New York City Adventure
Highlights: Lawrence Lue entrepreneur talk + running into Jade Liang
Meals: Dinosaur BBQ, Viniero’s, Sobaya
One of the hardest things in life I have done is become a full time entrepreneur.
+no income source
+just pure will to succeed
+lonely adventure
So for lunch, I enjoyed a great conversation with entrepreneurial minded Lawrence Lue.
He currently manages a Rock N Joe. I admire his courage. He could have stayed in corporate world and have a comfortable job but he left to pursue something that he was passionate about.
He stories of struggling to live in costly New York City area and his vision to achieve his dreams is admirable.
One thing I stress about being an entrepreneur is that it is not romantic. We essentially need to do anything to get things done.
This may include
+sweeping floors
+moving home with the folks to cut down on cost
+delaying vacations
+sacrificing dating opportunities
Lawrence Lue and Rayfil Wong at Dinosaur BBQ in NYC
If you want to open a restaurant, be prepared to take out the garbage, cook when the chef is absent, and work long hours.
Over tender bbq ribs at Dinosaur BBQ, I just enjoyed listening to his stories. Law and I great up in Sunset district in San Francisco. While many of us have stayed behind, Law had courage to go after his dreams.
For dinner, I had dinner at Sobaya with a programmer and talked about tech languages.
But serendipity arrived. The waitress tapped me on the shoulder with a note that read “turn around.”
I happily saw someone that I had been with in my previous life.
