Hamilton Chan

Director of Executive Education, Loyola Law School

Hamilton has almost a decade of experience in designing effective marketing and communications solutions for clients, including Westin, Paramount, Johnson & Johnson and ESPN. He has done this through the vehicle of his family business, Charlie Chan Printing, which has been providing high-end commercial printing solutions for businesses in Southern California since 1969. Hamilton’s journey from a prestigious corporate background to passioned entrepreneurship was well chronicled by Los Angeles Magazine. Hamilton graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude with highest honors from Harvard University. He is also a graduate of Harvard Law School. He has worked as an investment banker at JP Morgan, a corporate attorney at Munger, Tolles & Olson, and a business affairs executive at MGM. Despite these corporate sojourns, Hamilton found true expression for his love of technology, marketing and creativity in Paperlinks, where he was the Founder and CEO for six years. He currently serves as the Director of Executive Education at Loyala Law School.

Articles by Hamilton Chan

How Shaun Merritt Vibe-Coded Karrot.ai As A Solo Builder

I recently had the opportunity to chat with Shaun Merritt, cofounder and CTO of Karrot.ai, a LinkedIn ABM tool. Shaun was kind enough to share a comprehensive breakdown of how...

7 Steps to Build a Product That Sells Itself

Learn the 7 steps to product-led growth (PLG) to build a product that sells itself. Drive activation, boost conversions, and scale efficiently with Wes Bush from ProductLed....
Balancing self-care and startup pressure as a founder

The Founder’s Mental Health Playbook: What I Learned After Nearly Burning Out

A hard-won guide to staying mentally healthy while building a startup I founded Stitcher, the podcast platform, in 2007 and ran it for seven years until we sold in 2014....

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) for Early Stage Companies

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) for Early Stage Companies

In our latest session from the Mucker Growth Series featuring Ethan Smith from Graphite, we explored AEO, a significant new approach for optimizing visibility in AI-driven search, particularly relevant as...

Startup Guide to AI Visibility Be the Brand ChatGPT Recommends

Startup Guide to AI Visibility: Be the Brand ChatGPT Recommends

Introduction Today, users aren’t just searching on Google. They’re asking ChatGPT, Claude, Google’s Gemini, Perplexity, and other AI systems for advice. AI visibility is the new frontier of brand awareness....

Practical Uses of AI Automation for Startup Operations

Practical Uses of AI & Automation for Startup Operations

In a recent Mucker Growth Series session, we invited Rock Vitale, Founder & CEO of Easie, to share how he’s helped early-stage teams move from manual, fragmented workflows to streamlined,...

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