| site | https://jenxi.com/hey |
| City | Shenzhen, Johor Bahru |
| Bluesky | https://bsky.app/profile/jenxi.com |
Result: World's largest food chain by store count
- 36,000 stores globally (vs McDonald's ~42,000)
- ¥15 billion annual revenue
- Drinks cost under $1 vs Starbucks' $5+
The strategy? Radical affordability + supply chain mastery
While we debate premium vs budget, Mixue quietly conquered markets by charging less than anyone thought possible.
Full story: https://jenxi.com/mixue-story-shaved-ice-to-sugar-empire
🍟 Did you know there's a beverage chain with more outlets than McDonald's?
You've likely never heard of Mixue, but this Chinese entrepreneur's journey is remarkable:
Zhang Hongchao:
❌ Failed motorcycle repair business
❌ Failed fish farming venture
❌ Ice cart demolished 4 times by authorities
✅ Never stopped selling ¥1 ice cream
#entrepreneurship #business #persistence #globalexpansion #retailstrategy
One of those typefaces that makes me want to design something just to have an excuse to use it
A HBR study found that 67% of professionals admit their daily habits are holding them back from success. But what if I told you the answer isn’t working harder—it’s working smarter?
When you don’t deliberately cultivate good habits, nature abhors a vacuum—bad ones rush in.
It’s not that you decide to form bad habits; you never made a conscious decision at all. And therein lies the problem.
Full post: https://jenxi.com/how-habits-shape-your-life
Perfect is the enemy of done. Embracing 80% as good enough to ship.
I’ve avoided `text-align: justify` for years. Do modern #CSS properties unlock its potential? https://cloudfour.com/thinks/justified-text-better-than-expected/
How AI became my dev partner. I shared about how Cursor AI supercharged my site migration. Here’s a deep dive into my experiment with what is probably the biggest thing in the developer industry this year.
Just migrated my entire website to Astro with Cursor AI as my co-pilot. Was it reckless to let AI work on a key digital property? Probably, especially when it actually involved merging three WordPress sites on the domain into one.
Was it worth it? Without a doubt.
Cursor AI delivered 99% of my vision - that last 1% was just me learning that some of my dream features were about as practical as a chocolate teapot.
Turns out even AI knows better than to implement all my ambitious design whims.
Here's one way to charge without having to back into the parking lot.
Tyler Sticka
