Business
Scaling across markets: Build definitions before growth
When growth is not the same as scale, and how managerial judgement turns expansion into leverage rather than complexity.
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Business
The Space Pen and the Moonwatch: Two technologies of the space race, two different markets
The famous story that NASA spent millions inventing a pen for space is largely a myth. Yet the underlying lesson may still hold. The engineering problem was real and solved, but the initial market for that solution turned out to be surprisingly small.
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๐ Detailed version | Book Notes | Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
Notes from reading Grit and learning how to stay with difficult goals.
Business
Product, Growth, Operations, Risk: A Simple Business Lens
Businesses can often be understood through four questions: what job is being solved, how customers discover it, how reliably it is delivered, and what might eventually replace it.
History
A Roman shopfront, two millennia on
From a Roman shop sign in Herculaneum to a modern photograph
Diaries
Missteps: Dealing with pain and visibility
I wrote this to remember my effort, struggle, and mistakes while learning through constraints and iteration.
Diaries
Collecting treasures along the way
Fruit-picking in Korea sparks my reflection on uncertainty, patience and learning to notice small treasures along the way.
Diaries
In awe of people who keep showing up
A reflection on consistency, identity change, and the struggles that reveal values.
Diaries
On joy
I choose joy over fear to keep learning and growing.
news
along the way
Getting started on writing: Reflections along the path of life.