Jimmy Chen

Jimmy Chen

Shanghai, China
Sep
11
The carbohydrates conspiracy

The carbohydrates conspiracy

Last night, I discovered how difficult it was to find a restaurant meal without white carbohydrates. These past few weeks,
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Sep
10
Function versus form

Function versus form

In 1968, Dick Fosbury won the 1968 Summer Olympics high jump with an unconventional: he cleared the bar with a
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Sep
09
Know your audience

Know your audience

In face-to-face conversations, we instinctively adjust our language when speaking to different people. For example, we do not talk to
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Sep
08
A corporate elevator hypothesis

A corporate elevator hypothesis

Last year, three out of five floors of the WeWork where my office is located were completely taken over by
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Sep
07
The distribution problem

The distribution problem

In Peter Thiel's Zero to One, there's a chapter called "If you build it, will
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Sep
06
A crazy idea

A crazy idea

I've gotten two types of responses recently when I shared that I'm planning to open a
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Sep
05
Inverting the regrets of the dying

Inverting the regrets of the dying

A few years ago, a palliative care nurse published a memoir [https://bronnieware.com/regrets-of-the-dying/] in which she shared the
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Sep
04
My 50th daily post (and lessons learned)

My 50th daily post (and lessons learned)

This is the 50th day since I committed to writing one post every day [https://jimmychen.blog/the-next-100-days/]. I'
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Sep
03
How to get startup ideas

How to get startup ideas

In 2012, Paul Graham wrote a blog post [http://paulgraham.com/startupideas.html] entitled "How to get startup ideas&
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Sep
02
Show your work

Show your work

> Amateurs are not afraid to make mistakes on look ridiculous in public. They're in love, so they
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