Current Writing on Substack.
past writing
The core of my career is writing. In the last ten years, I’ve published as a founder of media companies, journalist, a copywriter, a marketing manager, an editor, and a script writer.
Below, you’ll find articles I’ve written on tech, society, and mindfulness. They’re areas where I have particular expertise and opinions. Many of them, you’ll find cover Asia and Vietnam, where I’ve focused much of my journalistic efforts.
Dot.LA – Featuring startups ecosystem in Los Angeles
Eytan Elbaz: On the Art of Building Businesses
Daniel Broukhim: Building a Thriving Ecommerce Business
ExpertDojo: Investing in Startups from LA to the World
IRL LA – Events in Los Angeles newsletter
Forbes
Why Alibaba’s Latest Paytm Buy Proves Amazon Is Playing A Losing Game In Asia
How Chinese And American Companies Are Turning Southeast Asia Into A ‘Games Of Thrones’
Alibaba And Amazon Are In An E-Commerce Cold War For Asia, And Stakes Are High
Channel News Asia
Commentary: Beware the seducing calls of Vietnam’s start-up sirens
Buddha’s Roar
A Beginner’s Mind for Business
Vietcetera
Vietnamese Americans Who Aren’t Vietnamese
The Pain Of Coming Back To Vietnam
Tech In Asia
There’s too much groupthink in the tech ecosystem
Asia’s changed, and going big is the only option
Why Vietnam is proud of Flappy Bird
All the numbers you need to know about Indonesia in 2014 (INFOGRAPHIC)
5 of America’s biggest tech companies wouldn’t survive without Asia
Learn from South Korea: its gaming market is just $600M less than China’s and double Japan’s
Medium
Singapore, the lungs of Southeast Asia
How Germans, Americans, and Vietnamese act in the cinema
The Birthday Book (2016) – In 2016, I got the honor of writing a passage for Singapore’s Birthday Book, which commemorates the thinking, emotional tapestries, and experiences of being Singaporean in 2016.
Copywriting
Below you’ll find the biggest copy writing projects that I’ve worked on in the last few years. I took a leading role in all of these projects, doing the writing myself, working with other writers, and editing the content.