Personal Story

I Lost Everything. Then I Learned the One Rule That Beats GPT-4, Divorce, and 3 Failed Startups

📅 July 17, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

After losing his job, three startups, and his marriage, a former SaaS product manager discovered the hard truth: the real edge in AI isn’t the latest model—it’s business judgment. This anti-hype playbook shows how to spot tech inflection points, build resilience, and validate ideas at near-zero cost, all while focusing on the human needs that never change.

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I Turned Down Tsinghua Because They Treated Me Like Garbage. Here’s What That Tells Us About Power.

📅 July 7, 2026 📂 Tech Industry

A personal story of turning down Tsinghua University because of its arrogant admissions team reveals a universal truth: in high-stakes negotiations, respect matters more than prestige. When one of China’s top institutions treated a top-scoring candidate like an afterthought, they lost a future student to their rival—a lesson for every brand, school, and employer.

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