The Culdesac

Pandemic baking and remembering how to learn

I’d taken up baking like everyone else during the COVID-19 pandemic, precipitated by a friend’s kind gift of a 3 year old sourdough starter. My …

Pandemic baking and remembering how to learn

Race, power and what we can do about it

If you’re watching the news, and face it, who isn’t, it’s disheartening to watch what’s happening in the US right now. Yesterday, we …

Race, power and what we can do about it

Strategy, and why product-market fit alone isn't good enough

Every week I write a note to our portfolio, and in each one, I share one thought that I think is relevant for our founders to noodle on. This week’s note …

Strategy, and why product-market fit alone isn't good enough

Scaling - The Agony and Ecstasy of scaling a high-growth business

I’ve given various versions of this talk, and thought it might be worth sharing out the slides here for folks. Will add a transcript of the comments on …

Scaling - The Agony and Ecstasy of scaling a high-growth business

So you want to start a company...here's a reading list

I recently met with an incoming MBA student, who is leaving his cushy PE job for business school so that he can start something of his own. He asked if I had …

So you want to start a company...here's a reading list

How to write a great investor update

One of my portfolio CEOs recently asked me for some examples of a great investor update newsletter and I thought that was a good opportunity to articulate the …

How to write a great investor update

Building a Product Management Community in Southeast Asia

Picture: From L to R, Shiyan Koh (Hustle Fund), Radhika Dutt (Radical Product), Anna Gong (Perx), Reshmi Roy (Skyscanner) Last night, I had the privilege of …

Building a Product Management Community in Southeast Asia

Why I decided to join Hustle Fund

After almost 6 years at NerdWallet, and having had the chance of a lifetime to build a business from scratch with my friends, I was looking for something that …

Why I decided to join Hustle Fund

What I've been doing since leaving NerdWallet

After nearly 6 years building NerdWallet, I left at the end of March to move back to my home country, Singapore. It’s been nearly 18 years since I first …

What I've been doing since leaving NerdWallet

Communities and the Cul-de-sac

“Wouldn’t it be great if we could all be neighbors with our best friends? We could come home from work, trade stories over a glass of wine while …

Communities and the Cul-de-sac