Anthony Ao

3x founder, also into the science of immunology. I have started three companies, and I offer mentorship and coaching to super early-stage founders to help them get their visions up and running and turn their ideas into reality.

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Dec 04, 2024

🧬 ISSUE No. 17 – Dec 4, 2024

🤑 Candid Therapeutics Raises $370 Million to Revolutionize Autoimmune Therapies | 😰 Procrastination and the Fear of Not Being 'Good Enough'

Anthony Ao

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Dec 01, 2024

🦃 Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃

Being thankful and assume positive intent is key to happiness.

Anthony Ao

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Nov 20, 2024

🧬 ISSUE No. 16 – Nov 20, 2024

🇰🇷 Samsung Biologics Secures USD 668 Million 🇪🇺 EU Manufacturing Deal | 🪽 From prediction markets to info finance

Anthony Ao

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Nov 13, 2024

🧬 ISSUE No. 15 – Nov 13, 2024

🇪🇺 BIO-Europe 2024 Recap | On Reading and Writing

Anthony Ao

Personal Hot Take 🌶️Personal Hot Take 🌶️

Nov 12, 2024

On Reading and Writing

If you only read and don’t write, you are doing it wrong.

Anthony Ao

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Nov 06, 2024

🧬 ISSUE No. 14 – Nov 6, 2024

👻 Ottimo Pharma Steps Out of Stealth | 🧠🚶 Mind Wandering: More than a Bad Habit

Anthony Ao

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Oct 30, 2024

🧬 ISSUE No. 13 – Oct 30, 2024

🥊 Showdown in the IL-23 Arena: Eli Lilly’s Omvoh vs. J&J’s TREMFYA in the Battle for IBD Supremacy | 👨🏻‍🎓 A decade after high graduation. What did I learn?

Anthony Ao

Personal Hot Take 🌶️Personal Hot Take 🌶️

Oct 30, 2024

👨🏻‍🎓 A decade after high school graduation. What did I learn?

I wrote this reflection in Jun 2023 then forgot about it. Now reading it in Oct 2024, it hit me hard (in a good way).

Anthony Ao

Oct 23, 2024

🧬 ISSUE No. 12 – Oct 22, 2024

🤑 Current state of VC fundraising in the life sciences sector in 2024 | 🪐 Stars, life, and experience

Anthony Ao

Personal Hot Take 🌶️Personal Hot Take 🌶️

Oct 22, 2024

🪐 Stars, life, and experience

If the Mayas, the Aztecs, or our ancient civilizations that took so much information from the stars knew that the stars they saw were actually images from light-years ago, would that make the stars or the messages they received from them any less significant?

Anthony Ao