How to Contact Lip-Bu Tan

Choose one narrow angle where your experience is clearly useful to Lip-Bu Tan. Avoid broad positioning; one sharp contribution beats ten generic claims.

Use this as your foundation: Lip-Bu Tan responds to concise, outcome driven outreach that respects their calendar and inner circle. The strongest entry is through investment team and advisory network or industry introductions and advisory outreach, ideally via a warm introduction from semiconductor founders or research leaders. Lead with a one page brief tied to supporting semiconductor innovation and chip design strategy and show you understand how decisions are made in semiconductor investment and advisory work. Offer a low lift next step like a short call, memo, or pilot, and avoid generic praise by signaling measurable upside and low operational risk.

Create one concrete proof-of-work asset before outreach. This can be a short teardown, a practical proposal, or a relevant case study.

Distribute that work where the right people actually see it: Design Automation Conference, Hot Chips.

Keep the first message short and specific. Lead with context, show proof, then ask for a small next step.

A strong opener is usually a focused question: How to pick semiconductor bets that survive long cycles

If there is no response, do not spam. Improve your proof and follow up in 10-14 days with a clearer signal.

Maintain the relationship through relevant updates around chip design, EDA tools, semiconductor strategy. Small, consistent value compounds over time.