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Early stage investor in transformational technology companies.

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  • From Corporate to Independent

    From Corporate to Independent

    When I first left my corporate job, I went to talk to my mentors. The best advice I received was from someone who like…

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  • Money Changes Everything?

    Money Changes Everything?

    Money changes everything, or so the old song goes. As many of you know, we are now seeing funding records set daily…

    10 Comments
  • Tough To Maintain Investing Focus in 2018

    Tough To Maintain Investing Focus in 2018

    I am an angel investor, who looks for mature founders in the enterprise and infrastructure space. 2018 has been an eye…

    8 Comments
  • A Big Day For Treasure Data

    A Big Day For Treasure Data

    This is a big day for the team at Treasure Data. I can fondly remember sitting in a conference room with Bill Tai and…

    4 Comments
  • Quick Book Review: Bad Blood by John Carreyrou

    Quick Book Review: Bad Blood by John Carreyrou

    I like a lot of folks did not know much about Theranos until two events: the Forbes article that pronounced her as a…

    4 Comments
  • What Have I Been Up To?

    What Have I Been Up To?

    One of the most fund things in this industry is to get to talk to Harry Stebbings on The Twenty Minute VC. Dream…

    3 Comments
  • Seeds Are Getting Bigger, Now What?

    Seeds Are Getting Bigger, Now What?

    This week, the very smart and capable folks at Wing VC published an interesting article about seed investing. If I do…

    4 Comments
  • The Tension Inherent In Being A High Performance Leader

    The Tension Inherent In Being A High Performance Leader

    The two most common traits in the great leaders are an intense competitive nature combined with a very high degree of…

    5 Comments
  • "Success Theater"

    "Success Theater"

    There has been a lot of discussion after the Wall Street Journal article on what went wrong at GE, highlighted by a…

    2 Comments
  • High Potential Is Often a Misleading Label

    High Potential Is Often a Misleading Label

    Carl Icahn is fond of telling the story about who becomes CEO at many companies. He describes the CEO frequently as…

    3 Comments

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  • English Encouragement Prize

    Radio Beijing

    Was part of a singing competition on Radio Beijing to determine the best English language talent in Beijing. A sort of Chinese Idol with foreigners. Was the closing act on New Year's eve 1985. Did not win place or show, but managed to come in tied for 4th and got the coveted English Encouragement Prize.

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