Archive - Scar Tissue - on building, breaking, and becoming

I got everything I thought I wanted. It wasn’t what I needed.

March 2026

Most founders don’t lack effort. We lack precision. We need to work on the right things, in the right state, at the right time.

Mar 30 • Jason Tan

How I Really Hurt My Startup

My startup rocketship ran on my fear. Until it didn’t. Burnout is the greatest destroyer of enterprise value!

Mar 26 • Jason Tan

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