Cheyoung Ahn 🇰🇷🇬🇺

"oMg ur fRoM gUaM???" Roughly 738,383 times I've heard this, between my first year at Stanford and my months in SF. I don't mind, though. It's kind of nice being the first person from Guam someone's ever met. 🇬🇺 But Guam deserves a little more love. Read in full here: linkedin.com/posts/cheyoung…

What time during the day do you find to be most productive? I was surprised by how many people said late night to early morning. I’m so excited to meet other night owls on July 29th 9pm. We have very cool speakers for the event too 👀 Only 10 spots remaining luma.com/vo06qzbz

@0xnniiovo U BETTTT

@cheyoungahn So excited for this

@mendurmen YES COMEEE

@cheyoungahn so true!! btw is night owl mixer still open? lwk wanna pu

bay area is humbling. turns out we have this office tradition where everyone wakes up early and hits the gym at 6am every day, with one day off on the weekend. the gym we went was packed from teenagers to elderly people, everyone looked jacked and healthy af. and the first conversation i accidentally eavesdropped on was two uncles talking about startups. i recently shared paul graham’s “cities and ambition” essay, where he says that in great cities, even the conversations you overhear can push you in a certain direction. starting to see what he meant in real life.

@jeremysoojk I missed it! 🫠 any other events like this??

@cheyoungahn u should, happening till 6!

who's at cafe cursor !

@borrasque_ That’s so cool! I also moved around every couple years before coming to Stanford; I lived in Seoul, the countryside of Korea, NYC Queens, Guam and now here! I never got to explore this city while in Palo Alto but sf is so one of a kind.

i lived in 6 different places across my life before moving to sf 0-5: on a farm/my hometown in central china 5-10: went to boarding school in a very rural area surrounded by mountains and farmland in china 10-12: immigrated to canada and lived on a small island province 12-14: moved to montreal where i had to learn how to speak french fluently 14-18: settled in toronto and finished elementary + high school 18-19: ann arbor, michigan to attend umich sf is by far the most beautiful place i've seen in my life. my family never traveled, as it was always way too expensive anyways, if you are in sf and into startups, tech, and building, drop a comment and let's connect!

Out here in the real world, no one is grading you. But it's hard to shake the feeling that I need a polished, finished product before I can speak up. But that’s absolutely not true. Explaining how you think is what helps create those opportunities. People want to get to know YOU not just your achievements before they trust you.

Only a week til @ycombinator startup school here are 3 things I am taking away from this week: • action before thoughts — overthinking is self-sabotage • consumer startups aren't dead. generate unique human data. depth > shallowness • you're not "not ready." you're just scared. post anyway. next week is gna be full of so many more!

@katiekirsch Exactly what I’m trying to do more of! I built commit.social to fix this issue. A passport of human effort. Log-> get it witnessed by others -> the data compounds

weirdly underrated work skill: - tell people what you’re going to do - do it - tell people you did it

@16vchq Commit.social capturing human effort.

You got 5 words. Sell me your service.

@evanbuhler Anger is such an overrated emotion. Why waste my precious energy towards something so negative ?

I love to see a passionate founder or emerging GP. I actually don’t think you can be very good at these jobs in the long term if not top decile passionate. But you only have so much energy and time in a day. Why waste it being mad at someone who did you no wrong?

@alwayspriyesh WHAT ARE UR TIPS I need to know

Being active on X is underrated A week ago I had ~60 followers 60 → 100 took a day 100 → 200 took 3 days 200 → 300 took another few days The win isn't followers, it's meeting builders, devs, and people who enjoy learning and sharing If you're in tech, I'd love to connect🤝

I couldn’t resist the X premium…😬

@sridharfyi building a proof of effort platform for builders. I’d love to chat with u

founders: what's one thing you shipped this week? big or small. share the link if it's public.

@evanbuhler @UseCorgi I was just talking about this with a friend.. a late night working spot not too cafe not too library…

Does anyone know a venue like @UseCorgi Cafe in the city but less hacker, college dorm, tinkerer vibes and more contemplative, mystical and literary energy? Looking for a late night spot to read some books.

bumping this 👇

Good study cafe recs in sf ??