Alumni are precious for any student organization, but maintaining alumni relations is tough when student leadership changes constantly – and of course, the alumni are moving constantly too. How can we combine up-to-date, public information (i.e. LinkedIn) with the historical … Continue reading
Want to learn financial modeling? You’re in luck. The truth is that modeling is easy – but the most efficient way to learn is to play with someone else’s model, and then build your own from scratch. And finding another … Continue reading
For a class that doesn’t start until Spring 2013, Venture Investing for Impact is already absurdly popular. The 20 seats available for registration filled before the promotional flyer could be distributed. When the class was expanded to 35 seats, it … Continue reading
I can show you pictures, tell you stories, and walk you through the process (and I will!) but most importantly, I gained two key insights: Entrepreneurship is chaos – experience it yourself! Lean Startup is a mindset, not a formula … Continue reading
Remember the idea I was so excited about yesterday? Yeah, we abandoned it. Luckily, we had the fun distraction of meeting Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup, as we were debating new alternatives. His talk was packed with quotable moments like … Continue reading
I am CEO of a lean startup around remembering the critical details of your relationships. At least, I am for the weekend at Lean Startup Machine. Founded by Trevor Owens, LSM is a phenomenal new program that forces entrepreneurs to apply the … Continue reading
This summer, I’m interning in San Francisco – a.k.a. startup paradise! For quick, semi-daily updates, see my Tumblr: http://abbychao.tumblr.com Why not post everything here? I do my best to make sure every entry is thoughtful and original, adding value in … Continue reading
This semester, I have had the life-changing, perspective-altering experience of working with Rachel Gross and Bilawal Sidhu in the best team in my life. I learned a crucial startup lesson: Team is everything. To demonstrate how fantastic our team was, … Continue reading
In Piriati Embera, kids have access to education up to high school. Piriati Embera is a rural community of indigenous people in East Panama where most homes have dirt floors and reed roofs, electricity is intermittent, and entire families live … Continue reading
By the end of my semester in Milan, I will have visited 18 different cities in 10 different countries. It has been an insane amount of travel, but it is only the extreme case of a larger, much more pervasive … Continue reading