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You don't need a background, just be hungry: How to be a successful CEO

Nathan Chan started a digital magazine in app store and on Google Play Store, reports Tech in Asia

CEO on success: Don’t give a shit, be obsessed
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Jay Kim | Tech in Asia
Nathan Chan is the CEO of Foundr Magazine and is a very chill dude. He is based in Australia and has a very inspirational story like many of my interviewees. He was working in a day job doing IT for a company, and he absolutely hated the daily rat race. When he was working there, he was also side hustling, consuming content, learning, and building his business—Foundr Magazine—on the side. At one point, he was even using his IT company’s conference room to record his own podcast episodes.

“In March 2013 I started a little magazine. It wasn’t even called

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