"By Founders, For Founders."

AppWorks's day-one slogan, framing the firm's mission as a community built by founders for founders.

"Founders are the ones who are brave enough to get out of their comfort zones and create different paths."

In an interview explaining why he dedicates himself to supporting founders rather than continuing to start companies himself.

"Even if I can help just one founder find his or her own business route, it's not just a change for this person, but also for the company and the whole environment."

Explaining why AppWorks downplays individual startup outcomes and emphasizes long-term founder accompaniment.

"We want to be your backbone, building an environment that is not lonely yet unbounded, so you can boldly chase your ideals."

Promise made when announcing Jamie's Gap Year Program for university dropouts pursuing startup ideas.

"Only founder-CEOs who can put themselves in everyone else's shoes earn lasting trust."

From his essay on social wisdom for modern CEOs, framing empathy as a core leadership skill rather than a soft one.

"We believe the current era is being defined by three major paradigm shifts: AI, Blockchain, and Southeast Asia (ABS)."

AppWorks's long-term thesis, anchoring every accelerator batch and fund since 2017 around these three paradigm shifts.

"Even though asset prices fluctuate, applications and use scenarios have been expanding since 2008."

Responding to crypto-winter skepticism by pointing to adoption curves rather than token prices.

"The choice between DAO and equity is how bullish you are in the project."

On the Analyse podcast, explaining Web3 investment structures—equity for uncertain company lifecycles, DAOs for high conviction in a single project.

"If we narrow the scope to Greater Southeast Asia, which includes Taiwan, then Taiwan is in a good position to attract talent."

Explaining why AppWorks treats GSEA (ASEAN + Taiwan) as one integrated market.

"Team AppWorks has already started executing our strategies to deliver both extraordinary financial returns and business synergies to our limited partners."

Statement upon AppWorks Fund IV final close at US$165M, lifting total funds raised to US$386M in early 2026.

"'Contributing to Taiwan' is AppWorks's North Star."

On AppWorks's 10th anniversary, Jamie cites this North Star as the filter for every decision.

"The next 10 years will be a window of opportunity that Taiwan must seize. There will be no second chance if we let it pass."

A call to urgency on Taiwan's digital economy, urging industry, government, and talent to move together.

"Taiwan can serve as a good test bed for startups, but it's too small for most companies to achieve scalable growth."

Explaining why Taiwan-based teams must look to Southeast Asia early.

"If there's not just one AppWorks in Taiwan but 10, the energy they'll be able to create will considerably fuel Taiwan's growth."

Hoping Taiwan can grow 10–20 premium VC firms over the next decade.

"Taiwan Mobile must transform from a telecom company into a tech company and step onto a much bigger battlefield."

Transformation manifesto upon becoming Taiwan Mobile CEO in 2019, later operationalized as the "Super 5G" and GSEA strategy.

"The choices you make in the earliest days of a startup determine 80% of the outcome."

Jamie stresses that a founder's choice of co-founders, problem, and business model carries more weight than later execution.

"Startup is hard, please don't try lightly."

The first message Jamie gives anyone considering entrepreneurship: it demands serious commitment, not casual trying.

"A real business is defined by repeat purchases."

A counter to early teams that chase one-time GMV, reminding them that retention is what keeps a business model alive.

"LTV > CPA. If that inequality doesn't hold, you don't have a business yet."

Jamie treats this unit-economics formula as a mantra every AppWorks accelerator team is grilled on.

"I don't think young people should make fewer mistakes — that's the key to shaping who you become."

Pushing back on mainstream advice that young people should minimize mistakes, arguing setbacks are essential to a founder's character.

"No miracles — only accumulation."

Jamie's self-coined and most-quoted life motto, applied consistently to his VC work, daily writing, and corporate transformation.

"Don't forget your original intent — the suffering of building is itself a test of your faith in your North Star."

Reflecting on AppWorks's first decade through downturns and skeptics, sustained by faith in its North Star.

"Our net annualized rate of return has maintained around 26% since Fund 2, which is in the upper 10% among global VC firms."

Responding to long-standing skepticism that Taiwan cannot produce a world-class VC, with cross-fund, cross-cycle numbers.

"If we do the right thing and work toward the goal one step at a time, over time we'll start a positive cycle."

A pushback against the cycle-chasing mindset: compounding only reveals itself with time.

"Practice makes permanence. I don't believe my writing will ever reach a perfect day."

With 1,300+ posts written every morning from 5–8am, this is Jamie's most concrete demonstration of compounding through long-term practice.