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James Crowe is a partner of law firm Norton Rose Fulbright and one of the few lawyers who is equally as passionate about technology and all of its transformational potential, as he is about the law. 


With a degree in computer science majoring in Artificial Intelligence, in addition to his honours degree in law, James has over 25 years' experience assisting companies in Australia and around the world with acquisitions, investments and joint ventures for strategically important technologies. 


James is an enthusiastic angel investor and co-founder of Skalata Ventures - Australia’s first fully-integrated seed investment program, designed to help early stage companies prepare to scale and grow into significant, sustainable and global businesses.  


In addition to all this, James is also committed to Legal Innovation and his award-winning work in this area has received global recognition by Harvard University, the US Association of Corporate Counsel and the Financial Times.


While James recognises the importance of academic credentials, he reckons for those new to the startup technology scene, you can learn just as much from hit comedy TV show Silicon Valley.  


LINKS AND RESOURCES


Australian Investment Council (formally AVCAL) templates

The Lean Startup: How Constant Innovation Creates Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries

Silicon Valley

How Google Crushed My Company (Unlockd co-founder Matt Berriman)

Unlockd advertising start-up blames Google as it goes into voluntary administration


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