Category: People
Why It’s Time for Les Moonves to Go — You Can’t Charm Your Way out of Sexual Misconduct
Good to see this – seems everyone was so quiet in the LA area. CBS is totally blowing it by not at least putting him on leave till they actually fire him.
I just returned from a week’s vacation in the mountains where I had almost no Internet access but was aware that Ronan Farrow had published a damning sexual misconduct article about Les Moonves, the…
— Read on bothsidesofthetable.com/why-its-time-for-les-moonves-to-go-db7a50417acf
New Bruce Lee book interview
Some good tidbits in here – still need to finish the book. Have learned so many things about Bruce, his family and some Hong Kong history.
Jenny of GGV Capital
Great listen – she has to be the most famous VC to come out of Singapore!
Very inspiring.
Esquire !
First time I was asked to speak for an event organised by a men’s magazine.
Was an honor and a lot of fun.
Thx for having me Esquire!
Apple Is Worth $1 Trillion; 21 Years Ago It Was on the Brink of Bankruptcy – The New York Times
Amazing stuff.
What I wonder is in today’s climate – where the big, like Apple, keep getting bigger. Will anyone in our generation have the audacity to try to make another Apple. My guess is not. As a VC – I would probably doubt it is possible due to the strength of FAANG for example.
Apple Is Worth $1 Trillion; 21 Years Ago It Was on the Brink of Bankruptcy – The New York Times
Aung San Suu Kyi: The inside story | SBS Dateline
Aung San Suu Kyi: The inside story | SBS Dateline:
Fast-forward to September 2017 and Daw Suu – once the darling of the international community, is almost universally condemned for what many see as her silence over a military campaign that drove 700,000 Muslim Rohingyas across the border to refugee camps in Bangladesh.
Some say it’s not her fault, she has no control over the army, it’s not her doing, she probably doesn’t know what’s happening there.
But our six-month investigation reveals how the Nobel Laureate actively blocked United Nations investigations into violence against the Rohingyas and angrily condemned efforts to free two Myanmar journalists investigating mass graves.
I will say it may not entirely be her fault but she is one of the people blame.
What makes it worse is that we all thought she would stand for something better.
Read the whole article.
Splice 100: Our crazy plan to catalyze a generation of media startups in Asia.
Super cool program – nice work Alan!
Splice and Civil Media are starting a $1 million fund to help create 100 media startups in 3 years. We need your help.
— Read on www.thesplicenewsroom.com/splice-100/
Where Did you Go to School? – Noteworthy – The Journal Blog
Where Did you Go to School? – Noteworthy – The Journal Blog
Pretty fascinating stuff.
Data taken from here :: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12nDH7Z-QbsPN26q4Avou_im7iXdUSfcWBzrItF3poEg/edit?stream=top-stories#gid=0
Diversity needed!
Love the internet – it can be so useful
I wa listening to this :: https://overcast.fm/+F36ru1v-s
Noticed the author said he lives in Singapore.
Tweeted him and actually had a nice email exchange.
Picked up the book from Kino but you can get yours here.
I plan on attending this as well :: https://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/cag/events/details/the-billionaire-raj-can-india-become-asia’s-next-great-power
Cool stuff.
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