Author Archives: dghoang
Not Getting What You Want
Remember that not always getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. – Dalai Lama My First Job When I graduated from undergrad with a degree in business … Continue reading
100 Days At A Startup
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of shore. – Admiral Rickover As I was gearing up to graduate from business school, one of … Continue reading
Ordering Online: My Favorite Places to Shop
This holiday season, it’s hard not to buy something online. The convenience, ease, and lower prices online are a great combo. I managed to buy a PS3 with no tax, … Continue reading
Coming Back to Life: Foursquare and Instagram
I usually download all the new apps that my friends tell me about, get highlighted on TC or VentureBeat, and usually the top apps in the App store (I’m basically … Continue reading
How to Find a Job at a Startup that You Want
Quick update: this was posted on the Stanford blog… When I graduated from business school, I didn’t have a job. Rather than go the “traditional” route that most bschool students … Continue reading
How to Tell Your Story for Impact
I took JD’s class at Stanford and he has great practical tips about how to tell a story. The tips below are too good not to share. I find these … Continue reading
My Experience: Tips For Applying to Business School
I recently graduated from business school and the most common questions I receive are: What are you doing next? Was business school a big party? Can you help me / … Continue reading
Founders Cashing out Early Causes Problems with Company and Culture
With a lot of fundraising activity going on the the valley these days, founders of successful startups are finding themselves oversubscribed with VCs trying to give them their money. Founders … Continue reading
How To Become a Successful Leader Through Communication
I was fortunate enough to take a seminar with David Demarest who was the communications director for President George H. W. Bush and member of the White House senior staff. David … Continue reading
Startup Healthcare: Paying For Your Own Health Insurance
My healthcare benefits expired when I graduated from school. I had a grace period of about 2 months where the University still had me covered for emergencies (which was fine … Continue reading
A Framework To Think About Freemium
I spent some time as Salesforce.com helping the company launch it’s new product, Chatter in the summer of 2010. While launching the product, we had multiple discussions about the freemium … Continue reading
Zynga: A Rocket Ship to Success Through Product-Market Fit
It’s never the first company to market that wins; it’s the first company to product-market fit. This was evident through Zynga’s success versus other gaming companies. All startups inevitably go … Continue reading
How Salesforce.com Motivated Enterprise Employees to Adopt Consumer Technology
Below is a paper I wrote about Salesforce.com’s adoption of consumer technology vis-a-via Chatter. I wrote this for a class I was taking with Chip Heath while at the GSB. … Continue reading
