Withers Talks: Founders Counsel | Episode 1 - Using Entrepreneurial Skills For Good

• Published date: 11 June 2020
• Author: Withers LLP
• Subject Matter: Corporate/Commercial Law, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Corporate and Company Law, Corporate Governance, Operational Impacts and Strategy
• Law Firm: Withers LLP

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How can founders use their entrepreneurial skills for good?

In the first episode of our Founders Counsel, Doug Mandell, our podcast host and global head of our founder practice, explores this question by examining how five top founders have responded to Covid-19 by launching their entrepreneurial initiatives. Each guest was compelled to step away from their jobs and families to join the fight against this virus. Why did they do this? How did they draw on their backgrounds to create options for others that didn't exist before? How can you make a difference like this in your own life? Where did they find the courage to "just show up" and help?

In this illuminating episode, our guests share their inspiring stories and shine a light on what drives them - whether they are building companies or helping to save lives. All of our guests on this episode know each other well from the Silicon Valley eco-system and are friends, something which contributes to the unique vibe of this show.

Guests:

Robin Chan - General Partner at Goat Capital, Special Advisor at Bird, Angel Investor in Alibaba, Bird, Twitter, Square and Xiaomi, Advisor at Flipboard, Uber and Expa. Co-Founder and CEO of Operation Masks, a group of entrepreneurs in the US and China working to bring urgent PPE to the medical frontline of Covid-19 and inventing a new health care supply chain to get supplies to those in need.

Jyri Engestr'm - Co-Founder and General Partner at Yes VC, an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco who has founded and sold companies to Google and Groupon. Led an initiative in Bolinas, California to test all residents for Covid-19 antibodies and interrupt...