D Network

The D Network is a community dedicated to educating, empowering and connecting the next generation of entrepreneurs and venture builders with global ambitions, brought to you by JC Xu and Jan Smejkal (AKA YourChinaGuy).

Author: Jan Smejkal & JC Xu

D Network is a community dedicated to educating, empowering and connecting the next generation of entrepreneurs and venture builders with global ambitions, brought to you by JC Xu and Jan Smejkal (AKA YourChinaGuy). We are coming to you from Shenzhen, China and every 2 weeks we interview top executives, entrepreneurs and investors who have been building and scaling businesses in China and beyond. As entrepreneurs and investors ourselves, we are on a mission to uncover and share first-hand insights from those behind some of the most respected business growth stories, innovations as well as failures, including those of our own.
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#26 Peter H. Diamandis - Solving the World's Biggest Problems Creates the World's Biggest Business Opportunities
Wednesday, 19 May, 2021

Recently named by Fortune as one of the "World's 50 Greatest Leaders," Peter H. Diamandis is the founder and executive chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, which leads the world in designing and operating large-scale incentive competitions. He is also the executive founder of Singularity University, a graduate-level Silicon Valley institution that counsels the world's leaders on exponentially growing technologies. As an entrepreneur, Diamandis has started over 20 companies in the areas of longevity, space, venture capital and education. He is co-founder of BOLD Capital Partners, a venture fund with $250M investing in exponential technologies, co-founder and Vice Chairman of Celularity, Inc., a cellular therapeutics company, co-founder of Fountain Life, an innovative, fully-integrated platform delivering best-in-class predictive, preventative, personalized and data-driven health, and co-founder & Vice Chairman of COVAXX, a COVID-19 antibody and vaccine company. Diamandis is a New York Times Bestselling author of three books: Abundance – The Future Is Better Than You Think, BOLD – How to Go Big, Create Wealth & Impact the World and The Future is Faster Than You Think.