Life lessons from 18 years in asia

1. Benjamin Joffe HAX

2. Bonjour ! 你好！

3. Survey • Happiness level • Public speaking • Raising hands

4. Foreword Part 1: What I do Part 2: How I got there Part 3: What I wish I knew

5. Foreword

6. Unemployment Burn out Heart breaks Diseases

7. “Avoiding depression  when you’re 41, single  and living with your parents”

8. “Feel joy with what you do, who you are,  who you are becoming”

9. Part 1: What I do

10. Partner, SOSV / HAX

11. #1 $300M Under Management 700+ Investments Hardware Life sciences Food Software IoT, Robotics, Medtech, Consumer CRISPR, Cellular agriculture… Clean proteins, Functional food, AgTech Bots, Blockchain, A.I., etc. #1

12. Writing

13. Speaking & Traveling • 200+ speeches • 20+ countries • 2018: Las Vegas, Paris, Toronto, London, Hong Kong, Shenzhen • Next in 2018: San Francisco, New York, Berlin, Copenhagen, …

14. Angel investing • 12 companies in 10 years • 4 dead • 4 ok • 4 doing well

15. CONSUMER HEALTH ENTERPRISE INDUSTRIAL 168 Startups Shenzhen & San Francisco

16. How do we select startups? • Why this? Why you? Why now? • Technology / Prototype / Team / Market • And: Timing / Grit / Resourcefulness

17. The reality • Ideas not unique • Ups and downs • It takes a village • Each phase is diﬀerent • Skills & networks • It’s a career • Overnight success = 10 years

18. Learning Curves

19. Meeting interesting people

20. Part 2: How I got there

21. 18 years, 5 Jobs, 9 countries • 2000-2001 - Consultant • 2001-2003 - Market Researcher • 2003-2010 - CEO / Consultant • 2013 - Game Data Director • 2013-today - Investor Korea: Executive Training Program China: Language school Singapore + Germany : ‘digital nomad’ Malaysia + USA : startup founder

22. Remarkable? • No resume since 2001 (except for CCE) • No job hunting • Opportunities: reputation, interests, network

23. Eye Opening(s) • 2000 - Martial artist friend (IQ / EQ / SI / KI / etc.) • 2001 - Japanese entrepreneur girlfriend • 2003 - Rich Dad Poor Dad (Assets vs Liabilities) • 2003 - Income economics (earn/learn/skills/employ) • 2003 - Created own luck (ETP/Gaming) • 2005 - Network building (writing, events, karma) • 2007 - Be around & invest in capable people • Later - Decision Making / Energy / Emotions / Purpose / Thriving environment / Beginner’s Mind

24. Part 3: Looking back

25. Orbits & Trajectories

26. Orbits & Trajectories First world? Male? Caucasian? Wealthy? Supporting parents? Middle class? Bilingual?

27. Orbits & Trajectories First world? Male? Caucasian? Wealthy? Supporting parents? Middle class? Bilingual? Paradox: Struggle can help

30. How to thrive • Fixed mindset vs Growth mindset • Beginner’s mind • Guts vs. Brain & Heart • Shape your environment (willpower problem) • Books, people, experiences • Garbage in, garbage out • Learning style, method, and environment • Life is a package • You are in charge

31. Food People Media Ideas Behaviors

32. 2018 Challenge(s) 1. Fast for 24h 2. Go silent for 2 days 3. Meet 3 people 4. Write something & publish it 5. Organize an event 6. Travel alone 7. Give a talk 8. Run for 1 hour 9. Sell a service

33. Level up 1. Willpower doesn’t work - Benjamin Hardy 2. How to fail and still win big - Scott Adams 3. Persuasion (& Pre-suasion) — Robert Cialdini 4. Waking Up - Sam Harris (Podcast & Books) 5. The 4-hours Body - Tim Ferriss 6. Learned optimism - Martin Seligman

34. Bon courage ! ben@hax.co

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