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REMODE has empowered 40+ e-commerce agency and brand founders to break free from the daily grind and regain control of their business.✅ Are you ready to focus ON your business and stop sweating the small stuff?✅ Is your goal to have an organization that runs smoothly without your constant involvement?✅ Do you want to achieve this fast but feel stuck on where to start?With REMODE, you’ll build an autonomous organization and unlock powerful leadership—faster than you ever thought possible.Does any of the following sound familiar?❌ Your team’s execution feels painfully slow, leaving you frustrated.❌ You feel chained to your business, knowing that time off means everything falls apart.❌ You lack confidence in your leaders to run the business for you.❌ You have sleepless nights worrying about missed growth opportunities because of the chaos.Here’s what collaborating with us will offer you:→ crystal-clear clarity→ unstoppable motivation→ sky-high engagement→ a self-reliant team→ streamlined, profitable operations→ freedom to focus on your long-term vision.Ready to break free from the daily grind and step back into the role of visionary entrepreneur? Let’s talk—send me a Direct Message.Your transformation is closer than you think—let’s make it happen.

Leon van der Laan

Innovation X Ecosystems @Topian, the NEOM Food Company

TL;DR
I turn bold ideas into sustainable reality. I fuse technology, sustainability, and food systems to shape a resilient, future-ready world. With a PhD in Applied Mathematics and a track record spanning research, entrepreneurship, and global partnerships, I’m passionate about driving transformative projects that advance Vision 2030.

Speaker bio:
Dr. Andrew Yip is dedicated to curating sustainable innovations and strategic partnerships that will help the food sector reach its full potential. With his extensive experience in technology, innovation, and data governance, Dr. Yip is committed to driving positive change and creating innovative solutions for the industry, supporting Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030, which aims to promote economic diversification, job creation, and social and cultural development.

Dr. Yip holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and has been a NEOM pioneer since 2019. When he's not working, he enjoys tabletop gaming with friends and strangers alike.

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Our first Chinese New Year 🐎 and Ramadan 🌙 together with little Justin. Grateful for the blessings and may you all find JOY and peace in this auspicious season for you and your family. 🙏 🙏

Saudi Premium Resident | Turning bold ideas into sustainable reality | Tech × Sustainability × Future Food Systems

Behold, easily the most inspiring spot for scientists and nerds in the Kingdom: KAUST, perched on the Red Sea with labs, supercomputers, and a whole marine sanctuary built in.

Just finished a 2 am feed and wanted to mark the moment by sharing something I’ve quietly been building: my own baby activity tracker (Just do it).

Over the past weeks I’ve tried a bit of everything — apps, notes on my phone, even scribbles on the wall — but nothing really matched how my days with my son actually feel. So I started designing a simple tracker just for us, and it’s slowly becoming part of our nightly rhythm. The screenshots here are from this week, where I’ve been logging feeds and diapers and getting little reflections back on how the week went.

One funny (and honest) observation: I almost never manage to log sleep time. Somehow, by the time he finally dozes off, the last thing I want to do is tap another button. That gap made me notice how much I crave calm more than perfect data. Using this tool has helped me be more mindful of our routines without obsessing, and seeing the week summarized gives me a small sense of order in the blur of new parenthood.

I’m deeply grateful that my baby Justin  is the inspiration / pair-programming buddy / tester for this little project. The idea is that the tool will grow with him, and I’ll grow with it: what we track, how we reflect, and how we build tiny moments of awareness into everyday care. If it can help other new parents feel a bit more grounded and gentle with themselves, then it’s already a success.

Give it a try, or share it with a new parent friend. Hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it. 

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After feeding baby Justin tonight, I suddenly got hit by a very specific craving: that steamy, savory bowl of halal Lanzhou noodles in China – the kind where the broth warms your soul and the hand-pulled noodles disappear way too fast.

So, while the little one was settling back to sleep, I opened up HalalYalla and did the next best thing to actually flying to China: I added a few halal Lanzhou noodle spots in Shenzhen to the app.

If you’re heading to Shenzhen (or already there!), you’ll soon see new listings for:
- Lanzhou / Chinese Muslim noodle places in key districts
- Clear halal tagging and addresses you can navigate to directly

This is just the start. I’ll keep expanding the China halal noodle map city by city – if you know any must‑visit spots, reply or DM so we can add them to HalalYalla and help more Muslims find that perfect bowl.

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This is the Year of the Horse—a time for forward movement.

But moving forward as a parent means something different every day. Some days it's showing up. Some days it's admitting you were wrong. Some days it's just listening.

Two weeks ago, I began a year-long project with my newborn son, Justin Oliver: A Year with Confucius. One reflection for each of his first 366 days—drawing on ancient wisdom to become the parent he needs, inspired by the Daily Stoic and Daily Dad projects.

Not because Confucius had all the answers. But because he kept asking the right question: How do I become a better person?

And that, it turns out, is exactly what parenting asks of us.

Each day includes:
- An Analects quote in Chinese and English
- A reflection on parenting and becoming yourself
- Practices you can do alone and with your child
- A story about Little Jun (the Young Gentleman)
- A prayer—for Justin Oliver, and for your children too

Whether you're in the thick of it right now, or you care about a child's growth, this is a practice to return to. Daily.

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Desert sea of thought—
Ibn al-Haytham’s light gleams still,
KAUST dawns anew.

Nations endure not just on vision or resources, but on trust: the quiet promises that bind us all.

Saudi Founding Day celebrates exactly that: leaders and people whose word built a lasting foundation, from Diriyah in 1727 to today. That's why I write about trust and foundation today.

Confucius says, "lacking trustworthiness, it's hard to know what can be made of them". In homes as in nations, kids learn trust not from words alone, but from whether "I'll be there" holds true.

In celebration of Foundation Day today, pick one recent promise to your child. Keep it by day's end, or sit down, explain honestly why not, and rebuild together. 

Small acts build strong foundations.

Happy Foundation Day!

自謂西川業漸成，
荊郊野夢尚纏情。
六年閒坐雲山外，
一劍未嘗試世塵。
水繞孤城春自碧，
心隨駿馬意難停。
他年若問興衰事，
但指江流笑未名。

新野覺前歌

Pi Day 2026: The Pie Chart Exception I Teach (And Built)

Data science teacher confession: I always warn against pie charts—bars are better for comparisons. 

Exception? Pi Day, when "parts of a whole" demands intuitive slices.

Enter Slice Truth on π Day – 20 interactive pies in one view.

Some of those pies:
AI's venture capital grip
Shifting global defense budgets
Timeless truths:
10,000 hour myth debunked
Where your focus really goes
How long habits take to form
How identical are we as humans genetically

Pick your provocation—what slice surprises you?
Enjoy the πs. 

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