Erin Chan

B2B tech founder building for the rental RE industry @ Rhenti |
Shopify Product alum | Torontonian | Anti-hype, but also not very chill | High five 🖐️

[Dr. Dominic Ng @DrDominicNg]

As a neuroscientist, here are 7 ways to trick your brain into doing difficult things:

1. Shrink the task to just two minutes.
Your brain resists big commitments. So don't make one.
- "Work out" → do one exercise.
- "Clean the house" → pick up three items.

[Erin Chan @erinechan]

@jjen_abel I listened to your episode with Lenny a few days ago. It was great - thank you!

[Erin Chan @erinechan]

@birgitomo Congratulations and well done!

[Erin Chan @erinechan]

@sweatystartup Quality post

[Erin Chan @erinechan]

@HarryStebbings @chetanp @honam @rabois @jasonlk @bdeeter @ttunguz Now let's talk about retention with those growth metrics. If not, it's all just hype.

[Erin Chan @erinechan]

The realest thing I've seen this week

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

Customer Support

[Dr. Julie Gurner @drgurner]

Most people are too casual with the most important things in life.

[Erin Chan @erinechan]

@blairbeckwith I'm grateful for my time at the co, but laughed out loud reading this. For the record, not in there.

[Trace Cohen @Trace_Cohen]

@afonsolfm Building tech is getting easier but building a business isn’t.

[Erin Chan @erinechan]

@robjama @aratisharma @skanwar @fahdananta @internetvin @Sirupsen @hashemito @harrybrundage @danielpatricio @themoridwan @nayeemzen Ryan Brideau - Scopa

[Erin Chan @erinechan]

Fun responses here..

[Kevin Naughton Jr. @KevinNaughtonJr]

someone pls explain what an API is like i'm 5 years old

[anu @anuatluru]

a big unlock in life is when you realize that you want what some people have but you don’t really want to be who they are

[Erin Chan @erinechan]

Thinking about being a founder?

[Michael Girdley @girdley]

Unconventional advice for aspiring zero-to-one entrepreneurs: 🧵

[Erin Chan @erinechan]

@carlvellotti Invest time into creating design libraries or even better, component libraries.

[Naval @naval]

You’re always making the best choice based on your current understanding.

Don’t try to change the choice - change the understanding.

[Erin Chan @erinechan]

@clairevo Great post!

[Erin Chan @erinechan]

@CarlCasis Those were my corporate twighlight zone days. The memories!

[Erin Chan @erinechan]

Wasn't initially interested in the 'was the $ worth it' question, but scroll on to read the solid life lessons recap from this interview.

[Noah Kagan @noahkagan]

I interviewed 70-year-old billionaires.

I asked each of them what they wish they could tell their 20-year-old self.

Here's the 10 pieces of life advice everyone needs to hear:

[Erin Chan @erinechan]

@useintro Going against the grain here, but I say C & D. This combination will overcome a mediocre co-founder and likely-eventually solve the obstacle of an unsupportive spouse. A personal brand of 20k loose followers not tied to the industry is not super helpful - especially for B2B.