{"id":726,"date":"2022-04-09T12:42:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T17:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franklinkuok.com\/life\/?p=726"},"modified":"2022-05-18T08:20:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T13:20:47","slug":"3-25-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franklinkuok.com\/life\/3-25-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"3.33 years later…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Couple of Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Two kiddos (girl\/boy), turning 3 and 5 this year<\/li>
  2. Broke a 1:30:00 Half Marathon, PR is now: 1:29:09<\/li>
  3. Broke a 3:20:00 Marathon, PR is now: 3:11:45<\/li>
  4. Bought a 2021 Tesla Model 3 RWD (Finally parted ways with my Toyota Yaris after 15 years)<\/li>
  5. Launched Recreation Insider<\/a> in December 2018<\/li>
  6. Passed the Series 65 (Uniform Investment Advisor Law Exam)<\/li>
  7. Started a personal finance blog <\/li>
  8. Built a few mining rigs to mine Ethereum (this was a fun project)<\/li>
  9. Lived in the same home for nearly 6 years now (this is a record for me)<\/li>
  10. 10 Year Anniversary of moving to Chicago coming up on May 1st<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Some Career Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Joined Sprout Social in October 2016 and helped grow the business from the marketing front which eventually led to a successful IPO in December 2019<\/li>
    2. Joined Wyzant as their VP, Performance Marketing in September 2019 and helped turnaround the business that ultimately led to a successful exit (acquired by IXL) in February 2021<\/li>
    3. Joined ShipBob as their VP, Demand Generation in June 2021
      <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Couple of Goals in the Next Few Years:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. Qualify for the Boston Marathon (Need to break a 3:05:00 marathon)<\/li>
      2. Break a 5 minute mile in 30’s\/40’s (did it once when I was 14)<\/li>
      3. Travel to Scandinavia, Ireland, Switzerland, Patagonia, Taiwan <\/li>
      4. Beat the market’s average return the next 5 years<\/li>
      5. Help scale growth at ShipBob to potentially IPO<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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        Couple of Highlights: Two kiddos (girl\/boy), turning 3 and 5 this year Broke a 1:30:00 Half Marathon, PR is now: 1:29:09 Broke a 3:20:00 Marathon, PR is now: 3:11:45 Bought a 2021 Tesla Model 3 RWD (Finally parted ways with my Toyota Yaris after 15 years) Launched Recreation Insider in December 2018 Passed the Series … <\/p>\n

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