Victor Hwang is vice president of entrepreneurship at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Previously, he co-founded and was CEO of Liquidity, a venture-backed nanotech firm, and T2 Venture Creation, a venture firm that built start-up companies. Hwang was also executive director of the Global Innovation Summit, president of Larta Institute, and chief strategy officer of Veatros, a video start-up. Earlier, he practiced corporate and technology law with the firms of Mayer, Brown & Platt, and Irell & Manella. Hwang co-authored The Rainforest: The Secret to Building the Next Silicon Valley and authored The Rainforest Blueprint. He’s been a contributing columnist to Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, and Entrepreneur.
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