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Be So Good They Can’t Ignore You Overcoming Silicon Valley’s Bias Problem @chrisyeh [email protected] Wasabi Ventures AskTheHarvardMBA.com

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This was a presentation to the Latino Startup Alliance in San Francisco, CA on 12/6/13 by Wasabi Ventures co-founder, Chris Yeh. "Be So Good They Can't Ignore You"

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Be So Good They Can’t Ignore YouOvercoming Silicon Valley’s Bias Problem

@[email protected]

Wasabi VenturesAskTheHarvardMBA.com

mailto:[email protected]
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The Founder Effect

• “The loss of genetic variation that occurs when a new population is established by a very small number of individuals from a larger population.”

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Hewlett Packard

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Fairchild Semiconductor

• Julius Blank• Victor Grinich• Jean Hoerni• Jay Last

• Eugene Kleiner• Gordon Moore• Robert Noyce• Sheldon Roberts

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Apple Computer

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Google

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Facebook

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The Pioneers of Venture Capital

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Silicon Valley is Biased

“Fish don't know they're in water.”--Derek Sivers

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We Shall Overcome

“Be so good they can’t ignore you.”Steve Martin

• The key is entrepreneurship– Don’t wait to be noticed, make yourself the boss– Results speak for themselves

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Overcoming Bias

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The Secret of Getting Funded

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What Can You Do?

• Community

• Storytelling

• Entrepreneurs

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