Yu-kai Chou

Invest in early stage startups in a recession
A recession is the perfect time to invest in startups because
1) You get MUCH better deals with valuation
2) Each dollar gets you more stuff
3) A much bigger talent pool (not just labor pool) that are unemployed and ready to move to a startup
4) Competition Haven: large companies are [...]

Our goal with Viralogy is to provide the platform that helps promote all of the great bloggers in our community. With the Viralogy Blog, we reached out and did video interviews with some amazing bloggers. My co-founder Jun did an extraordinary job at it!
Today we’re launching two more projects to power up the Blogger’s [...]

Yes, that’s me….a little while ago. I’m actually dancing to the 16th note.
This is Yu-kai Chou, and you have been FDtized.

The first launch is usually crappy
Whenever we first launch a product or make a business plan, we would be so proud of it and send it to everyone. A month later, we think it’s so crappy that we are embarrassed to send it to anyone. Then we make a super improvement and think it’s the [...]

Running a Startup is stressful
Think of running a startup like preparing for a test, in which if you failed, you will get kicked out of school and end up wasting the last 3-4 years of schooling.
Now think of it as a test where if you failed it, a dozen of your friends in the [...]

The ROI of Social Media
A lot people are diving into social media marketing but they don’t know what is the ROI. Are sales increasing?
Social Media is about being Social. It’s about Networking
When you go to an event, you are there to network and build relationships. You aren’t making any sales, but you know that [...]

Doing a little bit marketing is useless
If you put out 1 radio ad, 1 tv commercial, 1 tweet, 1 blog post, 1 news paper ad, your campaign will be useless and you would just be wasting money. Repeating the same message over and over again on the same platform is how you truly build your [...]

Serial Entrepreneurs are favored by everyone because of their experiences and record
A lot of people talk about how important it is to have experienced entrepreneurs who have successful exits to run a startup. I definitely agree. You would not bet money on a guy who’s playing a video game for the first time ever. If [...]