Shaun Smerling

a little bit everyday goes a very long way

@henrylai111 but noisy

@smerlinger Sheung Wan is great

spring in hong kong

@Charlie_Bowsher that sweet island life

@smerlinger ffs, didn't zoom in and pretty obvious it's Repulse haha. Snapped this from there looking out a few weeks back - unreal spot!

@mrturnbury thanks for showing me the spots!

@smerlinger What a place!

@Charlie_Bowsher right before repulse. beautiful path

@smerlinger Where's that running spot bottom right? Looks unreal!

computers force us to translate thoughts into clean text—but that’s not how humans naturally communicate. voice is faster, richer, but messier my best use case for AI today has been @WisprFlow; you speak naturally and let AI handle the rest Plug that into a chat interface to clean up your messy thoughts better than you can type it out

@jakublasocha light

@smerlinger Mad impressive lad. Would love to do it one day. How are you feeling now - after the retreat?

@EcomShri @ecomprtal thanks Shri!

@smerlinger @ecomprtal when someone liquidates everything to chase one thing you pay attention to what that thing is……..nice one Shaun 👌

> took 6 months off ecom after last exit > pondered legacy brand for awhile, stumbling along the way > moved to hong kong from bali, absolutely polar opposites > came up with the idea in Nov 25’ > Pre orders launched successfully in feb 26’ > sold @ecomprtal to liquidate, cut off all consulting clients, stopped all partnerships > going all in on this mission; a perfect mix of art, competition, and craftsmanship

@ItsBenTurton @ecomprtal just tryna catch up to you

@smerlinger @ecomprtal The big boss is back

@ecom_jad well said

Dropshipping or branded dropshipping is great to learn and build cashflow. But staying there is a trap. Once you understand the game Build something you actually believe in Build a real moat You’ll go much further and your mentality will shift because you actually believe in the brand. You will have less friction investing in things that have a real impact on the long term growth of the brand and this will compound. I have seen this time and time again and this is the real path to scale that most founders delay.

@riotcultures @ecomprtal just tryna build like you 🙏🏼

@smerlinger @ecomprtal man what a time skip 👊

@jakublasocha @ecomprtal if ur ever in town gimme a shout!

@jakublasocha @ecomprtal appreciate it 🙏🏼 HK is amazing for business, moved here solely for that reason otherwise it can be chaotic and high paced, great in bursts mixed with small trips every month or two

Hiring an experienced google ads media buyer - if anyone knows / has good references would be much appreciated. DMs are open

Need a trustworthy 3PL in China/US. Any recommendations?

it’s cool to meet other business owners but I find a lot of them to be very one dimensional go play instruments, speak multiple languages, do art on the side, tinker with physical hobbies tldr; be a polymath. so many lessons can be found by tackling multiple disciplines