There are two questions that I’m asked the most — why and what’s next?
Why am I leaving EveryScape? I think Galen’s MHT article summarizes it well. I founded EveryScape in 2002, and only just left. When I updated my LinkedIn profile, it said I was with EveryScape for 8 years and 8 months. If I get to live to be 80 years old, then it’s more than 10% of my life. 10%!!! I think of myself as an entrepreneur and a startup guy.. But the facts say I’m a delusional fuck! Well, to be fair, we had to reinvent EveryScape a few times, so I do consider it like 3 companies rolled into one (Pretty amazing what a great team we have at EveryScape!).
Why did it take me so long to leave? One thing my parents taught me early in my life is to follow through. I wanted to do multiple (and unorthodoxed) degrees as an undergrad — Art History, Studio Art, and Computer Science. I’m proud to say I got it done in 4 years. I’m proud to have finished my Ph.D. I’m proud to have brought EveryScape to where we are today. It was just my time…
What’s next? I have no fucking idea. I would love to start another, if the opportunity is there. I would love to join another team that challenges one another and pushes/changes the market and the ecosystem. For now, it’s an open book. Exciting and scary. Stay tuned.
January 18th, 2011 at 11:10 pm
Wow, I’m glad I was scanning Twitter otherwise would have missed this. Good Luck on finding what’s next. In the meantime … enjoy some down time.
January 18th, 2011 at 11:12 pm
Will do, Ben. See you at Where2. Buy me a drink.
January 19th, 2011 at 5:19 pm
Congrats Mok! I hope those sleepless nights obsessing over an idea that you HAVE to pursue haunt you again.
Then you’ll know you’ve found your next startup.
January 21st, 2011 at 12:06 am
Thanks, Marsh! I want to sleep soundly…
February 5th, 2011 at 6:21 pm
Heh. I’m thinking that would-be employers or investors likely will be more impressed if you learn to express yourself without using the F word.
February 5th, 2011 at 6:28 pm
Fuck, Tim. What do you mean?
Fair point. But if that’s why, then would you want to work with them?
February 5th, 2011 at 10:04 pm
Tim, the word FUCK bothers you? Well, fuck Tim, I’m sorry. Truly. Now if my 6 year old son says it (which he has), that’s a different story.
But if Mok has been with EveryScape as a founder and built it into a hugely fucking successful startup, then fuck… I think employers and investors would know that he can make their project a huge fucking success, you know?
Hey Mok, could use a CTO at ReferralBonus. Want to change the world??
February 5th, 2011 at 11:47 pm
LIKE.
February 20th, 2011 at 2:22 pm
Well, apparently WHERE’s Walt Doyle didn’t give a flying fuck about Mok’s saying “Fuck” in this blog article…
LMAO when I read MHT where they wrote:
“It was not just the offer, it was the [EXPLETIVE] that I can learn here is pretty amazing,” Oh said. “Walt is a closer, man. It happened a lot faster than I wanted it to.”
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