Lessons from Unitree’s Ten-Year Journey to a STAR Market Listing: Build One Complete Thing First
Reprint compilation (tagged #得到頭條20260820; author not identified), with Robin’s closing comments
ROBIN’S FIELD NOTES
See possibility.
Support growth.
Investing starts with a problem worth solving.
The longer journey is helping entrepreneurs turn possibility into reality.
沈立平 / Robin ShenVenture Capital · Growth · AI
Better questions make the next step clearer.01 — THINKING & PRACTICE
THE INVESTMENT LENS
Technology is the starting point.
Long-term value sets the direction.
I care about how innovation reaches real markets, and whether a team can turn one success into a repeatable, sustainable business.
Customer needsBusiness modelTeam & governanceLong-term advantage
START WITH A QUESTION
What are you working on?
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Prepare to fundraise
Clarify the progress funding should enable, then prepare evidence to support your case.
Founders · Leadership teams · 5 English articlesReading path and tool →02Assess an investment
Start with real problems, customer evidence, and the team. Separate company claims, data, and your own inferences.
VC · Investment and strategy teams · 5 English articlesReading path and tool →03Prepare for a board meeting
Bring operating changes, risks, decisions, and follow-up actions into one worksheet.
Founders · Finance leaders · Directors · 4 English articlesReading path and tool →04Address a growth constraint
Start with the most important constraint and identify where product, sales, delivery, or organization needs new evidence.
Founders · Product and operations teams · 5 English articlesReading path and tool →05Lead a team
Turn management ideas into clear responsibilities, capability gaps, and shared decisions.
Founders · Managers · Portfolio support · 5 English articlesReading path and tool →06Prepare for capital markets
Review growth, information quality, and governance readiness before taking clear questions to professional advisers.
Leadership · Finance and governance teams · 5 English articlesReading path and tool →SELECTED WRITING
Ideas for the long view.
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191 Chinese · 176 English02Capital Markets & Governance
99 Chinese · 94 English03Management & Organizations
186 Chinese · 153 English04Entrepreneurship & Strategy
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Three Keywords for Hassabis: Purpose, Will, and Taste
Reposted compilation (recommendation-preface excerpt; post credits Yang Bin) + Robin’s closing remarks
Lateral Thinking: Abandon the Wrong Well, Generate More Ideas, and Leave Room for Disorder
#得到頭條20260304 (Dedao Headlines course script), with Robin’s closing comments
Edison’s Approach to Innovation: Start with Demand
Reposted compilation (post tagged #DedaoBookSummaryEdisonBiography; author not identified) + Robin’s closing remarks
When Medium-Sized and Large Companies Hit a “Boundary Wall”: The Nestlé Case
Reposted compilation (source and author not identified in the post)
Yamaha’s Vine-Like Innovation
Reprint compilation (tagged #得到頭條20250218, Wu Bofan; author not identified), with Robin’s closing comments
Wan Weigang on DeepSeek, with Robin’s Commentary
Article by Wan Weigang (as identified in the post title), with Robin’s commentary
Isaacson: Three Essential Qualities of Great Entrepreneurs
Reposted compilation (post cites CommonWealth Magazine, issue 791; author not identified) + Robin’s additions
Musk Is a Chef; Most Entrepreneurs Are Cooks
Reposted compilation (post tagged #DedaoBookSummary; summary of Tim Urban’s Musk series) + Robin’s commentary
Paul Buchheit’s Hacker Mindset: Intended Rules and Actual Rules
Reposted compilation (post tagged #NewDiscoveriesFromSiliconValley; summarizes Paul Buchheit’s article) + Robin’s commentary
WeWork and Venture Capital: Don’t Blindly Buy a Grand Narrative
Robin’s commentary, followed by #BillionDollarLoser #得到聽書 (reposted book summary)
Bezos’s 2018 Shareholder Letter: Intuition, Curiosity, and the Power of Wandering
Bezos shareholder-letter translation (Chinese translation by Vinchent), with Robin’s introduction
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03 / ABOUT ROBIN
沈立平 Robin Shen益鼎創投
shenrobin@gmail.comVenture capital practitioner · Lifelong learner
Investing in a company
means believing in a team.
Focused on investment assessment, supporting entrepreneurs, and portfolio management, using first principles to clarify problems and identify what matters for growth.
Turning practical experience and reading into notes, while exploring how AI can improve the efficiency and quality of judgment in knowledge work.
Outside work, travel and wide reading sustain a strong curiosity about the world, with a constant reminder: worthwhile commitments take patience and companionship.
“The work of venture capital is to discover, appreciate, believe in, nurture, challenge, coordinate, and accompany entrepreneurs on an arduous but rewarding journey.”— My view of venture capital work
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