The document describes the experiences of an entrepreneur starting businesses from a young age. It details their first entrepreneurial experience buying and reselling books at age 13. It then discusses the author's experience working for early-stage startups after pitching their own startup idea, including typical work routines. Key lessons learned include being decisive in vision but flexible in solutions, having a growth mindset, failing fast, keeping costs low, saving money, building social networks, being a good leader, and persevering through challenges.
2. My first entreneul experience:
Buying a second hand book and sell it to other stores
- Got a book at the store my brother worked
- Made a list of the store which can buy a higher price
- At 13 years old
3. Why I am doing a business?
Buying a second hand book and sell it to other stores
- Got a book at the store my brother worked
- Made a list of the store which can buy a higher price
- At 13 years old
5. How’s my experience of working at startups?
- I had a startup idea to eventually launch.
- I pitched the idea to early-stage startup and CEO and they want to hire me to
test my idea in Japan.
- So, I started to work and talk to potential users that time.
- In the end, travel industry is quite challenging. I decided not to work on my
idea anymore.
- They paid me and I can use an office after work for my work and free food
and more experience to test my idea.
6. What was a routine? weekdays
- Wake up 6am
- Stand up 6: 10am
- Leave the house before 7am, ideally catch a train at 6:50 from Berkeley
- Work at starbucks before office opening until 9am
- Go to the office around 9am and make another coffee
- Work until 1pm and have a lunch at Safeways
- Take a power nap (15 minutes)
- Work until the office manager kicks us out (9pm)
- Going back home and cook dinner and eat together around 11pm
- Work until 1pm and sleep around 1:30 pm
7. What was a routine? weekend
- Wake up 9am
- Go to the supermarket and buy a breakfast and lunch
- And, go to the cafe and work until 6:30pm
- Join a yoga and going back home
- Eat dinner and relax (we had a Papa Johns)
- Drink with outmate and co-founders
- Or going out sometimes
(Other co-founders took a off on Sunday and I do work an accounting and other
stuff)