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Rebuilding
Three years in, Xandro already feels like several companies layered together. The products, systems, teams and playbooks keep changing, and I am…
 • Shantanu
Culture
Melaka made me rethink what culture really means. For cities, for brands, and for the company we are trying to build.
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Turf Keepers
Year 3 just closed at Xandro. Here's what Singapore's cyclical market, the global DTC collapse, and a phrase from a friend taught me about building…
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A note on Shan
Today is personal.
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Operator Notes on 11.11: Our Biggest Month, and Why It Still Fell Short
A raw breakdown of our 11.11 this year. What worked, what didn’t, where we hit the ceiling, and what really happens behind the scenes when a small team…
 • Shantanu
Bryan Johnson, $60 Million, and the Future of Longevity
Blueprint’s sixty-million-dollar fundraise marks a new phase for longevity. It’s changing how health systems, technology, and daily life will start to…
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Operator Note: Competition is a Privilege
It means you’re in a space that matters — one that’s real enough for others to chase and hard enough to stay in.
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Operator Notes on Trade-offs
Nothing breaks you more than realising that progress itself is a negotiation. Between what you want to do and what you can actually pull off.
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From Booths to Experiences: My Event Marketing Playbook (Still in Progress)
Events look messy - expensive, sweaty, half the time nothing works. At the start, I avoided them. But over the past 2 years, they’ve become one of the…
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Longevity Wellness will Break and Rebuild Hospitality
Hotels aren’t built for the way we travel today. Here’s why I believe wellness will break and rebuild hospitality in the next decade.
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Non-Sleep Deep Rest: The Most Accessible Recovery Tool
Everyone knows sleep is important. Everyone also knows they don’t get enough of it. And yet, for most people, fixing sleep feels impossible. Is there a…
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Operator Notes: Growth Demands Everyone to Evolve
We’re growing faster than ever — but not everyone, or everything, is evolving. Here’s an honest look at what breaks when people, partners, and systems…
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