I help organizations build things that last: accelerators, incubators, innovation programs, and growth systems.
I recently wrote a book on the “Why Now” question to help companies use timing to improve their odds of success. Timing is seen as a big factor in product success, yet few go deep into the topic. That’s what I did in this book.
I help companies understand and improve their unit economics (Lifetime Value and Customer Acquisition Cost) and then use that to guide their growth strategy. Based on my time helping companies, I wrote a book on this called Growth Units.
I build startup accelerators and incubators, including the University of Southern California’s Incubator (a program for businesses created by alumni, students, and faculty), AcceleratorHK (Hong Kong’s first startup accelerator), the Laudato Si startup accelerator in Rome (partnered with the Vatican), and a community health incubator for the Humana Foundation and Volunteers of America.
Earlier I co-founded a B2B healthtech startup in New York, where I learned a lot of lessons the hard way.
I have held interim roles including Head of Growth and President, for funded startups and revenue businesses. I have also consulted to and have spoken at Fortune 500 firms and funded startups. Here are testimonials from some companies I’ve helped.
My work has been featured in media including TechCrunch, Fast Company, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and more.
I graduated from Cornell and Columbia and was a past winner at the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon. I’m fluent in Mandarin and conversational in Cantonese. Since I’ve been teaching at USC, I wrote multiple published case studies on incubators and accelerators.
Out of an interest in systems, I also wrote over 100 articles on unintended consequences.