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🌟 Today, I had the opportunity to connect with Dr. Quinn Li, SVP and Global Head of Qualcomm Ventures. Here are some lessons I learned: As an engineering intern, I was surprised by Quinn's answer for how he evaluates companies. Cutting-edge technology is not necessarily the most important factor. When I look at the tech landscape of the past decade, his answer makes so much sense - no one in 2010 could have remotely estimated the size of emerging markets such as generative AI. Quinn emphasized that he values enduring factors first: the founders and team 👥. Second, great startups are led by experts in product 🚀. Quinn brought up the founder of one Qualcomm Ventures portfolio company - Eric S. Yuan (he / him / his), founder of Zoom. In 2013, web conferencing was a solved problem, and Zoom struggled to raise a Series A. While Silicon Valley saw just another video conferencing solution, Quinn and the Qualcomm Ventures team recognized a founder with exceptional product vision. Great companies depend on visionary founders - Qualcomm itself owes its success to Irwin Jacobs. Finally, a Qualcomm Ventures investment is more than money - it represents decades of expertise and experience in wireless technology and its ecosystem of partners 🤝. Today’s chat showed me what makes startup founders successful and deepened my appreciation for Qualcomm innovative roots and wonderful internship program. Thank you Quinn!