ICYMI: Plan it like a WAR - Dr Finian Tan (Chairman, Vickers Venture Partners)

#ICYMI Back in STIMY Ep 30, we met Dr Finian Tan - Chairman & Co-Founder of Vickers Venture Partners - a $3 billion deep tech venture capital fund based out of Singapore. Some things he’s done: founder of J.Aron (APAC trading arm of Goldman Sachs)Deputy Secretary of Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry, where he was tasked with creating Chairman of Singapore’s  $1 billion TIF Fund, to create the Silicon Valley of the East in SingaporeExecutive deputy chairman of A*Star Founding partner of Draper Fisher Jurvetson Eplanet, a Silicon Valley VC that invested in Skype & Hotmail. While at DFJ, Dr Finian Tan made his first & most well-known investment in a little-known startup called Baidu. This is a ICYMI snippet that I felt really illustrates Dr Finian’s character & it happened all the way back when he was still a student.He swept ALL the book prizes, and got perfect scores while at university.How did he do it?By planning it like a WAR.🎙️Listen to the rest of Dr Finian's episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJELxqip89M 📍Show notes: https://www.sothisismywhy.com/30 🙊 Like STIMY? Buy me a ☕️?: https://beacons.ai/sothisismywhy  💌 Be the 1st to learn about upcoming STIMY guests & exclusive events: https://sothisismywhy.ck.page/ebf231f605 👉 Leave a review!  https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/so-this-is-my-why/id1521191442