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Latest — 13 Feb 2026

Update for the week ending Fri, 13 Feb, 2026

Week of massive product breakthrough driven by my first Opportunity-Solution Tree: CMF Hypothesis, Top 10 Companies research prompt, and renewed client hope. Also wrote "Revenue Isn't Enough" blog post and created PMF Marketing Strategy in one inspired morning.

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Revenue Isn't Enough: How I'm Building for Client Outcomes, Not Just Sales

“I really hope they got what they came here for. I hope they got what they’ve been saving up their money for.” In Taylor Swift's documentary on the making of The Eras Tour, she reflects on what she thinks about at the end of every show, as

Update for the week ending Fri, 06 Feb, 2026

2026: The Year of Product-Market Fit. Figuring out "job-relevant conversations" as my North Star Metric, my first customer interview snapshot, and the "Time-Ease of Hiring Matrix."

Linchpin, 14 Years Later

In 2012, a book made me realize my impressive resume meant… almost nothing. I read Linchpin by Seth Godin. It kind of punched me in the face. At the time — fresh out of university — I thought I was hot shit. Magna cum laude. Student council. Recruited into an exclusive, prestigious

Update for the week ending Fri, 30 Jan, 2026

Getting back into work faster than usual after a vacation, and reframing revenue as a signal toward Product–Market Fit, not the goal.

Update for the week ending Fri, 16 Jan, 2026

Unexpectedly shortened week due to family loss: traveled to Manila, delivered a eulogy, one client interview win via AI, and three blog posts published.

He Just Took Care of Us: A Eulogy for My Uncle Harry Dy, Tua Yi Tiu

Delivered at his funeral on Friday, January 16, 2026. For those who don’t know me, my name is Chiara. My family calls me Chi Chi. Harry Dy is my uncle, I call him Tua Yi Tiu. I now live in Germany. On Tuesday, I woke up and saw the

Thinking Like a Player in a Job Market (Not Just a Job Seeker)

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it really means to be a “player” in a job market — not just someone applying to jobs, optimizing their CV, and hoping for the best, but someone who understands that they’re operating inside a market with supply, demand, competition, and

Torturous Chaos, Until It Isn’t

Jason Cohen is talking about bootstrapping startups here, but it might as well be about job searching in this market. These things mean you haven’t yet succeeded, but neither do they prove that you’re failing. It’s always like this until it isn’t. It’s like this

Is building a business supposed to consume your life - even when you do everything right?

I’ve been thinking about why work still consumes founders even when they prioritize well, automate, and build great systems. This post explores whether that pattern is inevitable.