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

3 Surprising Lessons from 15 years in Business

What I wish I could tell my 25-year-old self.

Aug 13 • Jason Tan

May 2026

The Root Cause of My Most Expensive Mistakes

Fear = negative expected value. Love is the ultimate competitive advantage.

May 21 • Jason Tan

April 2026

A Billion Dollars Wasn't Enough

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

Apr 2 • Jason Tan

March 2026

The Sirens of Hard Work

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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