Building Yang2020: The Golden Days (Sept 2017 to June 2018)

“These are the golden days, Muhan.” — Andrew Yang, Fall 2017

Intro

In my first introduction piece, How to Run for President (of the United States,) I introduced my experience with the Andrew Yang for President 2020 campaign and my goals with these writings. This piece will be the first of five to cover the starting of the campaign, what Yang called “The Golden Days,” covering September 2017 to June 2018. The structure will be covering what developments our campaign had, month by month, as well as the very human experiences and people behind it all. At the end of each major segment, I’ll try to include a keystone takeaway covering such as fundraising, launching, cash flow management, and technology. On each deep dive, I provide my interpretation of how our actions got us from point A to point B.

Finishing The War on Normal People

In the summer of 2017, I was de-facto personal assistant to Andrew Yang. Although Yang had floated the idea for me to join the campaign first in March 2017, we didn’t confirm details until May. By that time, Yang had received wise counsel that it was in his best interest to start campaigning as soon as possible. We set September 2017 as my personal start date. It wouldn’t be until he finished all edits for The War on…