Episode 166 - The Intel Tech Guru: A Conversation with Avram Miller

Avram Miller - The Intel Guru Avram Miller is best recognized for co-founding Intel Capital, the computer industry's most successful corporate investment organization. While at Intel, he was Vice President of Corporate Development. Miller was a major influence behind the creation of residential broadband, which was a crucial component in the development of today's internet. Miller had a good career in medical science before moving into high tech. Miller has served on a variety of company boards in both high tech and health care since leaving Intel in 1999. He has advised and invested in a number of early-stage businesses. He currently resides in Tel Aviv and travels widely across the globe. Avram Miller discusses how intuition, imagination, humor, and risk-taking enabled him to become one of Silicon Valley's pioneers and leading venture investors in his new book, The Flight of a Wild Duck: An Improbable Journey Through Life and Technology. He recounts his journey from childhood illness and an inability to function in the educational system to becoming a top executive at one of the world's leading technological firms.   Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 2:58 Avram's family migration story and childhood in San Francisco 6:54 Growing up in a Jewish family 8:14 Avram's background and history with science and technology 13:27 How Avram managed to work in two different industries without formal training 16:10 Why Avram switched from the medical field to the computer field 17:43 Avram's time and breakthroughs at Intel 23:41 Importance of engagement with the Jewish community throughout Avram's life 29:54 Talking about The Flight of a Wild Duck 30:34 Bill Gates and Steve Jobs 31:37 Some advice for kids and parents 34:21 Moving to Israel and current experience over there 34:49 Audiogram 2 - Israel 37:24 What's next for Avram   Connect with Avram Miller: Website: http://www.avrammiller.com/bio.html LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avram/?originalSubdomain=il Twitter: https://twitter.com/avrammiller Blog: https://twothirdsdone.com/   Connect with Ari: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jewsyoushouldknow Twitter: https://twitter.com/JewsUShouldKnow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rabbi.K Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ari-koretzky-18b12217/