Singularity University and Agile VC — Shuonan Chen — Solving World Problems with Blockchain, and Thoughts on VC Funding
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2017
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Shuonan Chen is a faculty member at Singularity University, whose mission is to leverage cutting-edge technology, including blockchain, to solve some of the world's biggest problems. These problems range from environmental challenges and renewable energy to space travel and disaster response.
This ties in with her work as a founding partner of Agile VC, an early-stage venture capital firm focusing on finding B2B solutions at the enterprise level. Agile VC works primarily with blockchain technology, because of its ability to store information cheaply, keep better records, and allow for quicker and more efficient communication.
Shuonan discusses her three tips for giving yourself a better chance of receiving VC funding–making sure your physical location matches your market and industry, being able to clearly articulate why you're the best team to solve a particular problem, and being able to articulate how you are different, and therefore more likely to be successful, than your competitors.
For more information, visit www.su.org and www.agileventurecapital.com.
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| 0:00.0 | The Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Blockchain Superconference is coming to Dallas, Texas, February 16, 17, and 18 in 2018. |
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| 0:41.5 | That's Bitcoin superconference.com. |
| 0:45.4 | Welcome to Almost Here, Round the Corner of Future Technology Podcasts with Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:51.8 | Future Technologies, always to transform our lives for better or worse are the focus of |
| 0:56.3 | this podcast. |
| 0:57.4 | Almost here means these technologies are now here and starting to be used or just around |
| 1:02.6 | the corner. |
| 1:03.5 | From Bitcoin to artificial intelligence, 3D printing, blockchain, virtual reality, and more. |
| 1:11.5 | Hello everyone and welcome to the Future Tech Podcast. |
| 1:14.9 | My name is Josh Thomas, and I am here today with Shuo Chen from Singularity University. |
| 1:22.0 | Hello, Shuo. |
| 1:22.9 | Hi, Josh. |
| 1:23.7 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:24.6 | Well, we're glad to have you. |
| 1:26.0 | And what Singulari University is, to my |
| 1:29.1 | understanding, is you are leveraging the world's cutting-edge technology to solve some of the |
| 1:35.3 | world's biggest problems. And that is a mighty mission statement, to be sure. Yeah, you got it. So everyone |
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