As a Cal grad now building Techable VC, I couldn’t be more inspired to meet Ion Stoica yesterday- a UC professor, entrepreneur, a force behind Databricks, AnyScale and so much in networked computing generally. A few of his words really stayed with me: 1. Be a missionary, not a mercenary. 2. Small work vs. big work takes the same effort. So why not aim higher and tackle the problems that matter? 3. The true edge is the ability to learn, grow and evolve fast. 4. Resilience is the ultimate founder superpower. It’s conversations like these that remind me why investing in deep tech matters: the next category-defining companies will be born at this intersection of research and entrepreneurship. Chon Tang and team - Thanks for organizing this! #gobears #berkeleyfounder #berkeleyGP