Hsu Ken Ooi
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2026
  • The AI-Pilled Advantage Apr 16
2025
  • Should You Stop Working on Your Startup? Nov 6
  • Dogmatic vs Scientific Founders Oct 29
2024
  • Why Office Hours Are Effective May 2
  • 5 Most Common Startup Pitch Mistakes and What to Do Apr 25
  • What to Look for in Your First Technical Hire Feb 5
  • Top Posts and Book Recommendations of 2023 Jan 2
2023
  • Convincing People to Work at Your Startup Sep 11
  • Is Your Startup Solving an Important Problem? Jul 18
  • What Iterative Looks for When Investing in Founders May 25
  • The Difference Between Bad, Good, and Great Startup Engineers Apr 28
  • Should You Continue Working on Your Startup? Mar 6
2022
  • Does Story or Traction Matter More When Fundraising? Aug 11
  • Learnings Compound, Money Doesn't Aug 6
  • Founder Simulations Jul 6
  • Increasing a Startup's Chances of Being Successful Jul 6
  • How to Think About Product May 6
2021
  • Invest in Slope Nov 13
2020
  • Starting Iterative Mar 27
2014
  • Origin of a Venture-Backed, Acquired Startup Jan 14
2013
  • Postmortem of a Venture-Backed, Acquired Startup Oct 17

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