My name is Van. I am an aspiring HCI researcher plus economist who is passionate about climate tech and life science with a track record in marketing and operations. I aim to be an interdisciplinary professional who can add value across the board with a concentration on design x engineering.
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Currently, I’m a founding leader at Cuemill, an early-stage startup building a social platform based on proximity and location technology. Within the past five years, I have successfully built and scaled a social entrepreneurial project and a health product brand from scratch while achieving academic milestones and expanding my competence horizontally toward scientific and technical knowledge. On the side, I’m a micro-fund manager and angel investor.
Based on a interdisciplinary approach under social science, my articles and research study the socioeconomic factors in relation to scientific innovation or technological advancement. The end goal is to translate academic knowledge into digestible information for the general public.
Examples include articles, data visualizations, research papers, a business model analysis, and a marketing case study.
Deep Dive into BlocPower’s Regenerative Platform Business Model
A Big Picture: Our Social Loop
Shakepay: Activating Growth through Loyalty and Community
My thesis acts as a productive filter and framework to guide and construct my investment activities.
<aside> 🌏 By 2035, renewable energy and clean resources will be the main input and output of production and consumption while mutually reinforcing technologies will be the backbone of the innovation economy, and critical infrastructure will be more evenly built and distributed.
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In the next decade, at least 70% of my fund capital is committed to building a resilient economy and advancing planetary well-being forward: