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ESG considerations as part of the investment process can be dated all the way back to the 17th century when the then asset owners, mostly religious groups, excluded activities involving certain ethical concerns from their investment list. Such practice continued with recent examples seen in the 70s and 80s as...

Coming to the Bay Area, one noticeable difference is how people inquire about ‘investing.’ Rather than asking, ‘What type of investments do you do?’, people say, ‘Which stage of the company do you invest in?’. The underlying assumption is that an investor invests in startups. It’s an understandable guess in...

In a nutshell, methane pyrolysis is a process used to decompose methane (CH4) into its elemental components - hydrogen gas (H2) and solid carbon (C) - without producing carbon dioxide (CO2) as a byproduct. Hydrogen produced this way tends to be known as Turquoise Hydrogen. This, however, is not the...

Written in the 1950s, the book was one of the earliest self-help books, synthesizing the work of Earl Nightingale, a renowned thinker and speaker. It’s said that he wrote the book to pass on his life’s thinking in mindset and success to his kids. Generations after, his work is still...

When I started dabbling with a career transition to find ‘fulfillment,’ I had no idea what that meant. I had an awesome job as an investor, running a multi-billion portfolio and investing on behalf of institutional clients. It was well-paying, intellectually stimulating, and well-respected. I was working with smart and...