Dawson Chen

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• Personal Story — smart avg 79.5 across 13 posts (2.4× typical)
• Industry Insight — smart avg 51.5 across 11 posts (1.5× typical)

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• 2026-07-07 · Dawson Chen · Personal Story333 eng. (313 likes · 20 comments · 0 shares)

  I faked my Yale graduation. Borrowed a stole, put on a suit, and took photos with my friends. I was supposed to graduate this June. But 3 ye…

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• 2026-07-20 · Dawson Chen · Personal Story220 eng. (181 likes · 39 comments · 0 shares)

  Spain just won the World Cup by being boring. Seven games. One goal conceded. No miracle comebacks. They just passed teams to death and pick…

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• 2026-06-25 · Dawson Chen · Personal Story207 eng. (159 likes · 45 comments · 3 shares)

  The biggest lesson we learned from growing our AI personal assistant to $1M ARR in 6 months... Pick one growth channel and go deep. For a ye…

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• 2026-07-06 · Dawson Chen · Personal Story159 eng. (135 likes · 23 comments · 1 shares)

  2 cofounder breakups, 100x growth, and a hard pivot... It all happened in this office. Last week, our lease ended. In 2023, Ethan and I did …

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• 2026-06-22 · Dawson Chen · Personal Story138 eng. (126 likes · 12 comments · 0 shares)

  We walked away from $100k MRR. Our consumer product went viral, but retention was non-existent. So we took the plunge into Pivot Hell. For a…

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