jasonshen

5,905 karmajoined September 11, 2008On HN

I am executive coach who works with ~15 startup founders, senior leaders and "outlier talent" to apply their unique strengths towards ambitious goals.

Previously: 3x founder (YC S11) and PM at Etsy & FB

I write a newsletter about how unconventional talent succeeds at jasonshen.com/newsletter

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Recent submissions

The Life of One Den [Den Ōkōchi and Yōyokaku Inn]craigmod.com
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A Sense of Where You Are (1965)newyorker.com
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The Founder Mental Health Survey foundermental.health
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Confidence as the Progressive Overload of Risk jasonshen.com
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The Tyranny of Thirty medium.com
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Building 10x Better jasonshen.com
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I See You [on Better Meetings]jasonshen.com
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From Burned Out Tech CEO to Amazon Warehouse Associate jasonshen.com
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Conviction: A Startup Founder's Most Valuable Asset medium.com
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We used a 49 slide deck to decide our company's future twitter.com
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Oh Shit, You’re Going Through a Reorg every.to
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The Ghost Galop: a song about navigating the hellscape of open-source software youtube.com
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Switching to Ghost: Why and How I Did It jasonshen.com
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How to Make Eng Oncall (and Your Life) Suck Less jasonshen.substack.com
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How Masculine Ideals Affect Our Resilience jasonshen.substack.com
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The Document Arms Race Intensifies jasonshen.substack.com
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Key Challenges Impacting Restaurants in the Pandemic medium.com
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Resilience is not a trait, it's a series of skills fastcompany.com
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