How To Make Writing a Book Less Intimidating — Have you ever started writing and never finished a book? All the enthusiasm just slips away after day 3. An aborted effort makes you never again want to think about the possibility of writing a book. Writing a book can be an intimidating project. Not every prolific author had all…

So, you want to keep a log of your Twitter follower growth, right? There are many ways to do it: Check every day and record Use 3rd party software Use Twitter Analysis to get recent weekly follower growth Request Twitter API access and set up a cron job to call…

Practical Ways to Market Yourself on LinkedIn — LinkedIn is a recruiting market: recruiters and hiring managers are looking for the best people on LinkedIn days in and days out. LinkedIn is a connection hub: businesses are forging future customers and interesting partnerships in this network. Your profile is the representation of your business. LinkedIn is where you…

A Deep Dive in Public and Private Companies, But Explained in Layman’s Terms — After hearing so many high-paying tech workers hold dear to their RSU shares through the exuberant 2020 and 2021 stock market until now when the share prices have been chopped in half and chopped again, I was shocked. I realized two things: 1) financial literacy has little to do with…

I’m not a farmer or a gardener. I’m an engineer with an enormous amount of curiosity in business, who happens to be a plant lover. 3 years ago I stumbled upon a kind of plant called succulent — drought-resistant with fleshy leaves. Growing plants was first a good distraction from…

Understanding Finance and Exploring Creatorship — It is that time of the year — my annual book review time! I published a Medium story last year — The Books I Read In 2020. My original plan was to document what I read and what I learned from those books. Surprisingly, many readers loved it. I’m sharing…

Vanderbilt, Zemurray, and Blukim — Early this year, I stumbled upon a quote from Morgan Housel— “If you want to learn more about finance, you should read non-finance books to broaden the lens.” Then I embarked on a journey to discover interesting business people and stories happening before my lifetime. …

We always assume we know and understand the famous people who have inspired generations, Steve Jobs, Warren Buffett, Elon Musk... Their faces, headlines with their names, and their famous quotes show up in our life everywhere. But I have realized I don’t really know about them until I read their…

How To Avoid It In Big Tech Companies — Leading a cross-functional project in a big tech company is challenging. You are responsible for planning well, delegating well, executing well, communicating well, and shipping in a timely manner. Any miss in those things could cause extra efforts to fix it. …