Numbers mean a lot to people. At one point in my life (in 9th grade), it did as well. It inspired me to work so hard I was voted Math Student of the Year in my Junior High. Thank you Mr. Andersen and Pedersen for bestowing me that honor.
Since then, I’ve stopped worrying about numbers, but people continue to do so. I avoided for so long having to accumulate all this following data to show I’m actually making some impact.
Well, for the first time in many years, I found I generated personally (in my own profiles & properties — with many more millions [or more] in other properties generated; I’ll have to calculate that some day!):
- over 35 million++ visits/sessions of impact via 17 years of digital (marketing)
- Specifically, at this point (4/30/21), it includes:
- ~27.7 million views on Quora
- ~5 million YouTube views (w/ little time invested)
- and ~3 million views blogging
- 25 years of educational and didactic impact as an instructor, tutor, adviser & executive
- Including:
- 2012-2013: FM to 25 teachers in the most competitive education district in the world, Personal Tutor for Samsung SDS Head of Compensation & Benefits (3rd or 4th in charge of HR?), Head of Curriculum Development for Stealth Education Academy, Director of Middle School Programs, Debate & SSAT, along with the 2nd most sought after instructor for New Pathway which was acquired by one of China’s largest Education companies (exiting for 10Xs+)
- 2010-Now: Executive & Mentor to many of my agency’s team members & other digital agencies
- 2009-2010: University Lecturer at 3 Universities
- 2006-2009: Executive Manager, Faculty Manager & Instructor for Korea’s fastest growing nation wide franchise of English Institutes (or cram school focusing on a program elevating TOEFL skills)
- 2004-2006: Mentor to many realtors in digital
- 2001-2004: Adviser to many Amazon & Expedia teammates
- 2001-Present Father of Twins – you know this is the best education experience anyone can have
- 1998-2001: Senior Analyst – coach to multiple QA analysis including S/W Engineer, Google & former Stuyvesant grad, Business Lead @ Stripe, CEO of the Digital Asset Trade Association & many other
- 1996-1998: TESL/TEFL: Little America (Head Teacher), Sogang Language Program (Faculty Manager as a 26 yo), personal Tutor for the Korea’s CIT Daejeon Director
And this doesn’t even include the over $600 mill+ I helped create in value for other clients, my parents and friends or the many I’m impacting daily through ClubHouse or LinkedIn or the many other socials and my many clients in auto, home & the other verticals I attack daily.
- including growing a set of schools in South Korea 1400% in 2.5 years generating $25.2M in ARR from $150,000 in MRR when I started
- Run a small agency that still ranks #1 for “SEO Seattle”, “Seattle SEO” for most of a decade+ (we rank #1 for a plethora of other phrases — let us know if you want to see them all including “costco seo,” “andover ssat scores,” “korean american ceo”, “exeter interview questions”
- And started an incredible Startup focusing on preparing ourselves for the end of life
Again, it’s not important to me, but for those who find it is important, enjoy.
p.s. This is what I do today:
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- Building a startup school via the venture capital firm I started in 2025
- Writing books on startups, philosophy, education, and so much more.
- Interviewing top founders, VCs & builders on my podcast “Startup Wins“
- And occasionally tutoring privately top students to help them in the next step of their dreams
…speaking of our future:
I Love our “Future Generations”
My old podcast is a little proof. Reach out, if you’re curious about the details.
