That vibe of year end is coming. Q4 also will be big for our budding brands in ecommerce, and already thinking of 2023!
Using Passion And Emotion To Grow (Bad Idea?)
Calling it PASSION, and yes, also EMOTION. But to make an omelette, you need to break some eggs.
Relaunching the old New York Bar Store
One of the first e-commerce businesses I ever started (technically there was 1 or 2 that didn’t make it too far before – part of the process ha!) – New York Bar Store – we are bringing it back to life. This business is a labor of love for sure. Started in a New York City studio apartment with Andrew …
Trip to a Mountain Factory in North Thailand
With just under a month in Thailand – can’t help myself and had to do a factory visit. This is the factory of one of our brands – Akitai, handmade jewelry. Andres our business partner flew up from his home in Phuket Sunday morning, where we meet in Chiang Mai airport and drove 4 hours to a lake in the …
Brushing Dust Off Old Business + Launch, Relaunch, Push it!
NYBS re-launch plan + TV show, Launching more products, GFAkids IT upgrade, Flamingo Handshake expansion, & more!
Factory / New Products / Team / Launch Process
Quick list before meeting Andres at airport and driving 4 hours to a factory in the mountains: new products at akitai, team training, launch process improvements, flamingo handshake auction
90% Settled In, Shifting Gears to Community
Full week now in our new home, and daily trips to various grocery stores and home stores, now back to community building.
Thailand Basic Foundation & Team Leadership Continues
We found a home school parent co-op that really fit our needs (more later). We then found a place 5 minutes walking from the school. Waited to find what is right for us.
Kicking off OffChain Social Networking Meetups in Chiang Mai
I’ll be speaking about web3 domains and decentralized hosting at the second Offchain Chiang Mai, Thailand Meetup on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022 Catch you there! Just can’t help myself – need to network and connect with people – and doing that right off the bat here in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Been attending Offchain (formerly Crypto Drinks) meetups in Shenzhen a …
Putting Thailand Life Back Together Again
So made it back to Chiang Mai, Thailand – took over 48 hours end to end to travel from Shenzhen, China to Chiang Mai, Thailand – pre-covid would have been about 6 to 8 hour travel time. But it is what it is – I am recovering from days of travel with a family – and we are here. Kids …
Arrival in Thailand (Allowed To Leave China)
Typing this up from a hotel lobby near the BKK airport, on the last day of the month of August 2022 – ready for a fresh start in Chiang Mai for the month of September and the rest of 2022. Still don’t want to reveal too much about the process of getting approval for my wife and children to leave …
Speaking at Scaleup Impact Summit on Metaverse + Ecommerce
I was lucky to be invited to speak and host 2 panels at Whub’s SIS2022 (Scaleup Impact Summit) for these 2 times lots: RSVP today
Thailand Transition, GFA Kids Config
“Recovering” still from last week “family migration” from China to Thailand. Still a ton to do but the huge chunks of the migration are done.
10 Things I Learned From Reading “How To Fail At Almost Anything and Still Win Big”
As I pack up on my last day leaving China, it is bitter sweet to read the final chapter of Scott Adams’s (author of the Dilbert comic series) book “How to Fail At Almost Anything and Still Win Big”. I took highlights in my Kindle, and wanted to come back and type it out – hope this can help inspire …
Quick Informal Going Away Party from Shenzhen
1 year back in Shenzhen – and it is time to move on. Processing the visa for the wife and kids was a true nightmare – and something I will not even begin to explain until all 4 of us are approved to leave the exit border at China customs. So with just a couple days left – I invited …
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