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The Joy of Discovery
I love libraries. I’ve spent a lot of time in them, particularly before scientific journals were all online. As a research scientist I especially loved browsing the stacks to see

Galaxies Unknown: how discovering the true scale of markets is changing what we thought we knew about business
As people, we experience life at the human-scale. This gives us pretty good intuitions for things that are roughly our size and speed. Looking at mountains, we can get an

Drug Discovery Today: how the transition from preclinical research to clinical trials can impact biotech valuations
A recent study published in Drug Discovery Today by Thomas Thurston and Hubert Truebel found low odds of success for biotech startups that raise more than four funding rounds before

Thomas Thurston Joins Horasis Panel Discussion: Venture Capital Post-Covid
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Thomas Thurston speaking at IIEX (Insight Innovation Exchange) Sept. 10, 2020
How Big Data Insights are Disrupting Venture Capital Learn how a leading venture capital firm is using big data and AI to identify disruptive startups worldwide. By using data and
Thomas Thurston on Predicting Innovation Success with Big Data Analytics
In this video from the Stanford HPC Conference, Thomas Thurston from WR Hambrecht Ventures describes how Big Data analytics can help predict the success or failure of Tech startups, plus
New Business Models, Born of Crisis
Along with danger, crisis is represented by opportunity. John F. Kennedy The Business Model Conversation For many years I’ve had discussions with innovation teams about business model choices and making