Got a handful of stacks better grab an umbrella I make it rain I make it rain A year ago, I turned down some serious money. I had graduated. School. Was. Finally. Over. Job offers galore! The most attractive offer was from a little company that rhymes with Oogle. Starting salary made pee in my [...]
Rather, the hardest is often defining what the actual problem is that you are trying to find the solution for.
While I don’t consider myself crazy, I’m fully aware that I’m weird, often strange. I personally attribute it to faulty brain-wiring: I think something went wrong when I was born. This makes for some really interesting interactions with people.
It’s all about thinking big and building castles.
But at night, the dreams sometimes come back to you.
But crazy is a relative term.
Not asking the right questions.
That’s crazy.
Never ignoring the rules.
That’s crazy.
Regarding the whys, never-been-dones, and hows.
That’s crazy.
People prepare for an unknowable future and build a diverse resume rather than stick to being good at one thing. It’s a world where statistics dominates over calculus – diversification over conviction.
The 2012 Not-For-Profit Technology Conference happened at the Hilton Hotel in Union Square in San Francisco. Luckily, I was invited to go
The phrase “there are other fish is the sea” is incredibly misleading. So are other dating analogies (e.g. trying pants on). I hope to fix this by saying that dating is alot like shopping for big screen TVs. Let me explain.
One of the greatest things I worry about as an entrepreneur is whether I’m failing enough. It seems counter-intuitive but it’s true.
Jimmy Chen is an internet & media entrepreneur, computer programmer, and an eager lover of life. He sold his first internet company at the age of 17 and founded VC Media, a "talent management firm run by nerds." He's an Economics & Political Science graduate of UC Berkeley and currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.