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Scaling Start-up Communities: How Does the Culture of Venture Capital Differ—in Brazil (& Other Emerging Countries) vs. the USA?

Roberto Alvarez journalist to the Brazilian media company Startupi (the Tech Crunch of Brazil) interviewed me (1st 30 seconds in Portuguese, then English) in August at Singularity University (SU). Roberto is one of the 80 GSP13 fellows who learned about exponential technologies and their application to create a team project which solves one of the ten global challenges; I mentored him and many of his other GSP13 teammates this past summer on raising capital & other needs for their ventures. Naturally…

Scaling Start-up Communities: Catalyzing the Korean Venture Capital Ecosystem

The Park Geun-hye government is embarking on an national agenda to not only integrate Korea’s economy more deeply in the global innovation ecosystem, but to be one of its leaders too—to increase the prosperity and well-being of not only Korean citizens, but residents of the world. Park challenged global leaders to use creativity, technology and innovation as the growth engines for the creation of new and unheard industries for the 21st century. This is a theme espoused by Peter Diamandis…

Mentoring at Singularity University

Every Summer Singularity University (SU) conducts the 10 week Graduate Studies Program (GSP) which challenges future leaders and entrepreneurs to tackle widespread global problems with innovative team-based technology solutions. Many of the teams develop projects which are commercialized in both developed and emerging market countries. This is my 2nd year as a team project advisor, mentoring GSP participants in selecting business models and the raising of $$. Big thanks to Sandy Miller (Co-Chair Entrepreneurship / Managing Director, New Venture Development)…