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Corporate Innovation – The Science of Luck
“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.”― Niels Bohr In my previous role leading front end innovation in a large company, I routinely gave talks to corporate groups about
Thomas Thurston, Venture Capitalist, Data Scientist and CTO at WR Hambrecht Ventures to Give Invited Talk at HPC and AI on Wall Street
The newly refreshed HPC & AI on Wall Street conference has selected WR Hambrecht Partner and Chief Technology Officer, Thomas Thurston to give an invited talk titled, “Using Data Science
Augmenting Innovation Decisions With Data Science
As a venture capitalist/data scientist, I’ve spent over a decade arguing that other venture capitalists and innovators can improve their decision making (a lot) through data science. While the idea
China, Unicorns and the Battle for Global AI
Guest Post by Angelina Cheok Back in 2015, China’s economy appeared to be at a crossroads. Its slowing growth seemed to herald a death knell for the country’s start-up boom,
Do Uber’s Asian rivals have a home court advantage?
Guest Post by Angelina Cheok Would you hop onto a scooter with a stranger? An act that would seem crazy just a few years ago is now mainstream in some

Gender Bias in Venture Capital: Bad Business
Venture capitalists are being called out for gender bias. A recent Fortune article reported that female founders received only 2% of venture capital dollars in 2016. Some high profile VCs, and VC-backed