Business - Thoughts by Sze Wong

Clubhouse Moderation — A beginner’s guide

Clubhouse is a new audio-only social network that has been gaining huge momentum lately. Since joining, I have been attracted to its unique format. In Clubhouse, there is no video, no text communication, no visual, only voice. You join different rooms that are part podcasts and part group calls. The

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Dear coach, how can I get out of the rat race? 3 steps to get out of the rat race

In a recent TV show, I watch a case study where a girl in Hong Kong is spending over 70% of her take-home pay for rent. In another case, a delivery person works 12 hours a day, every single day to make a decent living. They both expressed that they

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Dear Coach: How Should I Deal with Passive-Aggressiveness?

Today, I want to discuss the behavior of “passive-aggressive” individuals. These are people who, when you ask them for an opinion, will say they have no opinion. When you ask if they are ok, they will say they are fine. However, deep down, they are not fine and they certainly

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Dear coach: As a business owner, I feel stuck.

Over the years, I have developed a philosophy on how to run my companies. It’s a philosophy on how to maintain profitable and sustainable growth, while also maintaining a healthy mindset (a.k.a. not going insane). Because of the COVID-19 quarantine, I had an opportunity to start coaching

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One simple business idea that helps us make millions over the years

Growing rapidly and explosively is a lofty goal; it’s something that’s become a fairly prominent idea in the tech world. From the outside, it looks exciting. Whole TV shows have been developed around this concept. But, that doesn’t mean it’s right for everyone. I believe that

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Can the Bible give us business advice?

If you are starting a business, everyone has advice opinions and expertise to share. Some things might be helpful, some might be less than helpful. One source you might not have considered... The Bible. For business advice? Don't write me off yet. A few of the seven deadly sins are

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I am not against funding

Before we dive into this one, I want to be clear: I am not an “anti-funding guy.” I promise. If you’ve gotten that message from the first two videos, it’s okay. Today, I want to clear it up. Sometimes, funding is absolutely necessary. But, in many cases, the

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Why you may not want to take on external funding

In our last talk, we discussed why - in many cases - funding isn’t needed to build a lasting, impactful business. We also discussed what everyone does need. If you missed it, I recommend taking a look. In this video, I want to go deeper. I get it; the

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Do you really need funding to start?

Building a business comes with lots of "rules." Sze Wong, founder and CEO of Zerion Software believes many of these "rules" are meant to be broken. In fact, many of them can actually hinder a business from moving forward and growing in a way that spurs passion and leads to

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Happy New Year!

Dear Friends, Welcome to the new decade! The end of a decade seems like a great place to reflect; I’d like to share some of my thoughts with you about where we’ve been as a company, where we’re going, and what that means for you. 10 years

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Customer Service

Found this email that I sent to the team almost a year ago. Want to share with everybody:I want to share 2 stories that I experienced recently. One is about customer support and the other is about system design. I want us to learn from these and want to

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Don’t be Dire Wolfs

Saw a Nat Geo show this weekend about Dire Wolfs and it draws great comparison in the business world. The Dire Wolf as a species is bigger, strong, faster than it’s closest relative, the Gray Wolf. They hunt better than the Gray Wolfs and can go after bigger prey

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The only bad conversations are the ones you haven’t had

As a business owner, I need to carry out many bad conversations. Telling customer the project is going to be late, telling vendors we won’t pay them on time, telling employees that there will be no pay check this week, and, my least favorite, letting people go. In fact,