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The dinner group, eight years in

Almost six years ago, I wrote about starting a dinner group for women in tech in Singapore. We’d just moved back from San Francisco, I …

+180 XP 2 SEP 2026

The interview was already happening

Last night at our Founder Friends event, a guy walked up to me with the kind of opener you don’t forget. “This might be a little weird — …

+120 XP 5 JUN 2026

Pick Your Table

Urgency is a social phenomenon, not an internal one We talk about drive like it’s a character trait. I believe it’s mostly a downstream …

+120 XP 24 APR 2026

The Art of the Group Chat

You know a group chat has gone off the rails when someone asks for credentials. “Well, what’s your background in this?” Or worse — …

+180 XP 23 FEB 2026

Forest City: A Ghost Town Finds Its Residents with the Network School

There is a certain irony in finding one of the most vibrant communities I’ve encountered in what was designed to be a ghost city. I recently …

+180 XP 9 DEC 2025

On building communities

I’ve been building communities all my life. In the beginning, it was accidental - I noticed that most groups were willing to do things if …

+240 XP 8 DEC 2020

Building a Product Management Community in Southeast Asia

Picture: From L to R, Shiyan Koh (Hustle Fund), Radhika Dutt (Radical Product), Anna Gong (Perx), Reshmi Roy (Skyscanner) Last night, I had the …

+90 XP 14 FEB 2019

Communities and the Cul-de-sac

“Wouldn’t it be great if we could all be neighbors with our best friends? We could come home from work, trade stories over a glass of …

+90 XP 24 JAN 2018