Silicon Valley Bank

Xuan-Thao Nguyen is the Pendleton Miller Endowed Chair in Law at the University of Washington in Seattle. She has authored numerous books, treatises, and law review articles in the areas of intellectual property, finance, business, and taxation. She also serves as a senior consultant to the World Bank Group IFC.

• 1. The bank for the innovation economy; 2. The students – they asked; 3. Bank atrophy and outliers; 4. The Stanford professor and two bankers; 5. Be different from the beginning; 6. Against all odds; 7. Convincing the banking regulators; 8. SVB tech lending and the birth of venture debts; 9. Leveraging the VC relationships for expansion; 10. Into the premature future and banks' almost embrace of ESG; 11. SVB Sudden death and lessons learned in banking innovators.

'Silicon Valley Bank is a fascinating cautionary tale of the perils of innovation in a stalwart industry steeped in tradition. Ms. Nguyen explores the intersection between finance and technology and takes a deep dive into the inherent gender bias and toxic environment that plagues Big Tech, and the willful ignorance of the investors who ignored the warning signs and continued to provide financial support. A compelling story about an unprecedented disruption, Silicon Valley Bank is an indispensable resource for anyone who seeks to understand the venture capital landscape in the world of technology.' Claudia Cantarella, Chief Legal Officer, Broadway Technology