hey I'm Carl!
I currently run a content and education business called Kairo, and also help early-stage companies on growth and marketing
I used to work in finance and corporate strategy, and left that world because I wanted to be closer to the business rather than sitting behind decks and spreadsheets. In less than 3 years Kairo has grown to serve customers across NA, EU and APAC with an audience of over 80K on social
Along the journey I became deeply interested in learning how to turn attention into customers, and gradually found my way into everything else in growth and strategy
Originally from China, with time in Toronto, New York, and Shanghai. I read a lot about business and psychology, and spend a lot of other time consuming long-form YouTube and podcasts, lifting, snowboarding, and listening to progressive/deep house
writing / work samples
- Elizabeth Holmes’ Face Hasn’t Changed(Sep 2026)
- SpaceX IPO: a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for everyday investors??(Jun 2026)
- The fastest-growing B2B companies don’t have content strategies(May 2026)
- Solving the Wrong Problem Well | A First-Principles Reflection on a B2B Growth Problem(May 2026)
- A Gym Selfie That Outperformed 9-Months of Content Strategy(Apr 2026)
- What I’ve been building in Claude for actual marketing problems(Apr 2026)
- You think you choose who you become. Your city does.(Mar 2026)
- How I’d Approach Content Strategy for a $90M Fintech Startup(Feb 2026)
- How I Built a Pricing Model for an AI Add-On Product(Feb 2026)
- How BILT Convinced 2 Million Users to Ditch Chase and Amex(Dec 2025)
- Is Crypto a Financial Fantasy or Future Reality?(Jul 2025)
- Why Luckin Coffee Calls Itself a “Tech Company”(Jul 2025)
- A Data-Driven Case Study on SaaS Sales Conversion(Jun 2025)
- Product Team Case Study@Clipboard Health(Feb 2024)
- A Data-driven Case Study@Doordash(Feb 2024)
say hi
The fastest way to reach me is by email: carlxiongpiec1@gmail.com
You can also connect with me on LinkedIn
