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Bridgewest Ventures NZ - a deep tech incubator on the lookout for founders aiming to have a profound social, environmental, or economic impact on our world

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Great to see one of our wonderful founders and portfolio companies https://t.co/yo4RYRPl6G being featured in NZ Entrepreneur Magazine

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6/ trends (continued):
- Edge computing with embedded AI
- Solid state batteries

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Behrooz Abdi is a leading executive in the semiconductor industry, has been CEO of multiple publicly traded companies, and serves on multiple boards of directors. Takeaways from his global tech trends presentation: 1/

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5/ Biggest technology trends for the next decade:
- quantum computing
- "swarm of sensors" - machines connecting to
machines a interacting with each other

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6/ getting in front of customers/clients, getting feedback on products, and tailoring your products to the client is critical

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Cyrus Mirsaidi has built two billion-dollar healthcare businesses from the ground up and is now the Managing Partner at investment firm https://t.co/kWusU0ebXU. He shared his experience and insight into what it takes to build a billion-dollar business 1/

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5/ have flexibility to make changes, evolve, and adapt to the changes in the market

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6/ NZ can become the medical tourism destination for CAR T-cell therapy treatment in the Asian region. This is a multi-billion-dollar opportunity for the entire NZ healthcare ecosystem

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Dr. Laurence Cooper of @MDAndersonNews fame gave a master class in CAR T-cell therapy, a cutting edge immunotherapy treatment for cancer 1/

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5/ NZ is in a prime position to re-invent the infrastructure and treatment procedures for CAR-T from the ground up. Learn from the short comings of other regions and advance the science

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6/ for business executives: magic happens when you have empathy and pay it forward!

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Blown away by our first keynote speaker’s @KamranElahian enlightening presentation. Some key takeaways: 1/

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5/ innovation leadership is diffusing, >50% of unicorns now from outside Silicon Valley. NZ is destined to be an amazing hotbed of innovation!