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Tyler Cowen is the best curator of talent in the world

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I am a biotech investor. I know a lot of top biotech investors. I’ve also spent close to a decade at two of the best life science academic institutions in the world. Tyler’s understanding of biotech is that of a very broad economist. Yet, he is often beating me and many of the people and institutions that I know. Tyler has identified talent either earlier than or missed by top undergraduate programs, the best biotech startups, and the best biotech investors, all without any insider knowledge of biotech. In comparison, Forbes 30U30, MIT Tech Review TR35, or Stat Wunderkind, and other industry awards that highlight talent are lagging indicators of success. It’s hard to find an awardee of these programs that was not already widely recognized for their achievements among insiders in their field. The winners of Emergent Ventures are truly emergent. I have now met >5 Emergent Venture winners that work in life sciences. The average age of this group is ~20 years old. One has attracted interna

Share I believe that Tyler Cowen is the best curator of talent in the world. I am a biotech investor. I know a lot of top biotech investors. I’ve also spent close to a decade at two of the best life science academic institutions in the world. Tyler’s understanding of biotech is that of a very broad economist. Yet, he is often beating me and many of the people and institutions that I know. Tyler has identified talent either earlier than or missed by top undergraduate programs, the best biotech startups, and the best biotech investors, all without any insider knowledge of biotech. In…

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