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George Pu

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2 years

Your energy level is different when what you're building makes a big, positive difference in this world.

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George Pu

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10 months

No one is born to be a founder, let alone a good founder. We fail many times and as time goes on we are just getting better at failing less. The willingness to try is what makes the difference.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

7 months

Unpopular opinion: when you're in your 20s, try live in the big cities! The experience and friends and connections you can make often outweigh the costs.

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George Pu

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3 years

There are very few things that others haven’t done. Instead of trial and error ourselves it’s always better to see who knows much better than me and reach out.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

Learned a new thing called the ‘say-do ratio’: the amount of things you say vs. the amount of things you do.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

5 months

Startups are rarely killed by competitors. Often times, it explodes within itself. Team is everything.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

10 months

Has anyone tried Runway ML and liked it? It's a new tool that takes in prompts and makes good videos. Here's my prompt of 'futuristic Dubai with flying cars'. @runwayml @expocitydubai .

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

I think CEOs not sleeping well is a myth. I get at least 6.5 to 7 hours of sleep every day, sometimes more. Many successful people I know do the same. It's not a zero sum game, sometimes your healthy is more important.

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George Pu

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10 months

Recently got asked how much salary would be enough for me to work at a big tech firm. I said no number because nothing can buy the happiness and fulfillment of building your own startup and watching it work.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

3 years

We’re up almost 1.5% today again at @ANCCap while the general market is down.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

Capture the opportunities you could have missed before they slip away. Don’t get bugged down to the day to day.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

10 months

Too many people say they want to do things. It's not enough to just say it, make your reputation by doing it. Earn your reputation by sticking to your promises. That's how you'll make it.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

9 months

The startup game has changed forever in 2024. You no longer need to hire 5 developers at $125k each, spend $500k on Google and Facebook ads, and keep raising. You can do the same today with a team of 2 and a stream of automated AI programs. Start building!

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

11 months

Time will wash away startups that are not truly solving a problem away, no matter how many billions they have.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

7 months

Sam Altman thinks there will be a one-man billion dollar company very soon, thanks to AI. Do you think that's coming soon?

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

Unpopular opinion: meeting in person builds better relationships.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

10 months

Networks are built through mutual respects.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

11 months

If you have a professional network, an advice I received from a friend: always treat your network like your friend, check-in with them, ask them how are they/family doing. We are all people and at the end of the day transactional relationships come and go. Make a change.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

10 months

As a founder, I think growing up is by not making promises to your employees/partners/investors that you can't keep. We all start by suggesting things we are unsure of, and knowing to make less promises is a good step towards maturity imo.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

7 months

Truth are often pain to our ears but great to hear in the long-term. Build that persistance so people are more truthful around you and you can grow at a truly exponential rate by accepting that: You are not the greatest and you are wrong all the time, which is fine!

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

10 months

When you're bootstrapping a start-up, you're forced to have a super lean staff. Your expenses are 1/10 of what a funded startup is. This forces you to find product validations. Now with AI, even less reasons to raise (unless you have to).

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

Too many people say they will start a business (someday) but we know they’ll never do it. Don’t be that person.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

3 years

Maintaining an optimal hiring process is probably the hardest thing I’ve ever done. #startuphiring

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

5 months

You’re more likely to succeed if you believe in the vision you created. Most people are working for stability not vision. Use your vision to catchup and surpass your competitors.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

5 months

I love being a developer - it gives you so much perspective in your decision making as a founder.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

11 months

For me the hardest part of building a startup is actually building the right culture. Hiring people who are mission-driven. Anyone feeling the same?

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

10 months

I think meeting people in different countries or cities has a really big impact on your thought process. If you can go once in a while and for me at least it's been super helpful!

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

8 months

Building a startup is hard, being focused is harder. Don't let fancy, unimportant things distract you.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

3 months

Entrepreneurship is not about attending conferences, it’s about solving problems.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

7 months

Now is a great time to build an AI startup as well as the most dangerous time to. OpenAIs of the world crushes smaller startups or render them useless almost on a weekly basis. To succeed I think the point is to be super niche and solve a real need for that segment.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

10 months

The best founders I know actually despise fancy awards like 30 under 30s, why? Because for builders, their mission is to build and get fulfilled when their things work. Not smile in front of the camera and get some more IG likes.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

7 months

Been hearing many pitches lately. What is an 'AI Agent' startup? Lol, many buzz words again, no concrete products. A business is a business and a good business is a good business. Hype works for a few months but value businesses stays forever.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

Be a great person, a great family member, a great friend, then you can go on to becoming a great founder.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

9 months

Skills fade away when they are not in use. Don't let your time sit idle.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

Innovation means doing something that's not being done. It doesn't have to be a technology breakthrough, just finding a niche where it has been underlooked. Wealth is underneath it.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

10 months

I wasn't a big advocate of solo founders before, and I get why. Now I am. At most, an experienced founder + a seasoned coder is a good team for a start-up. Anything more than that is starting to be a harder sell (imo). What do you think?

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

When you can’t decide on something, ask yourself: is it fear? If it is, find all the reasons to do it.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

1 year

'Work to make a life, not to make a living.'

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

5 months

As a founder, there is always an urge to build. But don’t forget validations are even more important. Too reason startup fail is building a product that no one needs!

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

9 months

The difficult part of being a founder is how much knowledge you need. From validating the problem - to crafting a customer journey - to make a final call on the engineer hire. It's a relentless learning curve, but there's a profound sense of fulfillment in steering the ship.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

2023 is a year to leave out distractions.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

There are times that are tough, where you feel alone by yourself and no one is near to help. There are times that are great, that you feel that nothing will make you happier. That's the truth about startup life, if you can't take it, it's good to stick to 9-5.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

Prioritize the outcome and not the time spent.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

10 months

Keeping your old skills unchanged is like having them slip away. Sharpen your pencil every day to stay ahead.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

10 months

Doing the same things for years is not called growth.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

10 months

After 2021, tech is not a 'game' anymore. It's a serious job now and many I know including me are glad it's keeping the people that are really serious about making a difference.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

A project is not a startup. Part-time is not startup. Building a startup is hard and requires full-time dedication.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

9 months

What's missing from a lot of younger people today is the drive. When making a living is sucking the life out of them, few get creative and can solve society's pressing problems. It's time to change this and let young builders build.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

If your first startup is successful and had an exit, what would you do next? VC/angel/another company?

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

9 months

In 2023, building a startup is about building up your resilience. Grow your customers, grow your revenue, and grow your skills. Everything else does not matter.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

8 months

Startups exist to solve problems. Some startups grow, and eventually become part of the problem. Solve problems, and ruthlessly disrupt inefficiencies from existing players and competitors as you see them.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

9 months

A company needs a visionary and a builder. Sometimes these two are one person, but most likely it needs two. Find your co-founder to make the magic happen!

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

9 months

Happy holidays everyone!

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

7 months

Before AI, you had to rely on other people. With AI you can now finally rely on yourself to get everything done. For aspiring entrepreneurs and current founders, this is the best time. You don't need more people - you need YOU.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

An empty calendar day is the most productive day :)

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

Founders learn the most from people who are slightly ahead of them.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

Great leaders openly express their emotions, average leaders sound like robots.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

7 months

As a founder, now is the best time to build. I wish when I started 5 years ago I would have the same tools and resources I did now.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

11 months

When I first started doing startups, I thought everything was a competition. But the real value can only be built from forming collaborations. Less than 1% of startups die from competition, the rest 99% focused on the wrong things to solve.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

When starting your business, think about go to market and your customers first, not investors - too many startups think about how to impress an investor than what’s good for their customers.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

10 months

Balancing schedule to add commute and working out is a bit tough lately. Any suggestions? (I also started reading on subways, best choice so far)

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

9 months

Coding is going to be a skill that's going to be widely available thanks to AI in the coming years.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

6 months

Being a founder means having your own brand, our solution, and our interpretation to things. Merely following the trend doesn't make you a founder, it makes you a trend chaser, just like the NFT guys, VR guys, and who knows what's next?

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

Would you start a startup with your friends? Why/why not?

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

10 months

This year is almost coming to an end. What's your biggest accomplishment in 2023?

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

On my latest podcast, we predicted the biggest thread to ChatGPT is copyrighting. ChatGPT having to explain the sources of where it learned its responses and get sued can break the project. What do you think?

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

10 months

I took a short break from mid-2021 to 2022 from actively building and shipping products (partly due to burnout). A few months after that initial break, miss so much on building software. Got back and started building again. My takeaway: don't give up on things you love.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

I wonder what differentiates best venture investors from mediocre investors.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

9 months

I need to come out and stress again the importance of taking care of your health and sleep while building your startup. I was sick for the past week but couldn't get away from work due to deadlines. It's not a feeling I'd recommend for any founder. Take a break whenever you can.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

8 months

Spending as little as you can while growing steadily is no longer a crime, so let's build our startups that way!

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

10 months

30% of your job as CEO is going to be managing people. 40% is going to be about hiring. As startup scales you might realize it might not be for you and that's okay. Also treasure the early days of your startup where you'll have the most freedom.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

6 months

Your mission as an entrepreneur should be always helping out your customers, not taking advantage of them. That’s the real path to success as a founder.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

I've got a lot of respect for ppl who had great exits and just decided to start something after. Know many of them, inspires me to keep on doing what I do.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

1 year

Value people who give up great/valuable things to work at your company. They are here for your vision, not a paycheck.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

When you’re busy, ask: why am I busy, and does this achieve my objectives?

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

Don't be kind in business, be fair.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

9 months

A year ago today ChatGPT was introduced to the world. A year later, how has AI been changing your life and work?

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

10 months

After this many years of building startups, I'm still a huge advocate on bootstrapping. There has been many pains that happened because of this, but I think this helps you as the founder to not lie to yourself.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

11 months

Even when building, don't give up on your hobbies. They're not distractions, but investments that shake your unique style. Balance drives excellence.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

5 months

As a founder the hardest thing is probably a cofounder breakup, but after one or a few times, it’s alright. Do what’s best for your company’s success.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

8 months

The secret sauce to retention is to give your employees the chance to significant personal and career growth. When we grow quickly, we appreciate the opportunity and stay on.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

Capital can’t fix a broken business.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

10 months

When I was just starting out, COVID hit - 2 years of lost opportunity to connect and build in-person relationships. Now I travel more and meet more people. There are costs but I find more opportunties/relationships are built that way.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

7 months

Choose your customers.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

Surround yourself with people who you want to become.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

I started picking up running about two three months ago, and it has surpassed meditation for me to get exercise and find good peace of mind. Do you do/like running?

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

8 months

Stay strict on culture hires and never let anyone who doesn’t fit come through.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

To build a successful business, you hardly need to be any way an expert of that industry. A lot of times it’s just saying ‘screw this, let’s do it.’

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

10 months

After being in many countries, I gotta say: it's lucky to be in one that respects entrepreneurship/SMBs. Businesses are the backbones of societies yet many parts of the world are still against innovation.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

9 months

Be in the business of helping others, not profiting from feeding off others. Both are maybe equally easy/difficult, but only one right path that will lead you to become a great entrepreneur.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

3 years

The joy of building a startup is watching in real time as people use your product to make their lives better.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

What successful startups do is they found a real problem and solved it. Instead of hyping the word ‘startup’, I think it should be ‘problem solving’.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

9 months

Have principle on which features you want to build. When on a budget as a startup, every hour spent developing a feature is crucial. Only build what customers demand you to build for months.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

I don’t think it’s a good idea for a founder to be distracted. Founders’ job is building and scaling the business. Sometimes it’s widely accepted as okay (always fundraising), but to me it’s not.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

9 months

To save up more money. It's usually not about making more revenue, but about slashing more costs.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

10 months

1/10: A recent revelation in the #AI world sparked a debate on transparency and authenticity. It involves Chinese startup 01. AI, their AI model 'Yi', and a claim that's causing quite a stir. Intrigued? So was I. Let's dive in!

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

4 months

Had a great time in Dubai, tech is booming here & in Abu Dhabi. Can’t wait for what we’ll build for this region. Stay tuned :)

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

When someone on your team is not working out, first ask yourself what I did wrong, second ask folks they work with what they think, third talk to the person in question. Often times I find the issue underlying is rarely about the person, but more on the process.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

The past few months have taught me that you don't really need a large network. You just need a few mentors who really care about what you're doing to help you out. A few co-founders who will stuck with you in hard times. And people who will help you - it's all you need.

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George Pu

@TheGeorgePu

2 years

Don’t build just to build, make an impact.

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