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About

About Thomas

VENTURE CAPITAL

Thomas is a Partner and the Chief Technology Officer of WR Hambrecht+Co where he helps lead the firm's venture capital, asset management and technology innovation efforts. 

 

For more than 50 years WR Hambrecht+Co and its predecessor Hambrecht & Quist have provided early growth capital to more than 500 companies including Apple, Amazon and Google.

 

DATA SCIENCE

Creator of the MESE® computing system, which provides unique insights into startups and other private businesses that disclose little or no public data about their financial or commercial status. Since 2008 it has helped guide billions of dollars in venture capital, innovation, M&A and related growth initiatives.

Formerly, Thomas used data science to guide growth investments at Intel and led a joint R&D effort at the Harvard Business School with Professor Clayton Christensen to develop predictive statistical models for early stage innovation. He also helped found a business in the high performance computing industry that was acquired. 

 

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Speaking

Growing up in Honduras, Bolivia, India, Nepal and Indonesia, Thomas believes innovation decision making is one of the most far-reaching and poorly understood determinants of social wellbeing. He also believes data science is critical to better innovation decisions worldwide. 

Testimonials

"The man who knows whether any start up will live or die."

 

Wired

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Media

In The Media

Read some of the articles here.

 

Academia

In Academia

Truebel & Thurston, Danger in the Valley of Death: how the transition from preclinical research to clinical trials can impact valuationsDrug Discovery Today

Thurston & Shih, Handheld Graphics Organization

 Harvard Business Publishing

 

Thurston & Shih, Intel NBI: Image Components Organization, Harvard Business Publishing

 

Thurston & Shih, Intel Corporation's New Business Initiatives (A), Harvard Business Publishing

 

Thurston & Shih, MXP Digital Media Processor
Harvard Business Publishing

 

Thurston & Shih, Radio-Frequency Identification

Harvard Business Publishing

 

Thurston & Shih, Intel NBI: Vivonic, Harvard Business Publishing

 

Thurston & Singh, Disrupting the Consultants: Could the Advisers use some Advice?, Thunderbird International Business Review 

 

Fox, Thurston & Zaheer, Revenue Capital & Disruptive Models: Venture Funding Tools for Developing Nations

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Entrepreneurship Review

 

Thurston, Disrupting Venture Capital

Thunderbird International Business Review 

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