Codi | Building + Investing in Asia

I write about building + investing in Asia: • getting set up (life + business) • founders & investing • property/real estate when you’re ready to plant roots I’m launching a short weekly newsletter soon. Weekly newsletter drops soon DM “EARLY” for early access

@ItsElanaGold I concur

Anthropic will announce they are going public by end of year. Just wait for it.

Slowing down is a competitive advantage. Most people won’t do it.

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The Phuket Community newsletter started as a side project. Now it’s becoming a solid pulse on what’s happening locally. Really proud of it.

If you’re not tracking costs weekly (or daily), you’re guessing. Real-time cost tracking should be standard.

@AI_Megaphone one hand on a sanga and one hand in the cloud

@codimansbridge Were you building a sandwich while tweeting this?

Feels good to be back in builder mode. Messy, exhausting, but real.

Thinking about buying the brand back. No real strategy behind it. Just one of those gut feelings that won’t go away.

Watching an old business shut down is a strange feeling. You’ve moved on… but a part of you is still tied to it. Hard to explain.

Flights booked for the end of the year. In the middle of the grind, it’s nice to have something on the horizon. Really enjoying exploring China.

Pick 3 anchors and lock them in: Health (gym / sport / walks) Deep work (2–3 focused blocks) People (builders you see weekly) If it’s not on the calendar, island life will take it.

Skip it, and “island time” quietly becomes your life.

Weekdays have structure party is occasional, not a personality recovery is planned, not endless The whole system is basically: rhythm + circle + mission Do that, and Asia becomes a base where your health, network, and work compound fast.

Asia is generous. It will offer you a “good time” every day. So you need rules:

Mentorship here is rocket fuel because it protects you from wandering. If you don’t have a mentor: -copy someone’s operating rhythm -join a builder community -find one person ahead of you and be useful to them

Saying no is one of the most underrated skills. Opportunities look good. Ideas sound exciting. But every yes comes with a cost. The real leverage is knowing what to ignore.

Grab has completely reshaped food economics in Thailand. Different game now.

@trevorlasn @aridutilh Very cool

@aridutilh solo founder here. building 0xinsider.com :)

we're investing $100,000 in solo founders building something that feels like their calling. paying customers are great but not required if moonshot. dm me if this is you – let's work together.

@001TMF @aridutilh Awesome 😎

@aridutilh We’re teaching a machine to invent individualised medicines

@CaptainXCrumpet @aridutilh What robots you using?

@aridutilh I’m building a crumpet cafe staffed by robots