I spend 3 hours at the gym every day, go on mountaineering and snowboarding trips every three months, work as a founding engineer at a Series A startup, and still have time for side projects like this blog post.

Someone recently asked me what’s my secret for getting all this done. How do I have time to do all these things?

In this blog post, I’ll share my secrets on how to be hyper-productive using some theories from business books I read and insights from science (e.g. three laws of thermodynamics), with examples from my experience climbing, training at the gym, and working as a software engineer.

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People have different reasons to want to quit their 9-5 to pursue entrepreneurship full time. I was drawn to the opportunity to take something from idea to product and being able to “be my own boss”. We all want the lifestyle of a successful entrepreneur but you don’t need to have your own VC funded startup to build a great product.

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This documents the market research I’ve completed for my startup, LooseLeaf. This is a long and exhaustive market research. There’s a TL;DR version of the value proposition.

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This documents my journey applying to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Seed Fund for my startup, LooseLeaf.

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The System for Award Management (SAM) is the primary registrant database for entities to do business with the U.S. Government. You must register with SAM before applying for a seed fund from the government for your startup.

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LooseLeaf is a passion project and a startup I’ve been building while serving a 5 year commitment in the military. I’ve been creating prototypes and iterating on the concept of LooseLeaf since 2015.

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High-value employees are a major assets for a strong company. Losing a high contributing team member could leave a void and impact the team’s morale and workflow. Investors are also concerned by high turnover rates, especially amongst the senior executives. Groupon had trouble retaining their senior executives, which contributed to an 85% drop in their value a year after going public. It’s clear we want to retain high-valued employees, but is employee loyalty the way to achieve retention?

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