Words matter. These are the best Chieh Huang Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
When it comes to running a business and interacting with people, you need to be very transparent.
The ultimate goal is to be the leader in mobile commerce. I’m not just saying revenues; if you’re trying to find a good experience of buying something on your phone, I want you to automatically think, ‘Boxed has one of the best, if not the best, experiences of buying something on your mobile device.’
I knew I did not want to be a doctor; my parents kept talking to me about that. I wanted to be an NBA player, but around freshman and sophomore year, I stopped growing, so that was the end of that.
I personally pay, through the majority of my stock and through cash, college tuitions of our full-time employees’ kids. Life-changing events are generally covered by Boxed as well.
It was tough times in Ohio when we lived there. My dad was between unemployed and just selling random knickknacks at a flea market. My mom was a cashier at a Chinese food restaurant. They both had awesome careers back in Taiwan, and they came here for my sister and I.
All these retailers these days are under pressure. Why? It’s because… for the last 30 years, value equaled price. But now, value equals price, convenience, and a little bit of brand.
Working at a fulfillment center is definitely not the most glamorous job. I know because, in the early days, that’s what I did, day in and day out. I had a tape gun in my hand, and I taped boxes.
There’s always a booming market somewhere in tech – you just have to find a good idea for that market.
I start the day just with the family. I don’t check emails until my commute, and I make sure my phone isn’t close to me until I’m out the door.
The best advice I ever received is that there is a difference between urgency and importance: Urgent tasks seem important, but they’re not. Important things need to get done.
I think whether it’s a good idea or not to take the startup plunge comes down to the responsibilities of the individual. If you have a family to care for or a huge mortgage payment, then quitting your steady day job to launch a startup probably isn’t the best decision to make.
Everyone wants to start a business in their garage – they think it’s sexy – but when you actually sit as a 30-year-old in a garage, it’s not so sexy.
Money is there to put food on the table and make sure your family is cared for. Anything beyond that can be argued as extraneous.
I’m a firm believer in karma. By doing good, good things eventually find you. I don’t have an American Express Black Card, but I like to think that I would if I could fill it with karma points.
Parents will be parents. Even now, my mom asks me sometimes, ‘When are you going to go back and get a real job?’
I stopped taking calls when I’m with my kids. It’s either work time or family time.
My management style is one of inclusion, meaning we’re all one team no matter if you’re making an hourly wage at the fulfillment center floor, if you’re a C-staffer from a public company.
Growing up poor taught me a lot. It instilled in me the ethics of hard work.
Education was the motor that allowed me to make my way up the ladder.
