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The Pragmatic Pivot (Medium)

  1. Conviction: A Startup Founder’s Most Valuable Asset
  2. Doubt: A Startup Founder’s Greatest Threat
  3. Align: Why The Double Loop Pivot Is the Best Way To Explore Changing Your Business
  4. Discover: How to Learn From Users During a Pivot Exploration Period
  5. Realize: Generating Insights to Fuel Your Pivot
How to Be Happier at Work, According to a Resilience Coach
Work is messy and chaotic. These five strategies will help.
The MuseJason Shen

The Muse: How to Be Happier At Work: From a Resilience Coach

The Muse: This Resilience Quiz Will Reveal How You Deal with Change at Work

Every: Rethinking Resilience Mini-Series

  1. How to Cultivate Resilience: A Four Part Framework
  2. Oh Shit, You’re Going Through a Reorg
  3. Why “Suck It Up” Isn’t a Solution
  4. What Getting Sued, Scammed, and Arrested Taught Me About Resilience
  5. You Got Laid Off. Now What?
You Got Laid Off. Now What?
How to act with resilience when you’ve been let go
Rethinking ResilienceJason Shen

Fast Company: The response to Simone Biles’ exit shows we still have a long way to go on mental health

Vox: Hurting but still hopeful: What it’s like for Asian American family-owned businesses right now

What it’s like for Asian American family-owned businesses right now
“The pandemic was seen as an ‘Asian virus’ from the get-go, and it was just a matter of time [before] something horrible was going to happen.”
VoxJason Shen

Tech Stands Up: 13fund. A Joint Venture in Angel Philanthropy (podcast)

Medium: Introducing 13 Fund

Make a Difference: Why It’s the Responsibility of Leaders to Speak Openly About Their Emotional Life (interview)

Techcrunch: All product creators can learn something from Jackbox Games’ user experiences

Fast Company: Tech workers are showing the effects of COVID-19-related burnout

Tech workers are showing the effects of COVID-19-related burnout
While tech employees are starting to find their “new normal” after months of stress, several key challenges remain.
Fast CompanyJason Shen

Techcrunch: Cultivating adaptability is a pandemic coping skill

Cultivating adaptability is a pandemic coping skill – TechCrunch
It’s clear that the people who can let go of their past plans and embrace the new environment ahead will thrive.
TechCrunchJason Shen

Fast Company: “People are getting soft”: How the Away scandal exposed a Silicon Valley culture war

Vox: Why Always Be My Maybe’s Asian American underachiever is groundbreaking

Why Always Be My Maybe’s Asian American underachiever is groundbreaking
We need more stories about Asian Americans. Especially the underachieving ones.
VoxJason Shen

ProductHunt: In Defense of Hard Pivots: From Hiring Platform to Esports Startup

Fast Company: I’m a former elite athlete and I call BS on tech’s obsession with working long hours

Indiana Business Times: Indy Tech Company Acquires New York Platform

Better Humans: How to Dramatically Improve Your Public Speaking + the podcast interview follow up

How to Dramatically Improve your Public Speaking Skills
What Giving a TED Talk Taught Me About Becoming a Better Speaker
Better HumansJason Shen

NYTimes: What It’s Really Like to Risk it All in Silicon Valley (interview)

What It’s Really Like to Risk It All in Silicon Valley (Published 2016)
An entrepreneur tries to start a company and raise venture capital in Silicon Valley — and then finds out she is pregnant.
NYTimesBy

Fast Company: The Networking Secret That Only Requires Writing Four Emails A Year

Newton Wicked Local: Newton North alum Jason Shen sets Guinness Aztec push-ups record

Sweet and Sour: Eat Bitter (ft Jason Shen) (podcast interview)

Quartz: Enough with the excuses. It’s time to pay women what they’re worth with titles to match

Enough with the excuses. It’s time to pay women what they’re worth with titles to match
“You still have time to make it right. So make it right.”
QuartzJason Shen

The Art of Authenticity: Jason Shen (podcast)

The Atlantic: Asian Americans Feel Held Back at Work by Stereotypes (interview)

Asian Americans Feel Held Back at Work by Stereotypes
A new survey reveals just how much racial misconceptions can impact people at work.
The AtlanticLeah Askarinam, National Journal

Marketplace: Failing in order to succeed? There’s a conference for that (radio)

Outside Magazine: Double Agents: Superhero Athletes of the Tech Industry

Double Agents: Superhero Athletes of the Tech Industry
There’s a new generation taking over the Bay Area who aren’t afraid to play as hard as they work.
Outside OnlineMichael Roberts

LifeHacker: The Science of Practice: What Happens When You Learn a New Skill

Pando: Smithsonian turns to crowdsourcing for massive digitization project (press)

TechCrunch: Ridejoy Brings Its Ridesharing Service To The iPhone, Wants To Be Your Roadtrip Matchmaker (press)

Ridejoy Brings Its Ridesharing Service To The iPhone, Wants To Be Your Roadtrip Matchmaker – TechCrunch
While collective consumption has really taken off in the last year thanks to the Airbnbs and Ubers of the world, carpooling and ride-sharing have been around a bit longer. But for the last few years, a number of ride-sharing startups have been making headway in areas where carpooling traditionally …
TechCrunchRip Empson

Mashable: The 35 Fittest People in Tech (list)

NYTimes: Would You Trust Ridejoy’s Website? (interview)