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How I Invested in a $2 Billion Company
Founders care about your story just as much as you care about theirs
Dec 17, 2025
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Dave Lu
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We Are Golden
Asians in America are having a moment in sports, entertainment and business
Nov 3, 2025
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Dave Lu
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Learn to Embrace Conflict
If you want to make progress in your career, you need to stop avoiding hard conversations.
Aug 5, 2025
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Dave Lu
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You Are More than Your Job
Somewhere along the way, we lost ourselves and our identities in our jobs. Just remember that you are more than your title.
Jul 16, 2025
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Dave Lu
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The Real Cost of Underselling Yourself
When you undersell yourself, you are literally selling yourself short. There are tangible personal and professional costs to doing so.
May 6, 2025
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Dave Lu
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Stop Being So Transactional
When you live your life expecting things in return, you become short-sighted and petty. Have an abundance mindset and the returns will come in time.
Apr 30, 2025
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Waiting for Permission is a Cop Out
If you want something in life, it is rarely given to you, you have to go out and take it yourself.
Apr 2, 2025
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Dave Lu
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Building Your Identity Capital
Identity Capital is the result of everything you've done in your life until now.
Mar 26, 2025
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Dave Lu
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The Power of Storytelling
Being a good storyteller can help you gain power, wealth and influence, but it takes intentionality and practice.
Feb 12, 2025
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Dave Lu
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Why You Have No Power
Understanding the rules of the game and how to apply them is the only way you will ever gain power.
Jan 7, 2025
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Dave Lu
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Why Having a Coach Matters
Mentors and coaches can supercharge your career trajectory and earning potential, but you have to be willing to bet on yourself first.
Nov 13, 2024
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Dave Lu
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Make Way for Yourself
Always being so polite and deferential can be misperceived as weakness, start taking up the space you deserve, literally and figuratively
Jul 30, 2024
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Your Network Determines Success More than You Realize
People think luck, talent and hard work determines success. I would add that your network can drastically improve your odds.
Jun 13, 2024
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Dave Lu
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How the Immigrant Scarcity Mindset Holds Us Back
Asian Americans are caught between two worlds and need to adapt in order to play the game successfully and win in Corporate America.
Nov 28, 2023
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