Author: tianglim

10% into my next decade today. If there’s one word that i can use to describe 2016, in my own life and the state of affairs in the world, that will be ‘flux’. Throwing out some keywords here, in no… Continue Reading →

Just read a very insightful blog post by Mark Suster (Why I Look for High Conviction, not Consensus, in Venture Capital Decisions) My biggest takeaway from the essay is around having the courage to build conviction and intellectual honesty around… Continue Reading →

No matter if the company is big or small, resources are always scarce and limited. In fact with limited resources it helps start-up to focus and have clarity on goals and milestones i.e. if you only have one bullet left,… Continue Reading →

If you think about it, every investment thesis from every VC firm is a combination of team, product, market and economics (of the deal). The supposed secret sauce, then, is how the firm prioritize and weight each element. Don Valentine… Continue Reading →

Hello world, 4 months+ into VC, I’m pretty much still in learning mode. With no previous background in VC the learning curve is as steep as it gets. In other words, I’m trying to reduce the number of unknown unknowns,… Continue Reading →

I am cognizant that publishing a list like this on my 30th birthday seems hollow. Truth is, I am writing this for myself. This is a collection of best 30 advice I have received in the years leading up to… Continue Reading →

I recently listened to Bob Pozen’s interview on the HBR podcast series, and one of the concepts he mentioned which resonated with me was the concept of result focused reading. Two issues: Over the years, i’ve amassed a huge number… Continue Reading →

Do you use Evernote to create meeting notes? How about project notes? Or checklists for events/travels etc? I sure do – and soon enough, i began to find ways to automate the process. Turns out that the solution is fairly… Continue Reading →

Evernote, for the past couple of years, has been the “mother-of-all-apps” that i’ve been running my life with. It’s not hard to see why: Evernote provides a native app (free) on almost all the devices you own (or will likely… Continue Reading →

The Kindle is a pretty amazing device. I personally own the Kindle Paperwhite (2012 edition), and have never been happier. If you read, this is one of the best (if not the best) ebook reader out in the market right… Continue Reading →