Episode #9: Building Rainforests- A conversation with Victor Hwang about the growth of ecosystem building as a profession

Yuval Yarden
The Keystone
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2 min readOct 23, 2019

Hello Ecosystem Builders and welcome to Episode 9 of The Keystone! Today, we have a very special guest, one of our very first supporters, and a man many of you turn to for guidance and inspiration- Victor Hwang!

For those unfamiliar with Victor, he is the VP of Entrepreneurship at the Kauffman Foundation, the author of The Rainforest book and a long time ecosystem builder and supporter of entrepreneurs. We’ll be discussing his story, how he fell in love with his work, how he’s seen the industry change and the thing you’ve all been waiting for, where he’s headed next. Spoiler alert, the big reveal won’t be happening on todays episode, but we’ll hear some of his thoughts on the direction he’ll be moving in.

We hope you enjoy! Please send any questions, feedback or thoughts our way.

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TheKeystone Is a Cue9 production. This episode was produced by Yuval Yarden and Kevin Chemidlin, with editing by Max Graham. Charlton is our magician behind the scenes.

This show was made possible in part by our friends at the Schusterman Foundation.

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Yuval Yarden
The Keystone

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