Marcel Wah
Marcel Wah
I've lived an interesting life.
I've been an artist and entrepreneur. I've built businesses that worked and others that didn't. I've traveled to places that changed the way I see the world, met extraordinary people, taken risks that made perfect sense at the time — and a few that probably didn't.
Along the way, I've accumulated stories. Some are about entrepreneurship. Some are about Haiti, Moldova, art, technology, travel and the places I've encountered. Others are simply about life.
This is where I tell them.
Starting things, making mistakes, figuring things out, and what more than two decades of entrepreneurship has taught me.
Places Haiti · Moldova · California · BrazilNot travel guides. What places taught me, the people I met there, and why some destinations stay with us long after we've left.
Art & Creativity Art · Artists · Looking · MakingPainting, artists I've represented, galleries I've worked with, exhibitions I've organized, and the strange world surrounding art.
People & Community Diaspora · Relationships · EncountersBusinesses come and go. People stay with us. The diaspora, the communities I've helped build, and conversations that changed my direction.
On the Road Transportation · Mobility · EncountersA front-row seat to human behavior and an industry undergoing enormous technological change.
Notes Observations · Questions · ThinkingNot every idea deserves a 2,000-word essay. Sometimes it's 300 words, a photograph, or a question without an answer.
PLACES · SEPTEMBER 2026
Haiti, My Birthplace
The country where my story began, and the complicated relationship that comes with loving a place from both near and far.
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PLACES · AUGUST 2026
Why Moldova?
Some places enter your life without announcing themselves. Curiosity became friendships, photography and eventually a venture.
Read →Some of the most valuable things I've gained from entrepreneurship never appeared on a balance sheet. A failed idea can teach more than a successful one. A stranger can change the direction of a project. A place can alter how you see an opportunity. And something you learned twenty years ago can suddenly become useful tomorrow.
That's why I write these stories. Not because I have all the answers — but because after enough years of building things, you accumulate experiences worth remembering, and occasionally worth sharing.
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