How to stay ahead of artificial intelligence.

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How to stay ahead of artificial intelligence.

Frank Meehan is a serial entrepreneur and a truly global investor. Frank is the Co-Founder and Partner of Sparklabs Global Ventures, which started as one of South Korea’s first accelerators and has now grown into a network of accelerators and venture capital funds. Frank is also the Co-Founder and CEO of SmartUp.io, a fast-growing micro-learning platform used by startups, business schools and corporates. Previously Frank was the board representative for Horizons Ventures at Spotify, Siri, Summly, and Affectiva. Horizons Ventures is a private investment fund of Mr Li Ka-Shing, one of Asia’s most influential businessman.

In this episode, Frank:

shares the key lessons he learnt from working at Horizon Ventures @1.28;
explains his investment strategy and how he prioritises which companies to invest into @3.05;
tells us about the critical importance of an entrepreneurial mindset in order to stay ahead of artificial intelligence @5.15;
points out the trends he believes will have a global impact @6.48
and reveals the book that has impacted him the most @8.35.

Mentioned in this episode:

Companies

People

One book that has impacted Frank the most:

Only The Paranoids Survive by Andrew S Grove

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