One thing I know is that the greatest learnings of my life have come in the hardest of times. Breakups. Entrepreneurial failures. Creative failures. Miscommunications. Hurt relationships. Mistakes. These are the times of the deepest learnings. In the midst of the pain, it is terrible. …

Daum Kakao Will Acquire Path and Path Talk — In 2010 a small team of us set out to build a company focused on quality products that bring you a source of happiness, meaning, and connection. Five years later, Path continues to follow that simple mission primarily within communities in Southeast Asia. We have reached a tipping point on…

Give Users What They Want — Caleb Roenigk “The book you wrote may not be the book people read.” — Michael Lewis Frequently after an entrepreneur has built the first version of their product I get the question: now what? This is usually coupled with another question: why aren’t users doing what I wanted them to…

Innovation often starts with the ordinary. — I regularly get asked the question: What do you think of <insert social app here>? This question is usually followed up by another question which goes something like: How would you design a great social app? Usually I answer this question by telling the story of “Super Normal,” one of…