Perspectives on macroeconomics, technology cycles, and the art of wartime leadership.
Passion gives you unlimited freedom. Over nearly three decades of building companies, Douglas Gan explores why passion—not capital, connections, or intelligence—is the most undervalued asset in business, and how it operates as fuel, direction, and ultimately, freedom.
While the world has been fixated on the saturated markets of Silicon Valley, a new epicenter of technological innovation is quietly emerging. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is no longer a region of potential; it is a powerhouse in the making, poised to produce the next generation of tech giants.
How do you build, run, operate, and own multiple companies at the same time? Not by brute force. By flow. Like water, you find the path, absorb like-minded people, and expand without resistance.
Failure is not the opposite of success; it is a stepping stone. Why rapid iteration and learning from setbacks is the key to innovation.
Leadership isn't about how fast you run when the wind is at your back. It's about how you stand when the storm hits. My field report from five global crises.
Reimagining urban life through integrated smart cities. How dissolving the boundaries between daily activities leads to a more fulfilling existence.
There is a dangerous narrative circulating in the startup ecosystem today. It preaches "balance" before "product-market fit." This is a lie.
Seed phrases. Gas fees. Network switching. These are the friction points that have kept crypto a niche hobby. Account Abstraction changes everything.
