Shawn Pang
@0xthefool
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I’m writing and sharing at @0xshawnpang
Vancouver
Joined September 2016
See you in HK at the Cyberport Venture Capital Forum 2025!
We're thrilled to be at the @cyberport_hk Venture Capital Forum 2025! 🚀 Our Co-Founder & CMO, Alisha Li, will be moderating Panel 5 at the Web3.0 Innovation Expo on Panel 5. 💡 Topic: Powering Machine-to-Machine Transactions with DID & Web3 Payment She'll be leading the
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Hey X friends. I'm hosting an exclusive event next Wednesday - Made in Canada, where I'll be inviting a top Canadian founder in each one of the four categories in AI/Crypto/XR/Robotics. I'm looking for 4 speakers to share in front of 80 founders and investors. This would be a
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Looking at the fastest-growing products by revenue or user growth, prosumer tools clearly dominate. These are specialized products built for professional consumers - think Cursor for developers, Midjourney for designers, and Kling for video editors. Why prosumers make the perfect
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What sets exceptional founders apart is their ability to dive into unfamiliar territory and quickly: Map out the key players and how the industry actually works Articulate their understanding convincingly enough to secure backing Convert this knowledge into actual sales by
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I've noticed something important while refining our product at @allscaleio lately: having impressive big company credentials doesn't necessarily make someone right for a startup. Take engineering, for example. A technical veteran with 15 years at major companies might design an
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AI's role in replacing jobs will shift from passive to proactive. Whether you're a big corporation or a scrappy startup like us, everyone is starting to ask themselves before hiring: "Do we really need a new employee, or can an AI agent handle this?" Every new hire now faces an
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Planning to host a large Nvidia GTC Afterparty on March 22nd in SF. Already got venue and sponsorship secured. We have hosted multiple events of 300+ founders & investors at the same venue in the past year. Looking for more community builders and founders to co-host this. Let me
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A growth hacker who doesn't know how to use Bolt, Lovable, vO, Replit, and Cursor isn’t a good founder.
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A really sad thing: I meet more Canadian founders in any random event in the US than in Canada.
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More and more, pre-seed investors are looking for founders who know how to generate momentum and attract users—without relying on massive marketing budgets. Being able to organically draw online attention is becoming increasingly important. Meanwhile, AI-assisted development
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Working on an actual project really is the best way to learn. I’ve served plenty of AI video generation clients before, so I understood all the technical logic and jargon. But I was never able to produce truly good content on my own. Then, for my wife’s birthday, I collected
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I used to have fever only once every three to five years, but in the past three months—traveling to nearly ten different cities—I’ve caught the flu twice. After doing some research, here are a few tips for frequent travelers to help prevent the flu and protect yourself: 1. Get
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Join us in San Francisco on Tuesday, January 14, for an evening of real connections between startups and investors! HashMatrix is bringing together 50 standout projects—each will deliver a quick one-minute pitch to show off their solid teams and real traction. We’ve also
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Coding, Writing, and Selling are the three most important skills for anyone to earn their first bucket of gold in 2025. Coding – You don’t have to grind LeetCode. What matters is working with AI to clarify requirements and product architecture. With Cursor, you can quickly
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Any one hosting events during NeurIPS 2024 in Vancouver? I have in total $10k cad budget to sponsor any AI events (plan to do 1.5k - 3k each). If you are looking for sponsors, please reach out! :)
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The Most Important Growth for Startup Products... Isn't Actually Growth, It's Commercialization. 1. While any growth strategy and product strategy need metrics to measure success, the best indicator is actually revenue, not the number of users, user activity, or market size.
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Overthinking Kills Both Creativity and Productivity. My self-reflection on overthinking: 1. Often, the reason we procrastinate is the desire to achieve perfection in our tasks. However, completing a task is much more crucial than perfecting it. It’s important to clearly
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Good artists borrow, great artists steal. Creating content is not primarily about the challenges of post-editing or the process of writing and recording; rather, it’s about finding inspiration. A significant part of a good creator's standard operating procedure should involve
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AI-powered RSS reader for deep, noise-free reading with contextual AI.
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Which salesperson would you rather hire? Knows your industry but not sales Knows how to sell but isn’t familiar with your industry
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