Startups

Life Reflections

The Room Where Irrelevance Feels Intelligent

Dec 18, 2025

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4 min read

The Room Where Irrelevance Feels Intelligent

A monk, a slur, and the thing I keep catching myself doing

George Pu

Startups

I Just Watched a Smart Founder Make a $200K Mistake

Dec 12, 2025

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9 min read

I Just Watched a Smart Founder Make a $200K Mistake

50/50 odds became 10/90.

George Pu

Business

The Real Cost of Building at Full Speed (It's Not What You Think)

Dec 4, 2025

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11 min read

The Real Cost of Building at Full Speed (It's Not What You Think)

What Freedom Actually Costs in 2025

George Pu

Business

Start-Up Survival 2025: How I Saved $100K/Year Defying Silicon Valley Norms

Nov 20, 2025

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11 min read

Start-Up Survival 2025: How I Saved $100K/Year Defying Silicon Valley Norms

Why I left the 'Big Tech' playbook behind, and the new rules for 2025.

George Pu

Business

I Just Published 350 Pages Nobody Told Me to Write

Oct 24, 2025

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9 min read

I Just Published 350 Pages Nobody Told Me to Write

Only 0.05% of startups raise VC. 75% of those fail. Here's the path for everyone else.

George Pu

Business

The 8AM text that saved my company (+ why the AI gap becomes permanent)

Oct 17, 2025

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11 min read

The 8AM text that saved my company (+ why the AI gap becomes permanent)

I was scheduling shutdown emails when a customer text changed everything. Here's the framework that separated burnout from business failure.

George Pu

Business

The Sunday Night Test: Why I walked away from $3M (and you should trust your gut too)

Oct 10, 2025

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9 min read

The Sunday Night Test: Why I walked away from $3M (and you should trust your gut too)

Why that chest-heavy feeling saved me $3M

George Pu

Business

$300K burned: Why I stopped following Y Combinator advice

Oct 3, 2025

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6 min read

$300K burned: Why I stopped following Y Combinator advice

I burned $300K following Y Combinator's advice. Then I discovered the consulting-first model and hit $10K/month in 90 days. Here's the complete playbook.

George Pu

Startups

The Room Where Irrelevance Feels Intelligent

I Just Watched a Smart Founder Make a $200K Mistake

The Real Cost of Building at Full Speed (It's Not What You Think)

Start-Up Survival 2025: How I Saved $100K/Year Defying Silicon Valley Norms

I Just Published 350 Pages Nobody Told Me to Write

The 8AM text that saved my company (+ why the AI gap becomes permanent)

The Sunday Night Test: Why I walked away from $3M (and you should trust your gut too)

$300K burned: Why I stopped following Y Combinator advice

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