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🗓️ 19 January 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Sara Menker is the founder and CEO of Gro Intelligence, which uses data, analytics, and forecasting models to inform companies involved in the agricultural supply chain and organizations impacted by climate change. Hans Tung is a managing partner at GGV Capital, focusing on early-stage investments across the global digital economy. In this conversation with Stanford adjunct lecturer Emily Ma, Menker and Tung discuss the skills, tactics and technologies needed to solve complex, systemic challenges.
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0:00.0 | Who you are defines how you build. |
0:07.0 | This is the entrepreneurial thought leader series. |
0:11.0 | Brought you by Stanford E. Corner. |
0:14.0 | Today I am absolutely delighted to welcome Sarah Menker and hands tongue to ETL. |
0:20.0 | First and foremost, Sarah Menker is the founder and |
0:22.5 | CEO of Grow Intelligence. Gros' data analytics and forecasting models inform companies |
0:27.8 | involved in the agricultural supply chain and organizations impacted by climate change. Prior to founding |
0:34.1 | Grow, Sarah was in Morgan Stanley's Commodities Group, where she managed an |
0:38.2 | options trading portfolio. She was named a global young leader by the World Economic Forum and |
0:44.2 | is a fellow of the Aspen Institute as well as the Trustee of the Mandela Institute for Development Studies. |
0:50.1 | Secondly, super excited to welcome Hans Tang, the managing director or managing partner at GGV Capital, |
0:57.3 | who is focused on early stage investments across the global digital economy. |
1:01.9 | He has consistently recognized amongst top venture capital investors in the world, |
1:06.5 | having been named to the fours-mi-dis list nine consecutive years from 2013 to 2021, most recently |
1:13.5 | ranking number three. His portfolio includes 18 companies valued at more than $1 billion. |
1:21.5 | He also oversees GGV's DEI initiatives, and he is the co-host of the podcast, evolving for the next billion. |
1:30.1 | That explores entrepreneurship in U.S., China, India, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. |
1:36.2 | Hans also became a significant investor in food and ad tech, so I'm sure we're going to hear a lot more about why companies like Grow Intelligence have captured his interest. |
1:45.2 | Huge welcome to you both, Sarah and Hans. |
1:48.3 | So let's kick things off by getting a bit of an introduction to Grow Intelligence. |
1:53.6 | Sarah, I'm going to turn it over to you for a brief explainer. |
1:57.4 | All right. |
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