Jason Shen
@jasonshen.bsky.social
Helping you figure out what’s next.
3x founder → exec coach
jasonshen.com/newsletter
3x founder → exec coach
jasonshen.com/newsletter
So glad to support this team. Founders deserve to know that pivots are tough but far more common than they realize.
A founding team we backed is pivoting.
Pivoting is not easy (even with your investors support). In fact, it's grueling.
The founders told me that @jasonshen.bsky.social's book "Path to Pivot" has been their bible thru this process.
Jason's honesty is real talk. Well written + great resource!
Pivoting is not easy (even with your investors support). In fact, it's grueling.
The founders told me that @jasonshen.bsky.social's book "Path to Pivot" has been their bible thru this process.
Jason's honesty is real talk. Well written + great resource!
February 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
So glad to support this team. Founders deserve to know that pivots are tough but far more common than they realize.
Saw Wicked in theaters. Loved it.
Knew some of the songs but never saw the musical.
Final scene was tremendous. Haven't cried like that in years.
Film has done numbers already and I'm not surprised. It's going to crush.
Knew some of the songs but never saw the musical.
Final scene was tremendous. Haven't cried like that in years.
Film has done numbers already and I'm not surprised. It's going to crush.
November 26, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Saw Wicked in theaters. Loved it.
Knew some of the songs but never saw the musical.
Final scene was tremendous. Haven't cried like that in years.
Film has done numbers already and I'm not surprised. It's going to crush.
Knew some of the songs but never saw the musical.
Final scene was tremendous. Haven't cried like that in years.
Film has done numbers already and I'm not surprised. It's going to crush.
My conclusion from the Jake Paul / Mike Tyson fight is that it’s easier to look strong & athletic at 58 than to be actually explosive & quick.
And that it’s sad that with all boxing promotions you have to wonder whether the whole thing is staged.
And that it’s sad that with all boxing promotions you have to wonder whether the whole thing is staged.
November 16, 2024 at 10:19 PM
My conclusion from the Jake Paul / Mike Tyson fight is that it’s easier to look strong & athletic at 58 than to be actually explosive & quick.
And that it’s sad that with all boxing promotions you have to wonder whether the whole thing is staged.
And that it’s sad that with all boxing promotions you have to wonder whether the whole thing is staged.
🍎 ‘s Vision Pro is a big step forward for tech - the higher end model let’s them work out the bugs with a wealthy early adopter cohort before entering the mass market.
Remember it used to be insane to buy a phone that cost as much as a computer
Remember it used to be insane to buy a phone that cost as much as a computer
June 6, 2023 at 8:17 PM
🍎 ‘s Vision Pro is a big step forward for tech - the higher end model let’s them work out the bugs with a wealthy early adopter cohort before entering the mass market.
Remember it used to be insane to buy a phone that cost as much as a computer
Remember it used to be insane to buy a phone that cost as much as a computer
When you’re going through a period of transition, sometimes the best plan is no plan at all.
May 9, 2023 at 10:31 PM
When you’re going through a period of transition, sometimes the best plan is no plan at all.
Don’t do it for the glory. Because glory is not forever. Glory fades and losses hurt more.
Do it because you believe in it. That it’s the right thing. That it matters even when no one knows.
Do it because you believe in it. That it’s the right thing. That it matters even when no one knows.
May 9, 2023 at 1:11 AM
Don’t do it for the glory. Because glory is not forever. Glory fades and losses hurt more.
Do it because you believe in it. That it’s the right thing. That it matters even when no one knows.
Do it because you believe in it. That it’s the right thing. That it matters even when no one knows.
Hosted my first in-person interintellect salon yesterday in NYC!
Small group but great convos:
- transitions
- making the leap into the unknown
- the dread of waiting for something to happen
- knowing you have the resourcefulness to figure things out
Small group but great convos:
- transitions
- making the leap into the unknown
- the dread of waiting for something to happen
- knowing you have the resourcefulness to figure things out
May 8, 2023 at 12:41 AM
Hosted my first in-person interintellect salon yesterday in NYC!
Small group but great convos:
- transitions
- making the leap into the unknown
- the dread of waiting for something to happen
- knowing you have the resourcefulness to figure things out
Small group but great convos:
- transitions
- making the leap into the unknown
- the dread of waiting for something to happen
- knowing you have the resourcefulness to figure things out
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I've had a long day with work and whatnot, but I feel like Bluesky is missing one thing, and that's Yui Abe's Thomas the Tank Engine drawings
May 5, 2023 at 11:54 AM
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Just had breakfast with a former client. Really nice to see how her life has grown and transformed. She’s a coach which means we can really talk shop.
May 3, 2023 at 3:04 PM
Just had breakfast with a former client. Really nice to see how her life has grown and transformed. She’s a coach which means we can really talk shop.
Literally it was a screenshot of an old PG essay that referred to VCs as “bottoms”
May 2, 2023 at 11:35 AM
Literally it was a screenshot of an old PG essay that referred to VCs as “bottoms”
Let it be known that resilience is not an immutable endowment, but rather an skillful art that may be cultivated and refined through assiduous practice and unwavering resolve.
May 1, 2023 at 9:03 PM
Let it be known that resilience is not an immutable endowment, but rather an skillful art that may be cultivated and refined through assiduous practice and unwavering resolve.
Love reading decisions like this.
I remember the fight we had at my first startup, a ridesharing company, to avoid using the verb “book” a ride because it felt too transactional.
We went with “arrange a ride” which was awk but reflected our intended values.
I remember the fight we had at my first startup, a ridesharing company, to avoid using the verb “book” a ride because it felt too transactional.
We went with “arrange a ride” which was awk but reflected our intended values.
ah the link doesn’t work on mobile.
skoots “might sound a bit dirty”
because it sounded like skeets.
skoots “might sound a bit dirty”
because it sounded like skeets.
April 28, 2023 at 3:32 AM
Love reading decisions like this.
I remember the fight we had at my first startup, a ridesharing company, to avoid using the verb “book” a ride because it felt too transactional.
We went with “arrange a ride” which was awk but reflected our intended values.
I remember the fight we had at my first startup, a ridesharing company, to avoid using the verb “book” a ride because it felt too transactional.
We went with “arrange a ride” which was awk but reflected our intended values.
“And you needed to have a book or magazine to pass time while you waited for websites to load on 14.4K dial up”
April 26, 2023 at 3:46 PM
“And you needed to have a book or magazine to pass time while you waited for websites to load on 14.4K dial up”
Chart of references to AI from 2007-2023.
Note the dip 6 months before ChatGPT’s release!
https://hn.curiosity.ai/#/trends?terms=AI;ChatGPT
Note the dip 6 months before ChatGPT’s release!
https://hn.curiosity.ai/#/trends?terms=AI;ChatGPT
April 26, 2023 at 1:44 PM
Chart of references to AI from 2007-2023.
Note the dip 6 months before ChatGPT’s release!
https://hn.curiosity.ai/#/trends?terms=AI;ChatGPT
Note the dip 6 months before ChatGPT’s release!
https://hn.curiosity.ai/#/trends?terms=AI;ChatGPT
gm bluesky! here’s a blue sky
April 26, 2023 at 1:40 PM
gm bluesky! here’s a blue sky
That feeling when someone asks to reschedules a meeting you wanted to ask them to reschedule.
April 24, 2023 at 11:04 PM
That feeling when someone asks to reschedules a meeting you wanted to ask them to reschedule.
I doubt that personalized AI music will be a huge market because people want to hear, dance, and sing /play along to music with other people.
This doesn’t work if everyone hears something different.
This doesn’t work if everyone hears something different.
April 24, 2023 at 7:20 PM
I doubt that personalized AI music will be a huge market because people want to hear, dance, and sing /play along to music with other people.
This doesn’t work if everyone hears something different.
This doesn’t work if everyone hears something different.
. self-
actualization
/ \
self-esteem
/ \
love and belonging
/ \
safety and security
/ \
a partner who also likes
talking during the movie
actualization
/ \
self-esteem
/ \
love and belonging
/ \
safety and security
/ \
a partner who also likes
talking during the movie
April 22, 2023 at 9:28 PM
. self-
actualization
/ \
self-esteem
/ \
love and belonging
/ \
safety and security
/ \
a partner who also likes
talking during the movie
actualization
/ \
self-esteem
/ \
love and belonging
/ \
safety and security
/ \
a partner who also likes
talking during the movie
Sometimes you gotta just sell the benefit.
April 22, 2023 at 3:56 PM
Sometimes you gotta just sell the benefit.
This bloom is gnarly AF
April 22, 2023 at 1:37 PM
This bloom is gnarly AF
I’m doing Claritin’s 2x a day now to cope: AM and PM doses
April 22, 2023 at 1:34 PM
I’m doing Claritin’s 2x a day now to cope: AM and PM doses
Each passing day I sever the ties to my employer.
Soon I shall take to the skies once more.
Soon I shall take to the skies once more.
April 22, 2023 at 1:17 AM
Each passing day I sever the ties to my employer.
Soon I shall take to the skies once more.
Soon I shall take to the skies once more.
Love the face wrapped scarf motif by this artist
April 21, 2023 at 11:44 AM
Love the face wrapped scarf motif by this artist
Apparently none of the Jeopardy contestants could guess this final question.
Tech is a bubble!!
Tech is a bubble!!
April 21, 2023 at 4:35 AM
Apparently none of the Jeopardy contestants could guess this final question.
Tech is a bubble!!
Tech is a bubble!!