The Silicon Valley Podcast
2020-05
Episodes

Wednesday May 27, 2020
Wednesday May 27, 2020
On today’s episode, we sit down with Raymond Chen. Raymond is a board member and the President of CIE-SF, a non-profit volunteer organization. He spent 19 years in the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software industry. As the co-founder and Senior Vice President of Sigrity, Inc., he not only led many aspects of product architecture, engineering process, customer application and support, operation and IT with a worldwide team, but also marketed and sold innovative technologies and tools to leading-edge customers in semiconductor, computer, communication, networking, and consumer electronics companies.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Is the type of research that universities do more advanced than what the private sector is capable of? Or is it the opposite and the private sector is more advanced?
What is Electronic Design Automation software?
How does a software company protect its software from it being stolen and IP infringement?
What is the Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE)?
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Wednesday May 20, 2020
Wednesday May 20, 2020
On today’s episode, we char with Dr. Prasun Mishra. Dr. Mishra (Ex-Genentech, Ex-NCI, Ex-NIH) is the Founder and CEO of Agility Pharmaceuticals. He is a serial entrepreneur who founded his first company after graduating high school, and second company during his PhD.
Since then, he has accumulated a wealth of experienced by building, investing and advising numerous other companies. He is an investor/ co-founder/ board member of a few US based corporations focused on accelerating drug discovery & development, blockchain & digital health. Dr. Mishra is also founding president & CEO of American Association for Precision Medicine (AAPM) and is leading research efforts focused on preventing & curing chronic diseases; not only treating the sick but also providing knowledge/tools to individuals to live longer, healthier lives.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
What is precision medicine?
How is Big Data Analytics, AI and technology impacting the medical industry?
Is the current process for drug discovery broken and if so, how can it be fixed?
Will technology be at a point where research can be one step ahead of possible mutations in viruses or drug resistances?
What does all this new technology mean for the skill requirements of health professionals?
We would also like to thank Atul Padha who made the introduction that allowed today’s interview to take place.
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American Association of Precision Medicine
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Thursday May 14, 2020
Thursday May 14, 2020
On today’s show, we’re happy to chat with our very own Stig Brodersen. Stig is a value investor, business owner, and international bestselling author. His podcast We Study Billionaires has over 30 million+ downloads and has been recognized as the #1 ranked stock investing podcast in the world with awards such as:
#1 stock investing podcast on iTunes
#1 stock investing podcast on Google
#1 investing podcast by CNBC
#1 investing podcast by Business Insider
In this episode, you’ll learn:
How does a podcast host build a relationship with advertisers for their shows?
How do analytics play a part in podcasting?
What are the struggles with having the core team in another country?
How can one make a career out of podcasting?
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
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Thursday May 07, 2020
Thursday May 07, 2020
James Ehrlich is a serial entrepreneur in the areas of technology, media technology and clean-tech. He is the founder at ReGen Villages, Entrepreneur in Residence at Stanford University Center for Compassion, Altruism, Research and Education (CCARE), and faculty at Singularity University.
James is part of an on-going White House Task Force on the Nexus of Food, Water, Energy and Waste and advising the Office of Science and Technology Policy and Department of State on regenerative platform development and implementation at the neighborhood scale. He also co-authored the UN Sustainability Platform Brief "Regenerative Community Development" with Professor Larry Leifer and Chris Ford (AIA) at the Stanford University Center for Design Research.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
How is tech leading towards a sustainable future for all?
What is the Wood Wide Web?
How are digital twins used in the modeling villages of the future?
What technology will be used for completely self-reliant cities?
What is it like to be the first ever Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Stanford?
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BOOKS AND RESOURCES
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ReGen Villages
James’ TV Show Hippy Gourmet
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