Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Last week a company we enthusiastically backed, uBeam , led by a very special entrepreneur, 25-year-old Meredith Perry , announced a $10 million round of financing. Here I make the case that entrepreneurs must stay focused on the prize, not the doubters. Entrepreneurs. ” **. It can be one of the strongest motivators.

Technical Review 417

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

I even prefer to fund entrepreneurs who have experience some level of set-backs in their careers or startups because I think it brings a humility to decision-making that I find healthy. Silicon Valley itself was built on the sciences with a foundation of trial-and-error and then improving the model and trying again.

South Korea 261

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 26, 2024

With several investors handing sizable checks to startups to profit from what has attracted Silicon Valley’s attention in the past year — the race to create more and better AI has been escalating. Elon Musk has never made any secret about his plans to build a safer AI.

Artificial Inteligence 147

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The Next Web

JUNE 1, 2017

Many global companies choose The United States first, but it’s also important to look outside of Silicon Valley. So when your later stage startup is ready to expand, where should you go? After finding success in… This story continues at The Next Web.

South Korea 138

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

Our population churns out 181 patents per million inhabitants ranking us #8 in the world – ahead of the US, South Korea and Norway. At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one. Think of Stanford and Sandhill road in Silicon Valley, Route 128 in Boston or IIT in Bangalore India.

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The Next Web

JULY 19, 2015

Many global companies choose The United States first, but it’s also important to look outside of Silicon Valley. So when your later stage startup is ready to expand, where should you go? After finding success in… This story continues at The Next Web.

South Korea 60

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The Next Web

MARCH 2, 2014

As European talent in the form of startups and entrepreneurs continue to flock towards the USA, the question remains: why? Many entrepreneurs claim that there’s just not enough money, and that investors in Europe fear failure. But it stifles those with the potential to be great entrepreneurs. Is it attitude or is it money?

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