I quit a well-paid crypto job to live in a van at 26. I went broke. Properly broke. Then I built a US$4M business.
What happened 📖
In April 2022, at 26, I left a business development job at a crypto company that paid handsomely. I bought a second-hand Volkswagen T4, converted it into a mobile office, and drove around Taiwan building a company that didn't have a business model yet.
The van part sounds romantic. It wasn't. I ran out of money.
When the borders finally reopened, I took a solo trip to Vietnam and decided to give the business one last shot — and pivoted.
It worked. Outo passed NT$100M in revenue in 2025.
Today I lead a team of 15 across three countries. We run private small-group travel across Asia for people who want the trip without the 40 hours of research.
It started with wanting to travel wherever, whenever. It still does.
What I'm doing now 🛠️
Being the architect of the projects built around my ideal way of life. Right now:
- Scale
- Making Outo the first travel company out of Taiwan to reach US$100M in private group tours. We're early on that road and I'd rather say it out loud than quietly.
- Community
- Building a circle of founders who actually learn from each other — not a network, a small group that goes the distance.
- Destinations
- 60+ countries so far. Home bases in 4 cities across 3 countries — and the people I know in each of them.
Updated 19 September 2026
My Projects 💡
›My 2026 Travel Plans ✈️
- Feb
- 🚐Melbourne, Australia
- Jun
- 🌴Lombok, Indonesia
- Aug
- 🏢Hanoi, Vietnam
🏝️Bali, Indonesia - Oct
- 🪑Jakarta, Indonesia
🏎️Singapore
🏢Hanoi, Vietnam - Nov
- ✈️Vancouver, Canada
✈️Toronto, Canada
✈️New York, USA - Dec
- ✈️San Francisco, USA
✈️Los Angeles, USA
🎿Hokkaido, Japan
Other than the above days, I'm mostly in Taipei — if I'm near you, let's meet up for coffee.
›Where I've Been Based 🧭
- 2025–26
- 🇹🇼Taipei, Taiwan
🇮🇩Bali, Indonesia
🇻🇳Vietnam - Expanding Outo into more countries
- 2023–24
- 🇻🇳Vietnam
- Outo’s outbound travel business begins
- 2018–22
- 🇹🇼Taipei, Taiwan
- Gogoro, then Nogle. Covid. Started building. Van life.
- 2017–18
- 🇭🇰Hong Kong
- Back at CUHK to finish the degree
- 2016–17
- 🇹🇼Taipei, Taiwan
- Gap year — full-time at Gogoro, military service, 7 weeks across Central Asia
- 2015–16
- 🇳🇱Maastricht, Netherlands
- Exchange at Maastricht University · backpacked 40 countries across Europe
- 2014
- 🇧🇷Belém, Brazil
- AIESEC NGO internship
- 2013–15
- 🇭🇰Hong Kong
- Business school at CUHK
13 years of travels, 60+ countries in total.
Let's connect over a coffee chat ☕
If we’re in the same city, let’s book that coffee chat. If not, we could hop on a call.
I'm looking for
- Founders. Especially anyone with a story about getting unstuck, scaling, or building a winning team. Let's learn and grow together.
- People who want to build something with us. Happy to talk with talents from all fields — check out our career page, or hop on a call with me for hidden roles.
- Mentors. People five or more years ahead of me, willing to challenge me. In return, a front-row seat to this journey for as long as it runs.
- Interesting souls. If a few of the topics below are yours too, we'll have plenty to talk about.
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