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How design thinking helped demobilize Colombian guerrillas
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How design thinking helped demobilize Colombian guerrillas
Design thinking has become a buzzword in many industries, yet when you hear stories like the following, design thinking is more powerful…
Silvia Li
Jan 24
Chris Sacca’s Advice to Founders: Become the Best Storytellers
Chris Sacca’s Advice to Founders: Become the Best Storytellers
What I learned from meeting Uber & Instagram’s earliest investor
Silvia Li
Sep 25, 2015
How poverty defined me
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How poverty defined me
The life I didn’t choose and I embraced
Silvia Li
Mar 26
Love letter to Seattle
Love letter to Seattle
Making memories for myself and maybe for you too
Silvia Li
Mar 21
“From Zero to Peru & USC, How My Parents’ Immigration Story Affected my Life and Education”
“From Zero to Peru & USC, How My Parents’ Immigration Story Affected my Life and Education”
I remember conversations with my parents where they recounted their harsh childhoods and turbulent immigration story. My parents grew up in…
Silvia Li
May 3, 2015
Mark Suster’s advice on fundraising, setting value & how to talk about it
Mark Suster’s advice on fundraising, setting value & how to talk about it
Mark Suster is a 2x entrepreneur turned VC. He joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 as a General Partner after selling his company to Salesforce…
Silvia Li
Feb 29
Connecting hearts & minds — How a tech company forever changed my life
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Connecting hearts & minds — How a tech company forever changed my life
I thought it was going to be easy. When I first moved from Peru to California for college, I thought living on my own, exploring a new…
Silvia Li
Feb 27
The Hardest Question I’ve Tried to Answer — What Makes Me Happy?
The Hardest Question I’ve Tried to Answer — What Makes Me Happy?
There are so many things I could talk about these past 2 weeks. I went through a roller coaster of emotions and I lost control of them. I…
Silvia Li
Oct 26, 2015
Consumed by wanderlust
Consumed by wanderlust
We all want it.
Silvia Li
Feb 20
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