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Gateway to Asia’s Tech Frontier: Hong Kong Science Park Sparks Innovation with Top Startups & Cutting-Edge Ventures

AsiaTechDaily

Established in 2001 with a vision to create a thriving ecosystem for innovation and technology (I&T), HKSTP has since become a cornerstone of […]

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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.”

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Inside Apple Software Design

Andreessen Horowitz

In this wide-ranging conversation from April 2019, a16z’s Frank Chen sits down with Ken Kocienda, a longtime software engineer and designer at Apple from 2001 to 2017, who wrote a book about his career there, called Creative Selection.

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Entrepreneurship In Latin America

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

It is a little known part of my career, but for a brief period from 1997 to 2001, I was part of a small group of investors who helped to create a startup ecosystem in Latin America. It all started with a company called StarMedia which created a Yahoo-like “portal” for Latin America.

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What Happened In 2022

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

The carnage has been massive and reminds me of what happened to the web sector in 2000/2001. Many large centralized entities; lenders, exchanges, crypto funds, etc, blew up when the value of web3 assets declined 70-90% over the course of 2022. Some of this has been markets doing their thing, but not all of it was.

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HPA Member Amanda Lannert Inducted into Chicago Innovation Hall of Fame

HPA

As the CEO of Jellyvision , Amanda has been a key figure in driving the company since its founding in 2001. Congratulations to HPA Member Amanda Lannert for being inducted into the Chicago Innovation Hall of Fame! Under her leadership, Jellyvision has become one of Chicago’s fastest growing tech companies.

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How Attractive is Risk Today?

Revolution

Taking extra risk in the 2001–02 and 2008–09 time periods paid off. That discomfort is the point. The graph below shows a history of this Total Score compared to a historical series of three-year forward real estate values. The highest score ever was 97.6