLife founder Nelson Lee, roughly $200 billion in premiums are signed annually in the U.S. insurance indust...
October 13, 2023
AI assistants are touching down across the retail industry
This past March, Bill Gates stated that those who excel in the area of AI personal assistants – AI tools that can perfor...
October 11, 2023
You must embrace risk before you can see opportunity
As I’ve shared before, I see the most important founder behaviors as staying optimistic during long periods of uncertain...
October 4, 2023
Gem is using GenAI to create Tik-Tok-styled news feeds
In an age where everyone is suffering from information overload, generative AI is seen as only amplifying the overwhelmi...