Archive - Marty Hu

This is what a blessing feels like

Would you rather wander through the desert or drink from a fire hose?

Oct 30, 2023 •

Why I use a walking desk

And how you might get more creative by doing it too.

Oct 23, 2023 •

January 2023

Avoiding Bad Decisions

There is a lot of great literature about making good decisions. I’ve found the inversion to be more helpful. To make better decisions, simply make fewer…

Jan 17, 2023 •

This is Marty Hu, a newsletter with thoughts and musings from a 3x Serial Entrepreneur.

Jan 6, 2023 •

The Willingness to Look Stupid

One of the best life hacks I’ve discovered is the willingness to look stupid. It works something like this: When you’re willing to look stupid, you take…

Jan 6, 2023 •

May 2022

I try to read the Bible in the morning. I’m not a disciplinarian about it but I’ll do it when I can, for as long as I’m able to. On May 9th, I happened…

May 12, 2022 •

December 2019

2019 Passion Talk

A few months ago, I spoke at Google HQ for Passion Talks as part of a dialogue about the intersection of faith and work. The videos have finally been…

Dec 8, 2019 •

April 2017

It's Not About You

When I moved up to San Francisco, the city started opening up my eyes in ways that it had never done before. There is just such a shocking disparity of…

Apr 27, 2017 •

September 2012

Skip the Basics

My younger brother recently left for his sophomore year at MIT. While he was still here, we got together several times and had several lengthy…

Sep 13, 2012 •

July 2012

My (Old) Stanford Application Essay

Dear Reader, I remember that when I was applying to college all of the essays that I could find online were utter crap. So I went and dug up my own…

Jul 19, 2012 •

May 2012

An old high school friend of mine recently matriculated into the Stanford Phd program for Chemistry. We had a dinner celebration for her and I got to…

May 29, 2012 •

A very smart friend of mine has been surfing the job market and was recently offered a position at a start-up. The CEO let him know that he had until…

May 7, 2012 •

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