Bob Wu: The Man, The Myth, The Wu

Bob is currently the CEO and co-founder of Teleport, one of the first companies built on Uber's API. He is also a Venture Partner with Social Starts, a venture capital fund that invests in early stage technology companies. Before Social Starts, he worked at Ziff Brothers Investments in a variety of roles across different groups including Family Office, Private Markets & Strategy, and Executive. He is also the founder of Asian American Tech Entrepreneurs (AATE), which brings together the top Asian American entrepreneurs and investors in NY. He has written for Fortune Magazine and NextShark on entrepreneurship and leadership. Bob is the co-founder and former President of Taiwanese American Professionals - New York (TAP-NY) and also the former President of Taiwanese American Citizens League (TACL). He has also held non-profit board positions with Amigos de las Americas - NY Chapter and the Council of Urban Professionals (CUP). In his free time, he teaches financial literacy to high school students through Junior Achievement (JA). He holds a BA in International Relations (Global Business) from the University of Southern California and is a 2nd degree black belt in kendo. Bob has a deep passion for community and connecting the right people with each other.

 

Today’s Subjects:

• Bob’s experience getting hired at an elite family office and how that catapulted his career
• How building relationships have served Bob’s professional and personal success
• Bob learned about who do you know and who do you trust
• Bob’s philosophy on meeting people and how he treats people he first meets
• How Bob transitioned from a family office into starting a Venture Capital firm
• The importance of seeing the whites of people’s eyes and what that does for relationships
• The story behind Teleport
• You have to see people face to face in order to establish and develop real relationships
• The story about how Teleport came to fruition
• Dunbar’s law
• IBM’s Breakthrough analysis & Why IBM and Yahoo are bringing their employees back in house
• How Bob helps his network hire as well as, find jobs
• The common thread amongst his most successful friends: They are mission driven
• What is success to Bob
• The single most important factor to how long you live and how happy you are the relationships you develop.
• The loneliness epidemic: 60% of college students have identified being either lonely or depressed.