Tinkering with OCE

🔍 How Am I Building Out My Dream?

A lot of people will tell you: “Just follow your passion.” Do more of what you like.That’s the key to success, right? Wrong. I’ve bootstrapped my business to six figures ARR. And let me tell you: passion is not enough. Not even close. But FIRST If you are new, welcome to OCE’s weekly newsletter curated for the ambitious youth…here are some articles you missed from previous weeks: 📈 Why No One Successful Wants to Mentor You Read More → 🎨 Best tools for building your passion project Read More →...

6 days ago • 1 min read

🔥 How I Grew My Community Without Ads (And You Can Too)

In the Middle Ages, spices like pepper and cinnamon were worth more than gold. Entire empires were built around controlling those trade routes. Today, the “spice” everyone is fighting for isn’t cinnamon—it’s your intention. Not just a passing glance, but your decision to actually click, subscribe, buy, or join in. Whoever earns it, wins. That’s why TikTok pushes infinite scroll. That’s why news never sleeps. That’s why companies pay big money for UGC creators and affiliate marketers—because...

13 days ago • 2 min read

😱 This Data Will Blow Your Mind

If you’re 15–25 in North America right now, the odds feel stacked against you. Just look at these... But FIRST If you are new, welcome to OCE’s weekly newsletter curated for the ambitious youth…here are some articles you missed from previous weeks: 📈 Why No One Successful Wants to Mentor You Read More → 🎨 Best tools for building your passion project Read More → 📘 The Future Belongs to Borderless Thinkers Read More → Youth unemployment is at its highest since 2010. Unemployment rate in Canada...

20 days ago • 1 min read

😲 This Rule Could Flip Your Future, Freedom, and Impact

Most people spend their lives chasing the powerful. They try to get internships at big tech companies, land that coveted corporate salary, or “network” with someone who looks like they already have it all. And sure, there’s some perks in proximity to power. But here’s the truth: the value you can add to someone already powerful is limited. Their resources, networks, and influence are mostly locked in—they don’t need you. Meanwhile, the real opportunities—the ones that can change your life and...

27 days ago • 2 min read

🤔 If I Knew This in High School, I’d Have Saved Years of Stress

You’ve probably heard it before: “Learn to code! Tech is booming! Become a software engineer and you’re set.” But here’s the reality that’s sparking conversations online—and it’s worth listening to. Recent data shows computer science grads face higher unemployment than average - even higher than journalism grads, entry-level tech jobs are vanishing or being automated, and AI is replacing routine coding work faster than anyone expected. One expert put it bluntly: “We created a gold rush...

about 1 month ago • 2 min read

🤯 This Took Me from $0 to 6 Figures and No One Taught It in School

Let’s be real — most school business classes teach you how to make a pitch deck… Not how to actually get people to say yes. When I was boostrapping my property management business from $0 to six figures, almost every deal I closed are over cold emails and cold phone calls — occasionally meeting at random diners. Seriously, I'm convinced biggest deals are made at random diners No fancy network. No sales team.Just me, a laptop, and a Google Doc of names. This is NOT in your business class...

about 1 month ago • 3 min read

🤔 Backpackers vs. Builders: Which Are You?

Hey changemakers, Have we gotten soft? Today, the typical youth adventure in Southeast Asia is a backpacking trip — a farewell tour before “real life” begins. The biggest decision? Which island has the best yoga retreat backdrop for Instagram. But the real builders? They see Southeast Asia differently. Not as a vacation destination, but as the arena — a place to test ideas, face failure, and wrestle with challenges that matter. They show up, get the market wrong again and again, but never...

about 2 months ago • 1 min read

💵 Basic Investing Strategies Every Teen Should Know (Before It’s Too Late).

Let me tell you how I know there’s still a bubble... and why surviving the next decade will require more than just “getting a job.” A friend in San Francisco told me people are engaging in bidding wars just to rent an apartment. Not to buy a home. To rent a 600-square-foot apartment with zero equity. Meanwhile, auto insurance premiums are skyrocketing post-COVID. Used car prices? Still inflated. Tariffs on imports? Coming soon—prices on essentials will go even higher. And income?Flat.If you...

about 2 months ago • 2 min read

😲 Stop Settling—Go Where Your Talent Is Valued

Let’s talk facts. Being young in North America is like starting a race 10 years late.Everyone’s already doing something. Tech is crowded. Ideas are recycled. Your spot? Taken. And the odds of launching something? Shrinking by the minute. But not everywhere looks like this. But FIRST If you are new, welcome to OCE’s weekly newsletter curated for the ambitious youth…here are some articles you missed from previous weeks: 📈 Why No One Successful Wants to Mentor You Read More → 🎨 Best tools for...

2 months ago • 2 min read

Your part-time job = your first investor

Let me tell you a secret most people don’t figure out until they’re way older (and way more stuck): Your job?Your part-time gig?That internship your parents made you apply for? It’s not your future.It’s your first investor. But FIRST If you are new, welcome to OCE’s weekly newsletter curated for the ambitious youth…here are some articles you missed from previous weeks: 📈 Why No One Successful Wants to Mentor You Read More → 🎨 Best tools for building your passion project Read More → 📘 The...

2 months ago • 2 min read