Marvin Liao

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Marvin Liao is an investor-operator and executive coach. He was previously a partner at venture capital fund 500 Startups, running the SF-based accelerator program as well as investing in seed-stage startups. He has invested in over 414 pre-seed and seed-stage startups during the six years he spent there. Marvin also spent 10.5 years at Yahoo! as an executive with extensive operating experience expanding businesses across Asia, Europe, Latin America and the U. S. Marvin also mentors at numerous accelerator programs around the world.

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Global scaling for startups: How to build a multibillion-dollar business?

COVID-19 has flattened the world even more: much of the business that used to be done in person is now being done on video calls. Nowadays where your startup is based is less important than the value it provides. This means entrepreneurs should be thinking globally from day one.…

Nov 3, 202004 min read

Lessons from the ups and downs of investing in international…

I’ve closed over 414 deals, and about a third of them with founders from outside of the U.S., including Brazil, Argentina, Egypt, Russia, Poland, Estonia, UK, France, Spain, New Zealand, and Canada. I should add that I’m a big fan, as most of my top-performing investments are with founders…

Oct 13, 202005 min read