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Strategy Essay #1: The two paths of a venture - Product Market Fit and Power
Around twice a month, I’ll be publishing shorter-form pieces on Strategy I have personally used for my own journey that I can churn out in a…
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Nathan Gunawan

December 2023

Vulnerable reflection on building a Christian relationship with God as a tech entrepreneur: the most important decision of my life
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” — Jeremiah…
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Nathan Gunawan
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November 2023

A first principles deep-dive into FinTech for operators (with a focus on Indonesia) - Part 1: Lending, Neobanks, PFM, and Infrastructure
An in-depth guide to FinTech designed for operators and entrepreneurs to not just develop cursory understanding, but deep-enough first principles to get…
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Nathan Gunawan

June 2023

Do you know your credit score? A primer on Indonesia's credit data system (SLIK OJK, Credit Bureaus, and Skorlife)
Consumers in developing markets like the US, UK, and India have largely been educated about the role credit scores play in their financial lives — to a…

October 2022

EdTech B2(B2)C Thesis in Indonesia (and SEA): Huge bets for high-touch Career Growth platforms
In this essay, I articulate why I believe through first principles that the high-touch Career Growth segment is well-positioned as a space to grow…
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Nathan Gunawan
Nate's Nuggets #1: Hold yourself and others to high standards
Letting go of the "need to be liked", and replacing that with an admiration over time that's built when people say in 10 years: "I would work with that…
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Nathan Gunawan

September 2022

Be in the "Arena": The secret to better decision-making and maximizing your potential
An essay on the importance of being in the Arena to unlock stronger decision-making and creative potential -- and how to actually operationalize this in…
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Nathan Gunawan

August 2022

An Actionable, No-BS Guide for Management Consultants (or Really Anyone) to Transition to Product Management
Product Management is a hard role with hard skills to master. This is an action-oriented guide for those looking to truly dominate in this career, and…
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Nathan Gunawan

July 2022

Community-Led Growth in Web3(&2): "Community as a moat", why projects must look beyond traditional marketing funnels, what redefining…
In an open-source, permissionless world, community is the moat that drives sustained growth for companies and projects. We must retrain our mental…
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Nathan Gunawan

May 2022

Vulnerable reflections after returning to Indonesia as an Indonesian after 15+ years
The greats, the uglies, the in-betweens. There's more than meets the eye when it comes terms to moving countries.
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Nathan Gunawan
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Easy way to assess DeFi protocol risks
We're not here to be degens. If you're in DeFi, recognize that you're playing in a frontier space with lots of hidden risks, and it pays to be as…
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Nathan Gunawan
A crypto deep-dive into stablecoins, network effects, and the war for liquidity
Stablecoins are one of the three trillion-dollar narratives in crypto alongside Bitcoin and Ethereum; it's important for newcomers and natives alike to…
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