Something from Nothing ? - Stone Soup ! from Bill Liao

Historically from the bottom, and so to take note, more recently

Bill says on linkedin:-

(  https://www.linkedin.com/in/billliao/ ) that he is 

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  ChairpersonChairperson

  Ki Tua Fund · ContractKi Tua Fund · ContractOct 2023 - Present · 9 mosOct 2023 to Present · 9 mosCork, County Cork, Ireland · HybridCork, County Cork, Ireland · Hybrid

  • • Health and food tech Investor.
      
      Generalist late stage fund. Fund of Funds.
      
      Investment Committee Chair. Health and food tech Investor. Generalist late stage fund. Fund of Funds. Investment Committee Chair.
  • • Mergers & Acquisitions, Mentoring and +3 skills

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      Ki Tua is to go beyond.Ki Tua is to go beyond.
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  General PartnerGeneral Partner

  SOSV · Full-timeSOSV · Full-timeJul 2011 - Present · 13 yrsJul 2011 to Present · 13 yrsUnited StatesUnited States

  • • Investment management and venture capital firm providing 
    • funding in the technology sector. Responsible for over
      $1b under management as a one of 8 partners managing various global accelerator 
    • programs.
      • Contributed to expanding management portfolio to 1500 companies
      • Currently running the quantum software investment program.
      Investment management and venture capital firm providing funding in the technology sector. Responsible for over $1b under management as a one of 8 partners managing various global accelerator programs. • Contributed to expanding management portfolio to 1500 companies • Currently running the quantum software investment program.

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      The Accelerator VC - SOSVThe Accelerator VC - SOSV

      SOSV is a global venture capital firm 
    • providing multi-stage investment to develop and 
    • scale our founders’ big ideas for positive change.SOSV is a global venture capital firm providing multi-stage investment to develop and scale our founders’ big ideas for positive change.
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  PledgerPledger

  Founders PledgeFounders PledgeOct 2020 - Present · 3 yrs 9 mosOct 2020 to Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

  • • "Passionate member of Founders Pledge. 
    • We’re a global community of entrepreneurs and investors 
    • finding and funding solutions to the world’s most pressing 
    • problems. Every member, including myself, has made a 
    • legally binding commitment to donate a portion of personal 
    • proceeds on liquidity to social causes. 
    • The Founders Pledge team provides charity research and vetting, 
    • a global network of experts, and end-to-end giving infrastructure, 
    • and they take no cuts and charge no fees. 
    • They also host community events across the globe. 
    • Drop me a message if you want to be put in touch.""Passionate member of Founders Pledge. We’re a global community of entrepreneurs and investors finding and funding solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. Every member, including myself, has made a legally binding commitment to donate a portion of personal proceeds on liquidity to social causes. The Founders Pledge team provides charity research and vetting, a global network of experts, and end-to-end giving infrastructure, and they take no cuts and charge no fees. They also host community events across the globe. Drop me a message if you want to be put in touch."
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  Co-FounderCo-Founder

  WeForest · Part-timeWeForest · Part-timeJan 2008 - Present · 16 yrs 6 mosJan 2008 to Present · 16 yrs 6 mos

  • • Non–profit promoting reforestation as a means of combatting global warming through the education of local village women in impoverished regions to become foresters, starting their own businesses by creating their own food forests.
      • Have 50m trees growing 100m funded
      • Lifted millions out of poverty.
      Non–profit promoting reforestation as a means of combatting global warming through the education of local village women in impoverished regions to become foresters, starting their own businesses by creating their own food forests. • Have 50m trees growing 100m funded • Lifted millions out of poverty.
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  Co-FounderCo-Founder

  CoderDojoCoderDojo2011 - Present · 13 yrs 6 mos2011 to Present · 13 yrs 6 mos

  • • Non-profit providing a free service teaching children how to code. Merged with Raspberry Pie Foundation in 2017 to become the largest organisation for teaching young people to code.
      • Led growth to nearly 2000 locations in 80 countries.
      • Organised events at: Buckingham Palace, with the input of Prince Andrew; the US State Department; and European Parliament.
      Non-profit providing a free service teaching children how to code. Merged with Raspberry Pie Foundation in 2017 to become the largest organisation for teaching young people to code. • Led growth to nearly 2000 locations in 80 countries. • Organised events at: Buckingham Palace, with the input of Prince Andrew; the US State Department; and European Parliament.

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      CoderDojo – Enabling young people worldwide to create and explore technology togetherCoderDojo – Enabling young people worldwide to create and explore technology together

      CoderDojo is a global movement of free, volunteer-led, community-based computer programming clubs for young people. Children can visit a Dojo where they can learn to code, build websites, create apps or games, and explore technology in an creative and...CoderDojo is a global movement of free, volunteer-led, community-based computer programming clubs for young people. Children can visit a Dojo where they can learn to code, build websites, create apps or games, and explore technology in an creative and...

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2010, 14 years ago , and 5 years after Bill kindly joined the panel of launch of Vienna Hub at Aux Gazelles in Vienna where two things are clearly recalled - Liao as in miaow, and that the Chinese see a glass with some water in it as "an opportunity to be filled up "...

Let us make a feast for all !

Stone Soup: The Secret Recipe for Making Something from Nothing Bill Liao Bookshaker, 2010 - 232 Seiten On a cold night a storyteller who knew the limitless power of words  visited a famine-Stricken village and, finding no fireside for a fable,  began boiling a stone in a big pot in sight of everyone. One by one  the curious villagers were encouraged to join in the feast of  Stone Soup and one by one they believed in and contributed  to the feast that inevitably resulted. Once both stories and soup had been devoured it was agreed that in future, in tough times, a stone and a story were a marvellous way to bring people together. Stone Soup is a modern fable about business, community, entrepreneurship and sharing. Mixing a traditional folktale with telling the story of one woman's journey through life, it contains tasty morsels of wisdom on work, team-building, leadership and courage. This book will nourish the soul of managers, entrepreneurs, community leaders, activists and educators by giving you the fortitude to lead fearlessly in the face of apparently insurmountable obstacles and foster true innovation within your community, group or organisation. Social networking pioneer, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Bill Liao, is the co-founder of the social network service XING (www.xing.com). He is also CEO of Finaxis AG, a privately held company in the financial services industry. Among his philanthropic endeavors is his participation as an investor and volunteer in The Hunger Project in Uganda, New York and Mexico. Bill is also a regular attendee at the TED conferences and also the World Economic Forum New Champions conference. In 2007, Liao founded Neo (www.neo.org), a non-profit social networking site where people can make a personal commitment for the future of the earth. Neo was set up to provide a forum for people to make a personal commitment for the future of the earth in the form of a Declaration of Global Citizenship. Mehr »

Autoren-Profil (2010)

Bill Liao is a social networking pioneer, philanthropist, entrepreneur and the co-founder of www.xing.com

Bibliografische Informationen

Titel	Stone Soup: The Secret Recipe for Making Something from Nothing
Autor/in	Bill Liao
Verlag	Bookshaker, 2010
ISBN	1905430973, 9781905430970
Länge	232 Seiten
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