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If you're one year ahead of the competition in Silicon Valley, mate, you're a genius. If you're two years ahead of the market, the market might be trying to tell you something.
Evan Thornley
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Evan Thornley is a serial entrepreneur with decades of experience founding and leading tech startups, including Australia’s first to be listed on the NASDAQ and reach a more than $1 billion valuation. In 1995 Evan Thornley and his wife Tracey Ellery Founded LookSmart, which in 1999 had 500 employees and was the twelfth most visited website worldwide with 10 million users. Since leaving LookSmart Evan has had a diverse career, and is currently Executive Chair of LongView, a company aiming to transform the Australian property landscape. In his conversation with Adam, Evan discusses the highs and lows of his time with LookSmart, and the ways in which the Australian startup ecosystem has changed in the decades since the dot com boom and bust.

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Evan’s Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_ThornleyLongView: https://longview.com.au/Evan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evanthornley/

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